This post is just a place that organizes the articles I’ve written about Amazon’s The Rings of Power TV show—praises, criticisms, surprises, gripes, wonder, and the many comments that fall between.
Misc.
- The Uinendili and Political Branding in Tolkien
- Anduin the Great and the Three Second Age Series They Should Be Making
- Van Helsing and The Rings of Power
Season 2
- Episode 8: Shadow and Flame
- Episode 7: Doomed To Die
- Episode 6: Where Is He?
- Episode 5: Halls of Stone
- Episode 4: Eldest
- Episode 3: The Eagle and the Sceptre
- Episode 2: Where the Stars Are Strange
- Episode 1: Elven Kings Under the Sky
Season 1
These early discussions were written for Tor.com (Reactor).
- Episodes 1–3: Concerning Harfoots (And Elves, Men, Dwarves, and Orcs)
- Episodes 4–5: A Conspiracy Still Masked
- Episodes 6–7: A Wife in the Dark
- Episode 8: The “King” Goes South
Foreshadowed and Foresung 
One response to “Concerning The Rings of Power”
[…] I’ve talked at length—and will probably continue to talk at length—about the plot problems… It’s not that the plots are bad for a fantasy show, only for a Tolkien one. In the above summary of Season 3, they’ve just summarized the essential plot of The Lord of the Rings. Change one or two words and you’ve got the same old plot, don’t we? […]
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