So, I made a video and just posted it to YouTube. I don’t do that to often!
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The finale of season 2 The Rings of Power, quite surprisingly, didn’t terribly disappoint me. I enjoyed it more than I thought it would, and some plot threads ended . . . not as cringey as I expected. But let’s get to it.
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Let’s get to it.
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One of my readers has kindly reminded me of something I previously wrote on the subject of Tolkien adaptations, and I would do well to remember it. They were my closing remarks in my review of the first three episodes of The Rings of Power.
This is from 2022, when the show had only just begun to air . . .
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Just diving right in . . .
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Man oh man, is this show on crazy fast-track. It’s dizzying. Time to dive into some particulars while I have some energy.
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I’m going to try and keep this bullet list shorter, simply because it’s been hard to catch up. I wish they’d released these episodes one at a time, even from the start! It’s a bit exhausting.
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Bullet time again, this concerning The Rings of Power season 2 episode 3, “The Eagle and the Sceptre.” Let’s get to it!
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The following is a list of bullet-point thoughts I have about The Rings of Power season 2 episode 2, “Where the Stars Are Strange.”
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Here is an admittedly long bullet list of some of my thoughts and opinions concerning the first episode of the Rings of Power episode 1, “Elven Kings Under the Sky.” I say “some” because I simply cannot contain them all! Spoilers, of course, abound.
An important disclaimer: I do not hate The Rings of Power. I’m still watching and I am very entertained. I do wish I was more than entertained by it, because it’s inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien. The show is still far and away the best fantasy television series around.
But here I would like to record many of my opinions. And they are only opinions.
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Foreshadowed and Foresung 