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

[payn]

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

Oh, wow, then ever more underwhelming. (I realize this is just a trailer and the show could be much better than first impression)

 

[Morrus]

Oh, wow, then ever more underwhelming. (I realize this is just a trailer and the show could be much better than first impression)

I think the trailer looks great. Goes to show that these things are all relative!

 

[Parmandur]

Oh, wow, then ever more underwhelming. (I realize this is just a trailer and the show could be much better than first impression)

Imagine a trailer for a 90's Star Trek show that focused on the Matte paintings used for establishing shots on alien planets: ot impressive, but the shows actual budget was mostly in sets, props, and actors.

Look at the costume, set, and makeup design we have already seen: that's where the money is, along with the large cast of actors.

As a result, yeah, the CGI is not revolutionary, midrange Switch game I'd say. But that should serve the show.

 

[wicked cool]

agreed for the budget and todays technology i expected to be wowed. its a Superbowl commercial!!

arent all the disney marvel stuff well over 100 million a series. Moon Knight so far looks way more interesting and i know much more about this universe than his origins

GOT cost was 60 million per season

I know its early but this has the initial wheel of time look to it. Where is the grit/dirt. it feels like everyone dressed in costume/makeup room and stepped on the green screen and nobody is saying wheres the grime (even compared to the original movies in case some are saying different universe)

 

[Zaukrie]

People sure have strong thoughts about a one minute montage.........I'm not judging anything until I actually see it. Plenty of trailers have looked great or awful......and didn't indicate anything about the final product.

 

[Morrus]

agreed for the budget and todays technology i expected to be wowed. its a Superbowl commercial!!

arent all the disney marvel stuff well over 100 million a series. Moon Knight so far looks way more interesting and i know much more about this universe than his origins

GOT cost was 60 million per season

I know its early but this has the initial wheel of time look to it. Where is the grit/dirt. it feels like everyone dressed in costume/makeup room and stepped on the green screen and nobody is saying wheres the grime (even compared to the original movies in case some are saying different universe)

I feel like I watched a different teaser to you, but OK.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

Yeah, I really don't get the complaints about the effects. The trailer was brief and we only saw small snippets, but what I saw looked movie quality effects-wise.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

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

No, the starting bid for the rights to make the show was $250 million, with a requirement of making 5 seasons. Estimates put overall costs for the show and all five seasons at One Billion Dollars. cue Doctor Evil voice and laugh

 

[Mezuka]

I looked up the Vanity Fair article. Here is an interesting bit:

"Amazon won’t confirm the show’s budget, but on top of the money for the rights, the government of New Zealand has placed production expenditures at $462 million for the first season alone. That figure includes building infrastructure that will be used in later seasons—and it’s been offset by a $108 million tax rebate."

The 462 million is in fact minus 108 million = (edit) 354 million. Of those 354 million, an unknown amount should be spread over the 5 seasons.

That would be about (edit) 300 for ten hours against 93 million for 3 hours.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

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.

Yeah I wish they had the Silmarrilion to work with, but this is a good point.