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‘The Rings Of Power’ Season 2, Episode 4 Review: ‘Eldest’ Is Another Atrocious Disaster (www.forbes.com)
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The Rings Of Power continues to substitute good storytelling with an endless, inane parade of callbacks to Lord of the Rings.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

oh man starting with wheel of time im not surprised you found the hobbit lackluster. surprised you liked lord of the rings with that as a start. thing is that it would have never existed without much of what came before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

LotR was good, had depth. Hobbit? That was a novel in readers digest. 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a children's book.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah and even as a kid it was too basic (after reading WoT)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Depends on the age, I guess.
My parents read it with me when I was 7 or 8, and it started a life-long fascination with fantasy books.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

yeah but magic in wot destroyed the world. heck hobbit practically had more visible magic than lotr