I found myself way more into The Rings of Power than I thought I would be. I went in hopefully optimistic to the first two episodes. As a fan of Tolkien’s writing and world but not as familiar with the Appendices of The Lord of the Rings. I had spent some time with The Silmarillion,Continue reading “The Rings of Power Final Thoughts”
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Finale
“Alloyed” is the finale of the first season of The Rings of Power. We get major revelations and seismic shifts in power. We learn the relationship between The Stranger and the three beings following after him. They believe him to be Sauron but after a fight with the Harfoot group they’re banished by the stranger.Continue reading “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Finale”
The Rings of Power Episode 7
“The Eye” takes up right where the previous episode ended with the eruption of Mount Doom. The survivors struggle with the apocalyptic event that they just experienced. Queen Miriel is blinded and Isildur is seemingly killed while rescuing kids from a burning building. Galadriel and Theo are separated and have to make it to theContinue reading “The Rings of Power Episode 7”
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 6
The Rings of Power episode six is the most action packed yet. The majority of “Udûn” deals with the fight between the townspeople and Adar and his orcs. Arondir kills several orcs during the separate skirmishes. The second skirmish ends up being the traitorous humans with the actual orcs attacking the townspeople. The orcs killContinue reading “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 6”
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 5
“Partings” is the fifth episode of The Rings of Power and while some of the storylines have started on a darker path others have started on a more hopeful path. The Harfoot story is one that is on a darker path with Nori becoming scared of the stranger. The Southlands story takes a dark turnContinue reading “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 5”
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episodes 1 and 2
I was cautiously optimistic going into The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. I was unsure of what to expect other than some high fantasy and some much younger versions of characters from the novels/movies. I really only knew that Galadriel would be in the series, but I had no idea that ElrondContinue reading “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episodes 1 and 2”