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[osu1991]

Amazon Sets ‘The Lord of the Rings’ TV Series In Mega Deal With Multi-Season Commitment

$250 Million just for the rights to make something


The LOTR original series, a prequel to Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust; HarperCollins; and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which produced the hugely successful LOTR movie franchise.

Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring.

 

[Scherrman]

Interesting

 

[lakebum431]

This could go either way. If done right it could be great. Several of the articles I read said that they (Amazon) are looking for their own Game of Thrones like epic show. This could be that, but I am somewhat concerned about the timeline. Hopefully it isn't a direct lead-in to the Hobbie/LOTR because we are already familiar with that story. Part of what has made GOT the epic success that it is, is that there is so much speculation about what is going to happen next. Once the show passed the books (since the final two books haven't been written/released) it added more fuel to the fire. There needs to be a great deal of speculation in order to drive the frenzy. In my opinion they also need to do a staggered release to drive the frenzy instead of dropping all episodes at once.

 

[Derwin0]

They'd be better off picking up after the books. That way they can use the characters that stayed behind, and do whatever they want without messing with canon, and books fans that get pissed when things are changed.

 

[lakebum431]

Did anyone that matters stay behind?

 

[Derwin0]

Did anyone that matters stay behind?

Aragorn. There's also Samwise, Pippin, and Merry, but of course those 3 don't matter.
I think Gimli & Legolas stayed behind as well.

I would think a focus on a child of Aragorn would make a good series.

 

[lakebum431]

I thought all of the elves except for the Liv Tyler chick left? Agree that the hobbits are irrelevant. I could see something with the child or Aragorn, but the problem that you run into is that it would be a vastly different world. It would be the "time of men". So no magic, wizards, elves, etc. Seems boring.

 

[osu1991]

I suppose I should find the time to watch all of the movies. Never had watched more than the first one.

 

[Foxbat]

"The Silmarillion" <--- This. So much of Middle Earth changes between the First and Second Ages that no one would be able to quibble about how "the Misty Mountains in LotR: FotR don't look anything like the Misty Mountains" in the Amazon series. Lots of action, love interests, villains (Morgoth, a.k.a. Melkor, who corrupted first Sauron)... It could be even more Epic than "The Lord of the Rings".

 

[long_time_DNC]

Two friends recommended this show to me and I was hooked by the second ep of season 1! Production values are amazing and the episode runtimes are (typically) over an hour, which makes it really easy get hooked on the story because they're playing it out with movie-like pacing rather than a 34-40 minute episode. Acting and casting is really good as well!

I got started on season 2 a few nights ago and was wondering if anyone else is watching?

 

[Bruce]

Two friends recommended this show to me and I was hooked by the second ep of season 1! Production values are amazing and the episode runtimes are (typically) over an hour, which makes it really easy get hooked on the story because they're playing it out with movie-like pacing rather than a 34-40 minute episode. Acting and casting is really good as well!

I got started on season 2 a few nights ago and was wondering if anyone else is watching?

I am amazed you like it.

Made it thru season 1, thought it was terrible, but wanted to give it a chance, made it to halfway on Season 2, Episode 2, just could not take it anymore.

It like they took the worse Lord of the Rings fan-fiction off the internet and made it into a TV Series.

Yes, the production values are high, but that does not make it into a good series.

 

[long_time_DNC]

I am amazed you like it.

Made it thru season 1, thought it was terrible, but wanted to give it a chance, made it to halfway on Season 2, Episode 2, just could not take it anymore.

It like they took the worse Lord of the Rings fan-fiction off the internet and made it into a TV Series.

Yes, the production values are high, but that does not make it into a good series.

They're taking a lot of this from The Silmarillion, of which I'm not quite a third of the way through yet, and sure, they've invented some new people, places and situations, but it's still (IMHO) a really good prequel to LOTR. Having only just started season 2, I'm still enjoying it quite a bit. I'm really not seeing the fan-fic angle in it. If season 2 proves to be as enjoyable as season 1 was for me, I'd sure like to see a 3rd season.