Didn‘t they even (say they had to) raise the price for Prime for it?
Didn‘t they even (say they had to) raise the price for Prime for it?
which reminds me to cancel that shite
They messed up big time.They finished filming a while back, post production probably takes an age.
Lets hopes it takes forever then. I rather someone else convince the Tolkien estate of the rights for all the works and give it a proper go, instead of this shit.
Well they don't have the rights to that so they better hurry up.
Sure, but this bit is bollocks.
I disagree but it's certainly not the worst part of it.
A day to write, a week to shoot, then a year for CGI and post-production consultancy.
I like to see a mixed cast, I find it slightly uncomfortable that the only hint of a non-white person in the movie trilogy is the evil Easterlings. It's not untrue to the text and reflects the world Tolkien grew up in, but that film was made in 1999 and included Legalos surfing down an Olyphant, so some inclusion would be far from the least stupid modern addition.
Sounds about right.
Yeah I really don't take any offense in more inclusion at all but the focus should have been on... well making a better show.
Do you get uncomfortable watching a non white fantasy film without a hint of a white person to be found?
I do feel the "political correctness" and inclusion naysayers exaggerate a bit. People will get used to all wakes of characters so long as the characters are good and the writing works. The fans protested having black Valerians in the new GoT but got over it fairly quickly. Same as John Boyega in Star Wars. initially they were hating but then wanted him to have a better arc as he is a good solid actor, but felt Disney did too little with him
you’ll only be happy when lotr is re-written so black frodo chucks a recyclable ring into a carbon neutral waste facility.
Doesn't that make Sauron the good guy. Always knew he was just misunderstood.
I don't think I've ever seen one.
Fair enough.
I liked the mixed cast though I thought a black elf needed some kind of in story explanation. I can head canon the rest.
Casting was really good. Let down by just plain bad writing.
Come on, the "elfs will steal our jobs" was not really subtle.
It was fecking terrible. If there is one fantasy universe where this stuff feels hamfisted in it is this. Gandalfs "I am goooooood!" Is one of the worst lines I've ever witnessed considering the standard set by Tolkien
The majority of the dialogue was fine. Being a book nerd I quite enjoyed all the subtle references and the use of different languages as we didn't really get much of that in the films and was utterly abandoned in the horrific hobbit films.
All they need was a proper editor tbh.
Nah, the crucial story arc made no sense.
You just ruined Tolkiens universe for me.
Most importantly "just follow your nose" makes no fecking sense when you're sat on top of a hill.
Casting didn't work for me for a lot of different reasons but that can't be divorced from the writing. Bottom line is that they were hamstrung by a plot constructed around a bunch of notes that were never meant to be a story. The whole thing was ill conceived. But even taking that in to account they did it quite badly. The big reveal was so heavily telegraphed you'd have to have been blind not to see it coming. And yet it made no sense either.
They'll be there, they're usually getting defeated in the end mate.
I have no idea what legolas surfing down a trunk has to do with race but I had no issue with the casting.
I get your point, but looking at the premise that ROP is a prequel to the LOTR movies this now suggests that there was an ethnical cleansing of elves, dwarves and hobbits that made them all get rid of their black people. That makes me truly uncomfortable.
i made it a bit further than the first film, but gave up when the dwarves ran a train on bilbo, after getting gay dragon sickness in the mountain.
There were some battles in 2nd or 3rd move I think.
Well, there was a battle at the end of the book to be fair.
Yeah, maybe, dont remember it tbh.
