Rings Of Power Season 2: A Post-Mortem

As Gary/Nerdrotic said, billions of dollars and hundreds of people can’t make something half as good as one man in his spare time.

I wish the Rings of Power had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.

"What's your name?" "Gandalf" "And who are your people?" "I am alone" "Ok, so Gandalf Solo"

Tolkiens spinning so fast in his grave, he could legally be classified as a particle accelerator

My favorite part of the season was when Galadriel told Sauron “if you liked it, you should have put a ring on it”, then started twerking. Truly a moment of the show.

The 'enemies to lovers' trope doesn't really work when one of them is basically evil incarnate with zero redeeming qualities. And the other is Sauron.

Wow I’m so shocked that the old Stranger turned out to be Gandalf! *SAID NO ONE EVER*

"One shitshow to rule them all In the land of Amazon where the shadows lie" I think I got that right

In a private letter, Tolkien describes orcs as: “squat, broad, flat-nosed, sallow-skinned, with wide mouths and slant eyes; in fact, degraded and repulsive versions of the (to Europeans) least lovely Mongol-types.” O'Hehir describes orcs as "a subhuman race bred by Morgoth and/or Sauron (although not created by them) that is morally irredeemable and deserves only death. They are dark-skinned and slant-eyed, and although they possess reason, speech, social organization, and, as Shippey notes, a sort of moral sensibility, they are inherently evil." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 What was so hard to understand for the writers of The Rings of Power? Are they unable to grasp what a monster truly is? This is the biggest difference compared to Peter Jackson's trilogy. Jackson was a master of horror; he crafted characters that were pure nightmare fuel, with no redemption or “soft” side—just evil, plain and simple. Honestly, seeing orcs with kids and mothers is the most absurd idea I’ve seen in this show.

Not only Sam and Frodo had a clear quest, but strong moral values that pushed them through the quest.