The thing is that, even if these new ones are the most awful media ever produced. It doesn’t change anything about the old ones. They will still stay awesome. They don’t depreciate just because other media exist. Or that would have already happened with the Rings of Power.
I just wish they put this time and effort into other franchises. I want more Discworld.
Gondor has no remake. Gondor needs no remake.
Alas, it is not for Gondor to decide what the copyright holders do with them.
If I was going to do more lotr content, I’d probably do something with the Eastern front of the war. What did the blue wizards get up to?
Likely rot in some pit
i love how nobody sees this as good news
takes one glance at Amazon
I suppose it was only a matter of time. Please don’t be total ass.
I remember reading that what we’re seeing lately is a sort of mad dash to churn out as much media as they can before the IP becomes public domain.
It’s going to be. Don’t have any hopes for it, just don’t. In fact, I’d argue just don’t see it unless we hear that it’s phenomenal for some reason after it’s been released.
I’m really hoping this is manufactured content here.
Edit: “No!” -Captain Jack Sparrow
Is it just me, or had anyone else lost all hope for good Lotr shows after Rings of Power? I saw lots of potential squandered by poor writing, and I fear more Lotr content is just going to be more content, not good stories.
It didn’t affect me as all, as I didn’t watch it.
With the infinite amount of excellent content available online, there is no point on wasting your time and attention or mediocrity. It was obvious from the news before launch that it will suck, so I waited, and the reviews confirmed it, so I didn’t bother.
It wasn’t obvious it would be bad before release, much of the compliants I saw were mostly unfair criticism made in bad-faith.
It wasn’t exactly bad, it just wasn’t good like it could have been.
It’s going to suck ass.
Why can’t these companies come up with anything new? Or at least something new that’s good.
This is an article from February 2023 about War of the Rohirrim and similar projects, not a remake of the 2001 trilogy.
Just don’t watch it.
You don’t have to watch every damn thing involving your fandom. It’s pure capitalistic greed at this point.
Let a franchise fucking die already.
Demand better movies and don’t engage with film as product. Find passionate storytellers and not greedy corporate executives looking to milk every last drop of nostalgia for profits.
Still haven’t watched rings of power, probably not now that I cancelled Prime after the ad fiasco.
Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War were fun - but very non canon.
Anyone who bought Gollum at all should take what you’re saying to heart. Zero true fans of the Middle Earth world would put any money down for that game. If anyone bought it because they were a fan they deserved to lose their money, zero of the marketing material looked like it was going to be a quality product or decent addition to the story.
Rings of Power was enjoyable to watch, I treated it as billion-dollar fanfic and didn’t worry that everything was out of place
The PJ trilogy still holds up today.
That’s a pretty high bar
New “Lord of the Rings” movies scheduled to be cancelled after completion by David Zazlav for a tax break
I desperately hope so. The amount of effort that went into the current movies cannot be matched by anybody in Hollywood except maybe Christopher Nolan.
I know I wouldn’t like his attempt at that in its entirety, if it happens, but yes.
Or you know… Peter Jackson again.
Why, though? He already made two trilogies.
You said the level of effort can’t be matched. It certainly can by the same man.
In a dream scenario where they can get the right people to do it, I would vastly prefer a TV series. Even with the extended editions, there’s a ton of material in the books we didn’t get to see. Things like the whole sequence with the elves early in the books being turned into “hey look there’s some elves”, no Tom Bombadil, the journey from Rivendel to Moria. And that’s just the first book.
I think most would agree the world building is one of the best aspects of the books and there just isn’t time for that in a feature film.
So I tried to find more info on it and it seems like they are not remaking the trilogy. Multiple movies set in various time periods before the Hobbit and LotR are currently written. That’s not really great but it is way better than a remake IMHO.
Oh no
