I’m waiting to binge watch LOR, is it that good?

it feels less weighted down by the source material than GOT in my opinion!

Hmmmmm

I agree. The level of detail, production value, and just pure imagination is so incredible in Rings of Power. Also, even though I'm a big Tolkein fan, I'm really excited to see how the creators reimagine the material. Dragon is good -- but it's just Succession in Westeros.

also need the constant time leaps in HOD to stop? Matt Smith, however, is doing the damn thing!

HOD > Rings. I think you’re right about fan service, but also I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. Rings is being a bit too slow, while HOT is like 15 pages in already from a 200+ page story, yet things feel like they’re actually moving

hate multi-year jumps every episode. it's jolting and not sustainable from a storytelling perspective!