**Spoiler Warning** Rings of Power S1E7 - "The Eye"

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Gil-Galad

Isildur's demise is obviously a fake out for those who know the books.

..or haven't watched the PJ movies... so probably about 0% of their audience.

Originally Posted by Gil-Galad

Pelargir mentioned, also first time of "Old Numenorean Settlements" I think. This might make the Southlanders as Proto-Gondorians.

Which, to be honest, is again one of the more interesting things set up by the shows. Since the Gondorians were (more or less, depending on the region) descendants of the Númenor and the original inhabitants of the area it's interesting to see where the latter came from and who they were.

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Is it supposed to be a "reveal" that the Southlands are now Mordor? Because... who didn't know that?

Even more ridiculous of them not to have Adar say it aloud and then reveal it in the text. If the point was to make it less cheesy, it failed massively. Makes me think the text was added as an afterthought for maximum clarity. (Which makes me miss House of the Dragon where they have no trouble throwing new characters and names at us left and right and expecting to keep us track. I'd rather be overestimated than underestimated as a viewer...)

We watched this together with the finale, so more thoughts on that thread...

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

..or haven't watched the PJ movies... so probably about 0% of their audience.

I've actually seen some young'uns say they've never seen the PJ movies. I would guess this adaptation is for them, but I'm not sure how common that lack of experience is.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

I've actually seen some young'uns say they've never seen the PJ movies. I would guess this adaptation is for them, but I'm not sure how common that lack of experience is.

I actually believe that this adaptation is for those who have seen PJ, because they work as a prequel to PJ's LotR much more than as prequel to actual Tolkien. Thinking of all the contradictions to canon etc (and I mean just the contradictions in the actual part of the canon the showmakers had access to!), I think that this show would work the best for those who have seen PJ but haven't read the books, not even the appendices.