‘The Rings of Power’ Showrunners: Sauron Will Be Like Walter White in Season 2
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The 'Lord of the Rings' series showrunners are interviewed about the finale's big Sauron reveal, and what it means for next season: "There may be viewers who are like, ‘This is the story we were hoping to get in season one!’ In season two, we’re giving it to them."

In some ways, we wanted to do an origin story for Sauron.

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“I hope after the last episode airs, viewers watch the whole season again

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“Season one opens with: Who is Galadriel? Where did she come from? What did she suffer? Why is she driven?” says Payne. “We’re doing the same thing with Sauron in season two. We’ll fill in all the missing pieces.”

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“Sauron can now just be Sauron,” McKay adds. “Like Tony Soprano or Walter White. He’s evil, but complexly evil.

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Season two has a canonical story

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  • JuryNullification [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Like how they spend way too long showing people suffering and in pain for no storytelling payoff.

      • UlyssesT
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        15 days ago

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        • Chapo_Trap_Horse [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Holy shit I forgot how awful Lost was. The entire plot of the show was basically just a never-ending series of Reddit writing prompts literally right up until the very end.

          • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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            2 years ago

            I never saw an episode, but just from hearing the absurd plots, I was calling it that Lost wasn't going anywhere and either had to ignore every mystery or pull some "they were dead all along" bullshit.

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              2 years ago

              I checked out when the polar bear showed up and it was clear they were just making shit up as they went along and there was no mystery to be revealed.

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      15 days ago

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      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Say what you like about Whedon (and I'll say many fucking things) but at least his characters had arcs and reasons to suffer. Season 2 of Angel is still amazing.

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          15 days ago

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