Followers of Amazon’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy” had amusing on Twitter when a goofy promotional video for the brand new sequence was confused for the sequence’ opening sequence.
“Apparently that is the intro for the brand new LOTR present… that is what $750 million buys you,” a Twitter consumer wrote alongside the clip on Wednesday, mocking the sequence’ huge price ticket.
That video — which now has 4.1 million views, greater than 20,700 likes and 10,000 quote tweets — options the “Rings” solid gazing into the digital camera in addition to making weird, comical actions.
“Half of the actors appear like somebody snuck up on them in between takes whereas they have been having a dialog or consuming a sandwich,” one Twitter consumer mentioned.
Nonetheless, in a sea of jokes concerning the video, many customers identified that Leisure Weekly’s watermark is within the nook of the video, that means it’s clearly not the sequence’ opening credit.
“I ponder why the intro has the leisure weekly brand within the backside nook that’s a humorous little characteristic,” one consumer slammed different gullible tweeters.
Nonetheless, customers couldn’t cease roasting the clip.
“I benefit from the tacky 90s drama sequence vibe. Needed to hone in on it,” one other consumer mentioned, including nicknames and an ocean sundown behind the characters within the video.
“Dumpster hearth doesn’t even start to cowl it. This shall be meme fodder for the subsequent decade,” one other declared.
“That’s the ‘Younger and the Stressed’ credit,” one other mentioned of the longtime cleaning soap opera.
Different customers rapidly turned the video right into a standpoint — or POV — meme, developing with eventualities for the characters’ shady appears to be like.
“POV: you’re strolling by a homosexual bar on a Saturday evening,” one consumer wrote.
“POV: you’re blacking out drunk at a celebration and muttering goodbyes to individuals as you’re stumbling in direction of the exit to get residence,” one other joked.
“POV you’re leaving the workplace at an organization ‘that’s actually extra like a household’ at 5pm,” one other quipped.
“POV; you’re a waiter bringing out scorching scorching fajitas,” one wrote.
“The Rings of Energy” is about round a thousand years earlier than Frodo (Elijah Wooden) and his Fellowship took their journey within the films.
A “Rings” fanboy himself, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos attended the present’s world premiere on Tuesday, thanking everybody who made the present attainable — despite the fact that showrunners ignored his recommendation.
“Each showrunner’s dream — and I imply each showrunner — their dream is to get notes on scripts and early cuts from the founder and government chairman,” the billionaire joked. “They liked that. I have to thanks each for listening at any time when it helped, however principally I have to thanks for ignoring me at precisely the fitting instances.”
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy” is now streaming on Amazon Video.
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