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Amazon to do LOTR tv series's

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/41979819/lord-of-the-rings-to-get-tv-adaptation

yay or nay
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  • mik3d3nchmik3d3nch
    Blimey! Pardon my ignorance but I didn't know Amazon were anything other than a sort of online shop.


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  • VampyreVampyre
    Good god no. Amazon have been making some of the best shows on TV for a few years now.

    It's a "yay" from me as I love LOTR.
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    mik3d3nch wrote: »
    Blimey! Pardon my ignorance but I didn't know Amazon were anything other than a sort of online shop.
    nope they make tv and films now and allsorts of other gubbins
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Part of me is saying Ooooooooo.....But part of me is saying Noooooooooo....
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  • ZoffyZoffy
    Prequels telling the stories of Aragorn, Gandalf et al between the events of The Hobbit and Bilbo's 111th birthday. Could be good as long as they don't try to0 stretch the material too thin with a lot of extra rubbish like the three Hobbit films did.

    I hope they do one for Boromir as he's one of the more interesting characters in LOTR.
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  • andrewvanbeckandrewvanbeck
    All of me is saying... its Amazon. Seriously the worst TV streaming service you could have the misfortune to have to pay for. Netflix pee's all over it.
    I mean, they expect you to pay for 'Fear The Walking Dead', the low budget 'Walking Dead' with completely unlikable characters and mindlessly regurgitating single plot (go place, someone die, take over, go next place, repeat repeat repeat) - on top of Prime, you should pay actual money for that. Fk Amazon, and download anything that you might watch from them.

    Besides... its another desperate attempt to know Thrones of its throne, again. Do we really need a cheap and badly written Amazon show about LOTR... every episode will be a nail in the LOTR coffin.... what even is LOTR these days but 30 minutes of action over 20 hours of walking in hairy feet. The whole thing is diluted as much as the franchise is now - it's on an intellectual par with Despicable Me.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    andrewvanbeck wrote: »
    All of me is saying... its Amazon. Seriously the worst TV streaming service you could have the misfortune to have to pay for. Netflix pee's all over it.
    I mean, they expect you to pay for 'Fear The Walking Dead', the low budget 'Walking Dead' with completely unlikable characters and mindlessly regurgitating single plot (go place, someone die, take over, go next place, repeat repeat repeat) - on top of Prime, you should pay actual money for that. Fk Amazon, and download anything that you might watch from them.

    Besides... its another desperate attempt to know Thrones of its throne, again. Do we really need a cheap and badly written Amazon show about LOTR... every episode will be a nail in the LOTR coffin.... what even is LOTR these days but 30 minutes of action over 20 hours of walking in hairy feet. The whole thing is diluted as much as the franchise is now - it's on an intellectual par with Despicable Me.
    people have complained about HBOs streaming service more ;)
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  • VampyreVampyre
    andrewvanbeck wrote: »
    All of me is saying... its Amazon. Seriously the worst TV streaming service you could have the misfortune to have to pay for. Netflix pee's all over it.
    Can't say I've ever had a problem with it and I use it and Netflix a lot.
    andrewvanbeck wrote: »
    I mean, they expect you to pay for 'Fear The Walking Dead', the low budget 'Walking Dead' with completely unlikable characters and mindlessly regurgitating single plot (go place, someone die, take over, go next place, repeat repeat repeat)
    Not watched FTWD but from your description it sounds exactly like the plot of Walking Dead anyway. Gave up on that just after the Governor series - rince, repeat plotlines and something actually interesting happening once every few episodes. Took me a long time to realise it's just a very dull show!
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    Vampyre wrote: »
    Not watched FTWD but from your description it sounds exactly like the plot of Walking Dead anyway. Gave up on that just after the Governor series - rince, repeat plotlines and something actually interesting happening once every few episodes. Took me a long time to realise it's just a very dull show!

    GET OUT NOW!!!!
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    The Walking Dead made me hate zombies....
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  • VampyreVampyre
    mel the bell wrote: »
    Vampyre wrote: »
    Not watched FTWD but from your description it sounds exactly like the plot of Walking Dead anyway. Gave up on that just after the Governor series - rince, repeat plotlines and something actually interesting happening once every few episodes. Took me a long time to realise it's just a very dull show!

    GET OUT NOW!!!!

    I had a feeling that post might wind you up ;-)
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    The Walking Dead made me hate zombies....
    youve never seen it tut, you dont watch telly Oo

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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    mel the bell wrote: »
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    The Walking Dead made me hate zombies....
    youve never seen it tut, you dont watch telly Oo

    My wife watched it for about 3 seasons before she said it was dumb....What I saw, and heard put me off watching it properly...
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    tut puff
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Heh...

