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Has it? I very much think that it knocks it out of the park compared to a LOT of other recent works in fantasy genre, including the Hobbit trilogy. An error h
by unity1001 4y ago
Has it?
I very much think that it knocks it out of the park compared to a LOT of other recent works in fantasy genre, including the Hobbit trilogy.
An error here and another there do not make terrible writing. There are various interwoven stories in the Rings of Power, each of them consistent within itself, creating a tapestry that easily makes you buy into the world. It requires much less suspension of belief compared to many other works. Including the Hobbit trilogy, again. And don't even mention recent Star Wars flops. That was bad writing.
- WastingMyTime89 4y ago> each of them consistent within itself Can you explain to me why the elf lady wanted a boat then actively refused to take the one she was offered? Or why the orc leader suddenly left a prisoner go to do something which could have been done by his own army since forever? This show is extremely sloppy. Most of the events seem to happen because they are convenient for the plot rather than organically. That’s the hallmark of poor writing.
- unity1001 4y ago> Can you explain to me why the elf lady wanted a boat then actively refused to take the one she was offered? If you nitpick like that, you can find a zillion such questions from the Lotr trilogy, the books themselves.
- prepend 4y agoI don’t think so. Lotr is pretty sound and even the eagles my doom thing was explained by Tolkien. Part of the neatness of the world to me is how everything fits together. Dwarves don’t decide to randomly shave their beards. Elven kings don’t scheme against their subjects. Nothing happens randomly in lotr or even the hobbit book.