As in everything else, Rings of Power have chosen to go for brainless “epicness” in their depiction of warfare as well. Not many good things can be said about this “epic” TV show, and warfare in it is no exception. Episode 1 First scene shows giant eagles fighting the Nazguls’ flying steeds – except these … More Warfare in Rings of Power Season 1
Unlike Morgoth and his existential nihilism, Sauron and Saruman are both a case study of how good intentions lead to evil. Both Sauron and Saruman are the Maiar of Aule. This may in fact be the root origin of their mistake: the tendency to look at the world, society and even individuals as nothing but … More Sauron and Saruman – the Tragedy of Good Intentions
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I wrote this text about 20 years ago for the now-defunct Tolkien gaming journal Other Hands. It deals with issue of city planning in a fantasy context. Minas Tirith is a city planner’s nightmare—a big city on a hill with seven concentric walls and a very small number of…
CBR or Comic Book Resources is a news portal which specializes in media – comics, movies, TV, anime and gaming. It is also an extremely left Marxist portal which tries to push its agenda whenever it can. And while I normally just ignore things like that, what really raised my hackles was the fact that … More Debunking CBRs “10 Ways Lord Of The Rings Has Aged Poorly”
Rings of Power had been considered a failure before it had even launched. And indeed it turned out to be a failure, especially where following Tolkien’s lore is concerned. Rings of Power isn’t just bad, it is basically nonexistent. The main reaction to the show is apathy. Plot is empty and forced, characters are flat, … More Rings of Power General Commentary
First obvious thing about the first episode of the show is that it is a clearly attempted ripoff of Jackson’s Lord of the Rings. Introductiory narration is fundamentally Galadriel’s narration from Lord of the Rings but with different words – watching it feels like watching a bad plagiarism, much like Eragon or something. Galadriel also … More Rings of Power Commentary – Episode 1
Trailer opens with a narration and a shot of a giant stone face that looks like that alien from Prometheus – but definitely not human. Both video and narration proceed onto the two trees of Valinor providing light for the world in the time before the Sun. This is followed by random shots of people … More Commentary on the Rings of Power Teaser Trailer
Amazon is again insulting Tolkien’s legacy, this time by using new edition of Lord of the Rings to promote their fanfiction that has nothing to do with Tolkien and his world. Images show characters that are not in the books, with no context and no connection at all with what is inside the books. This … More Amazon Infiltrating Tolkien’s Literal Legacy
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power had released Superfans videos for many different countries. Except these aren’t fan videos: they are Amazon productions, and Amazon was either too lazy or too contemptuous of actual fans to even try and hide this fact. Four different “superfans” videos for four different countries look exactly the … More Amazon Using Fake Superfans to Bolster Popularity of the Series
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