Lord of the Rings on Prime Updates (Thanks Varking!)

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Some of the "jokes" here need reining in. 😄

 

[Olorgando]

Now: "There's no soap in Middle-earth!"

And there wasn't any in vast swaths of the region that JRRT based his Eriador etc. on, for centuries upon centuries ... 🤢

 

[Olorgando]

Some of the "jokes" here need reining in. 😄

In equestrian terminology, the "bit" is something that goes in a horse's mouth (attached to the reins?); in current terminology centered on "bit", the operative term for what's in the mouth is usually "foot".

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Some more guesses:

'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' Posters' 8 Most Significant Easter Eggs

All those years of practicing Quenya is finally paying off.

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[Squint-eyed Southerner]

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[ZehnWaters]

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I looks...uhm...pretty?

 

[Ealdwyn]

The driving question behind the production, he adds, was this: “Can we come up with the novel Tolkien never wrote and do it as the mega-event series that could only happen now?”

Er.... no?
Just a hunch

I just read that article in full and the whole thing is really depressing. Really not looking forward to this.

 

[Olorgando]

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This industry has been in a Grand-Canyon-sized rut in the over 40 years since "Dallas" & "Dynasty" first polluted the TV screens.
Perhaps I'd better make that rut the size of the Valles Marineris on Mars ... 🤬🤬🤬

 

[Aredheldaedraugh]

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I m sorry but I m shocked by the photos I ve seen. In my opinion only the dwarfs are well made but the elfs? goodness. I ve seen more beautiful and more believable elfs on the Tolkien Days in Geldern. I m really disappointed. There is nothing special, magical or elegant on the elfs I saw. If zhey wouldn’t have pointed ears, I wouldn’t even think of them for one moment as elfs.

 

[Ealdwyn]

I actually like this. Looking pretty good really.

Well it might look good, but that's where it ends.

Elrond as a "politically ambitious young elven leader"? Seriously??? Elrond???
The same Elrond who refused the crown of the Noldor after the death of Gil-Galad, despite being heir to all 3 houses of Finwe? Who was Gil-Galad's second while his brother Elros and his line were kings? Elrond who founded a Homely House at Rivendell, and chose the path of a healer? "As kind as summer" ???
That Elrond??? Politically ambitious???

 

[Aredheldaedraugh]

I agree totally. This is not Elrond.
I can watch it as an original fantasy series but when you start to change the rules of the world it's not really the same thing anymore. Change enough things and you're in danger of only using a "trademark" to get more viewers but in fact it could be any original show.

 

[Ealdwyn]

I agree totally. This is not Elrond.
I can watch it as an original fantasy series but when you start to change the rules of the world it's not really the same thing anymore. Change enough things and you're in danger of only using a "trademark" to get more viewers but in fact it could be any original show.

Exactly. It's just a random fantasy series that they've attached Tolkien's name to in order to cash in on the success of the LotR movies.

Galadriel a "hardscrabble warrior"? Isildur a common sailor???

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

On another front:

🎶 What do you do,
When you don't have a clue?🎵

Why, write an article, don't you!

Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Will Feature Hobbit Ancestors Called 'Harfoots' - SlashFilm

We might not be getting hobbits in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, but we'll be getting something like them.

www.slashfilm.com

 

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I read that article, and until this I kept an open mind, but there are a few lines in here from the directors that have me dreading this show now

 

[Ealdwyn]

I feel like I'll need therapy when this show is aired

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[TrollinSun]

if Jeff Bezos was as much of a middle earth fanatic as he claims he wouldn't wanna entirely manipulate tolkien's canon

 

[ZehnWaters]

if Jeff Bezos was as much of a middle earth fanatic as he claims he wouldn't wanna entirely manipulate tolkien's canon

I get time compression (though I still don't think it would be necessary). Some of the other changes? Not so much.

 

[Aredheldaedraugh]

I agree totally. This is not Elrond.
I can watch it as an original fantasy series but when you start to change the rules of the world it's not really the same thing anymore. Change enough things and you're in danger of only using a "trademark" to get more viewers but in fact it could be any original show.

Welcome to Black-Men 21 century heaven of non-existing characters. >.>

I'm sorry but such a massive visual project will create an entirely different vision of the Sil, as many people haven't actually really read it or don't even suspect it exists.
And now the common perception of our beloved book will be a made-up story ripping off a masterpiece with an entirely different concept... and even, like, characters?! I am fuming. I'm sorry for the rude word but thanks Tolkien Estate for selling out to this complete . I hope you enjoy those filthy money you have and probably even... I'll stop here before I get quite rude. Maybe it's just a first impression but it's just.. not ok.

NO, ACTUALLY NO, I JUST CAN'T!

JUST LOOK AT IT!

"Arondir (Ismael Cruz Cordova), a newly invented elven character" WOW THE BOOK HAS LIKE A MILLION OF CHARACTERS AND YOU ARE MAKING UP NEW ONES!?!??!!??! As if all of them could be depicted anyway, if you use ALL Of the BOOK's ACTUAL?! CHARACTERS.
I don't know how some people just calm down, just because the book still exists. It exists but it will be tainted for like, half of the ignorant humanity that will watch it.

Ewwwwwwwwwww.

“One of the very specific things the texts say is that hobbits never did anything historic or noteworthy before the Third Age,” McKay tells Vanity Fair. “But really, does it feel like Middle-earth if you don’t have hobbits or something like hobbits in it?”
WOWWW. SERIOUSY?! Yes, does it feel like Middle Earth if... let's think about it. IF WE ACTUALLY RESPECT THE AUTHOR'S LORE??

I am so fed up with cocky producers that believe their stupid ego controls the world, they feel like they are some sort of artistic gods and they can just steal the show with disrespect and a new "interpretation" of something with its own spirit.

It will be everywhere. Oh MY GOD. How will I live with so many comments, articles and everything in my face about this distaster.

I'm not giving up, I still have some hope.

Oh My god.
SAURON.
NOOOOOOOOOOO.

Seriously.

Sauron.

I read that article, and until this I kept an open mind, but there are a few lines in here from the directors that have me dreading this show now