The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power review

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09/23/22 • 24 min

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Amazon has gambled on Tolkien's vision creating a better than 1 BILLION dollar return on five seasons of a new Lord of the Rings show. So do the first three episodes bode well for such an investment?

Wayne and Paul have their opinions - and a podcast - so guess what they're going to do? If you bothered to read this far and are still interested, could there be dissension in the ranks? Will Wayne, finally, appreciate a LotR product appropriately? And what of Paul - he who normally defends everything that doesn't have the word "hobbit" in the title? Will roles be reversed? Find out as The Countdown continues ... Time Stamps The Rings of Power NON-SPOILER Review: 0:00 - 10:35 The Rings of Power SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 10:35 - 22:00

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:00 - 23:42

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Amazon has gambled on Tolkien's vision creating a better than 1 BILLION dollar return on five seasons of a new Lord of the Rings show. So do the first three episodes bode well for such an investment?

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 22:00 - 23:42

Check out the show's first draft of a website for your one-stop shop for all things related to The Countdown.

But if you want more specific directions, find so many more Countdowns - all the way back to Episode 40! - on our Podbean site.

Join The Countdown Podcast Listener Community on Facebook so you can interact more directly with Paul and Wayne and vote in the weekly poll for who has the best list!

Want to hear a whole bunch of additional content? Head on over to Patreon to fond out how and see what you're missing.

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Top 10 Fist Pumping Television Moments (w/ Dan from Netflix N Swill)

8 Recommendations

Countdown #390

This week, Dan from Netflix N Swill joins the boys to help countdown his own genius idea: The Top 10 Fist Pumping Television Moments. Which, to be clear, is about those moments that absolutely had you leaping off the couch, yelling "Yessssss!" and, for a precious few seconds, rendering everything in your world perfect.

Prepare yourselves, then, for a Countdown unlike any other, as Dan goes "Full Dan" with more of a particular type of genre than has been mentioned throughout the combined previous 389 episodes of the show. Then there's Wayne all but frothing at the mouth while discussing some of his choices, as he touches on everything from childhood classics to personal hits; while Paul just tries to keep the show from going completely off the rails - even though it still gets to a Gerald-Morris-patience-testing 90 minutes. Who will have the superior Daredevil moment? Has Netflix N Swill yet been taken down by Netflix, and which television fight scene rules them all?

Learn the answers to all these questions and more, as The Countdown continues ...

P.S. Be aware! Spoilers for the shows mentioned abound throughout this episode, and during the Pop 10 there are some spoilers for Season 4 of Stranger Things.

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Top 10 Last 10: Halloween is Coming Edition

7 Recommendations

Countdown #391

The Top 10 Last 10 episode returns and with it so do the recommendations on what to avoid AND seek out as Paul and Wayne countdown ten of their most recent watches from worst to best, with no other linking criteria. And just because Halloween is right around the corner, Paul is spicing up his list with a whole lot (more) of horror. Which is only a pity because they're almost all at the bottom half of his list. Wayne, meanwhile, has listened to his co-host and sought out a film he recommended. Will he enjoy it? And just how many animated superhero films are on his list?

Learn the answers to all these questions and more as The Countdown continues ...

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