Amazon's Rings of Power season 2 is... well, it's not much. For one thing, it's pretty clear that at least half of some plotlines were left on the editing room floor, leading to seriously disjointed storytelling. Then you have the lighting which can only be described as "aggressively eco friendly". But most importantly, the character development/arcs and thus the themes of the alleged story are incredibly flat, if not outright nonsensical. There is no meaning to be found here, no point to the story they are supposedly trying to tell. It's all PLOTPLOTPLOT with hardly a moment to spare for any sort of introspection or exploration on a character's part.

It's a far cry from the rich, detailed, meaningful characters and themes that DEFINED the Lord of the Rings. It isn't Tolkien. It isn't even fan fiction. Fans like the thing they are mimicking. This is just a product.

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