First Age you mean ;)
Where's my Túrin Turambar, Amazon?! Where is he? In the third age, not the second! Arrgggg
Well, it's still an interesting period to follow.
Silmarillion's off limits for now, but you never know.
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Amazon’s Lord of the Rings cannot use much of Tolkien's plot - Guardian
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Silmarillion's off limits for now, but you never know.
Durin's Bane played by Kit Harrington.Sexy Shelob it is then.
What does he mean by this:
Like the first season has 22 episodes? The plan for the series is 22 episodes?
Like the first season has 22 episodes? The plan for the series is 22 episodes?
Yes, thank you, I corrected it!
The first age is really my favorite period of the chronology. I have a feeling I'll have to wait another 20 years.
Well, if you're not going to tell Tolkien's story, then why get the license? Just make some random shit with dwarves, elves, orc, and dragons and write whatever you want.
My best guess; three seasons with six episodes each, then a final season with four "mini-movies" that are actually 63 minutes long.
They're saying that the first season will be 22 episodes, but in a previous report, it was 20 episodes. It's a mistake on The Guardian's part. The truth is that Tom Shippey is speculating based on what he's heard.
Christopher is still the literary executor of the posthumously published works. As for directorship of the Estate, it seems Michael Tolkien and Adam Tolkien are heading it up.
Ok,thanks.
Just found this:
There are 5 "active" directors,2 ex and secretary of the Estate.
I totally prefer this too. I am assuming they hired really good writers. Let them do a great story set in the world we love.
Hm.. that seems highly unusual for Amazon based on their current shows which seem to have eight to ten episodes per season.
Maybe it's just the number of episodes Amazon is committed to?
Like 10 episodes per season. They renewed some of their shows before they aired. The Expanse S4 airs in December yet it got renewed for S5.
A Lord of the Rings series would seem like a candidate for an early renewal.
Thing is, they've confirmed 5 seasons previously. Just how many episodes they'll have per season is the question.
I don't see any previous characters who aren't main players in the Second Age returning.
Sauron, Galadriel and Elrond are crucial of course, otherwise the likes of Elendil and sons near the end.
Sauron, Galadriel and Elrond are crucial of course, otherwise the likes of Elendil and sons near the end.
Strict adherence to every last letter of the original text is not the only way to adapt a literary property, it's not even a common one.
Now I'm not being judgmental here, I get that this type of world-building is a big part of the appeal of Lord of The Ring and the world created around it, and that's fine.
I'm more concerned about moving forward, maybe I assume too much based on that quote, but I hope future stories in this universe would not have to constraint themselves too much to random decisions made in the writers room of an Amazon TV show.
They can't be Halfast with things in other words.
(I'll see myself out)
How is this any different from what we already knew?
I guess it's confirmed that they are forbidden from messing with canon, but that's a good thing.
I guess it's confirmed that they are forbidden from messing with canon, but that's a good thing.
This really needs to be emphasized. Shippey, with all due respect to his stature in the field of Tolkien studies, does not appear to be closely involved with the production, as he was under the impression that someone not announced by Amazon would be the overall director of the series, and seemed surprised not to see their name in the announcement video.
A twenty episode first season for a massively-budgeted premium "cable" drama series like this would be basically unheard of. At most, it might mean the first season will be split into two "mini-seasons" with a gap in between, but that terminology becomes kinda misleading when the defining characteristic of a "season" for Amazon or Netflix originals is that it's a chunk of episodes all released at the same time. More likely, this is simply an error.
Jude Law is my heart's pick.
A mix of famous names from the Second Age and new characters would be excellent.
I know this is irrelevant, but come on, they're not called "Deutsche Tolkien" anymore than the "Dead Poets Society" is called "Dead Poets".
I'm hoping they stick with British, Australian and Kiwi actors/actresses for the most part for consistency purposes. It'd be great to have some different variation of accents for different parts of Middle Earth, but we shouldn't have a jarring accent in part of the world that is pre-established unless they have travelled from elsewhere.
You wanna know why? This right here is the reason:
Sexy Shelob it is then.
Imagine one of the elf guys just having the most Schwarzeneggerish accent. And nobody ever acknowledges it. Oh, wouldn't that be jolly
I was kinda hoping they wouldn't do a Star Wars and actually have interesting stories a bit further removed from the Trilogy so this is good news in my opinion. Obviously some important plot points for the Trilogy are going to be established like Sauron's increasing power but I'm happy we won't get Legolas backflipping into shot and maybe a budget that limits CGI elves altogether.
You're still going to get sexy Sauron though. It's canon.
Imagine what happens when LOTR enters the public domain. The first year we'll have like three adaptations.
Will Tolkien still be popular twenty five years from now? Who knows.
I'm fine with this. Keep it in the second age, no need to redo all the movie plots too.
Should be plenty of material to do many seasons in the second age. I've head the first season alone is going to be around 20 episodes.
Should be plenty of material to do many seasons in the second age. I've head the first season alone is going to be around 20 episodes.
If there are to be wizards in this show, it will be these two. Saruman, Gandalf and Radagast were still chilling in Valinor during this period, although Gandalf may have been cruising around Arda in his sexy form.
Wouldn't the two blue ones be as well then? Or did they all arrive at different times
The Blue Wizards arrived in Middle-earth during the Second Age and went east, the others came during the Third Age and stayed in the west.
Next week's story: Medical breakthrough - Amazon spent $5 billion to resurrect Tolkien as the lore writer for their upcoming LotR series.
Damn, why did they come first? The lore is even deeper now 💍 🤔