ROP is very very true to Tolkien themes, less so true to details, and I enjoy it very much.
The opening theme alone represents the music of the ainur so well, I never skip it.
The opening theme alone represents the music of the ainur so well, I never skip it.
That’s the silliest thing I read today.
For instance attention to detail was a pretty important theme in Tolkien’s works. He was pretty strict about timeframes, military planning etc. in Amazon’s show everyone seems to have a teleportation device, boat hulls breaks the law of physics considering how much stuff you can fit into them and “Galadriel” is the best swimmer in history multiplied by 100…
It pretty much a cheap 90s fantasy tv show with an inflated budget that takes itself way to seriously than it has any right to.
The tragedy is that the source material for the second age is so great yet they chose to take the show in a baffling and arbitrary direction, almost completely decoupled from the existing lore.