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[โ€“] mdhughes@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But the thing is, Rings of Power is incredibly fun, because it completely ignores source, steals just enough character names & places to get Lord of the Rings fans excited, but it's not boring. Lord of the Rings is about thousands of pages of walking.

Galadriel is a WOMAN and therefore according to Professor Tolkien is useless. Show makes her the one badass in Middle Earth.

I did hate the not-yet-Hobbits, that was not a good invention.

[โ€“] theKalash@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can see how it could be entertaining. Much like watching a train wreck. But "fun" is taking it a bit too far.

[โ€“] _pete_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have friends who are big time LOTR fans who absolutely hate it and didnโ€™t get past the first couple of episodes.

Me - who has no context around the whole thing - found it kinda entertaining :/