Darkness will bind them. The Rings Of Power returns August 29 on Prime Video. About The Rings of Power Season 2: Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, ...

Dunno about this.

S 1 sucked, let’s be real. This doesn’t convince me S2 will be any different, so I guess I’ll go in expecting to be disappointed.

Though, from the plot points they’re showing, it does seem like S1 was just setting the stage and now, as the show runners have claimed, they can just tell the story. We’ll see I suppose.

  • VubDapple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    6 months ago

    I liked it, but it’s not exactly canon, but that is also not exactly the fault of the show runners who had limited material to work with due to the Tolkien Estate apparently. I kind of liked how they handled Sauron and what they did to humanize the Orcs.

    • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      34·
      6 months ago

      yea there were definitely some significant positives in S1 for sure. The writing was just off though.

      My biggest like from S1 turned out to be the quasi-romance they created between Galadriel and Sauron. I thought it was creative and interesting without terribly violating any lore but instead kinda adding to the lore with an interesting “maybe this actually happened” that is vague enough that even the main characters (Galadriel and Sauron) can’t be sure what it was.