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Re:Christopher Tolkien has died by lordnacho on Thursday January 16, 2020 @03:28PM (#22068523)
I wonder if Netflix or other streaming services would have produced something vastly different. Tolkien wrote so much it really could do with more exploration.

Also if you're selling it in a movie format, you have to be able to bring in the general masses. That means cutting down a lot of the intricacies.

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Re:Christopher Tolkien has died by WalterBright on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:55PM (#22070416)
These days, LotR would be made as a multi-season epic, like GoT.
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Re:Christopher Tolkien has died by cm2012 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @04:04PM (#22068902)
Amazon is making a lotr universe TV show for prime.
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Re:Christopher Tolkien has died by corn_dog on Thursday January 16, 2020 @04:14PM (#22069025)
I am really hoping they film it with similar production values to The Man in the High Castle. I think the pacing, and the mix of reality and fantasy, in that would suit LOTR really well.
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