WELCOME BACK TO ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

With the announcement that Amazon has finally renewed The Rings of Power for a third season, hosts Baz Greenland, Luke Winch and Sam Stokes reflect on what that - and the confirmed time jump - means for the show, audience engagement and viewing figures, and the future of The Rings of Power.

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WELCOME BACK TO ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

In this month's episode, Sam Stokes and Baz Greenland cross over with the REEL TALK podcast to review a brand new Middle Earth movie, The War of the Rohirrim. They discuss how the writers adapted a small number of lines in the Lord of the Rings' appendices, which characters were the most enjoyable, and how well the animation style worked.

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WELCOME BACK TO ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

In this month's episode, Baz Greenland and Sam Stokes explore director Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of The Rings, Baz's history with the film as a gateway to Tolkien when he was 10, the use of rotoscope, music, character portrayals, and the narrative choices in the film.

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WELCOME BACK TO ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

Host Baz Greenland talks to guest Una McCormack, New York Times' best selling author and member of the Tolkien Society. Join them as they talk their fantasy novel origin stories, Tolkien and Middle-earth adaptations and reflect on the first two seasons of The Rings of Power!

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WELCOME BACK TO ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

Luke Winch, Baz Greenland and Sam Stokes reconvene to discuss the season two finale of The Rings of Power. As well as breaking down the themes and performances of each storyline they discuss what has worked well and what hasn't this season, The problem with mystery box storytelling and a few rants about bad dialogue...

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Welcome to ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

Host Sam Stokes is joined by guest Ian Buckley, co-host of Film Stories Podcast Network podcasts Illumination Above All and We Are Starfleet. They review the battle for Eregion in The Rings Of Power 2x07: Doomed to Die and discuss the climax of the season's central storyline, Annatar and Celebrimbor's forging of the rings of power, as well as Prince Durin's difficult decision and the motivations of Adar...

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Welcome to ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

Host Luke Winch is joined by guest David Green, a neurodivergent fantasy author whose works include the Empire of Ruin series and the Hell in Heaven series. Luke gets David's thoughts on season one of The Rings of Power and season two thus far, focusing on what the show does well, the use of narrative on the show as well as the problems the show encounters with cohesion and pacing. Luke and David then focus on 2x06, Where Is He?, the excellence of the Sauron and Annatar arc, How the Numenor story is at last taking shape and how we wish the show would just call him Gandalf...

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Welcome to ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

Host Baz Greenland is joined by guest Robert Turnbull to talk the fifth episode of The Rings of Power season 2, Halls of Stone. From the corruption of King Durin, to Sauron's manipulation of Celembrimbor and the elves of Eregion, and all the shenanigans in Numenor, there's plenty to dissect in this latest installment...

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Welcome to ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

Host Sam Stokes is joined by guest Sam Blevins to discuss the fourth episode of the second season of The Rings of Power, Eldest. They discuss Galadriel and Elrond's relationship, Tom Bombadil, the Ent wives, and much more...

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Sam Blevins

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Welcome to ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST...

Hosts Baz Greenland, Sam Stokes and Luke Winch kick off their coverage of the second season of The Rings of Power, as they delve into the narratives, themes and character journeys across the first three episodes; Elven Kings Under the Sky, Where the Stars are Strange and The Eagle and the Sceptre

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