The only impressive thing this show managed to do, is spit hard on Tolkien's work with no remorse, while gaslighting the audience into accepting a canon-breaking bad written soap opera. STOOOOOOP TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD, FOR FCKS SAKE!!!!!!!!!

The bllsht starts even before the release. Saying that "it shouldn't have long windows between seasons" is the same as saying "we don't care if it takes long to do a good job". New generations have no patience nor respect for the process of making these pieces of entertainment. For something to be good, it must take its time to be developed THE BEST WAY POSSOBLE, NOT THE FASTEST, and lack of patience is not something good to be addressed as if it would make it better in any way shape or form. When it's out, you can watch it, until then, live your life.

And I was here thinking to myself: How could "The Acolyte" be so mean to the lore of the universe it is based on? That was until I tried to watch this horrendous show, supposedly based on Tolkien's genius universe. It's crystal clear that the people behind it don't give 2 f**ks about the lore, the universe, the timeline, the characters... EVERY SINGLE THING in this show is misrepresented, except maybe for the fact that there are female dwarves. Sauron is a Maiar, sort of an angel, not some dude that has to earn orcs' trust. He literally CREATES orcs, and should never have to ask them to follow him. I could go on and on for hours here, so I'll leave it to: "stop, please, he's already dead". This joke summarises exactly what is happening to great universes in the new "adaptations" and "innovations" that we are getting. Why is it so hard to trust the lore, it's genius and it's already written, what is the difficulty?