The Rings of Power: A Desperate Gambit by Amazon As the third season of Amazon's The Rings of Power approaches, it's clear that the streaming giant is pulling out all the stops in an effort to salvage a series that has been struggling since its debut.
The latest trailer for Season 3 promises "darker" themes, but this is little more than damage control – a desperate attempt to distract from the mediocrity that has defined this adaptation of J. R. R.
Tolkien's Middle earth. The release schedule itself is striking. Gone are the carefully spaced episodes, each building on the last in a tantalizing arc of storytelling.