My thoughts on the Rings of Power Trailer

 

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My thoughts on the new trailer of The Rings of Power. 

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From what the trailer told me, the show will focus on Elrond and Galadriel. 

So the new trailer for The Rings of Power came out, and here's what I think of it...Budget-wise, this show looks good and is well presented, but the real issue is the story and how the characters will be written. In the trailer, we hear narrating about Middle Earth, and how things are going, we see Elrond, Galadriel, other elves, the dwarves, the harfoots, and Numenor. They are making many changes in Numenor. I still think it's a bad idea to merge two timelines. The forging of the rings and the downfall of Numenor both storylines should have been separate seasons. I'll get more into that later.

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We see the dwarves in the trailer, the dwarves look pretty good, and I think this season will end with the dwarves releasing the Balrog resulting in them abandoning Moria. It will be interesting to see Moria in its glory before the Balrog came and the dwarves abandoned it. 

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We see the Harfoots in the trailer.

I still don't think we needed to add hobbits in this season. If it were up to me, I would have saved the hobbits for a later season, like season 4 could have been the fall of Arnor, and the hobbits were involved in that story arc. Also, the show's visuals look good, and we see Valinor and the two trees before they were destroyed by Morgoth. 

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This is a good shot of Valinor, and seeing the Two Trees is remarkable. Plus, the music score is pretty good too.

This is a wait-and-see for me. I feel like they are making too many changes to the lore from what I've seen, and I'm hoping the original characters aren't going to overshadow the book characters or their storylines don't fit the narrative. 

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Again these characters should have been saved for season 2.

Also, I don't see a reason why Isildur needs a sister. Why not make it his girlfriend or something else.

Pharazon looks awful. He's supposed to be a mighty warrior known as Ar Pharazon the Golden, but they took away the gold and put it on Miriel instead.

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Tar Miriel was never fully queen in the books because she was usurped by Pharazon, her cousin, and she never left Numenor, not even for war. I think the first season should focus on Tar Minister, and in the first season, the Numenorians start to question the Valar and slowly become corrupted, setting up season 2.  The Fall of Numenor. 

Again this is why I think these characters should have been saved for season 2. 

I know studios make changes all the time to adaptions, but it's natural for fans to feel concerned it won't be as good as the book.

When Jackson made the films, he made changes to the story, but he didn't try to make it his own. He wanted to respect Tolkien's work and not change what his story meant. I feel like this show is changing a lot of the lore of Middle Earth.

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The elves in the show look kind of weird, and I'm not a fan of Celebrimbor's look and the actor who's playing him. Nothing against Charles Edwards. He's an outstanding actor; I feel he would have been suited for a different role. I was hoping for the Shadow of Mordor look, but I know fans complain they ruined his character in that game; I understand. I would keep that look but make him more like his book counterpart. The guy just wanted to redeem his family's name after the events of the First Age. 

The trailer is setting up Sauron to be the new Dark Lord. We haven't seen him, but he will show up. I also think the first episode will be a prologue to the first age, which is pretty cool. I'm down for that because the first episode is a prologue about the history of Middle Earth. There is also a short scene that I think is Feanor and his sons swearing the infamous oath, so that's cool. 

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So the trailer was okay. I mean, good visuals but not enough detail on the story, but if you read the lore, you know already the events of the second age. This September, we will see what this show does. Will it be good or bad? It's a wait-and-see. I have concerns like many of my friends. One of my friends pointed out this will be a huge mixed bag, and it likely will be. I might like the show or not, but if I do, it's mainly how the story and characters are written in this show. My biggest concern is how the story and characters will be done in this show. 

That's might thoughts on the trailer, and what are your thoughts on The Rings of Power.