Amazon Lord of the Rings series; The Rings of Power

[John_DiFool]

From the literary thread:

@Jack_Burden

Just wondering if the OP was at all prompted by S2 Epi1 of The Rings of Power? Because there is a scene where Sauron reconstitutes himself from incorporeal form there and it was not at all what one would expect. Not like anything in anything I’ve ever read from Tolkien, but then nothing else in that show is either.

Sauron the Shag Carpet is getting TONS of mockery right now across Da Webz, from those deepfake LotR characters on YT to long reddit threads. Of ALL the massively boneheaded moves the showrunners have made, this HAS to take the cake. I’d swear I was watching a parody if someone had told me about this “hilarious!” LotR series, with Sauron as a shambling shag carpet. Seems more like something Beetlejuice would pull off after being exorcised once again. Yet Poe’s Law style the showrunners were 100% sincere in thinking this was a good idea.

[bad] Wow.