Summary of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power-Season 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1—This television series lacks good writers. It is a time killer that does not deliver and moves from okay to suitable through its entire first season and does not even try to beg for its Season 2. Overall, the presentation is not very good to start with and moves from that start to okay by the end of the season. The acting performances are 'not so good' to okay/suitable by the end of Season 1. With little development of character and confusing, forgettable names, the audience will need a stiff refresher in order to make sense of storyline if this series gets another year to improve itself. Hopefully, Season 2 will 'blow the socks off' the audience because Season 1 did little to help create a desire for a Season 2.
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Storyline
The story of Middle Earth gets a prequel and review of its story.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Directors J.A. Bayona, Wayne Chi Yip, and Charlotte Brandstrom for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers J. D. Payne, Patrick McKay, Lindsey Weber, Callum Green, Justin Doble, Gennifer Hutchinson, Jason Cahill, J. A. Bayona, Belen Atienza, Eugene Kelly, Bruce Richmond, and Sharon Tal Yguado. Expect to see some new additions to the cast and some of the originals from the movie trilogy.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. This television series is a time killer. It improves little through each episode and it relies on special effects without provision of a solid storyline that has continuity throughout. It fails to contain itself into stand-alone episodes that have strong beginning, body, and conclusion for each episode. It does not follow usual format style of television episodes.
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Ben Meyers
Episode 1: A Shadow of the Past
Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.3|5.0 Starsììì
A Shadow of the Past—great animation and special effects—tries to play the epic scale without realizing it takes not only the big screen but also time to deliver the epic story. It relies so heavily on the costuming and special effects to keep its audience that it fails to realize that novelty is not what keeps an audience returning. There has to be a creation of a reason to emotionally care, to involve, and this does not happen in the first episode. The story is weak and unrelatable. Unlike the film versions of this television series, no reason for watching exists.
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Season 1 is about the inhabitants of Middle Earth, their lives, and their aspirations.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
No. This first episode is not a story contained within itself which most television shows provide...short stories for the working person who has maybe a half hour to an hour in the evening to relax and enjoy a short story. It sets itself up for a boring trudge through multiple shows without creating the desire to see multiple shows and when a family cannot watch the next week's episode, interest in following the series is lost because the story, as written, is not self-contained. The writers failed to realize the circumstances of their audience because their life does not relate to the needs of their audience. Each episode should have been a stand-alone watch and that does not happen here.
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Episode 2: Adrift
Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.4|5.0 Starsììì
Adrift—better organization—continues to rely on special effects and novelty without development of character and a stand-alone story. This episode is disjointed and does not provide clarity or vision of purpose. There is no reason behind what the audience is seeing onscreen. There is no human relevancy within this episode, no well-developed transitions between scenes. The 'story' has no reason for being.
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The exploration of Middle Earth and its inhabitants continues.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
No. This episode needs re-analysis for quality.
Ben Meyers
Episode 3: Adar
Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì
Adar makes a small improvement over the previous two episodes in both presentation and portrayal.
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The exploration of the lives of those who live in Middle Earth continues.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. As with the previous two episodes, it has a long way to go to deserve its time and money investment. There is a certain mindlessness that follows this season, a complete unawareness of audience needs.
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Episode 4: The Great Wave
Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì
The Great Wave—audience hopelessness sets in—has no significant improvement in quality. While most television series do not work at the same level of a cinematic feature, this series does not even attempt to at least provide a television quality relatability.
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Middle Earth continues to get an examination.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. But, to continue watching, at this point, is futile and strained. Dump it and move on.
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Episode 5: Partings
Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì
Partings—story has been written for this episode—has continued with its high quality visuals and animation, but that praise is the single nice thing one can mention about this television show.
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Middle Earth saga slowly moves on.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. Any audience who has made it this far is now inured to the failure of the series to provide real entertainment. It has become a time filler and leads to no fulfillment of entertainment expectations.
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Episode 6: UDÛN
Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì
Udûn—average reigns supreme—allows mediocrity full authority to dish whatever it desires while believing quite falsely that the audience prefers the dish it has served. Anyone watching at this point is either completely starved for any kind of entertainment the entertainment lords wish to provide or are just too tired to care.
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Middle Earth loses it ability to entertain.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. Only because hope for improvement has long since been abandoned and one is hanging on with integrity and true grit alone while wondering how this happened and where are the entertainment people who drop series when they do not serve the audience.
Ben Meyers
Episode 7: THE EYE
Ben Meyers’ Rating: 3.6|5.0 Starsììì
The Eye—the title of the episode alone should warn its audience—does not promise even the interesting presence of a cyclops. To finally rise to a 3.6 rating is the big hurrah here.
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Middle Earth's story continues to continue.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. Compared to the previous episodes, this episode is a small improvement on previous episodes. It is worth watching to some extent.
Ben Meyers
Episode 8: Alloyed
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Meyers’ Rating: 3.6|5.0 Starsììì
Alloyed may be the best of the episodes. It has taken the entire season to become knowledgeable about the characters, their lowly-developed personalities, and what to expect in Season 2. While interest to follow a series depends on the main characters, even the main characters here do not provide a desire to follow the series. This is the last episode in Season 1.
Storyline
Middle Earth's story continues.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. But, know this series has a long way to travel to make it imbue the energy and vibrancy of the original Lord of the Rings movie trilogy or even the Hobbit trilogy.
Ben Meyers
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