Hriston
Dungeon Master of Middle-earth
I don't think fights with Wolf-Sauron are licensed.Is that werewolf gonna be Sauron?
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I don't think fights with Wolf-Sauron are licensed.Is that werewolf gonna be Sauron?
My understanding is there's the rights they've purchased to be able to make the show, and then things they've negotiated permission to use on a piecemeal basis.I don't think Fights with Wolf-Sauron are licensed.
Is that werewolf gonna be Sauron?
There could be lots of reasons to have the Harfoot in there, such as the advantage of having characters with an earthy, simple point-of-view, or that audiences might be disappointed if there aren't "hobbits" in their Middle-earth entertainment. That's just off the top of my head.As for the whole concept, I am still disappointed they are pushing the proto-Hobbit thing so hard. I guess they just have to have something small and cute in the show?
Okay. Unrelated, I don't think that werewolf was impressive looking enough to be Sauron.My understanding is there's the rights they've purchased to be able to make the show, and then things they've negotiated permission to use on a piecemeal basis.
A lot of adaptations feel like that... fanficky. It is not necessarily a bad thing. There's a lot of good fanfic, a lot of which is actually better than the original, but it isn't inherently good, and many times all we want is a sincere adaptation, to see the book on screen. (Not necessarily beat by beat, I mean there's not pleasing some people, and many times extra detail needs to be removed by the constraints of the media)So, more or less, we are getting most expensive fan fiction project.