Making an OTT series based on Tolkien’s extensive writings was always going to be an easy and, at the same time, thankless task. To clarify, this is not about that racist minority who have a problem with black actors, but a much larger number of fans who do not find the series living up to the standards that they expected. While performing excellently on that front, the chatter amongst fans is that the series does not live up to expectations. However, the Rings of Power is one of the most watched series on OTT platforms right now. Even Trevor Noah did a segment on this, making some hurtful, if not inaccurate, observations about the fandom.Īlso read: LOTR: Rings of Power – A Quick Guide to Middle-Earth Before You Watch the Show One of the stated reasons for the fan backlash against the show is claimed to be the diverse cast in the show. As per the Guardian, this better rating on IMDB is because of Amazon taking steps to protect the series from ‘review bombing’, that is, prejudiced viewers downvoting the series for reasons other than the quality of the show. On IMDB the series fares better but still not anything to boast about.
The audience meter on Rotten Tomatoes for the Rings of Power rates the series at a ‘rotten’ 38%, as opposed to the critics’ rating at 84%. While your average nerd is unlikely to riot in the streets in defence of Tolkien, they are absolutely doing so in every online forum available about the new Lord of the Rings’ series, the Rings of Power. I speak here not only of the relatively tame football fans of today, but of the more robust English football fans of the 1970s and 80s, whose mere presence in a rival city could lead to a citywide panic. While Tolkien nerds have not, to the best of my knowledge, clashed with rival nerds ( Game of Thrones fans come to mind here), emotions are as strong and expressed as strongly as the fans of any English football team. Books, movies, books about the books, books about the movies, endless hours of YouTubers analysing the books and the movies, all contribute to a fictional universe whose adherents feel as strongly about these works as the more athletically inclined do about their favourite sports teams. The fascination that Tolkien’s works have engendered is well known.
One of the most influential, and there can be no debate about this, is the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Some books are more influential than others.
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