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

[Maxperson]

If you are that rigidly adhered to canon, this show will disappoint you.

I'm not, but neither does canon mean diddly and squat like Isildur showing up now would mean.

 

[Maxperson]

No, it's not. It's a TV show based on plot ideas from a novel.

Then the name should be changed.

 

[Ryujin]

Little Known Fact: Elves are really, really boring. Most of the time they lay around eating grapes in their tree houses, until the next epic War For All Creation comes around.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Then the name should be changed.

Why? They are using ideas and characters from the novel. Which is a lot more than some novel adaptations do. See the aforementioned Little Mermaid.

 

[Maxperson]

Little Known Fact: Elves are really, really boring. Most of the time they lay around eating grapes in their tree houses, until the next epic War For All Creation comes around.

Well, sometimes they forge Palantiri, black swords of doom, Silmarils or Rings of Power.

 

[Ryujin]

Well, sometimes they forge Palantiri, black swords of doom, Silmarils or Rings of Power.

Sure, but arts and crafts days are just filler.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Sure, but arts and crafts days are just filler.

What about the days they spend colouring in the William Morris wallpaper?

 

[Ryujin]

What about the days they spend colouring in the William Morris wallpaper?

After doing blotter acid?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

True to the first part, but its a very expensive show. Expecting it to go a full 8 seasons is a very lofty expectation, that's a LONG time in the tv game.

It's a passion project for the man who has periodically been the richest man in the history of the planet.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I'm not, but neither does canon mean diddly and squat like Isildur showing up now would mean.

Eh, I don’t agree with the idea that compressing the timeline is a big deal.

The idea of trying to make a tv show wherein a large chunk of the cast only survives for 1-2 seasons, another large chunk will be in half the show, and the final chunk will be there from beginning to end, simply due to lifespans, but it’s all one coherent story, is vastly more palatable in written media than in video media, IMO.