The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay Amazon Prime Video, Now on TVNZ+.

The series is set thousands of years before the novel and depicts the major events of Middle-earth’s Second Age.

It is generally considered an expensive mess of bad decisions by the developers. I Wanted to see why. And I have to agree. The first season is a big search for Sauron by Galadriel, despite him being on screen most of the time

But for more detail on what’s wrong, this guy goes into extreme detail: