The new amazon series, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a prequel to the Lord of the Rings films set 1,000 years before the happenings of the Lord of the Rings films.
There is no Frodo or Sam in this film, rather, there is Lady Galadriel, looking like a badass as she climbs an ice wall, and a Frodo-esque female hobbit in the beginning whom we don’t know quite yet but we’ll assume that she has an important role to play. And then there’s Elrond.. who smolders for the camera in one epic shot.
LOTR Rings of Power trailer drops
We’re predicting it right now, Elrond is going to be the new Aragorn of 2022. (Anyone who remembers when LOTR came out will remember when Aragorn graced all the older ladies’ bedroom walls. Frodo and Legolas were for the teen girls, but Aragorn was for the grown women of the group – ahem.)
Also if you’re wondering where you’ve seen the guy that plays Elrond before, you may recognize him from the Game of Thrones franchise, Robert Aramayo played young Ned Stark in Bran’s vision outside the tower of joy. But boy, has this trailer split the fandom.
Some in the fandom are eager to accept this new offering of LOTR because hey, new content is new content and we get to see all of our old favorites reimagined – which is cool. But some in the fandom aren’t having it because of a few rather nitpicky changes.
Apparently some are arguing that Elrond would never cut his hair because Elves just don’t… a fact which we don’t really think that Tolkein expressly stated. Also some are having problems with the fact that Galadriel is a warrior, nevermind the fact that this is clearly alluded to in the books themselves.
This is not a retelling of LOTR itself, it’s a tale of what happened 1,000 years before that timeline, so seeing the characters evolve from where they once were and become the characers that we know will be an interesting journey. The series itself is set to premiere on Sept. 2nd, 2022, and we can’t wait. Stay tuned!
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