The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Created by Patrick McKay, John D. Payne
Beginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront the re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone. From TMDB
195 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 13, 2026 · last updated Oct 14, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 2 | 6 | 82 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TMDB reviews * | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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What viewers are saying
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Counted from the reviewers’ own 0–10 ratings on the 12 rated TMDB user reviews we collected (7–10 positive, 5–6 mixed, 0–4 negative), not by the AI.
Many viewers feel the show betrays Tolkien's vision and is poorly written. [1][2][3] Some praise the visuals and world-building, finding the show enjoyable. [4][5][6] Several reviewers criticize the casting and political messaging. [7][8][9]
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I have loved to see the imperfection, the weaknesses of characters like Galadriel and Sauron himself who are almost in their beginnings and it is logical that they have many weaknesses. I think the fandom that thinks negatively is wrong because they see Galadriel omnipotent and she is not at all, if something has shown both, Galadriel and Sauron, is that they have suffered many defeats and from there they grow and …
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Bad Fan-Fiction - could have been a mediocre fantasy show, but as a Middle Earth show it is a failure. I will just share some of my impressions and come to a conclusion. The show is boring and does not pull you in. After watching the first 3 episodes, I am still not interested at all in what's going on. Galadriel as an or maybe as THE main character of the show is miscast and badly written. She is supposed to be one …
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This is a heinous abomination, a desecration of Tolkien's vision, and an insult to his work. Even if one ignores the fact that this show is supposed to be based on Tolkien's Legendarium and judges it as a stand-alone show, it is mediocre at best.
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Galadriel is a monster. At least in this mini series. For those unacquainted with the world of hobbits and elves and evil orcs in the works of Tolkien, Galadriel is a super talented elf of the highest order with mystic abilities in the Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion. She is a very charming and thoughtful character in Tolkien's books. Here, she is a monster. Obviously, the intent is to goad people into …
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What is this supposed to be? Superficially, it looks like Tolkien's work but for me, that's where the similarities end. Visually this is an impressive series.There are some genuinely talented actors in the cast, too. That said, Tolkien's work is, in every respect that truly matter's, absent. Really that's because this isn't Tolkien. Its a pretty but ultimately hollow,facsimile. Largely absent is the underlying …
How this was made: an AI model (deepseek-v4-flash) read 34 of the 192 public posts we collected about this series and wrote the summary, likes and dislikes, citing the posts behind each point ([n] opens the post). A second AI pass checked every statement against the posts it cites; anything it could not match was removed, and code removed any statement with quotation marks, numbers that are not in the posts, or unattributed claims about people. The split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Generated Oct 13, 2026. Method
Critics, per Wikipedia
Amazon announced that The Rings of Power had been watched by 25 million viewers globally in the first 24 hours that the first two episodes were available on Prime Video, the service's biggest premiere ever. This was the first time Amazon had publicly stated viewership data for Prime Video and the company did not specify how much of an episode a user needed to watch for them to count as a viewer. By December 2022, the series had been watched by more than 100 million viewers globally and was Prime Video's most watched series ever. Sanders called it "a tremendous success", and explained that, in addition to viewership, the company measured its success based on new signups to Prime Video and…
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Reactions
60 of 195 · most liked firstMerry Christmas! Today's December Comfort Watch is a small indie concern I don't think enough people have heard about: the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Don't sleep on this little-seen series, or on the five thoughts I have about it here: whatever.scalzi.com/2023/12/25/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →I really think the analogy The Elephant Graveyard made of social media to the role the Palantir Stones play in THE LORD OF THE RINGS - manipulated by evil forces to show a distorted view of the world to weak men like Saruman and Denethor - is surprisingly apt considering how silly it sounds:
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a great way to get back at them, demand that businesses treat employees fairly and have a robust anti-monopo-oh wait ok you’re going with DEI again alright you’re talking about the Lord of the Rings show and saying there can’t be black elves ok that’s what you’re doing
neutral · AI labelView post →Galadriel, painted in Clip Studio Paint using Wes Gardner's brushes. There will be a separate thread compiling the process snapshots later. This is my homage to Ralph Bakshi's 1978 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, which was my introduction to the series as a child. Enjoy! ✨
neutral · AI labelView post →Another in our series of adoptable dogs that look like character actors. Today is David Wenham dog. David Wenham played Faramir in the Lord of the Rings
neutral · AI labelView post →I suppose the other factor here is that some of those early posts - the Lord of the Rings stuff, the Sparta series - were the culmination of ideas and thoughts that had been bouncing around in my head for years. The 'song of my heart,' as it were; I sang it, and now it is sung. Not bad.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord Of The Rings making of documentary series DVDs are the best to ever do it.
neutral · AI labelView post →This year, my first Magic the Gathering card was released in the Lord of the Rings set! I’m unashamedly proud of this and I bring a card around everywhere 😁 Show me some art you are proud of! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Yeah I guess it’s a sort of ARTSHARE but also to get updated on what my friends have been doing!! 🥰💕
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s a movie or film series you never get tired of watching? (the boys and I are watching the Two Towers again tonight, part of our frequent devouring of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy… they can recite much of it at this point)
neutral · AI labelView post →Henry Cavill said his favorite film is The Lord of the Rings. Who else imagines him in a future Middle-earth film or series?
