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

Just checked out Wiki's article on "Lord of the Rings", section 7 "Adaptations", subsection 7.3 "TV":

"In March 2020, the production of the series was shut down due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic."

This could be a big, very big monkey wrench in the gears of Amazon's plans. Weren't they planning to start "airing" the series in 2021?
 
Squint-eyed Southerner said:
It's not just them, of course -- the film and TV industries are being affected worldwide. For instance:

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This is a "Catch-22" situation with a vengeance. With people staying home (restrictions are being ratcheted up quickly in Germany as apparently up to a quarter of the population - my guess is mostly the "Smombie" set - consider the restrictions effected so far to be "scaremongering"!), they are watching (a lot) more TV. And doing a lot more streaming on the Internet, one non-trivial part is schoolchildren doing electronic learning there. It has led to load problems for existing servers.
The Catch-22 is that while people are (seriously) raising their media consumption, the supply of new content could be grinding to a halt. This would then probably mean re-runs on a scale unprecedented in the relatively short history (maybe 70 years for TV, certainly less than 30, more probably 20 for Internet) of electronic media.
 
Olorgando said:
And doing a lot more streaming on the Internet
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It's about to get harder for you guys:
Though I won't be surprised if it happens over here soon. One NPR program I heard last night was dedicated to which old TV shows people are binge-watching. Oddly -- to me -- the oldest one mentioned was "Cheers". I don't consider that very "old" -- maybe because I myself am very old!

I intend to watch a bunch of really old stuff on youtube: serials, Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto. And I have my Film Noir and Busby Berkeley box sets.

Republic, here I come!
 
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Suddenly, my collection of DVDs takes on a whole new meaning! 😜
 
That was already a rumor a month ago, and it still only says "reportedly".
No official statement from Shippey or Amazon yet, apparently.
 
Squint-eyed Southerner said:
With Covid 19 under control in New Zealand, it looks like production is underway again.
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Well it was under control. They've just had 2 more cases.

I will watch the show - it will be impossible not to - but I'm expecting to hate a lot of it. I just hope there will be some parts of it that I love, too.
(I know, I know. Don't burst my bubble)
 
Since the first two episodes are already filmed how about they show it late this year, maybe Christmas?. That way we can get a little taste of what's to come.
 
I have to agree with the comment about not turning it into GoT. Explicit sex and nudity is used to boost viewing figures in circumstances where the writing is too weak to get the ratings on its own merits. If that's the plan from the outset, then it doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the series.
 
It's probably going to be just mild nudity but they hired an intimacy coordinator so there might be more than that who knows. Whatever happens i'm sure is just going to be mild and not GOT depravation.
 
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