Weird Wednesday: Rings of Power Rewatch: Episode 108

Note: my co-watchers and I were originally planning on watching 108 and 201 as a double feature on Thursday and maybe holding off on 202 and 203 until Friday, but a mystery anthology series we watch handed us one of those bummer episodes where the murderer is the only sympathetic character, and we wanted something to wash off the taste.

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Rings of Power Rewatch: Episodes 104-107

General thoughts: I feel like this series plays better in binges than dribbled out one at a time, even if it exposes some very repetitive bits of story telling. And knowing somewhat where it’s going, based on the season finale and the previews of Season 2, also helps. Is it good that my main reaction to our heroine’s activities tends to be “Welp, Galadriel stepped on another rake”…? – No, it is not…but it’s better than “these writers are morons for thinking this stuff makes Galadriel look smart or heroic,” which was my reaction on first viewing to alot of this.

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Rings of Power, Season 2, Trailer 2 and Related Stuff

We’re close enough to the release date of August 29 that I’m kind of beyond much speculation, just at that, “shrug, we’ll see” stage of thinking. Let me point out some places where I was definitely wrong in my guesses based on earlier promotional material, and comment on some of the latest news:

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Where Did That Come From: The Hunter Healer King Setting Used in Wolf’s Trail

I fell in love with steampunk machinery the same way a lot of people did:

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