After so many poke featuring wholesale vistas and talks aboutwhat it would bein relation to the Peter Jackson films , Amazon ’s Lord of the Rings : Rings of Power series eventually dropped before the weekend started . you could read our critical review of the showright here , but it ’s no secret that this show has been the talk of the town for weeks , with several critics and audiences alike having found themselvespretty charmedby the television debut of Middle - Earth . And to no real surprise , Amazon ’s quick to interrupt out the fine china and sing the show ’s milestones .
With two episodes under its belt , Rings of Power is said to have attracted over 25 million viewing audience around the Earth , and becoming the giving premiere in the history of its Prime Video religious service . Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke heaped praise onto showrunners Patrick McKay and JD Payne , and called the show ’s winner “ meet that Tolkien ’s tarradiddle … have led us to this proud second . ”
But with just intelligence , there must come the bad . Namely , that as Amazon basks in Rings of Power ’s success , it ’s also suspended followup for the show over on Rotten Tomatoes for the next 72 hour . ( PerThe Hollywood Reporter , an Amazon rep explained that this was a practice that Amazon start back when the summer started . ) The “ why ” is so Amazon can control that reviews are logical and not part of some scheme by anti-Semite or sexist round , as was the case withShe - Hulkand Ms. Marvel before it . Rings ’ exploiter sexual conquest stands at 38 % at sentence of authorship , and perusing the discussion section , there are a mint of half or one stars with very short blurbs on why the show did n’t work for them .
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