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Post by Jason Aiken on Jul 15, 2023 18:41:21 GMT -5
Thank goodness House of the Dragon can keep filming.
Rings of Power season 2.... I'll watch it to see if they learned from their mistakes.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Aug 28, 2023 18:15:22 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on Aug 29, 2023 6:16:47 GMT -5
Based on what they’ve chosen to focus on, I’d probably side with the editors. The main thing they could focus on next season is the rise of At-Pharazon. Otherwise all their main plots are after the Elves battle with Sauron so it makes sense to focus on that. I also wonder which producers are pushing this. The show has a ridiculous number of them and Patrick and JD were supposedly pushed back in favor of newer hands. My guess is the editors will end up getting more of their way. As I’ve said I generally think those two have got the right ideas, it’s everyone else that are pulling the show in all the wrong directions.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Dec 18, 2023 23:26:10 GMT -5
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Post by Von K on Dec 19, 2023 22:21:12 GMT -5
20 Years On, Lord Of The Rings Will Never Be Equaled
Should the statement have been phrased as a question or is he right to be so certain? And if so could Conan done to as high a standard with as dedicated a team change that? He covers a couple of points here that Kemp and I were discussing in the SCA thread a while back.
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Post by johnnypt on Dec 20, 2023 12:16:31 GMT -5
20 Years On, Lord Of The Rings Will Never Be Equaled
Should the statement have been phrased as a question or is he right to be so certain? And if so could Conan done to as high a standard with as dedicated a team change that? He covers a couple of points here that Kemp and I were discussing in the SCA thread a while back.
I think it was a matter of perfect timing and a group of people hungry to get it, if not exactly right, then at least close to it. Something else may come along to stand alongside it I its own way, but it’s a pinnacle of filmmaking.
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Post by hyrkanian on Dec 29, 2023 4:43:34 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on Dec 29, 2023 12:13:25 GMT -5
I think the big news there is that they may actually be using Annnatar., which as the video notes opens up all kinds of issues. If this guy is playing the old 'angel' version of Sauron, it's kind of "OK...whatever". They've already made their changes so it's no better or worse than any of the others. If he's Annatar, that's just wrong. I wonder if they avoided using him since he's only in the Silmarillion and we know what a legal minefield that is. Then they either figured or worked something out which now makes them try to fit the square peg in the round hole.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Dec 29, 2023 13:03:36 GMT -5
It should be interesting to see what they try and pull here. Amazon isn't afraid of a lawsuit, so they may take it to the line just to test the waters. This is basically expensive fanfic at this point, the cast was good enough, and the story was...what it was. My favorite part of season one was the music and special effects. Speak8ng of music, this came across my Google feed. I'm not a huge music guy but I didn't know Led Zeppelin was associated with Tolkien. whynow.co.uk/read/the-led-zeppelin-song-robert-plant-admitted-was-a-windup-for-tolkien-fans
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Post by johnnypt on Dec 29, 2023 14:21:12 GMT -5
It should be interesting to see what they try and pull here. Amazon isn't afraid of a lawsuit, so they may take it to the line just to test the waters. This is basically expensive fanfic at this point, the cast was good enough, and the story was...what it was. My favorite part of season one was the music and special effects. Speak8ng of music, this came across my Google feed. I'm not a huge music guy but I didn't know Led Zeppelin was associated with Tolkien. whynow.co.uk/read/the-led-zeppelin-song-robert-plant-admitted-was-a-windup-for-tolkien-fansThe final verse of Ramble On is straight out of Tolkien. Battle of Evermore has Tolkien imagery and Misty Mountain Hop has the name taken from it. Rush also has the song Rivendell from 1975’s Fly By Night album.
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Post by Von K on Dec 30, 2023 13:48:07 GMT -5
My favorite part of season one was the music and special effects. I'd tend to agree with that though I didn't watch much of it.
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Post by Von K on Jan 26, 2024 17:15:43 GMT -5
20 Years On, Lord Of The Rings Will Never Be Equaled
Should the statement have been phrased as a question or is he right to be so certain? And if so could Conan done to as high a standard with as dedicated a team change that? He covers a couple of points here that Kemp and I were discussing in the SCA thread a while back.
I think it was a matter of perfect timing and a group of people hungry to get it, if not exactly right, then at least close to it. Something else may come along to stand alongside it I its own way, but it’s a pinnacle of filmmaking. 21 million views for the Ride of the Rohirrim sequence says that you're right johnnypt:
Forth Eolingas!
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Post by johnnypt on Apr 26, 2024 17:16:28 GMT -5
What the heck is going on with Rings of Power Season 2? I give my thoughts on the rumors with the old bookshelf in the back (It's mostly the ERB books towards the front there, though you can see Echoes of Valor V1-3 there in the middle) <style type="text/css"> #myJAS div , #myJAS p, #myJAS input, #myJAS input[type], #myJAS span, #myJAS a, #myJAS button, #myJAS button[type] { margin:0; font-family:"TT Hoves", "Roboto", sans-serif !important; box-shadow:none; outline:none; box-sizing:border-box; } </style>
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Post by johnnypt on Apr 26, 2024 17:18:53 GMT -5
Looks like this has thankfully been debunked. <style type="text/css"> #myJAS div , #myJAS p, #myJAS input, #myJAS input[type], #myJAS span, #myJAS a, #myJAS button, #myJAS button[type] { margin:0; font-family:"TT Hoves", "Roboto", sans-serif !important; box-shadow:none; outline:none; box-sizing:border-box; } </style>
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Post by Von K on Apr 27, 2024 15:54:10 GMT -5
What the heck is going on with Rings of Power Season 2? I give my thoughts on the rumors with the old bookshelf in the back (It's mostly the ERB books towards the front there, though you can see Echoes of Valor V1-3 there in the middle)
Thanks johnnypt!
Has it been confirmed anywhere whether Amazon Studios also have the rights to The Silmarillion?
I've sometimes wondered what Tolkien spiked his tobacco with when he came up with the marvelously whimsical Tom Bombadil sequence. But whoever came up with that notion of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry having been Morgoth and Ungoliant musta been toking a tainted batch.
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