Lord of the Rings TV Series Purchased by Amazon

[Shadowferal]

Amazon needs this to be a success. They can't have another "Wheel of Time" on their hands.

[Smallfruitbat]

I just can't get hyped about any adaptations these days. Though my interest is piqued by the fact it was practical effects

[Corvus]

If you can't get Cate Blanchett to do the intro then don't try a cheap knock off version of it. Heck, why use Galadriel at all? There are plenty of others who lorewise would work just as well. Sauron for instance.

If you are worried about the direction of the show, then this probably doesn't inspire you at all.

“It’s about the early days of the Shire and of Tolkien’s environment, so we’re an indigenous population of Harfoots, we’re hobbits but we’re called Harfoots. We’re multi-cultural, we’re a tribe not a race, so there are Black, Asian and brown, even Maori types within it."

[Grimbold21]

If you can't get Cate Blanchett to do the intro then don't try a cheap knock off version of it. Heck, why use Galadriel at all? There are plenty of others who lorewise would work just as well. Sauron for instance.

If you are worried about the direction of the show, then this probably doesn't inspire you at all.

“It’s about the early days of the Shire and of Tolkien’s environment, so we’re an indigenous population of Harfoots, we’re hobbits but we’re called Harfoots. We’re multi-cultural, we’re a tribe not a race, so there are Black, Asian and brown, even Maori types within it."

How to alienate a portion of your possible fan base in a few paragraphs.

Critics of this nonsense are very often blamed for this diversity stuff,when in reality shows and movies have been making D&I the highlight of their product for ages and with no ones help but their own.

[Vorkreist]

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

After Wokeness of Time this is a very likely scenario. Seems like Amazon likes to piss on these legendary materials.

[Grimbold21]

I see this thread is already infested with the kind of garbage that is typical for this sub-forum. Might be a record on my abandonment of a thread. Some of you should start clubs that don't allow "wokeness," or women, or progress, or whatever else you wanna bitch and moan about like children. I think some special "clubs" already exist, actually, you'd fit right in!

Nothing better than some logical fallacies to show your own allegiance to the intellectual dishonesty club, huh

[T-34]

I see this thread is already infested with the kind of garbage that is typical for this sub-forum. Might be a record on my abandonment of a thread. Some of you should start clubs that don't allow "wokeness," or women, or progress, or whatever else you wanna bitch and moan about like children. I think some special "clubs" already exist, actually, you'd fit right in!

I would just wish that the woke crowd would make tv/games/whatever on original material that is made as woke from the beginning, instead of enforcing "wokeness" on something that never was intended to be woke.

So I hope that Amazon will let LotR be how it was made originally and let the wokes make their own woke material and let the market sort out what people want.
Maybe there is room for both. And that would be true diversity.

[Grimbold21]

Miss me with your bullshit. Go cry about an "agenda" somewhere. Oh, you're already doing it. Neat.

That's surprising. I wouldn't say you had the ability to see bullshit.

Let's see, who was that intentionally ignored what everyone here means when they talk about "wokeness"?

Who was that intentionally - and dishonestly - equated being agaisnt "wokeness" with being agaisnt empowering the traditionally disempowered?

It's alright, I understand that this absolute equation is crucial to your attempt at undermining entirely legitimate criticisms.

But go on, please lecture me on how much of a bigot I inherently am, while endorsing the instrumentalization of Identity in an insidious, superficial and, ironically enough, bigotted fashion.

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I'm a dude. I'm just not a fragile, miserable cunt.

Are you entirely sure about that?

Cause it seems you're providing evidence to the contrary.

[Soikona]

That's surprising. I wouldn't say you had the ability to see bullshit.

Let's see, who was that intentionally ignored what everyone here means when they talk about "wokeness"?

Who was that intentionally - and dishonestly - equated being agaisnt "wokeness" with being agaisnt empowering the traditionally disempowered?

It's alright, I understand that this absolute equation is crucial to your attempt at undermining entirely legitimate criticisms.

But go on, please lecture me on how much of a bigot I inherently am, while endorsing the instrumentalization of Identity in an insidious, superficial and, ironically enough, bigotted fashion.

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Are you entirely sure about that?

Cause it seems you're providing evidence to the contrary.

I love this, basically the most belittling way possible of the bigot folly!

[Val the Moofia Boss]

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

"I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn. I will claim the throne and save my people."

