I still think he shouldn't have

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When it comes to big new IP-filled shows, these late summer/early fall weeks couldn't get any busier. House of the Dragon, from the Game of Thrones universe, premiered on HBO last week to record-shattering audiences. The Star Wars series Andor will debut on Disney+ in mid-September. And now we have the prequel series to Frodo's quest, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which debuts on Prime Video with the first two episodes on September 1 and weekly single episodes to follow. Patrick McKay and John D. Payne serve as co-showrunners. Catalan filmmaker JA Bayona (The Orphanage, Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom) directs.

the first two episodes of The Rings of Power (TRoP). Let's get my Lord of the Rings (LotR) credentials Taiwan WhatsApp Number out of the way before I dive into The Rings of Power. I started my JRR Tolkien initiation with The Hobbit back in my early twenties. I found it a concise and engaging piece of fantasy writing. I proceeded to read The Lord of the Rings but stopped halfway through book three, tired of too many giant spiders (and the slow pacing). I watched Peter Jackson's first trilogy of movies (2001–2003) and still find it a piece of perfect casting, epic imagery and solid book adaptation. I didn't understand how such a short book like The Hobbit could be made into a trilogy when Jackson decided to revisit Middle-earth with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) and its consecutive two feature-length follow -ups.






I still think he shouldn't have. Perhaps because of that, I wasn't necessarily feeling a return to Middle-earth. Megan Richards and Markella Kavenagh in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Photo Courtesy: Amazon StudiosIt's difficult to pass judgment on TRoP. Notice I didn't give this show our customary 1–10 rating. Its first season is going to be eight episodes long but only two were made available for review. When it comes to The Rings of Power, I don't think I have the whole picture yet. This is a proposition of ambitious and cinematic proportions. The Rings of Power's filming took place in New Zealand, the location for all of the LotR-universe films. Amid TRoP's many CGI -recreated landscapes, you'll also recognize some of New