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

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Wait besides the unnecessary Arwen scenes added what did they change in the LOTR trilogy?
Added some idiotic scenes with elves, for instance they show up for no good reason at Helm's Deep and as I said, the movies completely invalidate the sacrifice of the Rohirrim by ending that battle with a massive Tsunami of Ghosts that sweep over the orc army and kill everything within seconds. So basically, if the Rohirrim had stayed home and just said "Fuck this shit, we're not going to honor old alliances." there would have been zero effect, since Aragorn shows up with a shitload of Insta-Win ghosts.
Worst of all, it adds some completely ridiculous detour to the plot, where Frodo sends away Sam over literal breadcrumbs and Sam, like some idiot waddles away until he finds the missing food, goes "Duuuh, Gollum is behind it all" and turns around. I really dislike this one, since the whole point of trilogy is to establish the deep friendship between Sam and Frodo and to add a completely useless "They argue and seperate" subplot that only exists for throwaway drama is not only a waste of time, but also contradicts one of the core ideas of the story.

Easily the worst thing is turning Gimli into an incompetent, bumbling retard, that is of no use to anyone throughout the entire movies.

There's more, but it's been a while since I last read the books and watched the movies, so I would need to do some research to figure out what else there is, tbh.
 
I liked Peter Jackson's films, but they did have to make alterations and cut out a lot of stuff from the books for the sake of brevity and budget, so I could understand wanting a full faithful adaptation of the books.

But given today's cultural climate, this will probably be either a blood-and-titties filled Game of Thrones knock-off or worse yet, a pretentious SJW woke-fest.

Personally, if someone could actually do a good faithful TV adaptation of LOTR, then they should also do some of Stephen King's books, particularly The Dark Tower novels and The Stand.

The only truly good Stephen King adaptations were Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, and Carrie, although the cheap TV mini-series versions of The Stand and It from back in the early 90's were mildly decent, as was John Carpenter's adaptation of Christine.

The 2017 Dark Tower movie sucked balls, and I'd like to see a proper adaptation of The Stand with an actual budget and less stringent censors. What hurt the 1994 mini-series version of The Stand was the sheer length of the book combined with the fact that it was made for network television in the early 90's, imposing a lot of restrictions on budget and content.
 
The only truly good Stephen King adaptations were Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, and Carrie
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Wait besides the unnecessary Arwen scenes added what did they change in the LOTR trilogy?
  1. Apart from Tom Bombadil, there were also other plot-relevant characters that got dropped. A few were initially in the screenplay but either changed names in post-production or not included at all. Among them Gildor, Beregond, Imrahil, and Ghân-buri-Ghân and the Drúedain. I felt this change has done the most impact to the film.
  2. Gandalf not translating the entire inscription on the Doors of Durin. It's really minor for some people but come on, if the film can name drop Eärendil and Durin then why not the same for Celebrimbor and Narvi?
  3. Figwit.
 
Robbing Frodo of his bravery at the Ford sucked, too.

The further I get away from the Lord of the Rings movies the less and less I can tolerate them.
 
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Robbing Frodo of his bravery at the Ford sucked, too.

The further I get away from the Lord of the Rings movies the less and less I can tolerate them.
Same for me. I loved the movies, tried to read the books when I was younger, but I wasn't that much into books at the time, so it felt like a slog to read. Continued to love the movies.

Then, when I had become more of a book person, all the perceived weaknesses of the book (namely there being more descriptions of the surroundings than battles) and especially the plot and its structure drew me in. Thereafter, I started to really dislike the movies, especially for turning one of the more fascinating aspects of the books (namely the friendship between a dwarf and an elf) into simply inacceptable bullshit with one being a Mary Sue and the other being a moronic half-wit.
 
I have no hope at all for this series. Get ready for nigger dwarves, openly gay non-binary wizards, and every other character turned into a stronk wammen.

Remember that television screenwriters in Hollywood today are REQUIRED to sign "diversity" pledges indicating they'll put minorities into their projects, even if they don't make any sense in context. This going to be bad.
 
LOTR trilogy is good (always considering the limitations of the medium). I dare to say it was almost the best scenario we could have.

Now, The Hobbit trilogy... Man, what a waste of potential and talent, what an extremely over-stretched story, what a convoluted mess :roll: It isn't terrible, but it should've been great, and it's far from that. I mean, the 1st part totally misused Andy Serkis and the 2nd and 3rd gave no arc to Legolas (who started as a racist elven-supremacist, and never really changed).

I believe the best thing this people could aim for is to make an adaptation of some stories of The Silmarillion.
 
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I think the joke was that you forgot a certain Kubrick in the mix... or i can be stupid. Maybe both?
The Shining is a controversial film. Die-hard Stephen King fans hate it because it axes (lol) most of the actual content of the book. People with brains and good taste enjoy it.
 
By the way, if we talk about good adaptations of King's stories, why people always ignore this modest masterpiece?
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Also, Misery is really good too, but I believe it's in the same territory as The Shining: not a good adaptation, though is a film full of merits, nonetheless.

(Perhaps we should create a Stephen King discussion thread?)
 
By the way, if we talk about good adaptations of King's stories, why people always ignore this modest masterpiece?View attachment 692460

Also, Misery is really good too, but I believe it's in the same territory as The Shining: not a good adaptation, though is a film full of merits, nonetheless.

(Perhaps we should create a Stephen King discussion thread?)

I don't think most people have even seen Dolores Claiborne or know King was behind it.

And yes, King needs his own thread. Not just to discuss his work and derivative media but because he's a massive lolcow.
 
