With New ‘Game of Thrones’ Max Ad HBO Seemingly Trolls Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’  | THR News - video Dailymotion

Warner Bros. Discovery's ad declares new Max service as the streamer "to rule them all."

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00:00The supposed war between HBO's House of the Dragon and Amazon's Lord of the Rings just reached a whole new level.

00:07Warner Bros. Discovery's Max, formerly known as HBO Max, just posted new ads for their streaming service,

00:14which seems to be making a slight dig at Amazon.

00:17The ad shows a regal Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones on the Iron Throne with the words,

00:22the one to watch when you want to rule them all.

00:24Anybody remotely familiar with Lord of the Rings knows the phrase, one ring to rule them all.

00:30He poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life.

00:37One ring to rule them all.

00:41But the ad is vague enough that it can't exactly be proven that it's intentionally mocking Lord of the Rings.

00:47As we know, Daenerys, of course, really did want to rule them all, so it could all just be mere coincidence.

00:52But it is slightly suspicious considering the Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and the Lord of the Rings Rings of Power series

00:59were looking like head-to-head rivals for fantasy fans everywhere last fall.

01:04Recently, Warner Bros. announced that they were also developing their own Lord of the Rings movies.

01:09The films will likely focus on J.R.R. Tolkien's Third Age, the period of Peter Jackson's films, instead of the Rings of Power Second Age.

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