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The Lord of the Rings is obviously a masterpiece of literature. I've not seen the new show, but it seems obvious that any new story would likely be far inferior
by ALittleLight 4y ago
The Lord of the Rings is obviously a masterpiece of literature. I've not seen the new show, but it seems obvious that any new story would likely be far inferior - simply as a matter of chance, most stories aren't at the level of The Lord of the Rings. The new show could be pretty good and would still look bad in contrast to the originals. Just seems like a cost of not being original.
- ipnon 4y agoThis is a good point: There have been many flopped reboots of Shakespeare, the Bible, Mark Twain. They mostly arose before they could be instantly criticized en masse the day of their release with the Web. We only remember the good ones for a reason.
- Rebelgecko 4y agoEven The Hobbit, which should've had a much easier time piggybacking off of the success of LOTR than ROP, struggled to recapture the magic that made LOTR great.