Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-31200097-20171110015355/@comment-33185350-20171110143708

Here are my thoughts:

1. It would theoretically be possible to make a really good tv show. A tv show would have much more time to flesh out the story and characters than the movies did, and show a lot more of Middle-Earth. A tv show could be really fascinating. That being said, -

2. Peter Jackson’s movies have set an extremely high bar for LOTR. It would be practically impossible for people to watch a show without comparing it to Peter Jackson’s version. It would be diffficult to have believable characters because they wouldn’t have the faces we are familiar with, and we would want the characters to all say the lines just like in those movies.

3. Now that we’ve established if done right it could be awesome, I absolutely do not trust Amazon and Warner Brothers to make it a good show. I am extremely skeptical. In my opinion, Hollywood is running out of ideas and creativity. All they are daring to do is media based off of known franchises. Think about all the big movies coming out this Christmas: Thor three, but they are making it like Guardians of the Galaxy because they don’t know what else to do. Star Wars eight, because they can still make loads of money off fans no matter how horrible the movie is. Pacific Rim two as well next spring. All of the big budget movies are starting to run together because they are just turning into endless fights with giant robots and not creative storytelling. I’m not saying creative storytelling is gone, it’s just a trend I am seeing. This possible franchise seems like an awful lot of a ploy - not to do a good show because someone cares about the story an wants to bring it to screen - but to get more money from fans and make Amazon’s studios more popular.

4. I agree with a lot of you. However unlikely it is, I would really enjoy a tv show based off the Quenta Silmarillion if it was done right. There are so many stories there and the potential for a really incredible series. That being said, I wouldn’t trust those studios to do that right either.

Overall I am not in favor of this potential series. I would rather Amazon left its hands off of LOTR.