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ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoIn a slight defense of Rings of Power, I don’t think the lore “problems” are really a big deal. It had to not follow the Silmarillion for legal reasons. As someone who hasn’t digested that “book” the lore parts seem ok. The problem is most the writing still sucks and has many problems that are more substantial than that’s not what Tolkien said in the book that can’t be named. Also the weirdly cheap appearance is totally accurate. I think there’s also a lot of merit to the rumors much of the writing and props were originally intended for a dragon age adaptation.
tankplanker@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Lore is complicated as if you aren’t familiar with the letters, silmarillion and appendices to an insane degree, some things that look right are wrong, and some things that look wrong are actually right depending on what you count in cannon.
I think this sums it up for me as the only bits actuallyin the lore:
The existence of Numenor and Middle-Earth and some of the places in it
The existence of rings of power
The armour just highlights what I mean with its lazy approach to just about everything.
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