Tag: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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The Rings of Power: Here’s Why The Stranger Should Be Gandalf
Well, the first season of Amazon’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has come and gone, but just because it’s on an undisclosed-length hiatus, doesn’t mean we’re through discussing the show. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s work in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the Amazon series tells the…
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Before There Were Harfoot Feet In The Rings Of Power, There Were Harfoot Slippers [Exclusive]
Is there any image in J.R.R. Tolkien’s land of Middle-earth that’s more famous than a big old pair of hobbit feet? Well, sure, there’s the one ring itself, but that powerful relic isn’t nearly as endearing as the fuzzy-footed group of heroes who end up saving the world from its dark magic. When Tolkien dreamed up…
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Rings of Power Changes Lord of the Rings By Giving Evil a Human Face
While Middle-earth and the world of The Lord of the Rings are derived from J.R.R. Tolkien’s imagination, there are comparisons that can be drawn to Arthurian mythology, fairy tales, and world history. Tolkien’s story of Men, Dwarves, and Elves setting aside their differences in order to confront the ultimate source of evil was heavily inspired…
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What Are The Lands Of Rhûn? The Lord Of The Rings’ Eastlands Explained
This post contains spoilers for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”Prime Video’s “The Rings of Power” concluded its first season with a heart-thumping finale, while managing to bring stray narrative threads together in a satisfying fashion. A lot of big reveals took place, confirming flaming hot fan theories: Halbrand is Sauron! The…
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The Rings Of Power Season Finale Showed It Can Meet All Your Expectations And Still Be Exciting
This article contains spoilers for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” season 1.Tearful goodbyes and too many endings: we’ve come to expect those from “The Lord of the Rings,” and the season 1 finale of “The Rings of Power” didn’t disappoint in that regard. Like “Andor,” “The Rings of Power” is a…
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Fiona Apple Debuts New Song ‘Where the Shadows Lie’ from ‘The Rings of Power’
Great news for fantasy television and indie music fans alike: Fiona Apple has released a new Tolkien-inspired song that will appear in next week’s Season 1 finale of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.”The song is inspired by a poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien that appears in the original books. The music…
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The Rings of Power’s Charles Edwards On Being Obsessed w/ Tolkien as a Kid
From showrunners Jd Payne & Patrick McKay, the Amazon Studios multi-season drama series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set in the Second Age of Middle-earth’s history, thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and at a time when a terrifying…
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The Rings of Power: What Are the Seeds the Elves Plant Before Battle?
Although we had seen some smaller skirmishes in the first half of the season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the sixth episode finally gave us a thrilling action sequence that rivals the Battle of Helm’s Deep in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Given that The Rings of…
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Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Composer Bear McCreary Is Already Thinking About Music For Season 2 And Beyond [Exclusive]
The Prime Video series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” has already been renewed for a second season. Showrunners Jd Payne and Patrick McKay reportedly already have five seasons of the series mapped out. Not only does that mean viewers will be spending a lot of time in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth and beyond,…
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Willow Trailer Breakdown: The Magical Cult Classic Returns
Since Prime Video has The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Netflix has The Witcher, and HBO has House of the Dragon, it was only a matter of time before Disney+ entered the high fantasy streaming competition. This fall will see the debut of Willow, the long-anticipated sequel series to the 1988 film…