[Film] More of the Rings

[portlock seagull]

I am a HUGE fan of the books and film but please, no...less is more and JRR will be turning in his grave

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-ho...equel-tv-series-spin-off-confirmed-by-amazon/

 

[AmexRuislip]

Oh god, please don't ruin what is already a fantastic story

 

[portlock seagull]

Oh god, please don't ruin what is already a fantastic story

Too late...theres mass’s of CASH to be made, lovely MONEY and CASH. Nothing else matters as long as MORE MONEY can be made. Besides, there are no more original ideas left. Ever. So best squeeze the sun dried lemon even harder. There’s a drop left in there somewhere surely

 

[maffew]

Just NO
There is no writer qualified to 'fill in gaps' on Tolkien's works nor should they

 

[GT49er]

I am a HUGE fan of the books and film but please, no...less is more and JRR will be turning in his grave

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-ho...equel-tv-series-spin-off-confirmed-by-amazon/

It doesn't matter. Anybody who truly loves and admires the books, like me, won't even bother with it. I watched the films, and quite enjoyed them (although I recognised the fact that they wouldn't have as much meaning to those who hadn't read the books). The Hobbit movies, though, have had so much guff added to them to spin it out into a trilogy that it'll be just like a non-pro-active computer game, and I shan't be going near it.
I'll be having this upcoming load of guff on ignore too - and its existence won't bother me in the slightest (except I suspect there'll be some pretty naff T-shirts and other tat merchandise floating around to make the world a little tattier)..

 

[portlock seagull]

It doesn't matter. Anybody who truly loves and admires the books, like me, won't even bother with it. I watched the films, and quite enjoyed them (although I recognised the fact that they wouldn't have as much meaning to those who hadn't read the books). The Hobbit movies, though, have had so much guff added to them to spin it out into a trilogy that it'll be just like a non-pro-active computer game, and I shan't be going near it.
I'll be having this upcoming load of guff on ignore too - and its existence won't bother me in the slightest (except I suspect there'll be some pretty naff T-shirts and other tat merchandise floating around to make the world a little tattier)..

Yep, I agree. Loved the LOTR films but stretching the Hobbit into 9hrs when you can read the book faster was just too much even for me. Bored beyond belief and never bothered watching them again on DVD, TV. Life’s too short for such dross and Jackson lost a lot of fans. It came across as pure greed and a violation of Tolkien’s world.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Tolkien's son Christopher was one of my tutors at university and chucked it in to become JRRT's full-time literary executor. And moved to the south of France. Oh yes, there's gold in them thar hills, mountains, forests, laketowns and fortresses all right ...

 

[portlock seagull]

Tolkien's son Christopher was one of my tutors at university and chucked it in to become JRRT's full-time literary executor. And moved to the south of France. Oh yes, there's gold in them thar hills, mountains, forests, laketowns and fortresses all right ...

Blimey, that’s some claim to fame! A friend of mine has a link to the Tolkien’s too, something to do with one of the names he used being based on their child’s name I think. Will find out and come back

 

[maffew]

Tolkien's son Christopher was one of my tutors at university and chucked it in to become JRRT's full-time literary executor. And moved to the south of France. Oh yes, there's gold in them thar hills, mountains, forests, laketowns and fortresses all right ...

IIRC he finished all the Middle Earth Maps

And I always wondered why Tom Bombadil never made the film bizarre. This sums it up
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/201...il-never-made-it-in-lord-of-the-rings-movies/

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Oh god, please don't ruin what is already a fantastic story

Frodo and Sam get together in the end

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[AmexRuislip]

Frodo and Sam get together in the end

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[GT49er]

IIRC he finished all the Middle Earth Maps

And I always wondered why Tom Bombadil never made the film bizarre.

I've read and re-read LOTR many times, including reading aloud, a chapter a night, at bedtime for all of my children - and to be honest, I always skip the Tom Bombadil bit every time!

 

[GT49er]

Frodo and Sam get together in the end

Don't be silly! - this is the prequel we are talking about. The only 'end' is where Frodo hops on to the ship to the west, leaving Sam behind.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Oh

Tim from the office gets together with Gandalf

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[maffew]

I've read and re-read LOTR many times, including reading aloud, a chapter a night, at bedtime for all of my children - and to be honest, I always skip the Tom Bombadil bit every time!

How come?

 

[GT49er]

How come?

It's irrelevant to the story - just an unrelated bit that is shoved in for no apparent purpose. JRRT must have been fond of it, but to many of us (Me, my daughters when they later read the book for themselves, several friends, and, it would seem, the film makers) found it just boring and unnecessary.

 

[vegster]

I'm not sure if there any ways left to kill Orcs that we have not already seen?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Could be excellent if it's stories taken from The Silmarillion / Unfinished Tales / Children of Hurin.

 

[severnside gull]

Well that news + Clarkson is enough to ensure I steer well clear of Amazon Prime.

 

[Seaber]

What this sounds like is Amazon will have access to all the material The Hobbit/LOTR film series didn't, including The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Children of Hurin, Beren and Luthien, plus the history books which are vast.

Aragorn's story, of which there is eighty seven years worth and Balin's doomed attempt to retake Moria are two parts which take place directly before Fellowship.

Then there are the bits cut from the films, such as Bombadil and the Barrowdowns, the Druedain, Elrond's sons and Glorfindel.

Hopefully, as well as being good, it's in keeping with the films in terms of tone and look, like the War in the North and Shadow of Mordor games.