[+] The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power - SPOILERS ALLOWED

[wicked cool]

the trailer for a superbowl was subpar. I will tune and watch but it didnt scream lord of the rings to me (other than the harbor scene). Its was a step below the trailer we got for Game of Thrones back then, Moon Knight trailer looks very exciting , House of the Dragon, Jack Ryan etc.

Was the monster at the end of the trailer a troll?

 

[Mezuka]

It's unreasonable to expect blockbuster levels of budget (CGI, etc) for a streaming TV series.

Seems to me like we lost the art of judging things as per their own media segments. I recall a time when we had B-Movies at the theatre before the main event. No one in their right minds judged them with the same criteria as the main film. Death Race 2000 (1975) was feaking awesome, for a B-movie.

I'll judge it when I see it.

 

[payn]

Didnt they drop 100 million+ on this series? I'm not sure the lowered expectations should be expected.

 

[Morrus]

Didnt they drop 100 million+ on this series? I'm not sure the lowered expectations should be expected.

$100M for a 10-hour series as opposed to $200M for a 2 hour film. It sounds crazy numbers, but $10M per hour of footage vs $100M per hour of footage isn't comparable.

 

[Parmandur]

At any rate, it's not the size if the budget, but what you do with it.

I'm cautiously optimistic, precisely because they are making this show out if a 12 and a half page Appendix: other than broad strokes, this will all be original, which is much better potential than the weird half and half muddle of the Hobbit trilogy.

And the Dwarf princess is the best thing ever, the haters gonna hate.

 

[Parmandur]

These new images are very exciting! Princess Disa looks awesome. Self-proclaimed "Tolkien purists" might nitpick about the character not being in the books, or not having a beard (balderdash; Tolkien explicitly only says all male dwarves have beards - emphasis Tolkien's), but if I'm feeling uncharitable, I think many of them are just mad about the other thing. The increased diversity of the cast is very welcome. If you go back and watch the LOTR and Hobbit trilogies, they are very noticeably white.

I have to say, I love the design of the character, she looks great, and the diverse casting is thrilling, and I don't mind about the beards.

That being said...Tolkien's female Dwarves had beards and dressed like the male Dwarves. That's pretty clearly established: apparently male and female Dwarves are born with beards. Buy fir the show, it's no biggie as long as the design is good, which it is

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Neither optimistic nor pessimistic at this point.

It needs an "inspired by Tolkien" label since there isn't really enough to tell detailed stories in this era that are actually Tolkien's writing ... so from a "canon" standpoint this is fan fiction.

But hey, if its good fan fiction, I'll watch it. I don't expect visual or thematic continuity with the Jackson films -- different creators, different story, different vision. It would be like expecting continuity with the best Hobbit adaptation (that would be the Bakshi one).

 

[Zaukrie]

I was not in love with the trailer, but I didn't hate it either. but man, the racists sure hate it.....at least on Twitter.

 

[payn]

$100M for a 10-hour series as opposed to $200M for a 2 hour film. It sounds crazy numbers, but $10M per hour of footage vs $100M per hour of footage isn't comparable.

Good points, 100mill+ is still a heftier budget than many TV series get. I did think the trailer was a bit underwhelming and didnt look like the budget. Wheel of Time looked better (via trailer)to me.

 

[Parmandur]

Good points, 100mill+ is still a heftier budget than many TV series get. I did think the trailer was a bit underwhelming and didnt look like the budget. Wheel of Time looked better (via trailer)to me.

Substitute "all" for "most": this is the highest budget TV show of all time, by my understanding.