tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post4468183183116919937..comments2024-03-22T12:11:58.453-06:00Comments on Michael Offutt: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is a $400 million dollar story made from footnotes and appendices.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-61165570678582431762022-08-26T18:40:35.660-06:002022-08-26T18:40:35.660-06:00Well, that's an interesting loophole.Well, that's an interesting loophole. Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-32128750588592401932022-08-26T09:41:50.744-06:002022-08-26T09:41:50.744-06:00I'm going to have to disagree that there are o...I'm going to have to disagree that there are other fantasy stories as good or better out there. There is nothing else out there like Middle Earth. Nothing else of such depth and complexity. It just doesn't exist.<br />And, yes, Christopher(? -- I think he is the son in control of the rights to his father's work) will not allow anyone access to anything beyond what has already been licensed. The family didn't like Jackson's LotR and hated what he did to The Hobbit, so they're not big on allowing anymore of Tolkien's work to be played with.<br /><br />But this show looks good? I mean, it does in the trailers. Of course, they're trailers.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-77079542416359184542022-08-26T07:36:51.776-06:002022-08-26T07:36:51.776-06:00I guess they're gambling that anything under t...I guess they're gambling that anything under the LOTR/Tolkein brand will work. But $400M for something people don't even pay to watch? It seems really ridiculous. I imagine they canned quite a few shows so they could make this. I'm sure racists and incels will try to review bomb it but I doubt it'll make a difference.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.com