How Prequels Help us Think About The End of the World.

Both Game of Thrones and The Lord of the Rings got big-budget, majorly-hyped prequel shows this year. But is there something about our current moment that’s particularly conducive to spending hours watching these fantasy worlds thrive, when we know how ill-fated their futures are? We think so and we’ll explain in this Wisecrack Edition on The Rings of Power and House of Dragon: Why We Want Apocalypse Stories Now