The Reel Rejects - REJECT RECAP: The Rings of Power EPISODE 6 "Udûn" - REVIEW!

Episode Date: October 1, 2022

SOUTHLANDS BATTLE! Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power 1x6 Reaction, Breakdown, Recap, & Review today featuring fantastic action scenes, Arondir & Bronwyn vs the orcs, Galadriel & Halbrand vs Adar, and gripping cliffhanger of an ending. #TheRingsOfPower #LordOfTheRings #LordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower #AmazonPrime #PrimeVideo Become A Super Sexy Reject For Full-Length T.V. & Movie Reactions + RINGS OF POWER Watch Alongs! https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Support The Channel By Checking Out Our High-Quality Merch: http://shopzeroedition.com/collections/reel-rejects-merch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-reel-rejects/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All right, guys. Hey, we are here to watch the Rings of Power episode six today. If you are, if you want to watch our reaction, that's on YouTube. com slash the Real Rejects. But if you just want to hear our thoughts, stick around. Let's do it. That was great. That was a very gripping episode.

That was great. Whew. Yeah, that was fantastico. Dang. I need to breathe for a seconds. Yeah, that was actually, that was awesome. That was quite thrilling, quite punchy. Yeah, this was the first, like, just truly, you know,

exciting, suspenseful, tension-filled episode. And it just kept escalating wonderfully. It was really just gripping and dark. and you fall for the triumph and then with a wonderful scale it feels expensive looks expensive boy howdy and it's put to great use it was the first episode that truly brought catharsis i thought and there was wonderful payoffs and i didn't even realize like oh you know what it's fucking exciting. These characters

come and get old cram. They're so, like, separated for, like, so many episodes now. And you've been wondering, like, once's the tie-in

of these characters going to happen. There's still some other characters who have to full-heartedly connect. If, I don't know, maybe the direction of the show with the stranger, the wizard,

and, uh, the Harfoots will have a bit of that hobbit touch to it of, yeah, comes down to the little people. They're the ones. Yeah.

Help save the day. be part of the victorious nature of it all i don't know but as far as this episode in particular i thought it had just a solid grasp on suspense and tension and mood with just wonderful choreography throughout a lot of the times a choreography with a lot of its angles and oneers and whatever it can be really cool in certain sequences but this had to be orchestrated from beginning and end this had to have like a full construction around it in order for the emotional upheavals and the highs and lows to be really felt and the the the dower and the sense of loss to the victory you know there's there's elements of of the people from numinor that that seemed to harken back to like the

feelings of when the people of rohan rode in in the two towers i i thought this was great and and it it showed me like it showed me like you know i actually because i like more of these characters than i thought i did because like when when the when the comm settled when the war when the when the battle settled and then i'm watching like gladriel and and she's whooping ass i'm like yeah go girl and then galadriel and hall brand and when they're talking with each other and uh you know like aaron dear and Bronwyn i've been endeared to in the beginning even when other people were naysayers about them i've always been quite endeared to to that duo um but yeah when she was dying i was like oh shit i really don't want this girl to die like i don't want it to happen and uh so yeah watching uh

the the the thing that really put the thing that really solidified for me that i guess i'm more invested in these characters than i realized was the the fact that all the fighting had finished and then we spent like 10 to 15 minutes with just scenes And I'm like, oh, yeah, I'm into this. Okay, yeah, I'm actually really into this. And, yeah, you know, I think that this show, I don't know, I guess it's just like, it really clicked for me this episode. Because, yeah, it helps to have something that's truly exciting and to finally have some, like, full-on action sequences and battles and all that, things that you feel like you were promised with something like this IP, this specific franchise, the budget surrounding it, and the things that you've been, wanting to see be paid off but would would impress me most something that i think is often very

