TV shows.... what are you watching these days?

[Overcome]

Hahaha his videos are so interesting.

[Catie]

Short item, kinda off topic. For cat lovers in the building, The Kifness posted another song on Youtube based on a cat's meows. I love these pieces!

[Tulip]

Galadriel is very believable Overcome.

[Overcome]

I traditionally have casting issues if the actors don’t truly look like younger selves. But I might try… love a good lotr.

[Tulip]

Its good Star. But... just a word of 'warning'... i am a massive LOTR fan, watched the extended versions of the trilogy at least 10 times lol, i can recite half of it. And i must admit that the first couple of episodes of this new thing i was a bit 'meh'. But it gets better.

The amazon site has a lot of details about who the characters are & the back story, which i advise looking at first to familiarise yourself, as its a bit confusing. Its set long before Mordor existed, or the Shire, or indeed Hobbits, its hundreds of yrs prior to what we're familiar with, & covers the 2nd age of Middle Earth - after Morgoth (Sauron's predecessor) has been defeated in a great war. It covers the re-emergence of evil into that world and the fight to stop it - so similar in some ways to LOTR but this is the prequel.

There is a lot about the Valar.
Its fab, but just dont get your hopes up too much i was a bit disappointed initially. I think because i was expecting to be more familiar with things & it seemed a bit slow to get going.

Its called The Rings of Power. As Plas says its on Amazon Prime Streaming service. If you dont have it you can pay for it monthly without commitment so you dont need to commit to having it all year.

[Plas]

It is on Amazon’s streaming service if you are interested, Starship

[Starship]

Oh my! I love LOTR - so I MUST watch this!

[Tulip]

No Overcome they're not. Its a different story, set about 300yrs before LOTR. It has Galadriel & Elrond as their much younger selves. It also has Elendil, Isildur & Durin, which is interesting. Galadriel is totally believable as her younger self, but i cant get on board with this Elrond being a younger version of Elrond in LOTR, the casting seems strange to me. At any rate its quite good if you like that sort of thing, which i do.

I was unsure at first, the first couple of episodes are a bit disorienting, while you try to fathom who everyone is & what's going on, but i'm on episode 6 now & really into it

[Nane]

I find "Castle" relaxing these days.

[Plas]

No, it’s a whole new prequel series. Sorry to bust your bubble, Overcome!

[Overcome]

Are the actors the same in LoTR?

[Tulip]

Pottery throw down is amazing. I had a boyfriend who was a potter once, he was lovely... ah, <wistful sigh>the one that got a way.

Am currently watching the new Lord of the Rings spin off on Amazon

[Plas]

I really need to finish Community. One of these days I will! Just after I uh…watch Parks and Rec for the umteenth time again. Sorry to disappoint, Starship!

[Starship]

Oh I remember that show, Plas. I used to watch it too. Sometimes reruns are just so much fun to watch.

I’ve enjoyed watching Community, Glow Up, Blown Away, The Great Pottery Throwdown, Worst Cooks in America, and Alex vs. America.

[Plas]

I haven’t started a new show recently. I would like to watch through some of my older favorites. I really like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and would love to rewatch that this fall. It does have more magical elements, so I don’t suppose it’s very spiritual, but I enjoy it