Lord of the Rings TV Series in Development - How could this POSSIBLY go wrong...

Miller said:
I don't know if it's true but I saw on /tv/ a couple of days ago a post from someone who claimed that the Tolkien estate removed the last Tolkien from the board right before signing a contract with Amazon.
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Sort of. Back in 2017 Christopher Tolkien resigned as an officer of the estate. However, there are four more Tolkiens (presumably all grandchildren of JRRT) on the board.

Regardless, though, Christopher was the one less interested in money and more interested in preserving legacy. God only knows what kind of abortion Amazon will shit out, though it will have a high bar to clear to be worse than the animated LotR adaptation.
 
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Hugbox Kommissar said:
I will be forever grateful that the Jackson movies got made in the brief window of time when special effects were up to the task but it was still possible to cast a fantasy movie with a 99% white cast. This will be a woke shitshow with a few good scenes here and there.
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It still (I mean really) is, just executives are fucking out of their mind and think minorities will rage at them if they don't have 50% non whites in the cast (it's actually white liberals who rage ironically enough). And of course thinking whiny militant bigots (the left wing kind) on twitter are the majority of people.

As for this series...I already know it's likely gonna feel wrong and the casting isn't impressive at all. So it can go fuck off.
 
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Capsaicin Addict said:
Sort of. Back in 2017 Christopher Tolkien resigned as an officer of the estate. However, there are four more Tolkiens (presumably all grandchildren of JRRT) on the board.

Regardless, though, Christopher was the one less interested in money and more interested in preserving legacy. God only knows what kind of abortion Amazon will shit out, though it will have a high bar to clear to be worse than the animated LotR adaptation.
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If you're talking about the Rankin-Bass version instead of the Rakph Bakshi version I will find you and kill you and yes this is a written threat.
 
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Your Weird Fetish said:
If you're talking about the Rankin-Bass version instead of the Rakph Bakshi version I will find you and kill you and yes this is a written threat.
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Fight me, heretic.

Actually, I was thinking of Bakshi's version. I'll be honest I don't even remember the Rankin-Bass one (I don't even think I saw it).

Although I really can't match this guy's critique.

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Once Frodo recovers from the wound of the Morgul-knife, there's a scene where he lies in bed while Gandalf tells him of his escape from Isengard. At the very end of the scene, Gandalf leans over Frodo and tells him to rest. Intriguingly, Frodo turns away from Gandalf and looks directly into the camera, his eyes curiously tortured and beseeching. It's almost as if he's saying to the audience: "Please, please find a way to get me out of this ludicrous movie."
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Capsaicin Addict said:
Fight me, heretic.

Actually, I was thinking of Bakshi's version. I'll be honest I don't even remember the Rankin-Bass one (I don't even think I saw it).

Although I really can't match this guy's critique.
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Rankin Bass Return of the King is the shit if you can get over the number of Scooby Doo voice actors in it.
 
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Dom Cruise said:
What is it about nerd culture that made it SJWs' number 1 target for destruction?
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It doesn't involve physical activity or spreadhseets like sports fandoms do.

Tabletop games still have not fallen due to the barrier of needing a fucking rulebook in order to play the game. You may get a small infestation but within a few months they're tossed out because table top mechanics are all by the numbers and are not a CYOA story.

Kane Lives said:
So.

A picture of all the cast members came out.

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I'll let you guys judge.

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EDIT: From the thread, the actor's names:
Row 1:
Robert Aramayo
Owain Arthur
Nazanin Boniadi
Tom Budge
Row 2:
Morfydd Clark
Ismael Cruz Córdova
Ema Horvath
Markella Kavenagh
Row 3:
Joseph Mawle
Tyroe Muhafidin
Sophia Nomvete
Megan Richards
Row 4:
Dylan Smith
Charlie Vickers
Daniel Weyman
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But cave trolls don't appear until the second book. They're casting that far in advance?
 
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Kane Lives said:
So.

A picture of all the cast members came out.

lydyn0cjhta41.png


I'll let you guys judge.

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EDIT: From the thread, the actor's names:
Row 1:
Robert Aramayo
Owain Arthur
Nazanin Boniadi
Tom Budge
Row 2:
Morfydd Clark
Ismael Cruz Córdova
Ema Horvath
Markella Kavenagh
Row 3:
Joseph Mawle
Tyroe Muhafidin
Sophia Nomvete
Megan Richards
Row 4:
Dylan Smith
Charlie Vickers
Daniel Weyman
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On a positive note, glad to see Ben Stark is getting more work.
 
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Dom Cruise said:
What is it about nerd culture that made it SJWs' number 1 target for destruction?
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Do you know of any fantasy book written by a black person?

Edit: I found a single black fantasy author by the name of N.K Jemsin.
So maybe they can adapt her work, instead of diversifying Tolkien.
 
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Spatula said:
Do you know of any fantasy book written by a black person?

Edit: I found a single black fantasy author by the name of N.K Jemsin.
So maybe they can adapt her work, instead of diversifying Tolkien.
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Could do Leguin, a white person who went out of her way to have a majority non-white fantasy setting.

Oh wait they did and instead of being mostly Indonesian it was jews and some token nonsensical blacks like every American production.
 
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Spatula said:
Do you know of any fantasy book written by a black person?

Edit: I found a single black fantasy author by the name of N.K Jemsin.
So maybe they can adapt her work, instead of diversifying Tolkien.
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There's Imaro, who is apparently black!Conan in fantasy!Africa. Never read, not sure if it's any good, but I was able to find that with five minutes' searching on Wikipedia. The stuff is out there if people actually bother to look (and I'm guessing the license to Imaro is a fair bit cheaper than the license to LotR) but they want the name recognition and lack of effort that comes with the LotR IP.
 
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Kane Lives said:
Jemsin is also a hack and way overrated due to her minority status.
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IIRC her shit is literally harlequin romance paperback tier shit forcibly grafted to a generic sci-fi setting with regular obnoxious woke lectures against evil strawmen inspired by her various twitter arguements, which wound up netting a shedload of awards due to her being tight with the likes of Scalzi and others on the Hugo board
 
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I actually just started watching the Hobbit today (have already seen the lotr trilogy many times), saw the first one at least. Not as bad as I thought it would be, though I haven't read the book. I'm not a huge LOTR nerd and I tried getting into the books but never did, however so far it seems alright. It might not be as good, but a movie is seldom as good as the book so I don't count that a valid complaint. The acting, effects, story, all seemed correct. I liked the casting choices, the score, it was all pretty enjoyable. Maybe it gets worse come the next movies but I feel like the hobbit is fine. It however has the advantage of working with a source material, of which I seriously doubt this show will be using. Has anyone confirmed if this is going to actually be the original LOTR story, or is it going to be derivative of the source material? There is hope yet if they are just going to use the original script but turn it into a series. However, there were so many actors from the LOTR trilogy that just completely stole the show, like Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee, Viggo Mortensen, that it will be a major set of shoes to fill.

I don't know if anyone has done autistic research into whether the color of the skin of all the races were specified, but all I can remember is that it would have been specified for the Elves. It doesn't make sense for dwarves or hobbits, and orcs are going to have too much makeup to tell, so I'm betting the black actors will either be humans or orcs. You can replace side characters with people of color maybe, but the fellowship is just too solidified a group of characters to be changed like that come the show. Worst case scenario is the House of Isildur is blacked. Again I don't have a problem with hiring more people of color, but you cannot and should not change established characters like that.

I wonder if they'll add Tom Bombadil?
 
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