The Rings Of Power continues to substitute good storytelling with an endless, inane parade of callbacks to Lord of the Rings.
The Rings Of Power continues to substitute good storytelling with an endless, inane parade of callbacks to Lord of the Rings.
I guess I’m in the minority, but as someone who grew up with the books and pretty much enjoyed everything apart from Hobbit, I’ve been thoroughly enjoyng the show. First season was a tad slow to grab me, but after the slow start the episodes have been the highlights of my week.
I have zero issues with using the great lore as source of inspiration and doing new stuff with it.
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
Not sure whom I’d prefer to tackle this. After the clusterfuck that was Amazons Wheel of Time, this feels like 9/10 😅
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.
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.
I have read the entire series multiple times and am enjoying the show just fine
I liked the hobbit but it was the first one I read and maybe the first fantasy I had read.
For me that was the first wheel of time book. First ones definitely stay with you. For me the Hobbit seemed lackluster, finished it in one evening and it felt too basic
oh man starting with wheel of time im not surprised you found the hobbit lackluster. surprised you liked lord of the rings with that as a start. thing is that it would have never existed without much of what came before.
LotR was good, had depth. Hobbit? That was a novel in readers digest. 😅
It’s a children’s book.
Yeah and even as a kid it was too basic (after reading WoT)
Depends on the age, I guess.
My parents read it with me when I was 7 or 8, and it started a life-long fascination with fantasy books.
yeah but magic in wot destroyed the world. heck hobbit practically had more visible magic than lotr
That’s the trouble with children’s books… Lol
I’ve only read The Hobbit once but I’m trying to get my kid into it.