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The season's second episode, titled "Where the Stars are Strange", was written by Cahill and directed by Brändström and Hooper. [14] The title references a line from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in which the character Aragorn says he has traveled to "the far countries of Rhûn and Harad where the stars are strange". [15]
After the diversity of the first season's cast received backlash online, [89] Sanders was asked about the casting approach for the second season and said, "The series continues to be cast from all around the world. We think that represents the show that we created in season one... we are trying to find the best actor for the role."
Tolkien, while denying that absolute evil could exist, stated that Sauron came as near to a wholly evil will as was possible. Commentators have compared Sauron to the title character of Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula , and to Balor of the Evil Eye in Irish mythology .
To find out how Rings of Power Season 2 is landing with viewers — and why J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic high fantasy still resonates with fans after all these years — Yahoo Entertainment spoke with ...
The latest episode of "The Rings of Power" ushered in a slew of new characters, including the long-awaited live-action depiction of Tom Bombadil.
Scholars have noted that Tolkien's Orcs are depicted as wholly evil, meaning that they could be slaughtered without regret. All the same, Tolkien made them human-like both in being able to speak, and in having a similar concept of good and evil, a moral sense of fairness, even if they are totally unable to apply their morals to themselves. This ...
Tolkien, a devout Roman Catholic, created what he came to feel was a moral dilemma for himself with his supposedly wholly evil Middle-earth peoples like Orcs, when he made them able to speak. This identified them as sentient and sapient ; indeed, he portrayed them talking about right and wrong.
I think the writers had a few too many at the bar.