My personal conclusion about the first season is like this: It was a tolerable fantasy series, which is always welcome. Its writing and acting were uneven, ran

My personal conclusion about the first season is like this: It was a tolerable fantasy series, which is always welcome. Its writing and acting were uneven, ranging from high quality to really bad, and its visuals are for the most part spectacular and generally the best part of the series. My main problem with it is are all the names and general concepts lifted straight from Tolkien's works, set in a story that bears not even a superficial resemblance to what he wrote. So I see it as an independent, and not very original, fantasy work of its own, rather than an adaptation.