It’s Time to Admit That “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Is a Very Bad Show
The time for excuses and justifications is over. It’s now clear that “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” will come nowhere close to honoring the legacy of the Tolkien media that came before it.
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Introduction
Let’s get a few things clear right off the bat—as without certain clarifications no civil discussion of Amazon’s new streaming TV series, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, is possible.
(1) I have no is…