Movies and TV Lord of the Rings - Rings of Power

**BigRedChief** · 02:59 PM

Premieres Sept. 2nd

Hammock Parties · 04-05-2018, 05:43 PM

This is going to draw some sick ratings.

HBO be mad

Sassy Squatch · 04-05-2018, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

This is going to draw some sick ratings.

HBO be mad

I'm sure they can make do with all their GOT spin offs.

**BigRedChief** · 04-05-2018, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

This is going to draw some sick ratings.

HBO be mad

looks like Netflix is the one who should be mad.

**Buehler445** · 04-05-2018, 10:36 PM

The writing goddamned better be good.

Molitoth · 09-11-2018, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

The writing goddamned better be good.

Yep. The hobbit series was ****ing garbage.

**BigRedChief** · 02-10-2022, 01:47 PM

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Rises: Inside The Rings of Power premieres Sept. 2nd

One show to rule them all—the first look at a billion-dollar saga set thousands of years before J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary trilogy.

Galadriel’s world is a raging sea. Far from the wise, ethereal elven queen that Cate Blanchett brought to Peter Jackson’s acclaimed films, the Galadriel played by Morfydd Clark in Amazon’s upcoming series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is thousands of years younger, as angry and brash as she is clever, and certain that evil is looming closer than anyone realizes.

By episode two, her warnings set her adrift, literally and figuratively, until she’s struggling for survival on a raft in the storm-swept Sundering Seas alongside a mortal castaway named Halbrand (Charlie Vickers), who is a new character introduced in the show. Galadriel is fighting for the future; Halbrand is running from the past. Their entwined destinies are just two of the stories woven together for a TV series that, if it works, could become a global phenomenon. If it falls short, it could become a cautionary tale for anyone who, to quote J.R.R. Tolkien, delves too greedily and too deep.

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BlackOp · 02-10-2022, 02:29 PM

Cant wait to see how "Woke" things were back in the dawn of creation...

They are going to royally **** this up...

It looks like the Dwarf queen is African American......you know, since dwarfs were pale-skinned with red hair....makes perfect casting sense.... maybe we can get a lecture on social equity overtly embedded in the story too. Cant wait...another "Wheel of Time" Amazon flop in the making.

Third Eye · 02-10-2022, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackOp

Cant wait to see how "Woke" things were back in the dawn of creation...

They are going to royally **** this up...

It looks like the Dwarf queen is African American......you know, since dwarfs were pale-skinned with red hair....makes perfect casting sense.... maybe we can get a lecture on social equity overtly embedded in the story too. Cant wait...another "Wheel of Time" Amazon flop in the making.

Care to cite where Tolkien ever described the skin or hair color of dwarves? I don’t think you’re going to have much luck.

Even if he had, which he didn’t, how does that change anything with regards to the story? It has the same impact as a different color shirt. The fact that people care about the skin color of made up races is ****ing bizarre.

Nickhead · 04-05-2018, 11:28 PM

april fools was the other day wasn't it?

**** LOTR

**BigRedChief** · 04-05-2018, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Nickhead

april fools was the other day wasn't it?

**** LOTR

LOTR ain’t my favorite of all time, but if Jackson gets involved, it’s going to be some great TV.

Nickhead · 04-05-2018, 11:58 PM

Spoiler!

**BigRedChief** · 09-11-2018, 05:05 PM

While there’s been no official word yet on an expected release date, Amazon are required by the aforementioned $250m deal to begin production on the show within two years – so that means that the show will be on the way by November 2019 at least. A recent update from Amazon exec. Jennifer Salke gave some more detail. “All of us would love a big, addictive show that is executed at the top of its game.” Salke suggested. “We’re really excited about Lord of the Rings. Despite all the chatter about it, the deal just closed a month ago. We’ve been talking to writers. We have an estate that’s very active. I’ve spent three hours with Simon Tolkien. There’s a lot of moving parts with it. We’ll have some game plan to move forward with very soon.”

Salke added: “It’ll be in production in two years; [but] 2021 is the hope.” Salke explained. “But there are other people who wish it was 2020.”

**Baby Lee** · 02-10-2022, 02:27 PM

"nerdy, jive-ass dragon shit'

ToxSocks · 02-10-2022, 02:34 PM

Color me skeptical on this one.

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