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Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien

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On 2/16/2024 8:21 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:
> kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/12/2024 5:41 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 10:15:25 +0100, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/7/2024 10:56 AM, MummyChunk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The release of The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, an
>>>>> animated movie that tells the story of Helm Hammerhand, the king of
>>>>> Rohan, and the epic battle that took place at Helm?s Deep
>>>>
>>>> Speaking about The War of the Rohirrim: there's no trailer out for that
>>>> one yet, and it's supposed to release this year. That's somewhat odd I
>>>> think. I'd assume with a property like Lord of the Rings attached there
>>>> would be way more marketing already. Instead... nothing. Not even a
>>>> poster that consists of more than just the title.
>>>
>>> IMDb has it:
>>> <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14824600/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_war%2520of%2520the>
>>>
>>> Random info (from IMDb):
>>> It is animated, and due to be released 12/13/24. Plenty of time for
>>> trailers, posters, websites, etc.
>>>
>>> It is about the /original/ battle of Helm's Deep and Helm Hammerhand.
>>
>> Well yes, but there's barely any promotion going on, and it is supposed
>> to be released this year. I think the only pictures I saw of it were
>> from last year. I just find it odd in a world where every animated movie
>> has a trailer out a year in advance.
>>>
>>> Since, AFAIK, only /The Hobbit/ and /Lord of the Rings/ are
>>> licenseable, I would expect a lot of imagination on the part of the
>>> filmmakers.
>>
>> Yeah, it sometimes is very interesting what stuff they can drag out of
>> those two works.
> 
> Ironically producing even less accurate versions of the
> earlier Ages than they would if permitted Silmarillion and UT
> material.
> 
> Adaptations...JUST SAY NO!!!!

I dunno, adaptions can be good. It's just that nobody involved in those 
big projects ever seems to be interested in making good products and 
instead goes for whatever might make them the most bucks.
(which is funny because then some genuinely good adaption of some stuff 
comes out and everyone learns exactly the wrong lessons from it)

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The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien mummycullen@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (MummyChunk) - 2024-01-07 09:56 +0000
  Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2024-01-11 14:06 -0800
    Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 09:56 +0100
  Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 10:15 +0100
    Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2024-01-12 08:41 -0800
      Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-01-12 18:02 +0100
        Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> - 2024-01-13 09:03 -0800
        Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-01-24 16:37 +0000
        Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> - 2024-02-16 19:21 +0000
          Re: The Enduring Legacy of J.R.R. Tolkien Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> - 2024-04-08 15:47 +0200

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