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

[Maxperson]

Money does talk, and a Tolkien show that is only bookended by actual Tolkien events wouldn't appeal to many people.

Then it's probably a good thing that I didn't suggest that and instead suggested that they come up with some new stuff within that time period.

 

[Parmandur]

Season 2 could be the dwarf rings ( jealous of the elven shinies). More dwarves, less Harfoots.
Internal Mordor conflict ( maybe Sauron grabs a palantir early??).
Not sure what wizard and Nori get up too?
Fall Numenor at its end. Cool opportunity for more of the daughter/palantir ( blind queen could use it too?).

I really liked it and 5 or 6 really interesting characters.

4 out of 7 Dwarf Clans are actually centered in...Rhun (the 2 others were in Bereliand, so are woth Durin's House now). so, Nori and The Stranger might be the framing device to introduce the barely developed Dwarves of the East. Given how little development the East got, thisnis another huge opportunity for something original and surprising, which is apparently the element that attracted the Tolkien Eatate to this pitch: passion for an original story done respectfully rather than a staid retread.

 

[RuinousPowers]

Then it's probably a good thing that I didn't suggest that and instead suggested that they come up with some new stuff within that time period.

Actually, its exactly what you suggested. And still complaining about the format of the show even after the entire first season has aired is hardly (+).

 

[Maxperson]

Actually, its exactly what you suggested. And still complaining about the format of the show even after the entire first season has aired is hardly (+).

It's not a complaint. It's a, it could have been better if... There's a difference.

 

[Parmandur]

Do you know which MERP source contained this? Most of the ringwraiths were given more than one name in MERP, but I haven't seen Ar-Pharazôn identified with any of them. To my knowledge the three Númenorean ringwraiths in MERP lore are Tindamul/Êr-Mûrazôr (the Witch-king), Herundil/Akhôrahil, and Númeniel/Adûnaphel. Is one of them identified with Ar-Pharazôn in a MERP sourcebook?

Turns out it wasn't MERP, but rather the Monolith Mordor video games that developed a version of the Nazgûl further (including Isildur!). So, still could influence the direction of the show.

 

[RuinousPowers]

It's not a complaint. It's a, it could have been better if... There's a difference.

There is already another thread for you to post what you would have done.

What TV series related to the "Matter of Middle-earth" would you prefer to see?

I have long thought the film adaptation of the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) I would most like to see would be in the form of a series of one-hour episodes, each one covering just one chapter of the book as faithfully as possible. Another idea I've had for a...

www.enworld.org

This is a thread about what has been done.

 

[MarkB]

I don't agree. They could have done a great job just limiting the story to the actual timeline with the rings. Plenty of room for lots of drama and good stories based around Annatar showing up and tricking the elves, figuring out how to forge the rings, forging the three in secret, revealing Sauron, and the subsequent invasion and destruction of Eregion.

The problem is, we as the audience are going to know who Annatar really is, so having him spending multiple seasons through the forging of all the rings hanging around and fooling the elves and everyone else winds up either making them look very stupid or making him too unbeatable as a manipulator, and either way the plotline will exhaust the audience's patience.

The way they did it here, with him fooling people in the story for a single season, and most of that spent with even the audience still guessing, is about as long as you can sustain it dramatically.

 

[billd91]

The problem is, we as the audience are going to know who Annatar really is, so having him spending multiple seasons through the forging of all the rings hanging around and fooling the elves and everyone else winds up either making them look very stupid or making him too unbeatable as a manipulator, and either way the plotline will exhaust the audience's patience.

Depends on how you want to tell the story. Those of us watching the prequel trilogy knew that Senator Palpatine was going to be the Emperor all along, and that Anakin Skywalker was going to be Darth Vader. The point of telling the story, and us watching it, was to see how they got there. Quite a few of us also knew about the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones before it was revealed in all its gory and it was still interesting to watch.

Not every treacherous plot needs to be a plot twist surprise reveal for the audience (even if your name is M. Night Shyamalan, hmmm, maybe especially if your name is M. Night Shyamalan).

 

[Dausuul]

The only really canon info we have is that 3 were Numenoreans, and one was an Easterling. Pharazon was one of the Nazgûl in ICE MERP canon, and seems a plausible candidate, as do his son, Elendil's daughter, Miriel, Valendil and Theo.

Pharazon and Miriel have canonical fates that are very hard to reconcile with them being Nazgûl.

 

[MarkB]

Depends on how you want to tell the story. Those of us watching the prequel trilogy knew that Senator Palpatine was going to be the Emperor all along, and that Anakin Skywalker was going to be Darth Vader. The point of telling the story, and us watching it, was to see how they got there. Quite a few of us also knew about the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones before it was revealed in all its gory and it was still interesting to watch.

Not every treacherous plot needs to be a plot twist surprise reveal for the audience (even if your name is M. Night Shyamalan, hmmm, maybe especially if your name is M. Night Shyamalan).

Okay, that's a fair point.