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Again, why write a story set in Middle Earth and market it towards fans if they don't even have the rights? Its just begging to hated on by anyone familiar with

Again, why write a story set in Middle Earth and market it towards fans if they don't even have the rights? Its just begging to hated on by anyone familiar with the ACTUAL story. If they didn't have the rights, they should have made an original work set in their own world, and not tarnish the works of someone else. Like, imagine if I wrote a story where everyone who died in Hunger Games duked it out as zombies, then claimed it was Suzanne Collins because I have the rights to the characters but not the books. I would rightfully be mocked, even though the story was loosely based off of the original story. Rings of Power should have been its original world. Not a ripoff of an author that people love dearly, because they wanted the name recognition without the rights.

cygx 4y ago
Haven't seen Rings of Power yet, but I'm probably going to be fine with it - Tolkien fan-fiction still scratches the itch. I found what they did to the Hobbit far more upsetting, and had a friend who absolutely hated the original movie trilogy back in the day: In contrast to Rings of Power, where the writers just make shit up, there was detailed source material available, making any deviation far more jarring. Sauron the flaming eyeball? Denethor smacking his lips and dribbling food down his chin so that even the last person in the audience understands that he's a "bad guy". Faramir getting tempted by the ring? It's quite interesting how some people treat it as some sort of gold standard of faithful adaption...
- danjoredd 4y ago
  Because compared to most attempts at adapting books, LotR did a good job. The changes were made to make the trilogy easier to watch since the books can be a little difficult at times, or to make the characters more dynamic. They weren't perfect, but no adaptation is. As for the Hobbit, I agree with you. That entire trilogy was a mistake. Personally, while I loved the LotR movies, I also feel like they were the worst thing to happen to the books. Ever since the movies came out every studio has wanted a piece of it for nostalgias sake. I remember when the first two Narnia movies came out I was sad that not as many people liked it since I love Lewis every bit as much as Tolkien, and I wanted my enjoyment of the books to spread. Prince Caspian had inaccuracy problems, but the core story was there. After the abomination that was 2010s Dawn Treader, and seeing how corporatized Middle Earth has become, that seems like a mercy in hindsight.
mcv 4y ago
> Again, why write a story set in Middle Earth and market it towards fans if they don't even have the rights? But they do have the rights. They have the rights to this. The problem is that they're mixing everything up into a nonsensical story and telling it poorly. And I really don't understand why, because with their budget, they should have been able to get the best writers in existence. > Rings of Power should have been its original world. I don't think it would have been able to stand on its own without Tolkien's name attached. Certainly not with this kind of budget.

cygx 4y ago

Haven't seen Rings of Power yet, but I'm probably going to be fine with it - Tolkien fan-fiction still scratches the itch. I found what they did to the Hobbit far more upsetting, and had a friend who absolutely hated the original movie trilogy back in the day: In contrast to Rings of Power, where the writers just make shit up, there was detailed source material available, making any deviation far more jarring. Sauron the flaming eyeball? Denethor smacking his lips and dribbling food down his chin so that even the last person in the audience understands that he's a "bad guy". Faramir getting tempted by the ring? It's quite interesting how some people treat it as some sort of gold standard of faithful adaption...

danjoredd 4y ago
Because compared to most attempts at adapting books, LotR did a good job. The changes were made to make the trilogy easier to watch since the books can be a little difficult at times, or to make the characters more dynamic. They weren't perfect, but no adaptation is. As for the Hobbit, I agree with you. That entire trilogy was a mistake. Personally, while I loved the LotR movies, I also feel like they were the worst thing to happen to the books. Ever since the movies came out every studio has wanted a piece of it for nostalgias sake. I remember when the first two Narnia movies came out I was sad that not as many people liked it since I love Lewis every bit as much as Tolkien, and I wanted my enjoyment of the books to spread. Prince Caspian had inaccuracy problems, but the core story was there. After the abomination that was 2010s Dawn Treader, and seeing how corporatized Middle Earth has become, that seems like a mercy in hindsight.

mcv 4y ago

> Again, why write a story set in Middle Earth and market it towards fans if they don't even have the rights? But they do have the rights. They have the rights to this. The problem is that they're mixing everything up into a nonsensical story and telling it poorly. And I really don't understand why, because with their budget, they should have been able to get the best writers in existence. > Rings of Power should have been its original world. I don't think it would have been able to stand on its own without Tolkien's name attached. Certainly not with this kind of budget.