Dunno about this.
S 1 sucked, let’s be real. This doesn’t convince me S2 will be any different, so I guess I’ll go in expecting to be disappointed.
Though, from the plot points they’re showing, it does seem like S1 was just setting the stage and now, as the show runners have claimed, they can just tell the story. We’ll see I suppose.
I liked it, but it’s not exactly canon, but that is also not exactly the fault of the show runners who had limited material to work with due to the Tolkien Estate apparently. I kind of liked how they handled Sauron and what they did to humanize the Orcs.
yea there were definitely some significant positives in S1 for sure. The writing was just off though.
My biggest like from S1 turned out to be the quasi-romance they created between Galadriel and Sauron. I thought it was creative and interesting without terribly violating any lore but instead kinda adding to the lore with an interesting “maybe this actually happened” that is vague enough that even the main characters (Galadriel and Sauron) can’t be sure what it was.
