Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[tikcol]

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

Logo trailer teaser is here.



also making of trailer



Still not hypoed 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.

For some reason that narration lacked the weight the previous one had and it sounded kinda cringe

[Orby]

For some reason that narration lacked the weight the previous one had and it sounded kinda cringe

No one is gonna measure up to Cate Blanchett, lets be honest :P

You are only going to get second best

[Egomaniac]

just to remind everyone, the rings of power weren't infact rings of power they were wedding rings and all the kings gay married Sauron. looking forward to a show based on this.

I've been waiting for someone to make a show about interbestial homosexual polygamy. The Sub/Dom kink is just icing.

[Veggie50]

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

Logo trailer teaser is here.



also making of trailer



Still not hypoed 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.

The fact that intro was practical and not CGI fills me with a lot of hope…

[Khaza-R]

For some reason that narration lacked the weight the previous one had and it sounded kinda cringe

I was going to say this but then I thought I was being too petty. Glad someone else thought this though.

[Jshadowhunter]

Abandon hope... I never had it from the start, considering it's "the current year".


Infracted.

[Biomega]

considering it's "the current year".

At least you're being honest about not wanting to progress with the times That's more than most people do who want to pretend like it's 1950s US or 1940s Europe.

That being said, my own fears are not about "wokeness" but about cheap pandering and bad writing - I don't really care if there's an agenda or not, I only care if it's a good product. Tolkien's writings have a certain sophistication about them that you really cannot play it fast and loose with. Those stories are a lot more than just "evil man bad hurrrr", especially the ancillary materials. I expect the appropriate reverence for that kind of source material.

[Julian Rayne]

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.

Well the Silmarillion is grimdark by almost any definition. So it's like Classical Grimdark Fantasy.

[Jshadowhunter]

At least you're being honest about not wanting to progress with the times .

That being said, my own fears are not about "wokeness" but about cheap pandering and bad writing

1. Progress is NOT synonymous with improvement.
2. Not sure if you've noticed, but wokeness will ALWAYS have cheap pandering and bad writing, they're inseparable.

[Sucralose]

Abandon hope... I never had it from the start, considering it's "the current year".

I am sure it will go over as well as wheel of time.

[Jshadowhunter]

I am sure it will go over as well as wheel of time.

Sweet mother... end me.

[jonnysensible]

1. Progress is NOT synonymous with improvement.
2. Not sure if you've noticed, but wokeness will ALWAYS have cheap pandering and bad writing, they're inseparable.

if lotr came out now you'd be crying about eowyn kiling the witchking - muuhhh women.

[Jshadowhunter]

if lotr came out now you'd be crying about eowyn kiling the witchking - muuhhh women.

Strawman if I've ever seen one.

[Nynax]

if lotr came out now you'd be crying about eowyn kiling the witchking - muuhhh women.

Except....that scene is book accurate. If it wasn't book accurate and the kill was stolen from someone else then people would complain. But it IS book accurate, so your just manufacturing a fictional complaint.

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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.

No worries, Wheel of Time was last year.


(i'll see myself out)

[Biomega]

2. Not sure if you've noticed, but wokeness will ALWAYS have cheap pandering and bad writing, they're inseparable.

But you can have pandering and bad writing without wokeness. That's sort of... my point.

[Grimbold21]

Can't wait to not watch another show ruined by staff consumed with an agenda

[Jshadowhunter]

But you can have pandering and bad writing without wokeness. That's sort of... my point.

You will rarely have that in any major recognizable franchise from the 2010s onwards unless it's a small independent studio full of no-names.

[Biomega]

You will rarely have that in any major recognizable franchise from the 2010s onwards unless it's a small independent studio full of no-names.

That's just a silly statement. You're saying that EVERY case of bad writing in a major production is necessarily because of wokeness?

No one is saying there isn't wokeness put into stuff at the expense of good writing sometimes, but to claim that's always what's behind bad writing in major works is patently absurd.

[Nerovar]

For some reason that narration lacked the weight the previous one had and it sounded kinda cringe

The music also sounds generic as fuck and is way too loud and droning. Already confirming my concerns that this is going to be the average trashy fantasy show just with a higher budget.

[Ophenia]

Will give that a chance but, y'know, Amazon, so not really having high hopes.
High chances it's cancelled in the middle of a cliffhanger if it's not pulling the expected amount of $$$