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Amazon's original pitch for the television rights to JRR

Scenario

Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.. "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" cast and more actors who totally transformed for their roles.. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' novels was to make the series a new adaptation of the latter (effectively a retelling of Gospodar prstenova: Prstenova družina (2001), Gospodar prstenova: Dvije kule (2002) and Gospodar prstenova: Povratak kralja (2003)), but the Tolkien estate rejected this proposal.

The dubbing credits for several languages mistakenly list King Durin III as "Durin II"

Amazon finally obtained the rights under the conditions that the series be distinct from Peter Jackson's earlier adaptations, and that they couldn't contradict anything that Tolkien had previously written. Early ideas that were proposed included prequel stories featuring characters such as Aragorn, Gimli and Gandalf, but the showrunners preferred to focus on important untold events from the novels' lore rather than simple side stories, so they settled with the studio that the series would take place during the books' Second Age. Since they didn't have the rights to Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion', 'Unfinished Tales' and 'The History of Middle-earth' (which explore the First and Second Ages), they checked the Lord of the Rings novels and appendices for passages about and references to the Second Age that they could set their story in. They consulted with the estate and several Tolkien lore experts (including grandson and novelist Simon Tolkien) about the inclusion of new characters and plot elements..

Tolkien's "The Silmarillion"

The opening titles is a musical sequence of matter forming various shapes, based on the "Music of the Ainur" creation myth from J.R.R. Featured in The Critical Drinker: The Rings of Power – War For A Fandom (2022). The writing breaks many rules in a way that is either incompetent or extremely arrogant. There is no attachment to characters and dialogue is terribly bland.

This show is how not to write or direct fantasy

Adapting Tolkien isn't easy but this show just butchers it. So much nonsensical issues are being juggled simultaneously that one cannot have interest in the characters. The insane cost per episode was clearly not used in costume design, choreography, makeup, or writing. It's hard to determine where all that money went but it's easy enough to conclude that it's money wasted.

I hope people will learn from it and prevent future shows from being absolutely pathetic

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