Tony G

Firstly I will point out that I am a huge Tolkien fan and have read almost everything he’s written and also enjoyed all of Peter Jackson’s films. So knowing this had none of Tolkien’s real writings other than one or two vague links to the Silmarillion, in order to give this as much leeway as possible decided to try and watch it as a stand alone series. I’ve watched both episodes so far and have to say it looks like a stinker. The characters are typical of today’s desperate desire to tick all the PC boxes, (though no handicapped women of Chinese extraction so far) but maybe episode 3 will prove me wrong. Furthermore did anyone tell the scriptwriters that hobbits are not leprechauns? In closing I can’t help but think that Netflix or HBO would have done this so much better.