The penultimate episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’s first season packs an all-too-familiar reveal for fans of the Lord of the Rings, using its final scene to bring an old […]
Whether you’re a Tolkien obsessive or the sort of dabbler who doesn’t give an Ent’s conker what a Silmarillion is, it’s not hard to see why reactions to The Rings of Power have been … […]
This week’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power delves into the deepest of Tolkien lore and the far-flung dawn of sentient life on Middle-earth to touch on a question not even the […]
‘What is this, famine cosplay?” asked Ed Power in the Irish Times after glimpsing the harfoots wandering around Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In the weeks since then, he […]
Producers later debunked this rumor. But as soon as the show started airing, people began speculating that certain characters may secretly be Sauron in disguise; like Galdriel’s scraggily human buddy, or the mysterious “Stranger” who […]
Despite its status as a prequel, Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power still has plenty to teach us about the history of Middle-earth, or at least its version of that history. […]
Since the series premiered on September 1, the build-up action has been superb! If you are a lover of all things J. R. R. Tolkien, then The Rings of Power is undoubtedly one to have […]
Image Source: Everett Collection It’s become an all-too-common occurrence for actors of color cast in movie adaptations of fantasy books to receive backlash, and the Black and brown cast members of Amazon’s Lord of the […]
But we have to admit that The Rings of Power, for all its high-priced grandeur, likable cast, and intriguing characters, is … boring as hell. Even for a show that is a prequel to a […]
The biggest mystery in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power since the show’s first episode has been the identity of Sauron. We know that the future Dark Lord of the rings has […]
Continue Reading Below Unfortunately, Poulter left due to “scheduling conflicts” three months later, though we wouldn’t be surprised if the Tolkien Estate made him leave because he might make people think a digitally de-aged Hugo […]
Also, The Lord of the Rings is obviously full of Christian themes (e.g., a magical bearded dude gets resurrected), and Sauron is, arguably, a Satanic figure, while The Shire is an “unspoiled paradise” like Eden […]
[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for a few elf characters in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episode 3.] The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has the unenviable […]
After confining itself to largely familiar Middle-earth locales in its first two episodes, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has finally shown us a place never depicted on screen before: Númenor. Indeed, […]
The cast of Lord of the Rings is standing behind the diversity in their new spinoff series, The Rings of Power, after racist fans of the show spread hate about the cast’s diversity. On Wednesday, […]
Getty Image Seemingly inspired by Logan Paul’s Twitter review of Jordan Peele’s Nope — which the boxer and social media personality declared was “one of the worst movies” he’s seen — Elon Musk has hopped on […]
[Ed. note: This post contains light spoilers for the end of episode 2 of Rings of Power.] In the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, our glimpses of […]
Early on in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, viewers are privy to a conversation between Arondir — an original character invented by Amazon — and his friend, in which the latter […]
The following article contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Do not read until you have seen episodes one and two … Hello and welcome to the first recap of […]
“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” goes way back in Middle-earth lore, thousands of years before “The Lord of the Rings.” It’s loosely based on the supplemental texts and appendices that J.R.R. […]