Why the Big Reveal in The Rings of Power Didn’t Work

Sign up for CuriosityStream and Nebula at: Help me make more videos! Support this channel: Leave a One-Time Donation: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: About this video essay: An analysis of mystery boxes, plot twists and big reveals in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Watch this video on Nebula: Chapters: 00:00 Mystery Boxes in the Rings of Power 02:18 Why Gandalf shouldn’t have been a mystery box 07:26 Rewriting the Harfoots storyline 11:04 The problem with Halbrand 13:15 Rewriting Sauron 19:11 Final thoughts Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: