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The Lord of the RingsandGame of Thronesboth have their immense share of contributions to the world of pop culture. When it was announced that the prequelsThe Rings of PowerandHouse of the Dragonswould be released back to back without much time, the fandoms took no time to clash with each other on who’s the best. But now it seems that the LotR fans have gained an upper hand as its prequel has proven to be superior to the GoT prequel based on the ratings. While both of them fall under the single roof of Fantasy, there are significant contrasts in tonality and the storyline of both universes.
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The Rings of Power succeeds to dominate
The latest addition toThe Lord of the Ringsuniverse is theRings of Powerseries which will be released on Amazon Prime. This series is set in the Second age of Middle Earth and is set thousand years before the events of the Oscar-winning film trilogy that was spearheaded by Peter Jackson. According to reports, the early reviews of the premiere of this series have been better than the GoT prequel.
‘THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER’ debuts on Rotten Tomatoes with 85% from 82 reviews.
Read our review:https://t.co/l5ZasFgkhSpic.twitter.com/pbMEQDT7K9
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)July 20, 2025
On the other hand, theHouse of the Dragonwhich serves as the prequel to the hit seriesGame of Thronesalso had an amazing premiere. Even after the concluding seasons of GoT being considered extremely underwhelming, the premiere of the prequel was praised by many. But now as theRings of Powerpremiere starts to level up to theHouse of the Dragonsin terms of the early reviews, the rivalry is more than ever.
Although considering the popularity of the original trilogy and the whopping budget, Bezos and company invested in the LotR prequel, some people are still skeptical about the show based on the 85% RT rating (that the show has received till the time this article is being written).
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Does RT rating matter anyway?
Even though the rivalry on which is the best fantasy show continues between the fans, some people were wise enough to conclude that until the content is open to them, RT ratings don’t matter to them. Despite the early reviews being positive about the show, RT ratings can’t be blindly believed as, in the past, we have seen many times when the ratings didn’t resonate with the show. While some got far more than what they deserved, some faced the opposite scenario.
Now it will be worth waiting till the premiere ofThe Rings of the Poweris open to all the general audiences so we can find out if the RT ratings were true enough and if the fans are genuinely loving the Ring saga more than the internal politics of the Targaryen House.
LOTR: The Rings of Power will start streaming on Amazon Prime from June 28, 2025, while House of the Dragon is streamed every week on HBO and HBO Max
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Subham Mandal is currently working as a content writer for FandomWire with an ardent interest in the world of pop culture. He has written more than 1000 articles on different spheres of modern pop culture and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He’s also an experienced student journalist having demonstrated work experience with the Times of India. He aspires to be a column writer in the future.
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