LORD OF THE THRONES & GAME OF RINGS PREQUELS BURN BRAIN CELLS, PROVING HOLLYWOOD HAS LOST IT'S ORIGINALITY

Series Review -THRONES VS RINGS - [HBO Plus/Amazon Prime - [R] - Yes, I'm making fun of both the prequels already being presented; one is called House of Dragons and the other is called The Rings of Power. But I'm not going to lie, and this isn't about all of the new 'black characters' being brought into these two series, it's about the lack of originality and the evidence that shows that today's series or movie writer[s] try to hard to delve into political landscapes, telling stories through useless dialog which slows the momentum of the story arcs, leaving no room for the viewer to see that there is a huge difference between any two prequel series which could have had more to offer. There are signs in the current presentation that the writers don't know how to present a family filled with dubious friction or build likeable characters without having one of the other characters use dialog to sell it to the viewer.

Somehow, both of these new prequel show's present the important element of having a diverse culture, races intermingling and bringing in n assortment of actors to fill today's need of showing how history "should be portrayed" to make everyone happy. I know that there's a large belief that the two franchises were white washed on purpose, and that everyone's history will be damaged because of it. But I find it ridiculous that the producers claimed that these prequels would "be in line" with the original shows, but tell a story of what happened previously in their histories, blah-blah-blah...

In the THRONES prequel, why not just add a race of Zulu-type warriors that once governed a large area of their known world. This race could have become extinct over time, or perhaps driven off the land and now living elsewhere. That would seem a little more acceptable. The same could have been said for RINGS, as the land of Middle Earth was devastated with meg-wars that eliminated a ton of the human populace. I find this more fathomable to accept into the mythology of both fantasy worlds, solely because the prime shows currently in our history fail to show or hint that any such additions to race existed. It's a perfect endeavor to showcase and would probably be a little more acceptable to swallow by the main followers of the books that presented both of these worlds in the first place.

Lets get back to the THRONES prequel for a moment. Outside of presenting a political landscape for the King and his successor, the actress Milly Alcock, playing  Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen, is just now being replaced by an older actress - in a timejump event - for a reason to show the characters progression in age??? I'm not sure what decision brought that on as the Alcock is a 24 year old actress and she's been portraying a teen princess. I'm sure that when she was brought into the production, someone told the young actress that, "Hey, this IS a Game of Thrones Prequel, so expect to be seen naked in it!" I feel that Alcock has done a splendid job in her role, considering the scraps of dialog and character development the writers have tossed her way over the course of four episodes which have amounted to very little.

I'm certainly not trying to lead on to anything, but I am sure that the production team; including the directors, the writers and the on set crew probably didn't feel comfortable following the possibility of shooting another incestuous relationship in the series, like the one previewed in the first series between brother and sister in Game of Thrones. In my opinion, not allowing for Alcok to grow into the character of Rhaenyra over the course of several seasons is just a loss to the entire production just like Maisie Williams was allowed to grow as Araya Stark. The only reason for a timejump is to present a new character arc to help the more maturer viewers [who actually are the bread and butter of the series followers] to feel more comfortable seeing a mature looking actress to take it in the ass by the much older male actor in the series. And please don't forget that statues will be taken down in this series, to help appease those woke fans that changing history through sheer violence is the natural way to do course corrections in culture.

Outside of all that I've written above, there's nothing more to about these two series. The story arcs are bland, overly cryptic and it's definitely presenting the writing styles of two teams that have the same, useless writing talent of a bunch of Liberal's who are trying to show a medieval PC [politically correct] world, instead of a world of barbarism which would have existed in that time.

⭐️⭐️💫   [2.5 of 5 Stars] for both series