[Sr. Mints]

Originally Posted by blankall

These episodes are at least making the huge budget make sense.

Loved the episode. My only minor gripe was:

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how Sauron made the guards kill each other by turning his hand? Up to that point his control was based upon manipulation and illusion, which seemed a lot more creative. Him having outright control of the guards was dumb.

I really like how they pulled off Sauron manipulating Calebrimbor into acting crazy, and then everyone believing he was crazy and following Sauron. That was great. But then he just turns his hand and the guards kill each other? Kind of killed the idea of Sauron being a master manipulator. They could have been a lot more creative with that.

Yeah, felt a bit out of place as we've never seen him use powers like that, but don’t forget—he’s a gifted Maiar. He maxed out manipulation and craftsmanship, and was already like level 89 in sorcery before the rings gave him a massive multiplier