Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power [Amazon] *Spoilers*

Hard thread to find this, buried on page 5, maybe cause the title should be Rings of Power but I digress.

Episode 7 is the one we waited for, the whole 100 million is up there, it's Hardhome/Helms Deep/Battle of the Bastards good.

Only problem is will have to pay for that next week with Hardfoot & Blind Queen dirge but it was worth it for that one episode.

There seemed to be a lack of co-ordination with the Elves… Elrond was still fighting and defending the wall but it seemed like Galadriel had made contact and everyone except a skeleton crew had fled? I suppose you could chalk it up to the chaos of war.

Also, Sauron's levels of power seems off the scale… to be able to mind control multiple Elves at the same time into suicide attacks like that. That is beyond anything I can recall from any of the books.

I know he is a Maiar and has 'raw' power, not veiled like the wizards but even then… I don't recall that level of power in the Silmarillion or book appendices. It does mention 'shape shifter' but doesn't detail out if that is a genuine change of shape or merely projecting that appearance. I suppose you could spin that into, he is deceiving someone else and they see an enemy and attack.

And he is not the source of all evil in Middle Earth, that was Morgoth.

"Sauron gathered under his government all the evil things of the days of Morgoth that remained on earth or beneath it."

I find if you're trying to tie things together against the book, the enjoyment of it wanes. I'm trying not to think about the lore and just trying to enjoy it as a piece of television. To me it's good television for the most part.

I've a similar mentality towards AMC's Interview With The Vampire.

There are power levels for sure.
For one thing, power levels are what the “rings of power” are all about?

Also, the Maiar have levels of power that far exceed an average hobbit,man, dwarf or elf.

You have to have context though, they don't have the rights to any of that… Literally just the 3 Books (collectively "The Lord of the Rings" and the appendices of the Lord of the Rings. Nothing else. If it doesnt show up here, they cannot use any reference to items within the Silmarillion or Beren and Luthien etc…

I thought it was great. Looking forward to season 3

I never understand this logic. If you hate it why watch it? (I'm assuming you've watched it as your saying it's awful).

If your not watching it why give a **** if it's still running if your not watching it? The discourse over this show is bonkers. There's plenty of stuff I've no interest in but don't give a fiddlers if other people watch it and enjoy it.

My two cents.

I loved that finale. Brilliant hour of tv. Way better second season. It's starting to find it's feet so hopefully not cancelled.

much better second season. Still wildly uneven though, hopefully that’s the end of the hobbits but it won’t be.

Last episode felt rushed, really could do with 10 episodes per season I think. The kingsmen and the faithful storyline really suffers

That season done nothing for me

maybe just cut the hobbits and it would free up time.