Tom Bombadil may be the most argued-about character in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, although fans who only know the film versions of the trilogy have likely never heard of him. There’s a reason Tom got cut from those films (although he has appeared in some foreign-language adaptations of Tolkien’s work). Apart from rescuing the hobbits from some malevolent entities in The Fellowship of the Ring, Tom does not advance the main storyline: the quest to destroy the One Ring. Amazon Studios’ The Rings of Power, now in its second season, is the first major English-language Tolkien adaptation to depict the merry fellow with his bright blue jacket and his boots of yellow. Sadly, it’s a portrayal that completely misses the essence of Tom.
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