Comments on: Rings of Power | Thoughts and First Impressions (Episodes 1 and 2) https://elliotkessler.com/2022/09/03/rings-of-power-thoughts-and-first-impressions-episodes-1-and-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rings-of-power-thoughts-and-first-impressions-episodes-1-and-2 Sci-Fi author Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: admin https://elliotkessler.com/2022/09/03/rings-of-power-thoughts-and-first-impressions-episodes-1-and-2/#comment-5 Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:39:55 +0000 https://elliotkessler.com/?p=167#comment-5 In reply to Jeff Childers.

Yes, I agree with you, for sure. It is not connecting personally yet, but hopefully, it starts to get more personal next episode. The morgul blade-kid is very interesting, and I am curious to see where that goes. Yeah, I think it’s mithril too. Star-dude may not be Sauron, but he is very mysterious. But yes, the timeline is compressed. It would be very challenging to make a show spanning hundreds if not thousands of years.

]]> By: Jeff Childers https://elliotkessler.com/2022/09/03/rings-of-power-thoughts-and-first-impressions-episodes-1-and-2/#comment-4 Sat, 03 Sep 2022 02:05:08 +0000 https://elliotkessler.com/?p=167#comment-4 Thank you for your thoughtful reflections on the opening RoP episodes! I agree that they are beautifully shot and edited. I agree that they’re taking a surprisingly long time getting us in sympathy with most of the characters. Nori is starting to feel that way, with perhaps Elrond and Durin a bit further behind. Everyone’s doing important things, of course, as you point out, and there’s a lot of drama, but that’s not personally connecting. It will be interesting to see what happens with morgul blade-kid! My money is on mithril; I don’t think falling star-dude is Sauron, but we’ll see. The timeline is compressed here and there, which is probably inevitable.

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