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

  • ryan213@lemmy.ca
    4·
    2 months ago

    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

    • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      2 months ago

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

      • ryan213@lemmy.ca
        0·
        2 months ago

        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.

        • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
          11·
          2 months ago

          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.