Tag: JRR Tolkien

REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 5, “Halls of Stone”

jesslind | Sep 13, 2024 | 1

***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** This episode opens with a shot of sprawling mountains, which transitions to the rivets of a ring—one of the Dwarven rings. King Durin III picks up his ring but does not yet put it on. As he turns away, disembodied voices begin to speak from the other rings. No...

REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 4, “Eldest”

jesslind | Sep 6, 2024 | 1

***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Sadly, this episode has Guyladriel in it again… Episode 4 begins in Lindon, where Elrond, the only one with sense on this show, and Guyladriel are gathering up a squad to travel to Eregion. There has been no word from Celebrimbor. Elrond asks if she knows of a...

REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 3, “The Eagle and the Sceptre”

jesslind | Sep 2, 2024 | 1

***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Firstly, the biggest and only positive of this episode: NO GUYLADRIEL!!! The downsides? Númenoreans that do not in any way resemble true Númenoreans, Don Lemonlas/Discount Legolas, and… that little shit Theo. Episode 3 begins with Elendil the Short attempt...

Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 2, “Where the Stars are Strange”

jesslind | Aug 31, 2024 | 1

***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Episode 2 begins with Guyladriel and Elrond, the only character in this show who has sense. The two are arguing, Elrond berating her for being so easily manipulated by Sauron and now doing the same to Gil-galad. Back to the dwarves. Durin IV and Durin III have a...

REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 1, “Elven Kings Under the Sky”

jesslind | Aug 30, 2024 | 4

***DISCLAIMER*** THERE WILL BE SPOILERS AND MUCH FURY IMBUED IN THE TEXT THROUGHOUT THE READING OF THIS REVIEW. Season 2 of The Rings of Power begins in Forodwaith during the dawn of the Second Age. In an ice fortress located far north of the Iron Hills is Sauron, standing before a crowd of Orcs, ...

War of the Rohirrim First Trailer Released

jesslind | Aug 22, 2024 | 1

Warner Bros. released the first trailer of The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim today, and it was met with mixed reviews. On the one hand, many comments hope that this animated film will be far more tolerable than the abomination that is Rings of Power, whereas others automatically see how cen...