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‘The Rings Of Power’ Season 2, Episode 4 Review: ‘Eldest’ Is Another Atrocious Disaster (www.forbes.com)
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The Rings Of Power continues to substitute good storytelling with an endless, inane parade of callbacks to Lord of the Rings.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This review makes a lot of great points about parts of the series that I was having trouble putting into words. Especially the bit about the scope being so grand and beautiful and then zooming too far in so that the cities or towns feel like a set.

On social media, I keep seeing the Rings of Power promotions with 'Deep Dives in Lore' or something like that. Why have these deep dives if the lore doesn't add up? Tom Bombadil doesn't deserve this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

"Deep dives in lore" meant mentioning places that nobody's really heard of unless you've read HoME. Lol