Mordor was created by Morgoth before the first age and was pretty much always Sauron’s land from the middle or late first age on. There was no Southlands or anything that took place in this area
Setting aside the disregarded lore, the entire conception of how Mordor came to be and how it came to be called Mordor is absolutely laughable
Also everyone should be dead after being swallowed up by volcanic ash
This is quickly becoming one of the worst shows ever written lol
As for the target audience, I have no idea who this is for (other than the writers who you can practically see clapping themselves on the back for their self-perceived greatness).
Is it for the movie watchers? No, or else they wouldn’t have disregarded Galadriel’s husband Celeborn, who we see in The Two Towers. They wouldn’t try to create a cliffhanger out of Isildur possibly being dead at like age 18, you know the guy who in the end cuts the ring off Sauron’s hand.
While it’s really bad writing to be meta about story knowledge, you also have to be aware of your audience and not insult their intelligence
Is it for book readers? Absolutely not.
They’ve started production on season 2 but aren’t committing to a release until like 2024 or 2025. That tells me that this thing has been an absolute bomb and a large amount of changes are likely, if the show survives at all