House of the Dragon Vs Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power—Who Wins?

In an ideal world, nobody would wish to resolve whether or not they need to watch HBO’s smash hit Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon or Prime Video’s lavish Lord of the Rings prequel, The Rings of Power. However, it isn’t an ideal world, and there’s little question in my thoughts that solely one in all these sequence goes to dominate the digital water cooler discuss of mass audiences. But which one will it’s?

On the one hand, you may have House of the Dragon, which has already gotten wonderful essential opinions and a large viewers regardless of the widespread disappointment with Game of Thrones’ remaining season. On the opposite, you may have The Rings of Power, primarily based on the Lord of the Rings novels, which have been beloved for almost 70 years, and the three extremely well-liked and Oscar-winning movie diversifications of the ‘00s. And early reviews of the series make House of the Dragon visually look like garbage in comparison, thanks to the almost-criminally expensive budget.

It seems like a pretty fair fight, but I’m going to place my gold items on House of the Dragon. The indisputable fact that it got here to TV first provides it a real benefit, as a result of it’s already dominating the dialog. It’s basically already sitting on the throne, which places Rings of Power on the offensive. I additionally assume Dragon has a greater likelihood of capturing mass audiences as a result of it’s a medieval fantasy as an alternative of excessive fantasy—it’s simpler for individuals who don’t historically look after fantasy leisure to wrap their head across the political and characters drama of House of the Dragon than Elves and Dwarves and magic rings and darkish gods and what I think might be an extremely sprawling epic. And, in all actually, I additionally assume that mass audiences will desire the present the place folks fuck.

But I may very well be improper! Tell me why I’m within the feedback! Or inform me why I’m proper! Or inform me I’m improper about my causes however proper about my decide!

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