{"id":6440,"date":"2022-09-05T02:12:50","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T20:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=6440"},"modified":"2022-09-05T02:12:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T20:12:50","slug":"arab-fans-react-as-lord-of-the-rings-draws-in-25-million-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/life\/2022\/09\/05\/news\/6440\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab fans react as \u2018Lord of the Rings\u2019 draws in 25 million viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6441\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/arab_fan-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The show is streaming on Amazon Video Prime. Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DUBAI, Broadcasting News Corporation : With Amazon announcing that its big budget series \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d marks the biggest premiere in the history of Prime Video with 25 million viewers, it is no wonder that Arab fans are declaring their excitement about the show online. The first two episodes of the show, which has an estimated budget of close to $1 billion, aired on Friday and will run until Oct. 14. Arab fans took to Twitter to share their opinions about the epic show, based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. \u201cA promising first two episodes that managed to transport me to Middle-Earth with the Harfoots, Elves, Humans and Dwarves\u2026 The visual experience is impressive and the storyline is clear and well-built\u2026 Excited for what\u2019s to come,\u201d Mohammed Al-Dosari in Alkhobar tweeted. \u201cThe Rings of Power\u201d is set during Tolkien&#8217;s Second Age in Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d and \u201cLord of the Rings,\u201d Tolkien&#8217;s cult trilogy which has already been adapted for film.The first season cost a staggering $465 million to make \u2014 roughly 10 times the price of the first season of \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d 11 years ago \u2014 with a planned $1 billion for the intended five-season series on a whole. \u201cIt has the best cinematography I\u2019ve seen in my life,\u201d Fahad in Riyadh commented on the larger than life special effects, which Rebecca Nicholson at The Guardian said are \u201cso cinematic and grand that it makes \u2018House of the Dragon\u2019 (HBO\u2019s \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d prequel) look as if it has been cobbled together on Minecraft.\u201d However, not all the comments online were positive, with some social media users lamenting the slow pace of the series. \u201cI could not get through the first episode\u2026 without stopping every 10 minutes and watching an episode of \u2018The Office.\u2019 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s boring or if I should just be patient with something that I\u2019m not excited for,\u201d a user named Faisal tweeted. \u201cTo me, the first two episodes\u2026 is a weak attempt at imitating the writing, performances and directing of the film series. I never felt like I was watching \u2018Lord of The Rings,\u2019 Abbas Salih wrote The series is crucial for Amazon, which wants to play in the ultra-competitive streaming landscape, where Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max are already battling it out. NEWS COLLECTED FROM ARAB NEWS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI, Broadcasting News Corporation : With Amazon announcing that its big budget series \u201cThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power\u201d marks the biggest premiere in the history of Prime Video with 25 million viewers, it is no wonder that Arab fans are declaring their excitement about the show online. 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