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I too am a Tolkien fan and I enjoy the show. Seems like a good one so far. Much of the criticism seems to be nitpicking from people with certain expectations that weren't met. If you don't like it, that's fine. You don't have to watch it. I'll continue enjoying it.

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I just hope they can stick with it despite all this backlash from everywhere. Very curious about their take on Sauron, which hasn’t been shown yet as the evil sorcerer that he was.

Probably not a problem: Amazon Prime currently lists it as their #1 show in America.

Re Sauron

My belief is that we're still in a time when Sauron can assume a fair form - after all, Numenor is still around.

my hope is that they show him as a super likeable beautiful character that every weak mind starts to love immediately, before pulling out the rug under everyone's feet.

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