Regardless of the story...

Not nearly as epic as Game of Thrones.

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Well it certainly had its share of pretty pictures. If you like that sort of thing.

The visuals are stunning even though the stories were not written by Tolkien. I always enjoy Ridley Scott movies since everything looks amazing. The article below states that Rings of Power is the most expensive show ever.

https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/713973-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-budget-most-expensive-tv-show-ever

Glorious visuals and HDR. Everything else is solidly "meh"... as expected.

It's what happens when you give one man way too much money. They always end up squandering it on stupid projects

It is not even the largest scale most ambitious fantasy series this week, House of Dragon is bigger scale.

Sure, if you like to lose a billion dollars as well as never being taken seriously as a film studio ever again.