Amazon Prime’s most anticipated fantasy series The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power finally premiered its first episodes on the platform last week, marking a strong start with breathtaking cinematography, excellent visual effects, a compelling story and a huge budget of reportedly US$60 million (2.1 billion baht) per episode, which is twice that of Stranger Things Season 4, and quadruple the cost Game Of Thrones’ final season. Long before Bilbo Baggins’ outreach on Gollum, and before Frodo fell in with a burning ring of fire, there were the Harfoots and the beautiful kingdom of Númenor. T…