    Had my suspicions you'd say something along those lines :p
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    just read issues 169 - 173 of the comics to finally catch up on those too, now i finally found a decent site, and the new Negan special
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • LunyLuny
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    The Walking Dead made me hate zombies....

    I'm with boozy on this one, if anyone can cock up something like LOTR its TV. They'll just drag out the stories over 26 episodes with long boring stories and little action.
    Sod it!

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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Tolkien's relatives must be strapped for cash, this will be a show that probably starts off amazingly, with massively high budget episodes, then drops off into a watered down sham, that only the die hard fans will try to watch without crying as they do....and then it'll vanish....Or it'll be dragged out to the point when nobody knows WTF is happening anymore. Amazon has a lot of capital, but do they have enough to pay A list actors, and a budget to rival infact no given timelines produce better special effects than the LOTR movies per episode?

    I'm curious how much of a train wreck this has the potential to be? :))
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Tolkien's relatives must be strapped for cash, this will be a show that probably starts off amazingly, with massively high budget episodes, then drops off into a watered down sham, that only the die hard fans will try to watch without crying as they do....and then it'll vanish....Or it'll be dragged out to the point when nobody knows WTF is happening anymore. Amazon has a lot of capital, but do they have enough to pay A list actors, and a budget to rival infact no given timelines produce better special effects than the LOTR movies per episode?

    I'm curious how much of a train wreck this has the potential to be? :))
    going back to post 3, they HAVE been making some of the best tv shows out there
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • LunyLuny
    They have to, to make up for the lousy film collection they have on Prime.
    I must admit, Man in the High castle was an excellent interpretation, so was American Gods. Personally not into the modern Zombi crap they produce these days ;)
    But nothing beats Netlix's version of The Expanse.
    Sod it!

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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    Luny wrote: »
    They have to, to make up for the lousy film collection they have on Prime.
    I must admit, Man in the High castle was an excellent interpretation, so was American Gods. Personally not into the modern Zombi crap they produce these days ;)
    But nothing beats Netlix's version of The Expanse.
    the zombi craps not even on amazon :P

    Sci fi do the low end stuff, AMC do the likes of the walking dead, nowt to do with amazon
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • LunyLuny
    Oh yeah, good point. Well at least I got my word in :) So I dislike it so much I don't even know what I'm talking about. He he.
    Sod it!

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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited November 2017
    Sh*t Youtube are even making movies now....How f*cked up is that?

    I'll be honest though...The Thinning did catch my eye, but there's no f*cking way on earth I'd ever pay Youtube to watch yet another crappy watered down dystopian future movie, full of pretty girls and lank haired teenage musclemen.
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  • LunyLuny
    ..and sh*t scripts! :)
    Sod it!

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  • Maroc's Other ProjectionMaroc's Other Projection
    Bring in something involving the Shadow of Mordor story with some kind of 'Nemesis System' and it will pique my interest :)
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  • F_ClowderF_Clowder
    I've been a little out of the loop, which shows do they make?
    Vampyre wrote: »
    Good god no. Amazon have been making some of the best shows on TV for a few years now.

    It's a "yay" from me as I love LOTR.

    What now?
  • andrewvanbeckandrewvanbeck
    mel the bell wrote: »
    the zombi craps not even on amazon :P

    Sci fi do the low end stuff, AMC do the likes of the walking dead, nowt to do with amazon
    Amazon has Fear The Walking Dead.. https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CRBFI5Q

  • VampyreVampyre
    F_Clowder wrote: »
    I've been a little out of the loop, which shows do they make?
    Vampyre wrote: »
    Good god no. Amazon have been making some of the best shows on TV for a few years now.

    It's a "yay" from me as I love LOTR.
    The Man in the High Castle
    The Tick
    American Gods
    Gortimer Gibbons (a kids show but it's brilliantly surreal)
    Transparent
    The Grand Tour
    Bosch
    Goliath

    Those are just the ones I've got around to seeing - there's loads more. Thoroughly enjoyed all of them. The pilot of Jean Claude Van-Johnson was really good to - JCVD taking the pee out of himself. The first season's being shown from 15th December.
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    andrewvanbeck wrote: »
    mel the bell wrote: »
    the zombi craps not even on amazon :P

    Sci fi do the low end stuff, AMC do the likes of the walking dead, nowt to do with amazon
    Amazon has Fear The Walking Dead.. https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CRBFI5Q

    Yeah but they didn't make it, amc did
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • saddestmoonsaddestmoon
    If they did The Silmarilion (its component tales as connected but distinct story-arcs) I would be very keen! Would need a YUGE budget of course... after all, you can’t show the rise and fall of Numenor, the fall of Gondolin, Morgoth doing his thing, Beleriand being torn asunder, etc without throwing some decent coin at it, let alone adapting the books to television.
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