Lord of the Rings / Rings of Power

Amazon.com Inc said on Saturday that its pricey "Lord of the Rings" prequel series was watched by more than 25 million viewers around the world on its first day, a record debut for a Prime Video series.



The company released the first two episodes of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" on its streaming service in more than 240 countries and territories on Friday. Amazon did not say whether the viewers it counted had watched all or part of the first and second episodes.

Future "Rings of Power" installments will be launched weekly until the Oct. 14 season finale. The series takes place in J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth at a time known as the Second Age, a period 4,000 years before the events in the "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" novels and films.

Amazon plans to let the full story unfold in 50 hours over five seasons.

The online retailer spent more than $465 million producing the show's first season, which was filmed in New Zealand, making it among the most expensive TV series ever

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I wonder if this will encourage more people to become members of Amazon Prime or if it will encourage others to re-subscribe. $465 MN for one season is a lottttt.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/1-amazon-says-lord-rings-200247119.html

Apparently, some people didn't like it ......

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The big-budget series debuted its first two episodes September 2, with an Amazon source telling The Hollywood Reporter that reviews are being held for 72 hours to weed out trolls — and not of the hulking J.R.R. Tolkien variety, though possibly as witless.

“The Rings of Power” currently has a 34 percent average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, compared to an 87 percent critics score. As of print, there are zero reviews for the series on Prime Video with users unable to post.
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IMDb, which Amazon also owns, has not suspended audience ratings for “Rings of Power.” Currently, the series stands at a 6.1 average score out of 10.


I did not know that Amazon owns IMDB. I wonder what else they own that I/We don't know about.


https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/amazon-prime-video-suspends-rings-211532793.html

id read it was far more. like 250 or ore just to get the rights. amazon is kinda all in on this

I guess if I'm still alive I'll see it in another 20 years. Not worth all the other **** to pay for just that on some streaming service and waste bandwidth.

The trailer looks amazing. Is it like a prequel to lord of the rings

woke trash and an insult to Tolkien himself.

But but you see there weren't any black elves, so I cant watch such blasphemy.

Once it's all out, I'll watch it.
Luckely my cable provider hosts this show from Netflix for free (well, I still pay the subscription from the cable provider). HURAY 🐣 ... So I don't need to go on the high seas this time... YARRRRR 🌊⛵🏴‍☠️

Almost finished the first episode, taking a break. A bit slow moving so far, but they're setting up the premise. Looks like it might be entertaining, unlike that WHEEL OF TIME series.

Actually initial budget was 1.5 Billion NZ over 10 years.
The post production was done in a facility near Auckland NZ.

I am still waiting on the new AVATAR sequel to release in December.
If it is as good as the original movie, it will be excellent.

Good to know. Thank you.