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Season One

Episode 1

Real ancient and medieval battles did not look like this. There should be more or less even lines, fighting back and forth, instead of a swarming mass of random troops, shoving each other around.

     Galadriel says that Finrod was found by Sauron, and this was the cause of his death. The implication, I think, is that Finrod did not die in battle, but was killed by something with claws. Which could be a werewolf, as in the books.

Episode 2

[Finrod and other Elves are shown fighting Orcs. They appear to be surrounded. Finrod is shoved backwards by an Orc.]

[Shot of Finrod lying in a tomb. Scratches are visible on his left arm.]

[Stranger appears disturbed and speaks emphatically.]

Stranger: Mana. Mana. [Repeated.] ÚrÑ‘. [Repeats both words several times.]

Mana is Quenya for "who" or "what". ÚrÑ‘ is similar to some Quenya words meaning "evil" and "burning". (No, I didn't know this off the top of my head. I had to check elfdict.)

[Several carved trees are shown up close. One of them shows an Elven lady besides a large dog.]

This is almost certainly Lúthien and Huan. Great to see.

Episode 3

Elendil: He's still alive. I suppose he spends all his days in the tower now.

Not only is Tar-Palantir in the show, the tower of Tar-Minastir is too! That's a very interesting detail.

[Wide shots of massive statues, a huge stone city, a grand harbor, and a Minas Tirith-esq palace.]

Amazon's Númenóreans are clearly immensely skilled architects. In fact, the shots of Númenor are my favorite part of the show thus far, and one of the few things I think are incredible works of adaptation.

Episode 4

[Miriel sees in the palantír a huge flood sweeping over the Númenórean landscape.]

We've finally gotten a taste of the Fall.

Episode 5

[A main plotline is that the Elves need mithril to survive, or "their light will fade".]

This makes no sense.

[Galadriel spars with the trainees, first with Valandil only, then with all of them at once.]

Even with blunts, this would be dangerous, but there is historical precedent for it.

     However, the choreography is not great, and the duel-wielding and grappling are downright bad. Halbrand's flipping the sword up into his hand is cool, though.

Episode 6

[Isildur shares a few bites of an apple with his horse before going above deck and throwing the apple.]

Isildur throws with his left hand. In the original films, Isildur was also left-handed, which shows the attention to detail.

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