New ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel series praised as a ‘masterpiece’

Sept 1 (Reuters) – The long-awaited “The Lord of the Rings” prequel, “The Rings of Energy,” obtained widespread reward from tv critics, with most critiques applauding the plot, visuals and cinematography of the primary two episodes.

The present is predicated on appendices in J.R.R. Tolkien’s authentic “The Lord of the Rings” novels and is about hundreds of years earlier than the occasions of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” novels and movies.

Exploring Center-earth’s Second Age, the collection from Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) Prime Video uncovers the story behind the forging of the rings and tells of an alliance fashioned between elves and males to combat an historic evil.

“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy,” which debuts on the streaming service on Friday, scored an 84% constructive ranking on the Rotten Tomatoes web site amongst 136 critiques of early installments.

Erik Kain from Forbes “got here to this collection a skeptic,” however after the primary two episodes was a “believer.”

“What showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne have created is one thing merely staggering in scope and scale, in uncooked magnificence and magnificence,” he stated.

“It’s nothing in need of a masterpiece.”

Whereas many fellow critics shared that enthusiasm, a couple of reviewers weren’t impressed.

Darren Franich from Leisure Weekly thinks there are “methods to do a prequel” – and says “Rings of Energy” does all of them mistaken.

The collection “takes six or seven issues everybody remembers from the well-known film trilogy, provides a water tank, makes no person enjoyable, teases mysteries that are not mysteries, and sends the most effective character on a pointless detour,” Franich wrote.

Against this, Elijah Montoya of Geeks of Shade believes the collection will ignite love from “The Lord of the Rings” fandom. He sees the prequel going “the space” and permitting the franchise to retake “its rightful place.”

“A world primarily based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s creations will quickly be probably the most vibrant jewel within the popular culture crown once more,” Montoya wrote.

Reporting by Danielle Broadway, Modifying by Rosalba O’Brien

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