It’d be tight if Amazon stopped raping Tolkien
I didn’t even know this was coming out this week.
I turned on S02 recently and was whelmed. I’m also on a rewatch of Eureka, a 20 year old show with a budget per season that is eclipsed by a single episode of RoP, and back to back, the absolutely flat colour grading and sound mastering (of RoP) is embarrassing. They had a billion dollar budget?
The SFX don’t stand up compared to the 25 year old movies. The story is centuries - millennia?- compressed into months and years. It’s no wonder it didn’t catch on and it’s not because of woke black dwarves and strong female leads.
I’ve never watched this show. I’ve never had a desire to watch this show. I’m a huge fan of the Peter Jackson movies and all the books Tolkien wrote.
I think most people can tell when something is a legitimate artistic creation and when something is a cash grab.
i’m also just sick of this tendency to work backwards with prequels. knowing how something ends automatically takes my interest down a notch or three.
I think prequels can be quite good, but when you deprive yourself of the “what happens?” hook, then you leave very little wiggle room, so the “how it happened” needs to be really compelling.
Very few prequels seem to walk that tightrope successfully.
It’s never a great sign when you have to soft-reboot your show after just 2 seasons …
And then admit you’re probably gonna have to do it every 2 seasons