overlooked in terms of action can be the stunt work of horse riders and you know actors having to train to do that like that shit's really fucking that's the dangerous stuff and you know when they're doing those like fast takes when they're i don't know if it's like how sped up it is and whatever but you know when they're like running through the woods that that's that's some really dangerous stuff and they don't even have helmets on when they're doing it so when you're watching them all ride incredibly fast uh i i found that like it's cool to see like the practicality of rib brought to life and even some of the wirework when you know uh r and deer and that orc are going toe to toe the wirework mixed with a little bit of some slight cgii to enhance some motion smoothness

and whatever um i i thought was really well executed yeah this was uh this is a really gripping episode and then the ending results with the characters just chit-chatting with each other and of course like getting information on Adar who Uruk Urukai sucks man they just get dwindled down man

I feel like Orocks are much I mean it's sad this one must be right Urock Urukai Uruk how do you say it Uruk Uruk Uruk Uruk Yeah which is something

They're still just like I think they're like mad at him Yeah they're like slightly more cunning and a little more like less feral more intelligent maybe but i think the urici have like man dna too or something like that i think that's part of where that comes in well still that that scene with galadriel i thought was great and and uh the character moments i thought brought real intensity so yeah i i think that this was um this episode made the other episodes feel

suddenly worth it and felt like a good payoff and it didn't need to check in to Elrond and Duren for me to enjoy it. And so I think having this finally brought in, you know, it's like, does that make the episodes that I wasn't fond of suddenly, you know, great or something? I wouldn't say that. I would say that the patience and the payoff, I felt the payoff. I felt a reward and I felt like, oh, I actually really care about what's going on versus this looks cool finally some cool shit I found myself emotionally invested

in it like even when there was an action but like the reveals of the people who had just decided to fight with the orcs was there's a punch to the gut there man and even the reveal with the although I do think it's a little silly that they've been like no one picked up

on the on the blade yeah it's like come on one of you guys had to have like been like this is it especially that guy that that shifty old guy like rifling around I feel like somebody

would have noticed him yeah and especially because the show established that it's okay if you know people touch this thing like certain people

can't like you don't want to put it in Theo's hands um however you know like you see Aaron and you're like come on break

you know yeah so I think I think after hours of just everyone under the assumption like no

this is it I feel like they could have noticed uh they would have noticed earlier but for the dramatic effect and for the reveal for the storytelling uh yeah you know i think it has a good big moment at the end too you know and even for gladriol of having the victory and then looking around it oh my god you know i guess i'm motivated these people into battle and now look what's become and now we've brought about the exact thing we were hoping to avoid yeah because this mirrors queen regent's nightmare and so yeah uh that was great you know like it wasn't like non-stop you know details in exposition so there's not a whole lot for me to really talk about but i feel like that's uh that's my opinion on this episode i thought i thought it was fantastic i thought

was great and uh i i'm really looking forward to next week's episode yeah it's the first time i've ended it was like i really want to see how this plays out now yeah yeah 100 percent i think there's something about a battle like this that yeah it's part of Lord of the Rings like you need that yeah yeah yeah it's not like oh you guys just like action i'm like no you need it no because it is an epic and and that is a part of it no matter what whether it's the hobbit and you're battling a fearsome dragon or it's you know the saga that is lord of the rings and is the clashing of armies and yeah the battles you know a war is battles spread out over time and i think something like this yeah does a really nice job of making everything feel very immediate and very intense, and it

takes, it made the map feel more fleshed out to me, because up until this point, cutting them around all these places, they felt very disconnected from each other to a point where when, you know, the Numenorians were riding into, you know, the rescue, I was like, oh, yeah, this is where they're going, you know, whereas before I felt kind of detached from details like that. And so, yeah, this really brought the map into better focus. It brought the conflict into better focus. I liked pretty much everything you said. Like there's some really beautiful, impressive moments where you're sitting there going like, this looks like it was done in camera and I can't tell. They had a horse run through that gate and then some other, you know,

