All that money... for this?
The plan was to premier the first two episodes in a simultaneous release on its Prime Video streaming platform, a fairly common practice.
But the streamer’s execution was a little unorthodox, to say the least. At the start of the double release, episode one was — — quite literally unwatchable. That’s no exaggeration, as it completely lacked a play button, and instead users were given a message that said the "video is currently unavailable." Meanwhile, episode two was widely available without any hiccups., and was fixed within a few minutes. Whether this can be blamed on a server overload from the millions tuning in to watch the premier at the same time or some intern forgetting to hit a button, we’re not sure.
But apparently not even its Smaug-sized budget could save the show from Amazon’s mildly botched release of the season premier. And it probably can’t save the show from high expectations, either. It’s an impossibly tall order to top Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, which collectively was one of the most critically, commercially, and culturally successful entertainment endeavors of all time. Good luck trying to please the pedantic purists of Tolkien’s written work, too.circulating that poke fun at the show’s chintzy looking promotional material, it’s probably not the prestige reception Amazon wanted.
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