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Series, 2022 - )
neutral · AI labelView post →In San Francisco, the Lord of the Rings is that book series about an awesome, clever, magical guy who made fucking incredible ring technology to organize everything until some fucking dirty shoeless hippies found an exploit and fucking ruined it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Lets begin GORMENGHAST, shall we? I know very little about this series going in, so it'll be interesting to dip into a fantasy world without the cultural omnipresence of THE LORD OF THE RINGS. TITUS GROAN, here we come!
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m probably in the minority on this, but I think the Wheel of Time series might be the best fantasy adaptation since the Lord of the Rings trilogy
neutral · AI labelView post →a fun little treat I’ve been giving myself is watching chunks of the Lord of the Rings extended editions (which are streaming on HBOMax right now) as though they’re a series consisting of a dozen roughly hourlong episodes instead of three more-than-feature-length films
neutral · AI labelView post →Been watching The Rings of Power and it’s an excellent show. Making me get into the Lord of the Rings lore again.
positive · AI labelView post →The Wheel of Time show rivals The Lord of The Rings movie trilogy. I said what I said.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the timeline where nerd tech company founders got weird ideas from The Lord of the Rings, but I want to live in the timeline where the nerds all read the Discworld series & launched a green energy company called The Fifth Elephant.
neutral · AI labelView post →"For the time will soon come when hobbits will shape the fortunes of all." The Music Box presents THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy, June 19-21 Presented in 35mm in their original theatrical editions. More Info: musicboxtheatre.com/series-and-f...
neutral · AI labelView post →As promised, the full Michigan Marching Band performance of the Lord of the Rings show, with Yo-Yo Ma. youtu.be/cIw6vpfDIus?...
neutral · AI labelView post →how can i listen to the Lord of the Rings halftime show at the Michigan game
neutral · AI labelView post →Getting to know me through media My all time faves: Game - Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Movie - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Show - Star Trek: The Next Generation Album - TOOL: Lateralus
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm a huge fan of "The Lord of the Rings", so when I found an Iris with the namesake, I had to have it. It's now my precious and it gave me a great show this past season 🌱 💍 #flowers #photography #Iris #bloomscrolling #GardeningFeed #nature
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 is GamesRadar+'s 2024 TV Show of the Year!. 📷: Total Films on Instagram
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuted a new Season 3 trailer at #SDCC, bringing new looks into the world and creatures of Middle-earth. The series returns on November 11, 2026. For more: bit.ly/3TgLGHP
neutral · AI labelView post →I can't escape the feeling that this would be a better show if it was simply stripped entirely of the Lord of the Rings framing and existed as its own story, in its own, completely independent world. But for Marketing Reasons, it desperately efforts not to be that. 4/
negative · AI labelView post →Eglerio! My series editor’s copy of @joelmerriner.bsky.social’s Illustrating The Lord of the Rings in the Soviet Bloc: Iconographies of Difference has just arrived! The book will be available from 18 Sep - details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illustrat... @uofgfantasy.bsky.social @tolkiensociety.org
neutral · AI labelView post →holdenprinthouse.co.uk/brand/andrea... I created a series of paintings for MTG playmats in collaboration with the Holden Print House depicting 5 scenes from The Lord of The Rings, one for each "land". This scene depicts the Fellowship entering Lothlórien for the first time.
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn't like that book very much. I prefer the Lord of the Rings as a fantasy series
neutral · AI labelView post →The TROPY Awards are a fan-made awards show created to recognize our favorite aspects of the The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Join us in celebrating this season’s highlights! The nominations form closes February 8th; voting opens mid-Feb. Watch the TROPY Awards on Youtube in March (TBD)!
