How The Rings of Power Got Tolkien’s Moral Vision Wrong (Guest: Dr. Ben Reinhard)

The billion-dollar Amazon series “Rings of Power” is said to be based on the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” But is it a faithful representation of Tolkien’s worldview, or is it a modern bastardization profiting off the Tolkien name?

Links:
• Amazon’s Tolkien: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2022/amazons-tolkien
• Rings of Power: Jeff Bezos’s Billion Dollar Anti-Tolkien Fan Fiction: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2022/rings-of-power-jeff-bezoss-billion-dollar-anti-tolkien-fan-fiction