Tolkien, Lord of the Rings (LotR), etc.

1257 readers

21 users here now

For all things Tolkien, Lord of The Rings (LotR), and The Hobbit across all media. Speak friend and enter.

Rules:

No abusive language
No buying, selling or advertising
Be civil
No politics
No discussions about race
No bots
No memes or AI-generated content
Don't criticize others for their opinions
If you found the image on the web, it is encouraged to put the direct link to the image in the ‘Link’ field when creating a post, instead of uploading the image to Lemmy. Direct links usually end in .jpg, .png, etc.
No unrelated posts
No spoilers in title, mark spoilers
Let people like what they like
Follow all Lemmy.world rules

Please report any rule violations.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Has anyone been watching the Rings of Power show? Does anyone expect to watch it in 2024? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/tolkien

27 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Just wondering. The show seems to be in kind of an… odd state. I only watched the first episode, didn’t love it, none of my friends expressed positive feelings..

… but it’s got pretty good critical reviews, it’s getting a second season this year, and honestly it often “looks good” from promotional material.

Is it worth giving a second shot? Is anyone looking forward to the second season?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] kylie_kraft 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The writing is bad. The plot is nonsense. I don't care, because it's entertaining and it looks neat. I don't take it seriously as Tolkien canon, but I will always queue up to watch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

It aired against House of the Dragon which really shower it's mediocre writing. I'm a huge Tolkien fan and generally sceptical of most franchises but honestly I think in a vacuum, the show is fine.

Compare it to Witcher, even season 1 which is fine is probably on par or worse than Rings of Power, it's just that LotR is a strong franchise and it was easier to compare to multiple better competitors.