For the first time I'm getting through an experience to find out more about the story but sadly it means spoilers left and right, anyone who have read the books already know whats happening next so really whats the experience about it? its like me watching episodes that leak before going life, well in Rings of Power I had to dig up a bit to understand some of the characters and who they are but I have face the problem of spoiling the story for myself, besides the internet doesn't help much with releasing spoilers left and right, so if there is anything I get wrong please have mercy.
Second episode still good I would say, season two as expected seem to be better but the elves politics still boring and drag down the episode a bit, Sauron plan is still in motion and its like the creation of the rings was his plan develop during all the years that he was trying to recover as now Mount Doom evil is spreading across Middle earth all th way to Khazad dum, like things were not hard for Durin already between him and his father. There is this big eruption on Mount Doom that starts affecting everything that surrounds it and spreading, there is this cool sight of the dwarven kingdom lighting system that look very impressive, at first I thought the episode was just trying to describe the landscape within the mountain but actually that was the target. We also get a couple of new characters, this new evil wizard and his minions, plus there is what I would call Sauron Final Form "Annatar" who is going to manipulate Celebrimbor once again as any other of his puppets, so even if you are not a big fan of Tolkien’s work I believe you would still like this series, well so far I'm enjoying it, its not perfect but over all between season one and two so far its a 7/10.
The Dwarven Dilemma
As I mention during the intro of this post there is this big eruption at Mount Doom that spread its shock wave all the way to Khazad dum, the mountain where dwarves life, house of Durin, there are other mountains where dwares live as I have look online but the story on season two sets here, this eruption generate an earth quake that shake the mountain, at the entry of the mountain two massive Dwarve status, the head broke from one of them hitting what seems to be the main shaft of a mirror that helps spreading light across the inside of the mountain, light that the dwarves use to grow crops and get some vitamin D as they spend most of their time inside the mountain. The event caught Durin and Disa, his wife, while they were shopping, this made them realize things are not so well for them now that Durin is not getting any money from this family as the result of a the fight he had with his father, after providing Elrond with Mithril and having mayor difficulties at extracting it, plus his father said no so he still did it.Things are not looking good for any of the dwarves specially Disa and Durin, during the episode they had multiple conversations about the dramatic debate between Durin and his father, the king, she constantly suggest Durin be the bigger man and make peace with his father to what he refuse, he is just as hard head as his father but eventually when things worst they will have to come together for the best of the realm, yeah spoilers you just cant avoid, they just too obvious.
The Wizard's Web and New Players
This episodes are so extensive that are truly hard to captivate on a written post, I'm facing the same issues that it would be multiple thousands of words to get everything in a single post so I'm sorry if I skip a few characters on some of this posts series but I will just try to mention what was interesting for me and a peak of what I didn't like, don't want to tell the entire story.Season two is 8 episodes long so I guess there still a few new characters to be reveal, comes in a new player in the game, a wizard in the East, the story is trying to get more incline into the Stranger side of the story as he will be a key factor to fight against Sauron, before the season started there have been speculations that the Stranger is Gandalf the white, there for if we get another wizard specially if he is in the middle of the desert, inside what look like some sort of pyramids or say old buildings with statues inside giving you this vibes of scare evil hide out, well isnt it obvious that this wizard would be Saruman?? well the episode does not directly says this but at least that's what I got from it.
This evil wizard "not Saruman" is after the Stranger "not Gandalf", he has a couple of mercenaries under this control, they work with or for him as they pledge loyalty to the evil wizard but they also had similar eye symbol like Sauron's. Recently I saw a post on twitter where Ian McKellen said he would not let anyone do Gandalf as long as he can walk, when he was ask if he would do Gandalf on the new Gollum movie, makes me think that this two wizards have nothing to do with Saruman and Gandalf but then again its a TV series that might have very little correlation with the movies cast.
Galadriel's Vision and Annatar's Arrival
Politics are starting to move aside but not entirely, that boring side from the elves is starting to be taken over by some action, Galadriel and High King Gil Galad are starting to move on the same direction, sort of, as they both bond after wearing the rings of power, both have been seen things, having visions and this is nothing new to elves although they feel its more powerful than before like its almost a certain its going to happen. It is the case of Galadriel who had this vision of Celebrimbor getting attack by vines that grew from seeds she planted, this I think was interpreted by her as Sauron attacking Celebrimbor, the fact that he got away from her are the seeds so she told Gil Galad and ask him to let her go to Celebrimbor and make sure Sauron does not get to him but at this point in time its just too late, he is already there trying to pursue Celebrimbor to let him in and while he waits what looks like bad weather probably coming from mount doom make Celebrimbor feel pitty for Sauron. This entire part where elves can now have visions that are almost certain to happen will change things a lot but I wonder how it will play down when Sauron gets his ring too??As everything else on this story, everything Sauron put his eyes on happens, so far there has not been a single thing he wanted to do that has not happen one way or the other in his favor, even though some times it looks like he does not know what he is doing, or if like he didn't force it to happen, he stay at the gate of Celebrimbor place until the rain came in and eventually he let him in, Sauron was still in his Halbrand form and manipulated Celebrimbor at his will, playing with fears, his work, his ambitions. I was in full suspense when Halbrand, Sauron, told Celebrimbor he is now who he think he is, I really though he was going to tell him the truth as I didn't know the story so its a great moment for anyone new to the story, this is great because makes the series interesting for those who like fantasy stories but are not necesarly fan of Lord of The Rings.
Sauron puts up this show to take his final form, Annatar, an elve send to spread knowledge and he specifically mention for elves and dwarves because he knows they need more Mithril to make the rest of the rings, Annatar makes this huge entrance, setting the fire at Celebrimbor forge so intense that it starts making ashes, looks like it was snowing inside, its funny because the hole scene look like a picture of Jesus Christ with all the clouds surrounding him, not sure if that was on purpose still a powerful intro for this new phase of Sauron, one that many were waiting from the trailers where there is this Elve fighting dress in black well its Annatar who takes this form only to play out Celebrimbor and trick him into make the rest of the rings, mystery is over.
What really keeps me watching the series is how all this characters will eventually come together to fight Sauron, everyone has their part to play on this story, one thing is certain and that's that Annatar will have Calebrimbor make all the other rings to "save" Middle-earth without know that he will make one for himself too, to eventually rule after everyone else have try to destroy each other when the rings kick in.
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