> 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

> 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.