10 Stars if I could!
I did not think this would be any good, all though I really hoped it would be good! I'm so glad that I was wrong and this was an amazingly well done production!!
I absolutely loved the show and I am just so glad that they decided to make it!
I know there's a lot of poetic license, but this material is definitely less mainstream than the actual Lord of the Rings Trilogy, or the Hobbit and most of it would never see the light of day without productions like this and would be kept locked away in the Simarillion and other more obscure writings and the masses would never be able to enjoy the world Tolkien created and expanded as he intended!
Those who have the knowledge get involved with the next production and help guide them to be more true.
Get the new season out as soon as possible, I'm a fan, but please keep it as true as you can and don't go into the 3rd Hobbit movie, Battle of the 5 Armies disaster territory!!!