Game Of Thrones Failure Shows What Rings Of Power Has To Get Right
Amazon’s upcoming The Rings of Power needs to pay attention to Game of Thrones’ failure if it's to strike a chord with fans. The earlier seasons of Game of Thrones are some of the most beloved in fantasy television, but there's a stark lesson in its decline. While Game of Thrones, season 8is a clear guide of what not to do with a fantasy adaptation, The Rings of Power can also learn from what other shows are doing right.
Set in the Second Age of Middle Earth, The Rings of Power will focus on the forging of the Rings and Sauron’s rise to power. Taking inspiration from Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, the events of the Amazon show will occur an estimated 5000 years before Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Little has been revealed about the plot, but provided it effectively navigates the triumphs and pitfalls of its fantasy contemporaries, The Rings of Power has every opportunity to excel.
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The success or failure of recent fantasy cannot be fully attributed to how faithfully the source material is adapted for the small screen. For The Rings of Power to work, it has to get the characters right. Game of Thrones is not the only fantasy adaptation to have deviated from the novels which inspired it. However, while Game of Thrones shoehorned its characters into situations that didn’t make sense, fantasy shows like The Witcher have utilized this change to successfully develop characters and their relationships. This further highlights how the characters will be central to whether or not The Rings of Power is considered a success or failure.
The biggest failure of Game of Thrones was not the expiration of the source material; after all, the writers
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