neutral · AI labelView post →'The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Legacy Edition' out now on Xbox Series, PS5, Nintendo Switch 1&2 and PC. youtu.be/XxvCpuE-_-k
neutral · AI labelView post →My latest essay in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy reading series is about Lin Carter's Tolkien: A Look Behind The Lord of the Rings, his 1969 book about, well, Tolkien. It's also Carter's attempt to tell the history of "epic fantasy." It's messy and weird but, as I argue, really important:
neutral · AI labelView post →On 25 August 1988: The Return of the Shadow was published. Edited by Christopher Tolkien, the first in The History of The Lord of the Rings series, the book shows #Tolkien's first writings of #LOTR, including "Trotter", the character that preceded Aragorn. #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →#WoTSkies Introduce yourself with: (not including any WoT stuff because that seems too easy) One book: The Hobbit One Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (or Interstellar if that’s too much Tolkien) One album: Reputation—Taylor Swift One TV Show: Mad Men One game: Call of Duty 🫠
neutral · AI labelView post →Critical Role makes no goddamn sense. Tonight's episode + pre-show live hour will be longer than THE ENTIRE THEATRICAL CUT OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY. No one -- including I'd argue CR itself -- knows exactly how it happened. You kiss the joy as it flies, & you hope like hell to keep it alive.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fucking Sauron at least bothered to show up in the Lord of the Rings movies even if it was just his eye! Tri can't even be bothered to show us the goddamn ball! This is like if when Rise of Skywalker brought back Palpatine, IT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE HIM ACTUALLY ON-SCREEN EVER. bsky.app/profile/theo...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's WIP Wednesday! I'm making a little Tolkien art series, to celebrate the Lord of the Rings 70th anniversary this year Still a bit to go 😅
neutral · AI labelView post →I really want to rewatch The Lord Of The Rings series so bad.
positive · AI labelView post →Me: *doo dee do dee dooo* The weed: "Cut on the longest installment of the Lord of the Rings series...."
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 8: JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge #LotR
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — The Lord of the Rings (JRRT) One movie 🎥 — Princess Mononoke One album 💿 — Abbey Road (The Beatles) One TV show 📺 — Arrested Development
neutral · AI labelView post →On #HobbitDay, a revisit to a post about Influential Books: The Lord of the Rings. Read how this series inspired me and my writing: jendia-gammon.ghost.io/influential-... #LOTR
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching The Lord of the Rings, and it's amazing how so much of what looked impressive on a cinema screen twenty-five years ago now looks like every cheap streaming fantasy series I watched half an episode of.
negative · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — The Lord of the Rings (JRRT) One movie 🎥 — Muppet Christmas Carol One album 💿 — Grace (Jeff Buckley) One TV show 📺 — Silo (AppleTV)
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book: The Lord of the Rings One film: Seven Samurai One album: Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich: Seven Preludes & Fugues, Opus 87 One tv show: Nirvana in Fire (Lángyá Bǎng)
neutral · AI labelView post →The most human thing Bezos does is spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the Lord of the Rings Amazon show that only he seems to like
neutral · AI labelView post →1 medal down, four more to go! Loving doing the Lord of the Rings Conquerer series 😍
neutral · AI labelView post →this is not going to earn me popularity points in any sphere but: I feel like there is a side of fandom that considers Heated Rivalry a "containment breach." it is like the biggest show in the world currently. that's like thinking the Lord of the Rings movies were a containment breach on fantasy
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact, these movies were so successful they launched a popular book series called, "The Lord of the Rings"
neutral · AI labelView post →Challenge: Can I finish The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers before @gregk.co.uk and @garethwatkins.bsky.social finish recording episode 4 of the @bloodwork.show Combat 18 series? Updates to come.
neutral · AI labelView post →The guy gets a check mark and within weeks he’s claiming he’s the Lord of the Rings from the hit series The Lord of the Rings
neutral · AI labelView post →In related news, those students are younger than the Lord of the Rings film series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Spent over an hour today sunbathing. On my back I listened to The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series) On my front I read Emily Wilson's translation of The Iliad. What a NERD.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think part of the appeal of the Norse GOD OF WAR series is it's basically Armando Iannucci's THE LORD OF THE RINGS
neutral · AI labelView post →Should I show Kid the Lord of the Rings trilogy first, or the Hobbit trilogy first? We havent read them yet. played Fate of the ring boardgame, then watched animated Film (Bakshi) and Kid loved making connections from the game to the story and visuals! @riseupcomus.bsky.social ?
neutral · AI labelView post →« Gandalf with Bilbo and Thorin (Quest of Erebor) » by Randy Berrett, 1978 Cover art for the cassette of The Lord of the Rings BBC radio drama series (circa 1980). #vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustrations
neutral · AI labelView post →Current book read - The Lord of the Rings Current film series - The Lord of the Rings I feel no explanation is needed at this stage.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched The Lord of the Rings and continued watching Sean Bean's Sharpe series #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched
neutral · AI labelView post →According to the Appendices of The Lord of the Rings Gimli son of Glóin is the only Dwarf in the Undying Lands. THAT's the teevee show they should make.
neutral · AI labelView post →Colbert is doing a Tolkein movie series with Jackson. That might actually be his dream job. He absolutely loves anything to do with the Lord of the Rings series. Kimmel is staying. Disney is not backing down.
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