When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Amazon Studios) The Rings of Power season 2is the latest in a long line of adaptations to draw heat for making changes to the source material – but I’m here to argue that this is the best way to honor J.R.R Tolkien and his works. But, I hear you cry, how can meddling with the source material possibly be showing it respect? Well, let me explain. No one can deny that Tolkien is a legendary writer. His sprawling epic that is The Lord of the Rings saga and all its accompanying writings elevates him to immortality in the literary and cultural canon. His works have ended up pretty much on the same level as our foundational myths and fairy tales, at this point – most people’s idea of an Elf or a Dwarf is the type Tolkien wrote about, after all. And what do people long to do with such fundamental stories? Why, reinvent them of course. Retell them, over and over, …
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