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The Rings Of Power continues to substitute good storytelling with an endless, inane parade of callbacks to Lord of the Rings.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

S2 is definitely better than S1, but it could still be a lot better. More experienced showrunners could've made this a lot better.

I don't mind all the callbacks. They probably couldn't help themselves being such big fans of the movies and just had to do it. Lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not sure whom I'd prefer to tackle this. After the clusterfuck that was Amazons Wheel of Time, this feels like 9/10 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was thinking people from HBO, but considering HOTD turned out to be not that great, I'm not so sure now. Lol

I actually don't mind WOT - only because I've never read those books! My wife who's read the books is a little less enthused.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As someone who has read the series 3 times, they absolutely woke-butchered the series and fucked things up. Everything that I loved was rewritten, the characters were changed, and the pacing was off.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I have read the entire series multiple times and am enjoying the show just fine