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Two years ago, Amazon unveiled its highly anticipated The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which quickly became renowned—not for its storytelling or critical acclaim, but rather for its astronomical costs and poor reception. As the most expensive TV series ever produced, with a budget reportedly exceeding a billion dollars for its first two seasons, expectations were sky-high. However, the series swiftly encountered backlash from fans and critics alike, largely due to its controversial departure from J.R.R. Tolkien's lore and the introduction of narrative choices perceived as driven by political agendas rather than fidelity to the source material.