Lord of the Rings series!?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Here's an amusing article I came across today.

Lord of the Rings: Silmarillion fans lose minds after spotting Trees of Valinor in new Amazon series

[Frelga]

For once, an factual headline.

[Inanna]

Too true.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Here are some close ups that TORN has from some high resolution version of the picture that I don't know where they got.

[Inanna]

That would be some poster. I’m gonna see if I can at least get it for my desktop background.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Do you mean the overall picture, or the close up on the Two Trees? That close-up is astounding!

[Inanna]

I meant the whole picture. Just to revel in those details! But I can’t find a high res.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I think it was exclusive to TORN.

[narya]

Those pictures almost fill up my laptop screen. I could just hit print screen, then trim it up a bit for a desktop pic.

[Anduril]

So that is how they envision a flat earth without sun and moon? One thing to read about it and another to see it in live-action. It doesn’t feel right in live-action because you know the earth is and has always been round. I wish he’d finished the round world version of the stories.

[Inanna]

That’s a really good point, Anduril, which I missed.

[Anduril]

I don't mean to rip on it unnecessarily, it just feels a bit weird to see the super-mythic elements within the same "grounded" lens as the movies.

I take all of this with a huge grain of salt, although Cliff Broadway ("Quickbeam") was a pretty reliable sources back in the day.

Spy Report: 20 new details emerge from Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: Characters, Sexless Nudity and Halflings!

For one thing, I had not heard previously that anything from the Silmarillion was allowed to be used. If that is true, that is a major piece of news. And the only Tolkien scholar that I had ever heard associated with the project was Tom Shippey, who supposedly left, so I really wonder who the three reference are, to be sure.

Yeah, if not Shippey then who? They brought him out at the earliest to get cred, but the radio silence now makes me feel like they're not names people would recognize.

...Seems they really are more involved in this Production than with any previous LOTR adaptation ever [including the Bakshi version in 1978 and the six Middle-earth films from Peter Jackson; per the terms of the newest deal] and are thus enjoying the creative process

I read sometime ago that Christopher vetted the 1980s BBC radio scripts.

...Elves will have short/ shorter hairstyles

Uh oh.

[Alatar]

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/med ... -1.4646214

Amazon Studios has notified the New Zealand government that it will shift the production of all future seasons of the Lord of the Rings television series to the United Kingdom, New Zealand said on Friday.

[Alatar]

I have to admit, this concerns me. I expect a lot more CGI and Studio work, and less location shots. Game of Thrones was easy to film here because it was gritty, not ethereal.

[RoseMorninStar]

Well, that is disappointing.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Just saw this, and I thought it would be worth noting.

Panel discussion of Amazon TV series at Oxonmoot 2021

With the Amazon TV series now just a year away, Oxonmoot are delighted to announce a panel to discuss all our hopes, fears and expectations for the series, seeking to answer the question “Can I get excited yet?”


Moderated by Tolkien Society Chair Shaun Gunner, the panel will feature Alan Sisto, Brian Sibley, Marie Bretagnole, Una McCormack and Marcel Auberon-Bulles – guaranteeing lively discussion!

Oxenmoot is Sept. 2-5, 2021. Looking at the schedule, this panel will be at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 4 (presumably Oxford time).

[Alatar]

Wow. That's a busy schedule. When we go to Oxford we mostly drink and talk

[Frelga]

Is that not what they are doing? Just with an agenda.

[Alatar]

Woohoo! Good news!

http://dlvr.it/S7sQ3C?fbclid=IwAR26k819 ... PZTGdJ7JlU

Oscar-Winning ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Howard Shore In Talks To Compose Music For Amazon Studios’ Middle Earth-Set TV Series

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Well, that's an eye-opener, and no mistake!