How to get ready for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (and introducing Don Marshall!)

Decoding TV

David Chen

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

I’m pleased to announce that Don Marshall will be joining me as my new co-host on the Decoding TV podcast to recap The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! Don regularly shares his knowledge of Middle Earth with his 580K+ Tiktok followers and I’m so thrilled that he’ll be providing his expertise with us for this momentous show.

In this episode, Don and I discuss how he came to love Lord of the Rings, why the show is a big deal for Amazon (and why it will probably be a big deal for pop culture), and what you as a viewer can do to get ready for the show. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuts this Thursday on Prime Video, with subsequent episodes being released on Fridays.

Our Rings of Power recaps will be released on the Decoding TV feed on Saturdays. Decoding TV will continue to cover She-Hulk: Attorney At Law (and hopefully other shows in the future!). As usual, becoming a paid member of DecodingTV.com means you get access to ad-free episodes and bonus episodes of the podcast.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast covering the latest and greatest
0:04.4	in television. I'm David Chen, and here on this podcast, Decoding TV, we've previously
0:09.6	recapped Westworld. We're in the process of recapping she-hulk attorney at law,
0:13.8	and we have a big announcement today. Decoding TV will be covering the Lord of the Rings,
0:19.6	the Rings of Power. What is the Lord of the Rings, the Rings of Power, you may ask?
0:23.5	The Rings of Power is a show that's debuting this Thursday, September 1st,
0:28.3	on Amazon Prime Video, with episodes being released every Friday after that.
0:33.3	There's going to be two episodes released this week, and a total of eight episodes throughout
0:37.6	the season. And I have a brand new co-host who I'm going to be recapping the Rings of Power
0:41.6	with. I'm really excited to welcome him to Decoding TV. He is one of the most widely seen
0:47.7	Lord of the Rings experts on the internet. Don Marshall, welcome to Decoding TV.
0:53.5	Thank you so much for having me. I think this is just going to be the most fun I've had in a
0:57.9	really long time in the best seven weeks of my life probably. We are really thrilled to have you,
1:02.4	and people who've listened to my work for a long time know that my podcast typically involved
1:08.0	one of the world's foremost experts on a topic and some guy, aka me. And so we're really grateful
1:16.2	that you have decided to serve the former role in the case of Lord of the Rings. Don Marshall's
1:20.4	expertise in knowledge of Lord of the Rings is vast, and we are grateful that he's going to share
1:25.7	it with us here on Decoding TV. Now, before we get to what people need to do to prepare for the Lord
1:31.7	of the Rings, the Rings of Power, if anything, let's talk about why this show is such a big deal.
1:38.5	Amazon famously spent around $250 million on just the rights to make this show.
1:46.1	It has spent $715 million on production for the show. The show has already been renewed for a second
1:53.0	season. They basically spent a billion dollars on the show, which is massive. Yeah, it's a little
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