My thoughts exactly. Galadriel's Great Swim did it for me.

I didn't personally watch beyond episode two (or perhaps three -- I no longer recall) of season one. It was the worst high-production-value TV I have ever seen. I won't be revisiting, as I really don't need to watch media that I don't enjoy (my life is way, way, too hard already for that).

But at the end of the day, it existing doesn't harm me in any way, and some people do enjoy it, so I don't really think there is a need for the average person to care about this at all either way. Some people will hate-watch, some people will watch it because they enjoy it, and for everyone else, they can just do something more useful with their TV time and give it little thought, IMHO. I paid basically no heed to season two - I would have had to have deliberately clicked on links to have been exposed to it.

I feel the same way about PJ's reprehensible Hobbit movies. I'll never be able to stomach them, but no one is forcing me to, either. I don't collect tie-in editions, so it hasn't even had an impact on the books I collect.

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-rings- ... d-of-the-rings-franchise/

“ BC: I imagine you can't say much about your role in The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, but how does it feel to join that universe?

Marsan: I love it. I was a big fan of the first two seasons. I really enjoyed them. It's beautifully made television—great writing, great world-building. I can't say much about my character, but it's a really brilliant storyline. I was very honored that they asked me to do it.

It was also very meaningful personally—my wife, Janine Schneider, is a screenwriter now, but she used to work as a prosthetic makeup artist and was involved with the original Lord of the Rings films. So I very much knew the story and was immersed in the whole Middle-Earth genre. When they came and asked me to be in Rings of Power, it was a no-brainer.”

Season 3 will air from November 11th :)
https://bleedingcool.com/tv/the-lord-o ... eason-3-set-for-november/