That was true in the books but not in the Peter Jackson films. For whatever reason, Jackson turned Aragorn from a confidant middle-aged man and leader ready to assume kingship and was actively involved in fighting against Sauron before the plot began, to being some lonely young fellow who sat around in a tavern and did nothing until the plot fell into his lap, and had self-doubt and tried worming his way out of responsibility.

That being said, there is no doubt that the Jackson films would absolutely be far closer to the spirit of the source material than... whatever this is.

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

The Simarillion is not grimdark. The light of Eru is at the end of the tunnel. Perhaps the only grimdark work of Tolkien with little to no hope in it might be Turin's story.

Except....that scene is book accurate.

The dialogue and intent of the scene is very different in the book than what you got in the movie.

[panda040]

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

sad but true most likely

[Ethas]

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

Oh look there were strong women everywhere admired by millions of fans predating Twitter. Must be white privileged male invention.
How terrible must it be to not understand that nobody is going to respect you just because woke culture says so. Respect must be earned and low human qualities are not helping it.

OT: idk the intro is okay. I'm a huge Tolkien fan and can't wait to see the show. If they gonna push agenda on me like thousands of crappy series I will be disappointed and just stop watching. Hopefully all these money are not going to waste.

[Sucralose]

What I want to know is how major name brands get mangled but books like good omens get an almost perfect tv series. You would think it would be smaller properties that would bend more to the "creative" writing team.

[tikcol]

I would just wish that the woke crowd would make tv/games/whatever on original material that is made as woke from the beginning, instead of enforcing "wokeness" on something that never was intended to be woke.

So I hope that Amazon will let LotR be how it was made originally and let the wokes make their own woke material and let the market sort out what people want.
Maybe there is room for both. And that would be true diversity.

The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real things of its own.

― J.R.R. Tolkein

[Grimbold21]

― J.R.R. Tolkein

Careful, you use that enough times, and you'll have Tolkien be associated with the far right, or some other nonsense like milk, the OK sign or torches

[Sucralose]

Careful, you use that enough times, and you'll have Tolkien be associated with the far right, or some other nonsense like milk, the OK sign or torches

Is that a bad thing...?

It drives off the worst elements if the cult declares it evil. Look at harry potter things got a lot less weirdly sexual once the tumblr crowd declared rowly a persona non grata

[Yadryonych]

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

This and the plot starts with riots because Minas Tirith guards killed yet another urukan-gondorian

[Shadowferal]

The eagerly anticipated, multi-season drama is called The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

As the name suggests, the story follows the forging of the original rings of power that allowed Sauron to spread darkness across Middle-earth.

The Rings of Power unites all the major stories of Middle-earth’s Second Age: the forging of the rings, the rise of the Dark Lord Sauron, the epic tale of Númenor, and the Last Alliance of Elves and Men,” said showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. “Until now, audiences have only seen onscreen the story of the One Ring — but before there was one, there were many … and we’re excited to share the epic story of them all.”

This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared reemergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.”

The Lord of the Rings is already considered the most expensive show of all time, with the first season costing an estimated $465 million. The production was mainly filmed in New Zealand. Then last fall, announced it was moving to the U.K.

The ensemble cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin Boniadi, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Charles Edwards, Trystan Gravelle, Sir Lenny Henry, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Lloyd Owen, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers, Leon Wadham, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Weyman and Sara Zwangobani.

The debut season of LOTR will premiere Friday, Sept. 2, on Prime Video and will air in 240 territories around the world. New episodes will be rolled out on a weekly basis.

[Yadryonych]

"I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn. I will claim the throne and save my people."

That was true in the books but not in the Peter Jackson films. For whatever reason, Jackson turned Aragorn from a confidant middle-aged man and leader ready to assume kingship and was actively involved in fighting against Sauron before the plot began, to being some lonely young fellow who sat around in a tavern and did nothing until the plot fell into his lap, and had self-doubt and tried worming his way out of responsibility.

That being said, there is no doubt that the Jackson films would absolutely be far closer to the spirit of the source material than... whatever this is.

The dialogue and intent of the scene is very different in the book than what you got in the movie.

All this pales in comparison to lack of Tom Bombadil in the movie. Largest downplay, imo

[Shadowferal]

I'm not sold on the script writers McKay and Payne.
But director Bayona is promising.