Prime Video Still Plans on Producing Five Seasons of THE RINGS OF POWER
When Amazon Studios first announced that they were developing The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series, they said they were committed to five full seasons.
Prime Video shared early numbers for The Rings of Power Season 2, boasting “40 million viewers” tuned in across its first 11 days. That statistic sounds impressive, but it doesn’t specify how many minutes those millions of people actually watched,
According to THR, “Third-party services show a steep drop [in ratings] from the series’ debut season.” But, despite that, the report says that Prime Video is still committed to the show’s original five-season plan.”
I’m happy to hear that the series is going to continue and that the showrunners will get to tell the full story that they set out to tell.
I will say, I am a huge fan of the first season of the fantasy series, but Season 2 has not been as good. I’ve been a little disappointed with how things are playing out in this new chapter of the story, but I’m holding out for hope that it will get better as at moves forward.
The story for this season has been pretty uninteresting and I’ve found myself bored while watching it, save for a few scenes scattered throughout. People shouldn’t be bored while watching a Lord of the Rings story!
But, I am looking forward to the Siege of Eregion, which will be covered over the course of three episodes.
The series takes place “thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien's pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness.
“Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
“From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital 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.”
In Season 2, “Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will.
“Building on Season 1’s epic scope and ambition, Season 2 of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity.
“Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all… each other.”
What are your thoughts on Season 2 so far?