Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[Easo]

Well, LotR, after all these years, is a super generic fantasy setting.

Sadly I guess that is the answer, because the picture screams generic to me. Then again, it might not be that important in the overall, heh, picture...

[StillMcfuu]

That picture looks like an unused shot that you would get in the features of a blu-ray. Looks kind of untouched up and, I don't want to say low quality, but doesn't have post applied.

[Ausr]

Looks like Valimar and the two Trees of Valinor.

[Hollycakes]

The Lord Of the Rings: Lenny Henry, Augustus Prew, Peter Mullan, Cynthia Addai-Robinson & Benjamin Walker Among 20 New Cast Additions On Amazon Series

Link: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...150050947.html

I'm a little confused by Lenny Henry's casting.
Not known for his drama skills.
Or really even comedy skills. lel

Peter tho will always be Mother Superior to me.
#chooselife

[Frontenac]

Pretty first look.

Probably Tirion with a view of the two trees. Interesting. But the show is said to be set in the Second Age. So it may be an intro where they quickly explain why the Edain got Númenor, what is Valinor, what happened during the First Age, etc.


And of course we have the usual sourpusses...

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The sunlight compositing looks pretty bad. Also the image is really devoid of color and looks really grey. Where are the vivid colors? Elrond and Galadriel wore rings which preserved the color and beauty of their sanctuaries.

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It seems that those are the Two Trees of Valinor. Image is still dull, though.

Well, of course it is dull. The light is coming from the Two Trees, down on the horizon, and we're looking towards the trees. Therefore, everything we see will be in shadows and dull. They were living in perpetual twilight before the creation of the sun and moon.

[Corvus]

Gah, don't you dare be touching the Silmarillion. No way they can be doing it justice.

You can see the Two Trees there both giving off light, but Telperion doesn't look silvery enough. Laurelin gave off golden light and Telperion silver. Given both of them seem to be giving off light that would make it the dusk or dawn period as that was the only time both were active. Even so, they just don't seem majestic or impressive enough, given that apart from the stars they were the only source of light in the world, which gave light to an entire continent.

But it is concept art so we will have to see how it turns out.

[Frontenac]

Gah, don't you dare be touching the Silmarillion. No way they can be doing it justice.

You can see the Two Trees there both giving off light, but Telperion doesn't look silvery enough. Laurelin gave off golden light and Telperion silver. Given both of them seem to be giving off light that would make it the dusk or dawn period as that was the only time both were active. Even so, they just don't seem majestic or impressive enough, given that apart from the stars they were the only source of light in the world, which gave light to an entire continent.

But it is concept art so we will have to see how it turns out.

It seems to be "daytime", since Telperion is not shining. That's why its boughs and trunk appear dark in contrast to Laurelin.

[Corvus]

It seems to be "daytime", since Telperion is not shining. That's why its boughs and trunk appear dark in contrast to Laurelin.

I read it a bit different.

The one at the back is Telperion as it is a whitish colour, and certainly not golden. Telperion was the one that was the 'moon'. The one at the front is Laurelin the Golden (the 'sun' equivalent). It does seem to be giving off a sun like light from the middle of its branches in the picture.

[Fuiking]

Probably Tirion with a view of the two trees. Interesting. But the show is said to be set in the Second Age. So it may be an intro where they quickly explain why the Edain got Númenor, what is Valinor, what happened during the First Age, etc.


And of course we have the usual sourpusses...

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Well, of course it is dull. The light is coming from the Two Trees, down on the horizon, and we're looking towards the trees. Therefore, everything we see will be in shadows and dull. They were living in perpetual twilight before the creation of the sun and moon.

Seems like Tirion... mostly due to the fact of mountain cliffs either side of it.

[Nerovar]

Well, LotR, after all these years, is a super generic fantasy setting.

It's really not. You could show me pretty much any shot from the LotR trilogy and I could immediately identify it as LotR. This seems to be more about art direction and bad CGI. The image just looks sterile and forgettable as fuck.

[Makabreska]

It's really not. You could show me pretty much any shot from the LotR trilogy and I could immediately identify it as LotR. This seems to be more about art direction and bad CGI. The image just looks sterile and forgettable as fuck.

Yes it did become the staple, generic fantasy. Noble elves/dwarves, evil orcs, mixed bag of humans, clear black vs white etc. That's what I meant.

[Aydinx2]

Well, LotR, after all these years, is a super generic fantasy setting.

LotR isn't generic. Most fantasy is simply based on it.

[Nerovar]

Yes it did become the staple, generic fantasy. Noble elves/dwarves, evil orcs, mixed bag of humans, clear black vs white etc. That's what I meant.

I'm talking about the CGI, the composition, the architecture etc. This could just as well be a shot from some retarded DC Snyder movie. That's what I meant when I said "generic".

[Grimbold21]

Well, LotR, after all these years, is a super generic fantasy setting.

I mean, LOTR is the pilar.

If Lotr did anything - the movie anyway - was normalize the fantasy genre as mainstream

[Makabreska]

I mean, LOTR is the pilar.

If Lotr did anything - the movie anyway - was normalize the fantasy genre as mainstream

Yes, I realize. But after all those years any many more fantasy settings, it just lost appeal for me.

[Orby]

Yes, I realize. But after all those years any many more fantasy settings, it just lost appeal for me.

Most Classical Fantasy is like that and that's a shame people feel that way because I love Classical Fantasy. But it seems more people have adopted Grim Dark Fantasy as their go to fantasy these days which is good, but I tend to have a broad mind on the genre.

[Shadowferal]

Hmf...that's supposed to be Valinor? I never really had an image beyond "white shores." If ut weren't for the trees I'd think that was Numenor.

[Corvus]

Hmf...that's supposed to be Valinor? I never really had an image beyond "white shores." If ut weren't for the trees I'd think that was Numenor.

Kinda. If it is Tirion then it is looking in towards Valinor.. But if it is, it isn't the best representation.

The Valar had raised a massive mountain range on the eastern side of their lands,
the tallest on the world, and smooth and unclimbable from the east. Beneath the mountains was the shore which remained lit only by the stars and it is where some of the elves lived, sailing the dark waters.

There was only one way through the mountains, and that was a narrow pass which had sheer cliffs rise up on either side of it. In the middle of the pass was a hill, Túna and on that was built the city of Tirion where the Noldor elves lived. The light from the Two Trees could shine through the gap upon the city but they could still walk the starlit shores where the light of Amar did not reach.

Problem is those mountains do not really look imposing enough for the description given.

On another matter from the image, the identify of the elf hasn't been given, but my best guess would be it has to be Galadriel. She had been born in Valinor, went into exile with the rest of the Noldor (and was a niece of Feanor, the most powerful elf ever to have lived) and was one of the greatest elves , and probably the most powerful left in Middle-Earth after Gil-galad died. I expect her to be very prominent in the series.

[Orby]

Took be a while to find this thread.....

Logo trailer teaser is here.



also making of trailer



Still not hyped about this show... I am nervous. Having been disappointed with wheel of Time this year this leaves me with a funny feeling in my tummy, but its just a teaser, so who knows maybe it'll; be good.

[Shadowferal]

I read on dragonmount that the first two episodes total 3hrs.