crazy action thing happening in the foreground. Like there's really great framing. It's really well thought out. And yeah, like every character has to kind of express through, you know, not just like battle scene but you know it motivates a lot more you know internal life on display as you know physical stakes take hold and then yeah it rings the contrast really nice when there are these brief moments of reprieve for characters to reflect on the moment or you know try and rally each other like there's yeah there was a lot of i feel like the show can often overlook the element of humanity that is necessary to endure us to characters and this managed to give us like way more action than we've had thus far. There's an action oriented episodes, a battle episode and yet it also brought

with that I felt a kind of humanity you know among all those things while the conversations and like you said the character beats don't get amazingly rich they feel well proportioned to this episode and character's like yeah

and characters like Adar even still have that like very engrossing sort of, okay, like, you know, you're one of these dark elves, you're an ilk of which we haven't seen as much of as of Lord of the Rings and the Hobbits, so there's something interesting. Like, the orcs continue to have this very interesting quality to them as this show kind of does its thing. And I'm really pleased with that.

And, yeah, like the whole reversal with them fighting their own was really cruel and heart-wrenching and, like, something I never would have thought about. And, yeah, like, they got me with surprises. they got me, like, tense with the just efficacy of the action. And, yeah, I was caring about every plotline. Even Asildor talking to Lendier, you know, about, you know, just afterwards, in the aftermath of everything, you know, kind of wanting to rise to that purpose. And, you know, the horse kind of knowing that his, that he's off, that he's rattled and kind of needing to confront his own emotional self, but also to kind of open up to his dad. like they're you know the they gave everybody a moment or two to feel you know human amidst these stakes and i thought that was was great and then you know you have a bunch of badass stuff and then you have a devastating you know elemental you know flooding slash volcano scenario to cap it all off like it is it is like that really heart wrenching reversal where it's like you spend the first part of the episode being like yes we're killing it we're winning oh oh shit no

No, we are not winning. We just wiped out some of our own people. And then we get this another rush of catharsis as Numenor shows up. And we get to live in the celebration afterwards. And yeah, that is hollow for some people, but for, you know, the infantry, at least. It is, you know, a moment of togetherness and of hard won sacrifice. And then the ultimate, you know, just plummeting of your stomach and heartstrings comes in the form of that final blow with the sword key.

and all that stuff. Well, it shows you the dangers of the sword key. It shows you of like, oh, yeah, you really should know let this get out of your hands like that. That is really bad. Yeah, and the way they talk a little about Sauron and, you know, like, oh, I killed him myself. No, you didn't, you know, or he went off to focus on healing land and things like that. Like, it adds to that mystique, too, because you're like, clearly this is of his design. And this seems like, you know, one in a sequence of Rube, almost Rube Goldberg-esque, you

you know, machinations that will then, you know, topple the dominoes that will lead to the outcome that they've been trying to prevent. Our heroes have been trying to prevent this whole time that we've been watching the show. So, yeah, this was really engaging in, like, well-rounded and connected. And a good example of when you take a little time away from certain characters,

you can get more out of other characters. And now I'm excited to return to Elron and Duren. I'm happy at some point to return to the Hartfoots. But I don't, like, I wasn't missing them from the episode which i think is good yeah yeah i wasn't like amused me who the characters i actually really care about like i thought like what a hall brand and like well hall brand i felt for hall brand's moment when he does like i i i really thought he was a character i could give two shits about and then when it came to the moment when he's with bronwyn and he has to this is his

moment like i know he he wrote into action and everything but for him to be like yes i am the king i felt that moment and then the joy and euphoria of his people feeling like they have their leader back with them there's hope yeah and then even even having such a dark moment with um adorable adar yeah with adar and then when they sat down next to each other and the conversation ended with them feeling like there's light with them fighting side by side there's hope you could also feel that there's a tragedy coming their way. Even with the Sildor, you know, we know the tragedy that is, that is to come. And I think the way they've been fleshing him out is better because I couldn't quite tell at

times what they wanted to do with the Sildor, because sometimes it just seems like a bit of a selfish brat. And other times he's like, I want to fight for something. I don't really know why. And then there are other times where he seems to like lean into the nepotism of like, I want power without having to do all the work. So I really sure where they're going with him. Seeking direction for sure.

