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Meet the 'rebellious' heroine and 'fascinating' villain of 'Lord of the Rings' anime prequel (ew.com)

submitted 4 months ago by alphacyberranger to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Boyens and screenwriter Phoebe Gittins expanded on Tolkien’s original story. In particular, they wanted to give a certain character her own name.

I don't like this. This sounds like Rings of Power. I mean, I obviously hope I am wrong, but this already sounds bad. Tolkien wrote so much that hasn't been adapted yet, why do we have to keep getting fanfictions instead?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm constantly in awe of people's assumptions that Tolkien actually wrote a complete narrative, much less a ready to go to screen script, about anything beyond the Hobbit and LotR.

If you want a movie or game about anything in Middle Earth besides the events of those four books it is going to be an adaptation with a bunch of filled in blanks, and it's going to have to change details because Tolkien's notes are mostly broad strokes history that simply will not make an interesting film.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I definitely used to feel this way, and I haven't seen Rings of Power, so I can't speak to it, but I've been steadily growing more open to the idea of people adapting the setting and building stories within Tolkien's universe.