How Faithful Is Amazon’s Rings of Power to JRR Tolkien’s Books?

Re:How Faithful Is Amazon’s Rings of Power to JRR Tolkien’s ... by wrp on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @07:21AM (#33260476)

> ...the general "feel" of the show is vastly different from Tolkien's writing.

Isn't that exactly what is getting Tolkien devotees twisted in knots?

I can empathize both with people who want to see something new in a Middle-earth setting and those who don't want to see anything incongruous. It depends on how happy you are with the original. For example, traditional Westerns bore me to tears, and I only really like Westerns that make a drastic break with tradition, like Cowboys & Aliens (2011).

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Re:How Faithful Is Amazon’s Rings of Power to JRR Tolkien’s ... by mkr-hn on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @07:57AM (#33260833)

Have you checked out Outer Range? It's a little weird, but it was a good twist on the genre in the same way as Cowboys & Aliens. You get your usual conflict over land, but the why unfolds with each episode.

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Re:How Faithful Is Amazon’s Rings of Power to JRR Tolkien’s ... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @10:57AM (#33263178)

It was a bit too strange, for me (I know you didn't ask me, but I like to butt in).

I love the stars, and that was what attracted me.

However, I found myself not liking the characters too much.

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