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We could have more of Middle Earth since there's plenty of material. The problem is TV/Film written and directed by committee that has to dance around the stori
by duped 4y ago
We could have more of Middle Earth since there's plenty of material. The problem is TV/Film written and directed by committee that has to dance around the stories that Tolkien actually wrote in the world as he built it since his estate has never sold the rights to the Silmarillion and the History of Middle Earth.
That's really why the Rings of Power sucked. The company wanted 10 hours of content and paid nearly half a billion dollars for it. But budget can't create story and characters where there are none and the writers have to work around the appendices of a book.
It's the same fundamental problem as the Hobbit trilogy. That could have been a fantastic 100 minute film.
- COGlory 4y agoNot having license to the Silmarillion isn't why Rings of Power sucked. Rings of Power sucked because the world was not believable, the plots were not believable, the characters were not believable, the societies were not believable, and at every possible opportunity, the writing team went for what they thought would be cool or flashy instead of realistic and believable. https://acoup.blog/2022/12/16/collections-why-rings-of-powers-middle-earth-feels-flat/ https://acoup.blog/2022/12/16/collections-why-rings-of-power...
- duped 4y agoThat's exactly my point... the writing was bad. They didn't have enough content to stretch out, and had to fill it.
- hcrisp 4y agoA film trilogy made from one children's book? Certainly felt "thin and stretched out, like butter spread over too much jam".
- b1c1jones 4y agoEarthsea also has plenty of material. It may be too refined for Hollywood, LeGuin's writing is on a whole different level. The only decent adaptation was "Lathe of Heaven" (1980).