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REVIEW: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (2024)

jesslind | Oct 16, 2024 | 0

A mere year after Tears of the Kingdom, Nintendo announced a new installment in the Zelda franchise, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, during a Nintendo Direct back in June. This time, however, Zelda herself takes center stage, but it’s done exceedingly well. It’s also very humorous that, w...

REVIEW: Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 8, “Shadow and Flame”

jesslind | Oct 4, 2024 | 0

**DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS** The final episode of season 2 begins with Prince Durin striding down a tunnel to discover many dwarf bodies strewn about. Disa, alive, is amongst them and proclaims that the “ring has him, mind and soul.” MUST WE ALWAYS BE REMINDED THAT THE DWARVEN RINGS ARE NOT...

REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 5, “Halls of Stone”

jesslind | Sep 13, 2024 | 1

***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** This episode opens with a shot of sprawling mountains, which transitions to the rivets of a ring—one of the Dwarven rings. King Durin III picks up his ring but does not yet put it on. As he turns away, disembodied voices begin to speak from the other rings. No...

REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 3, “The Eagle and the Sceptre”

jesslind | Sep 2, 2024 | 1

***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Firstly, the biggest and only positive of this episode: NO GUYLADRIEL!!! The downsides? Númenoreans that do not in any way resemble true Númenoreans, Don Lemonlas/Discount Legolas, and… that little shit Theo. Episode 3 begins with Elendil the Short attempt...

Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 2, “Where the Stars are Strange”

jesslind | Aug 31, 2024 | 1

***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Episode 2 begins with Guyladriel and Elrond, the only character in this show who has sense. The two are arguing, Elrond berating her for being so easily manipulated by Sauron and now doing the same to Gil-galad. Back to the dwarves. Durin IV and Durin III have a...

REVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 1, “Elven Kings Under the Sky”

jesslind | Aug 30, 2024 | 4

***DISCLAIMER*** THERE WILL BE SPOILERS AND MUCH FURY IMBUED IN THE TEXT THROUGHOUT THE READING OF THIS REVIEW. Season 2 of The Rings of Power begins in Forodwaith during the dawn of the Second Age. In an ice fortress located far north of the Iron Hills is Sauron, standing before a crowd of Orcs, ...