My hopes weren't particularly high for Amazons Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. And after the season finale, despite the twist everyone was waiting for, my feelings didn't change much. While it's a beautiful show, the writing is pretty damn terrible. Writing has a pretty big hand in character development, so if a character is constantly spouting Hallmark-level sentiments, there's not much that makes one feel connected to them. My mixed feelings about the show do not reflect my opinion abo…

-RINGS OF POWER SPOILERS AHEAD- If you really think about it, there aren't many spoilers to be had on The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power. We all know that Isildur survives long enough to fall prey to the allure of the ‘One Ring,’ and we all know that Galadriel is alive and well during the Fellowship trilogy. Many of the characters we've met play some kind of well-known part in Tolkien's lore. The mysteries of the show revolve more around who TF certain people are. And nobody's identity h…

I really hoped it wouldn't come to this. After months of refusing to take a stance, and weeks of watching, I have to say that I have a bone to pick with The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. My expectations were never particularly high, but I was initially enraptured by the show. Amazon did way better than I thought they would. It soon became clear that the beauty of the series trumps the writing. I may have been able to overlook it at first, but the writing is straight-up bad. It's rife w…

Welcome back to another exciting edition of Tolkien Tuesday . For those of you who are new, Tuesdays are when we (Memebase) provide you (whoever you are) with a selection of the best Lord of the Rings memes to have graced our feeds in the last week. The internet has been abuzz with LOTR news, and while there's plenty to be seen (and memed about), it's recently come to our attention that Peter Jackson almost got hypnosis to forget making our most beloved movies. Why? Because he wishes he could w…

Happy Tuesday, Lord of the Rings fans. How's everyone coping with the heat wave? I, personally, am struggling. And not just with the fact that climate change seems realer than ever. I'm struggling because New York City has been feeling way more like Mordor than some bustling city in the beautiful Northeast. While my office's air conditioning isn't too shabby, I've mainly been coping with the pain with the helpof distractions. And what better way to distract ourselves than with Lord of the Rings…

Greetings, nerds. It's Tuesday again. It would be easily be the worst day of the week were it not for the immense joy we derive from supplying you with that weekly serving of Lord of the Rings content. If you're hardcore fans - or even if you just happened to have been watching Super Bowl LVI - you have probably seen the teaser trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power . While it was a short glimpse at the long-awaited (and for some, long-dreaded) series, it was enough to ignite eve…