Tag: Lord of the Rings

More Questions than Answers – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episode 5

Honestly, at this stage of the game, the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power should be providing more answers than they are posing questions. If there’s a tone of annoyance in this review, that’s intentional. While I am an unabashed Tolkien nerd and I’ve enjoyed quite a bit of what the series has … Continue reading More Questions than Answers – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episode 5 →

The Board Continues To Be Set – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episode 4 “The Great Wave”

The 4th episode of Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, titled “The Great Wave”, is not what I would consider a great episode of television. It’s a good episode, in so much as it moves some of the plots forward, but at the halfway point of the season, I was … Continue reading The Board Continues To Be Set – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episode 4 “The Great Wave” →

Links Forming a Chain – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episode 3 “Adar”

Chains come in many forms, physical, emotional, or spiritual. The famous phrase “the chains of command” are meant as metaphorical, emphasizing the weight someone who must command others carries with them. In the third episode of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, titled “Adar”, metaphorical and physical chains are being forged, binding … Continue reading Links Forming a Chain – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episode 3 “Adar” →

Return to Middle-Earth – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episodes One and Two

When I was six or seven years old, my mother handed me a worn paperback copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. After devouring the adventure of Bilbo Baggins and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain, I asked if there was another book from that author. My mother, proud that she had piqued my interest in … Continue reading Return to Middle-Earth – Review of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Episodes One and Two →