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Is this what we do now? Remake things that are still in the majority of our living memories? Have the original LOTR movies stopped holding up? Are we playing t

Is this what we do now? Remake things that are still in the majority of our living memories? Have the original LOTR movies stopped holding up? Are we playing the long game and intending to have an Into The Smiegalverse?

greedo 6y ago
Wait until Disney decides to do a re-launch of the original Star Wars trilogy (not the soft relaunch of Ep 7-9). As a huge fan of both LOTR and Star Wars, I think what we have already is great. Amazon should do something like the Silmarillion etc. Edit: didn't realize that this is exactly what Amazon is doing! Fantastic!
larusso 6y ago
My understanding was that they shoot a series about Aragorn or? The world of Middleearth spans multiple thousand years. Check out the Silmarillion which tells most of the creation story and more. The Story about the Ring which only spans about 80 years if you count the hobbit is a very small part of this world. There is a lot of untold parts that would be worth telling. I would like to see the story of Númenor and it’s aftermath up until the Ring gets lost.
- celebrimbor7 6y ago
  The Amazon series is about Numenor
  - larusso 6y ago
    Perfect then :)
jeffwass 6y ago
The old Hobbit and LotR cartoons were released in 1977 and 1978 respectively. So Peter Jackson’s Fellowship of the Ring came out in 2001, 23 years after the cartoon, and this version is a further 21 years (assuming a 2022 release) after Jackson’s version, a similar time span. And damn, this makes me feel old.
- ksec 6y ago
  >and this version is a further 21 years (assuming a 2022 release) after Jackson’s version, a similar time span. Wow I thought Fellowship of the Ring was like 10 years ago. Wasn't that long. I had to Google to fact check this. And you were right. Come to think about it my kid is close to 10. So yes, 20 years ago. Those under 25 might never have watched it. >And damn, this makes me feel old. Yes. For some strange reason I felt time moves slower as we age.
TheTrotters 6y ago
It’s not a remake, it’s a different story in the same universe. I believe it’ll be set in the Second Age, so it’ll be thousands of years before the events of LOTR.
2OEH8eoCRo0 6y ago
I thought the Hobbit films sucked horribly but I'm still glad we have more LotR. It's funny how the biggest "fans" seem to strongly shun having more material.
- t-writescode 6y ago
  I’m not a biggest fan, I’m not even much of a fan. I’ve just been very skeptical of remakes ever since we now have something like 11 Spidermen from 3 reboots in like 20 years. Edit: apparently it’s 8 movies, 3 remakes, 19 years, ignoring into the spider verse and including the one coming out in Dec 2021
globular-toast 6y ago
Well, yes... that is the 21st century way so far. Spider-man has been done 3 times already in 20 years. You can bet they're already planning the reboot of the entire series of Marvel films. You have to look hard to find anything original these days. But there are some if you'd like some recommendations?

greedo 6y ago

Wait until Disney decides to do a re-launch of the original Star Wars trilogy (not the soft relaunch of Ep 7-9). As a huge fan of both LOTR and Star Wars, I think what we have already is great. Amazon should do something like the Silmarillion etc. Edit: didn't realize that this is exactly what Amazon is doing! Fantastic!

larusso 6y ago

My understanding was that they shoot a series about Aragorn or? The world of Middleearth spans multiple thousand years. Check out the Silmarillion which tells most of the creation story and more. The Story about the Ring which only spans about 80 years if you count the hobbit is a very small part of this world. There is a lot of untold parts that would be worth telling. I would like to see the story of Númenor and it’s aftermath up until the Ring gets lost.

celebrimbor7 6y ago
The Amazon series is about Numenor
- larusso 6y ago
  Perfect then :)

jeffwass 6y ago

The old Hobbit and LotR cartoons were released in 1977 and 1978 respectively. So Peter Jackson’s Fellowship of the Ring came out in 2001, 23 years after the cartoon, and this version is a further 21 years (assuming a 2022 release) after Jackson’s version, a similar time span. And damn, this makes me feel old.

ksec 6y ago
>and this version is a further 21 years (assuming a 2022 release) after Jackson’s version, a similar time span. Wow I thought Fellowship of the Ring was like 10 years ago. Wasn't that long. I had to Google to fact check this. And you were right. Come to think about it my kid is close to 10. So yes, 20 years ago. Those under 25 might never have watched it. >And damn, this makes me feel old. Yes. For some strange reason I felt time moves slower as we age.

TheTrotters 6y ago

It’s not a remake, it’s a different story in the same universe. I believe it’ll be set in the Second Age, so it’ll be thousands of years before the events of LOTR.

2OEH8eoCRo0 6y ago

I thought the Hobbit films sucked horribly but I'm still glad we have more LotR. It's funny how the biggest "fans" seem to strongly shun having more material.

t-writescode 6y ago
I’m not a biggest fan, I’m not even much of a fan. I’ve just been very skeptical of remakes ever since we now have something like 11 Spidermen from 3 reboots in like 20 years. Edit: apparently it’s 8 movies, 3 remakes, 19 years, ignoring into the spider verse and including the one coming out in Dec 2021

globular-toast 6y ago

Well, yes... that is the 21st century way so far. Spider-man has been done 3 times already in 20 years. You can bet they're already planning the reboot of the entire series of Marvel films. You have to look hard to find anything original these days. But there are some if you'd like some recommendations?