From the stills it showed they they cut corners on some of the armor, that's what that reaction was to. A bunch of the armor does look cheap. In the last episode there were shots of the "scale mail" moving with the wind. And if you go back to that complaint it was clearly a t-shirt printing to look like scale mail that was the complaint or really it was more of a question of where they were spending the money if the promotional photos had that in it.
The show is breaking canon left and right and in worse ways than the movies. And for the record, I had some major issues with the movies for it too. Especially the Two Towers. For the "we asked you" the way it was said back then came off as a demand that I fill you in on all of the lore so I ignored it. Plain and simple.
Which we addressed (including people in the industry here) and that made no sense. Again, a bunch of people (including you) on the internet jumped all over a still photo to justify blasting the show before it aired. Stills on any show can be deceiving until you actually see it on screen. Which by the way was proven because none of that looked "cheap" onscreen as the episode rolled. You and many on that Tweet assumed that meant the production was going to be cheap and justified that as why this show shouldn't happen.
You keep using that word canon incorrectly. The movies are an adaptation that established its own canon. Fans of the books like myself and you can fairly take issue with some of the changes (I had some minor complaints). However, THIS adaptation is faithful to the movies so why would you expect it to be any different? This is directly tied to the movie adaptations. It doesn't break canon with the movies. It's no different than the Bond Films, Harry Potter films, or the Jack Ryan series for example establishing their own canon that varies from the books. Everything so far has been very minor. NOTHING destroys canon so far.
BTW, I'm not alone in my opinions here on this board. I've had multiple user DM in support but they don't want to get into it here because of the P&R type attitudes. So of you guys are great at shutting things down which is why I don't jump in often either.
And? The loudest voices in the rooms are always the people complaining. It's always been that way. The show is getting fantastic ratings. The show is a massive hit. The average person isn't watching this show. Fans of the Lord of the Rings are mostly watching this show.
The other part of your post is weak sauce. Not one person in here has shut anybody down for not liking the show. Nobody said everyone has to like this show. People are taking issue with those that blasted the show for stuff that wasn't true, forming opinions before it aired and coming here just to complain about a show strangely, they claim to hate but are still watching.....then posting just to complain.
If some of you were even remotely objective? I don't think anybody would care but you haters made up your mind with b.s. before the show aired and now look like you are pouncing on every little thing, claiming to hate the show but keep watching. Look at show threads like the Walking Dead. People debate on there all the time episode they like, don't like, etc. That's not what happened on this thread. Who goes out of their way to pounce on a show they don't like but are still watching?!?! Give me a break.
Sometimes I have to just tell myself it’s popcorn or I would blast everything.