Late as always. This is going to be a bit of a rough bump. Looks like they're going to start production of the series in August and expected to air in 2021, so prepare for some butt clenching when it begins.
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Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings series set to be filmed at new Scots studio
The blockbuster based on JRR Tolkien’s books has been lined up by the huge facility in Leith, Edinburgh, as its first major client.
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Craig McDonald
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Lord of the Rings' Gollum is set to shoot some scenes at the huge facility in Leith, Edinburgh (Image: UGC)

Scotland’s new film studio has been handed a massive boost before it has even opened.
The £1billion Lord of the Rings series is set to be filmed at the new facility – if it is ready on time.
Arts body Creative Scotland plan to appoint an operator for the huge facility in Leith, Edinburgh, and have it up and running this year.
Amazon Studios’ blockbuster based on JRR Tolkien’s books has been lined up as its first major client.
A three-month filming and production run by the online streaming giants will begin in August.
Creative Scotland are in the final stages of [finding] a private operator to lease, refurbish and run the studio.

An industry source said: “Lord of the Rings producers are hoping to start filming at the new studio from about August to November.
“A lot of arrangements are already in place. All that remains now is for it to be up and running in time – so the clock is ticking.
“It’s anticipated production will return for another three months from next March. There could be more after that. It’s a massive contract and a gigantic boost for the studio and for Scotland.”

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The Sunday Mail's previous story about bosses scouting out possible film locations for Scotland for the new LOTR series (Image: Sunday Mail)
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Earlier this year, we told how the series – the prequel to Tolkien’s trilogy – is set to have the biggest budget in television history. Amazon executives hope the series will be on air by 2021.
Studio scouts posed as tourists while visiting potential locations in Scotland last summer.
The former ports building in Leith was identified as the home of a major national film and television studio. The site – three miles from Edinburgh city centre – was built in 2000 for an engineering firm but closed four years later.
It lay empty for several years before being taken over by a wave power firm which collapsed in 2014.
Last year, the building was temporarily turned into a film studio as part of the production for Disney/Marvel’s blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War.
It is expected to have up to five sound stages, workshops and production areas.
There have been concerns that a lack of studio space meant Scotland was losing out in the race to attract major film and TV productions.
Although scenes for major films and TV dramas have been shot here, production is often based elsewhere – with crews only travelling in for filming.
An exception has been the popular series Outlander, which is filmed at the Wardpark Studios in Cumbernauld.
Iain Munro, Creative Scotland’s acting chief executive, said: “We have had an encouraging and positive response to the call out for tender

“The intention is that a conclusion on the final operator will be made by the end of this month.
“We will then work to support the operator to deliver the studio as soon as possible during 2019.”
Screen Scotland said it offers a “confidential service” to producers and were “unable to comment” on the Lord of the Rings series.
Amazon Studios did not respond to a request for comment.
 
I was once told by "dr. Fantasy" (A Swedish knowitall) that Tolkien was the most humourless man ever walked this earth (allthough Tolkien's version of how golf was invented made me chuckle.) so this sounds like a blast. (just realised this wasnt the hyped life story butt fuck it. Baileys is a bitch)
 
I was once told by "dr. Fantasy" (A Swedish knowitall) that Tolkien was the most humourless man ever walked this earth (allthough Tolkien's version of how golf was invented made me chuckle.) so this sounds like a blast. (just realised this wasnt the hyped life story butt fuck it. Baileys is a bitch)
He was also something of a sperg. When his church stopped using Latin during Mass, he would still loudly and angrily reply in Latin. Which mortified his children.
 
Oh God. I knew this would come someday somehow.
They got Bryan Cogman from GoT into the writing board. (archived copy)

‘Game of Thrones’ Alum Bryan Cogman Boards ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series at Amazon
By JOE OTTERSON
Joe Otterson
TV Reporter@JoeOttersonFOLLOW

Bryan Cogman

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Bryan Cogman is trading one iconic fantasy world for another.
Cogman, who most recently worked as a writer and co-executive producer on “Game of Thrones,” has signed on to consult on the upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series at Amazon, Variety has learned from sources. He will work alongside the writing team of JD Payne and Patrick McKay, who were announced to be developing the series for Amazonback in July.
Amazon declined to comment.

Cogman joins the series after having signed an overall deal with Amazon back in September. He began his time on “Game of Thrones” as the assistant to series creators and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. He was known for having an encyclopedic knowledge of the world of Westeros created by George R.R. Martin. The final episode he wrote for that series was the second episode of Season 8, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.”

Cogman was also one of the writers chosen to develop a new series set in the “Game of Thrones” universe, but he confirmed in an interview with Variety in April that his project was not moving forward. He is also attached to write the screenplay for the new live-action version of “The Sword in the Stone.”

Little is known about the “Lord of the Rings” series beyond the fact it will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring.” Variety exclusively reported in November 2017 that a “Lord of the Rings” series was in the works at Amazon, with the streamer announcing a a multi-season production commitment shortly thereafter. The series 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.
 
The biggest thing about the Hobbit trilogy for me is that they could've easily made it one long movie. The hobbit cartoon was one and a half hours, if you added in all of the scenes from the book that the adaption cut out it could easily fall under three hours. But Peter Jackson wanted to ride that gravy train until it derailed. Not a fan of them, honestly. They even got worse with each installment.

And while I did enjoy the LotR movies, as someone that read the books before seeing any of them, I can say I prefer the books, there is so much cut stuff and changed stuff and I'm really nitpicky about movie adaptions due to either time or money reasons(much of which was mentioned earlier in this thread).

I have no faith in the current media for this TV show to be any good at all, enough so that it will make the Hobbit trilogy look good to me by comparison.
 
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