Pop-up Episode: Rings of Power Season 2 Trailer Reaction

The teaser for season two of the "Rings of Power" has Chris in an unusually curmudgeonly mood, doubting whether there is indeed a reason for this season. 

Luckily, he is visited today by three spirits who know more about the show and the lore behind it than he does.

Can Sørina Higgins, Connor Salter, and Jordan Key cause him to believe in Tolkien adaptations again? Or will he drag them down with him into the cynical abyss, full of zombie swordfish and indistinct symbiote goo? (I mean, can a crossover with the MCU be far away--it's clearly Venom.)

We talk about:

1. How Tolkienian is the trailer?

2. What each image in the trailer might be.

3. What would they have to announce about the new season to make us excited (or at least less grumpy) about it?

Apologies for doing almost no editing on this one!  It needed to be churned out fast to be even the tiniest bit relevant.

Drop us a line at inklingsvarietyhour@gmail.com and feel free to share your thoughts about the series.

Notice: We'll have the normal IVH episode (about Nightmare Alley) on Thursday, in place of the poem--this week.  In future weeks, we'll return to the Hour-Tuesday/Poetry-Thursday format.

By the way, here's where the conversation between Sørina Higgins and Jordan Key about Season One will become available.