Lord Of The Rings' New Movie Can Beat Amazon's Rings Of Power Show
The new animated feature film Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim may be able to best Amazon's upcoming The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series. War of the Rohirrim has been confirmed to be an animated prequel to Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, taking place approximately 200 years before Bilbo Baggins steals the One Ring from Gollum. War of the Rohirrim will take place in one time period and cover a very specific event, in great contrast to The Rings of Power, which will tell tales spread across the entirety of Middle-earth's Second Age.
The Rings of Power's narrative ambitions are undoubtedly admirable, and there are a lot of canonical stories to pull from in Tolkien's legendarium.The Rings of Power has been confirmed to address the biggest story beats from the Second Age, such as the demise of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron's rise to power. The showrunners have confirmed that seasons 1 through 5 are planned out and that even the final shot of the show has already been decided in an effort to convince audiences that the series is being crafted with care. However, other concerns have arisen as well, such as the introduction of newly imagined characters, how it looks too similar to Game of Thrones, and the over-simplification of Middle-earth’s history.
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The War of the Rohirrim anime, on the other hand, has taken a vastly different approach. It focuses on one period of time, one particular event. While on the surface it may seem completely unrelated to anything that happens in The Lord of the Rings, that's not necessarily true. War of the Rohirrim will provide more context for the land of Rohan, its
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