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Lord of the Rings: THE SERIES • Page 4
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/checks he's in the right thread...
Seems that the first series MAY be the last Alliance of Men and Elves (There have been more updates to the map).
From @AmazonRings:
#LotRonPrime @theoneringnet If the new map is any Indication of what the first season of @LOTRonPrime is going to be and if we take the map as read, it can only be the founding of Gondor and the last alliance Of elves and men, Here's why ...
The realm of Gondor and its Citadels Minas Anor and Minis Ithil were founded in the second age 3320 after the fall of Numenor, these places are on Amazon's map...
Dol Guldor is not on the map nor is Angmar, these appear roughly after the year 1000 of the Third age, Amon Sul also appears on the map but was destroyed in 1409. Events must take place before these dates...
According to the tale Of years in appendix A of the lord Of The rings, nothing Of real importance happens between the founding of Gondor and the founding of dol Guldor except the last alliance of men and elves in the second age. Ladies and gentlemen we have our first series.
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mangojoe 2,478 posts
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@mangojoe Amazon exec Jennifer Salke has said they are aiming for 2021, but some hope 2020.
Script writing is underway and there are rumours casting is too. Location scouts have been in Scotland as it sounds like New Zealand discussions may not have worked out. They have to start production by November this year as that was the deal. -
Sideshow 48 posts
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Registered 9 years agoNew map on the twitter feed today -
jimnastics 1,841 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI spent 2 or 3 years obsessing over The Hobbit the moment it was announced, following all the gossip, production video blogs (which were great) etc. etc. only to be somewhat let down by the films. I know I'm going to do the same again with this, in fact I've already started 
Let's hope this lives up to expectations, because I can't fucking wait.
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Alastair 24,271 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI never bothered watching the second and third Hobbit movies because the first was so meh.
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Lukus 23,328 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThe first two had moments of brilliance that wouldn't have been out of place in the Rings trilogy. Unfortunately they also had a lot of running from one thing to the another, a lot of padding and a lot of jarring CGI and they didn't really work very well overall.
I'd argue the 2nd one is worth watching for Smaug, but the 3rd one is genuinely shit. -
FYI, its been confirmed by Amazon that this series will start in the Second Age before the fall of Numenor. So, it will be Isuldur, Elendil, Ar-Pharazon, the rise of Sauron, the creation of the Rings, the rise of Angmar and the Last Alliance of Men and Elves.
Hell of a lot better than the "Aragorn wandering around in the wilderness" that I had once worried it might be. -
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Registered 19 years agoGuybrushFreepwood wrote:
That would make sense really. It's the backstory to LotR that people are aware of from the films, but don't know the details. I put myself in this category - now I actually need to consider how I watch Prime stuff on the main TV, never having watched anything on Prime so far. I'm guessing my NowTV stick will have it covered...
FYI, its been confirmed by Amazon that this series will start in the Second Age before the fall of Numenor. So, it will be Isuldur, Elendil, Ar-Pharazon, the rise of Sauron, the creation of the Rings, the rise of Angmar and the Last Alliance of Men and Elves.
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Zerobob 2,448 posts
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Registered 11 years agoAlastair wrote:
It could have so easily been a single film. I read the Hobbit again about a year ago last Christmas, after first reading it as a child, and I was a little surprised by how whimsical and straight forward the narrative is.
I never bothered watching the second and third Hobbit movies because the first was so meh.
Such a disappointment..
The "Battle of the Five Armies" for example, is really quite brief and for part of it Bilbo, the protagonist, isn't even conscious - he's just a non-influential passenger - so how important are the details of this battle to the overall story? Not very.
Regardless, they managed to make a drearily long film about this single event, which was utterly the wrong decision. You did yourself a favour skipping the second and third movies. -
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Registered 13 years agoZerobob wrote:
The narrative is straight forward but as an adaptation it is, imo, harder than LotR. It's a series of kids bedtime stories with no attention span so every chapter is new location to establish, new character and so on.
It could have so easily been a single film. I read the Hobbit again about a year ago last Christmas, after first reading it as a child, and I was a little surprised by how whimsical and straight forward the narrative is.
It should have been a TV series, basically, it's not suited to film at all.
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@Alastair NowTV doesn't have Amazon Prime Video app, which surprises me.
(http://web.static.nowtv.com/images/docs/apps-on-the-now-tv-box-stick-uk-jan-19.pdf) -
jimnastics 1,841 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGuybrushFreepwood wrote:
Potential for utter greatness right there, I couldn't have asked for anything more. The wait is going to be so hard
FYI, its been confirmed by Amazon that this series will start in the Second Age before the fall of Numenor. So, it will be Isuldur, Elendil, Ar-Pharazon, the rise of Sauron, the creation of the Rings, the rise of Angmar and the Last Alliance of Men and Elves.
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@jimnastics Yep. Like you, I'll be googling the hell out of this for updates between now and whenever, just like I did with LOTR. -
Just an aside on this one. Apparently Amazon are making an MMO based on Lord of The Rings. People from Everquest and WoW are involved. -
Zyrr 461 posts
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Registered 11 years agoLooks like that will be killing off Lord of the Rings Online then, and they hadn't released the Mordor expansion all that long ago - maybe 18 months? It's had a good run, mind. -
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They've started announcing the cast on social media... -
Lukus 23,328 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAnd predictably there's a bunch of wankers getting upset that a couple of the cast are black. 'Respect the canon'. -
docrob 1,574 posts
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Registered 12 years agoLukus wrote:
Eh? Where in Tolkien's work did he specify what colour everyone's skin was?
And predictably there's a bunch of wankers getting upset that a couple of the cast are black. 'Respect the canon'.
I liked what they did with The Witcher - used black, white and asian actors more or less interchangeably. Racism is a strong theme in The Witcher games and books, but between humans and nonhumans... -
KEEP MINIS ITHIL WHITE. -
Mola_Ram 23,974 posts
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Registered 8 years agoIdris Elba confirmed as Aragorn. Midget from Bad Santa as Gimli. -
Ru Paul as Gandalf is a bold choice. -
Lukus 23,328 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI think you mean sexy -
Leslie Jones as Tom Bombadil is pretty inspired.
Let's hope this lives up to expectations, because I can't fucking wait.
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