Dissecting The Rings of Power's Failed Mystery Box

Watch this video ad-free, and get access to exclusive content on Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/lsoo Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO 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: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-why-the-big-reveal-in-the-rings-of-power-didnt-work 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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Tony Anderson – Oyarsa (feat. Timbre) Jesse Brown and Katharine Petkovski – Embers at Dawn Alicia Enstrom – Reflections Hannah Parrott – Sacred Rhythm Inola – Glacier feat. Young Collective Take your projects to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 Additional Music: Naski – Fall