The Rings of Power

The latest tv series I've been watching is The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ...

an American fantasy television series based on the novel The Lord of the Rings and its appendices by J. R. R. Tolkien. Developed by showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Prime Video, the series is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

I was hesitant to watch it, being such a fan of the books and the Jackson movies - I was afraid it wouldn't be up to snuff. But I have been pleasantly surprised by its quality. The actors are good and the costumes and set designs are sometimes beautiful.

The main character is Galadriel, and I like the way they imagine her much more than the rather creepy version played by Cate Blanchett in the movies. In the tv series, her younger self cares more about finding and defeating Sauron, the evil one who killed her brother , than she cares about ebracing the peace of the Undying Lands ...



It's not perfect ... is it just me, or are the Harfoots (proto-hobbits) speaking with Irish accents, the Dwarves with Scottish accents, the Elves speaking the King's English, and the bad guys, like the orcs and the Southland villagers, speaking Cockney? But it's not just this program - the Jackson movies were similar.

Heres a review from Variety: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ Sweeping and Gutsy, Makes the Most of Its Ample Lore (and Amazon Budget): TV Review

I think it's definitely worth watching.