And now I think they've really set up for him to have such a tragic moment where he becomes a man who is very much revered and very honorable to then make a decision that we know he's going to make down the road that will be just a tragedy for people. Like he's going to build himself up to this level and have what could be at a glorious moment to then mess it all up. Yeah. So, yeah, I think that the way how they're the way they're flushing this all out is, really it's starting it's really working for me now you know and this episode really clicked and if it just could just stay consistent for two episodes in a row for me then I'm like all right all right yeah there we go good yeah yeah I'm here numbered episode next yeah because I know there people who have definitely been like liking to loving every episode thus far and it has been

the even numbers of progressively got every even number we're like that's the best one so far and i i really think that this one had just a wonderful construction around it uh it was like this is a hard thing to structure and and it's a lot to choreograph and a lot of moving pieces and a lot of choreography so this is really impressive like this is a really impressive episode and i think the guy who plays adar is great you know i like i think out of anyone the way how someone's written adar's the best uh one of the best because he never falls into villainy can and and just like oh it doesn't matter i'm we're going to kill you anyway we're going to win you know there is a he he wears the tragedy on his performance sure of someone who once was just

he was an elf and had a dark darkness um consume him and he wears that really well and that there is a pathos to that character where you don't feel like there's hope for him uh but you feel like there was a person of the past who maybe was not so evil because of the compassion he has for the bows he leads and the way he sees sauron even like it's the first time i feel like someone said like yeah he he disappeared to try and go heal the land and even though you know that there's you know evil darkness you know gathering there it's still through that character's eyes makes sauron a bit more interesting too yeah yeah this is great this is a great episode this is great. There wasn't a single thing I had to

calm with. Other than that little thing of, I don't know, I'm going to get some shit for having a problem with that, but you should have checked. You should, every time you grab that thing, you should make sure. This should be a moment of, okay, yeah, we got it. Should have checked.

Yeah. Should have been like, this doesn't feel like this. I mean, the way an axe feels, does not feel like how they can try. A little hatchet like that. I'm like, how heavy is the blade of that thing? Because yeah you had this big ass meaty hooky you know hilt of a sword the design of an axe is very different

yeah the shape the weight yeah it's like a stick and then the curve the rectangular curvy you know thing and then uh the plate and yeah come on i feel like there's a lot working against that moment personally sure at first i thought it was just like a test of like just give this to them and let it go and yeah placebo effect what you said and then i was like I mean, I guess you can argue that because it's off screen for long enough, blah, blah, but at the same time, I feel like, yeah, especially after all they went through hiding it, I feel like you wouldn't, no one, like, I feel like Aaron Deere would like keep it on as a person. I feel like Aaron Deere would have noticed it by feel.

I feel like, yeah, yeah. But then again, I don't know, maybe it doesn't call it in the same way. It's, I knew it. I knew they couldn't do it. But lying to ourselves this whole review. Terrible show. No, no, no. It's just whatever,

Waldrager, whatever that character's name is. He's just got that much more cunning from hanging out with Adar. All right, guys. Well, what did you think about this episode? Did you like it as much as us? Leave your thoughts down below. Subscribe, click that bell.

Two more episodes left. Finally got me to the excited point. It's going to be good. Good finale. Good to be here. All right, guys. Thank you so much for being here. And those who have, like, if you've, like, stuck with us on our journey, especially for one of those people who's been like, man, I really love this show.

And they don't, they haven't been loving it as much as me. But so I appreciate those who just stick with us through. Who are willing to tolerate our differences in opinion. Yeah. And if we've had some opinions, thank you. If we haven't, thanks. I mean, just regardless. Thank you for being here.