> I don't get reviews saying that TRoP, or some other new prestige TV series, is "terrible", or "a disaster", based on the first couple of episodes.
There are only eight episodes, so if two first two suck then that's a quarter of the series/seasons that sucks.
The first two episodes are also 90 minutes long, so we're three hours into the story. That's as long as the extended edition of The Fellowship of the Ring movie: how much of a story were they able to tell in that? How much have they told in TRoP?
Contrast with with House of the Dragon which has also released two episodes (out of ten). What are people saying about that?
Yes, the series can be 'saved' in the remaining six episodes, but it just seems… wasteful? (of time, effort, money) … to do what they did.
There are only eight episodes, so if two first two suck then that's a quarter of the series/seasons that sucks.
The first two episodes are also 90 minutes long, so we're three hours into the story. That's as long as the extended edition of The Fellowship of the Ring movie: how much of a story were they able to tell in that? How much have they told in TRoP?
Contrast with with House of the Dragon which has also released two episodes (out of ten). What are people saying about that?
Yes, the series can be 'saved' in the remaining six episodes, but it just seems… wasteful? (of time, effort, money) … to do what they did.