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To be honest, it's a transparent cash grab by the Tolkien Estate first, and anything else a distant 1000th.

by dmitriid 4y ago

bowsamic 4y ago
Do you not think that Tolkien fans want this?
- alpaca128 4y ago
  Of course many want this. Which is why this kind of cash-grab works in the first place.
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    So the Lord of the Rings was also a cash grab based on the success of the Hobbit? That's a strange idea
    - bombcar 4y ago
      What’s funny is the publishers asked for another Hobbit, and Tolkien even started writing one (the early chapters have a more hobbity tone with thinking foxes, etc) but then went in a completely different direction and depth.
- 3np 4y ago
  Wouldn't be much of a cash-grab if nobody bought it, would it?
  - bowsamic 4y ago
    No but I don't think literally all products are "cash grabs". To me that implies a lack of care for the source material or anything besides money. As I asked the other commenter, do you also think that the Lord of the Rings was a cash grab riding off of the success of the Hobbit?
    - recursiveturtle 4y ago
      I don't get the comparison. This effort (by others' comments: a rearranging and editing of existing materials, with new illustrations?) with LOTR (a wholly original, although related, trilogy) gives me false from the areEqual() call. There's a market. Fans will buy. Money is good. Some would say the repackaging is worth it. From an originality-perspective, others wouldn't -- still, more, considering its "timely" release. If you are in that second camp, this is the very definition of a cash-grab.
      - bowsamic 4y ago
        > gives me false from the areEqual() call. I can't talk to you seriously if you engage with me in a childish way
- dmitriid 4y ago
  This is not aimed at fans. This is pure and simple scraping the very bottom of the barrell to try and pretend that there's a story somewhere to try and re-capture audiences. "LotR and The Hobbit brought us billions, and fantasy genre is doing quite well, so why not strike iron while it's lukewarm"
scott_paul 4y ago
Yeah, sounds like it's just a rehash / re-compilation of Christopher Tolkien's work. I'll pass.

To be honest, it's a transparent cash grab by the Tolkien Estate first, and anything else a distant 1000th.

bowsamic 4y ago

Do you not think that Tolkien fans want this?

alpaca128 4y ago
Of course many want this. Which is why this kind of cash-grab works in the first place.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  So the Lord of the Rings was also a cash grab based on the success of the Hobbit? That's a strange idea
  - bombcar 4y ago
    What’s funny is the publishers asked for another Hobbit, and Tolkien even started writing one (the early chapters have a more hobbity tone with thinking foxes, etc) but then went in a completely different direction and depth.
3np 4y ago
Wouldn't be much of a cash-grab if nobody bought it, would it?
- bowsamic 4y ago
  No but I don't think literally all products are "cash grabs". To me that implies a lack of care for the source material or anything besides money. As I asked the other commenter, do you also think that the Lord of the Rings was a cash grab riding off of the success of the Hobbit?
  - recursiveturtle 4y ago
    I don't get the comparison. This effort (by others' comments: a rearranging and editing of existing materials, with new illustrations?) with LOTR (a wholly original, although related, trilogy) gives me false from the areEqual() call. There's a market. Fans will buy. Money is good. Some would say the repackaging is worth it. From an originality-perspective, others wouldn't -- still, more, considering its "timely" release. If you are in that second camp, this is the very definition of a cash-grab.
    - bowsamic 4y ago
      > gives me false from the areEqual() call. I can't talk to you seriously if you engage with me in a childish way
dmitriid 4y ago
This is not aimed at fans. This is pure and simple scraping the very bottom of the barrell to try and pretend that there's a story somewhere to try and re-capture audiences. "LotR and The Hobbit brought us billions, and fantasy genre is doing quite well, so why not strike iron while it's lukewarm"

scott_paul 4y ago

Yeah, sounds like it's just a rehash / re-compilation of Christopher Tolkien's work. I'll pass.