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

[Hriston]

Information from The Silmarillion is explicitly off limits to them. They don't have the rights. They can use what's in The Lord of the Rings and its appendices. Pretty sure that all you listed is off the table.

Does this mean they have to change things that aren't explicitly stated in the LotR?

 

[reelo]

This show is more for us LoTR movie fans, not entrenched Tolkien nerds. Folks who quote from the Silmarilion are probanly not the target audience

Hey, don't exclude me from the movie fans! They were done with uttermost respect and I love them to bits! (Edit: LotR, I mean. The Hobbit movies are utter trash)

This however? I have no problem with ethnically diverse elves, dwarves, or proto-hobbits, nor anything that is completely made-up but doesn't contradict canon. The depiction of Galadriel and her interplay with Gil-Galad and Elrond does just that, though, imho.

 

[reelo]

Information from The Silmarillion is explicitly off limits to them. They don't have the rights. They can use what's in The Lord of the Rings and its appendices. Pretty sure that all you listed is off the table.

It might be off-limits to show or even just name-drop, but the contracts Amazon signed supposedly stipulate that the show can nonetheless not explicitly contradict any of that material.

 

[GreyLord]

This show is more for us LoTR movie fans, not entrenched Tolkien nerds. Folks who quote from the Silmarilion are probanly not the target audience

So...if I understand right...JRR Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien would hate this show?

(That sounds about right...I think JRR Tolkien felt nothing would do justice for LotR or it's properties in a translation from written book to film form, and Christopher Tolkien I think felt similarly).

 

[Ryujin]

Does this mean they have to change things that aren't explicitly stated in the LotR?

I should think it means they would have to consciously steer away from it, in order to avoid a lawsuit.

 

[Ryujin]

It might be off-limits to show or even just name-drop, but the contracts Amazon signed supposedly stipulate that the show can nonetheless not explicitly contradict any of that material.

That would seem to be an impossible tightrope to walk.

 

[Morrus]

So...if I understand right...JRR Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien would hate this show?

You’d have to ask them. I don’t imagine you or I are authorised to speak for them.

 

[Davies]

So ... that's the Arkenstone in the chest that the Durins are fretting about, right?

 

[Hriston]

So ... that's the Arkenstone in the chest that the Durins are fretting about, right?

The Arkenstone was found in Erebor. Mithril would be my guess.

 

[Argyle King]

I'm not sure how I feel yet.

This far, I'm feeling similar to how I felt watching some of the okay-ish Boba Fett episodes: I wouldn't say they're bad, but something doesn't seem quite right.

FWIW, I fall somewhere between being a Tolkien-nerd and being a fan of the movies. I read The Hobbit when I was a kid; I enjoyed LoTR movies as an adult. I didn't particularly like the more-recent Hobbit movies but highly enjoyed the old cartoon-movie.