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The One Ring Forums:
Tolkien Topics: TV Discussion: The Rings of Power:
Hold your horses:
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Chen G.
Mithlond
Jul 8 2020, 10:58pm
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The films began with the forging of the Rings of Power. I would hope the series would bring us at least that far. The first somewhat substantive scene was from the War of the Last Alliance, and some people speculate that the series will end there, or possibly shortly thereafter at Gladden Fields.
I don't think we'll get there quite yet. The map of the show - which was linked to the announcement that the show will be about the Second Age, and was clearly important enough that Amazon had it fixed after-the-fact - is clearly from just before the Forging of the Great Rings.
So, the show is quite concievably gearing up to tell the story of the Forging of the Great Rings and the War of the Elves and Sauron. Honestly, its the most sensible choice. The early Second Age isn't terribly eventful, and the events of the late Second Age such as Akallabeth are too far removed from what's known to casual audiences.
By comparison, the Forging of the Rings plays more on familiar characters (Galadriel and Elrond both being notable players), locations and plot points, while also being far-removed enough to require less meticulous connect-the-dots type of prequel storytelling.
As a story, it also has mapped-out plot points for both Numenore (as Tar Telperien withholds from helping the Elves) AND the Elves (and even the Dwarves), where in telling the Akallabeth we only really have plot points for the former, and whatever Elvish subplot would be concieved would have to be made to tie into what's hapenning in Numenore, whereas back in SA 1600, the two are already instrically connected.
Narrativelly, it also has a more traditionally satisfying ending, with Sauron once again routed by a union of the free People of Middle Earth. It certainly lacks the treacherous biblical parallels of Akallabeth.
The time-jump to Akallabeth is, even by Numenorean standards, huge. I think the story of the Rings and subsequent War could easily occupy two or three seasons, if not all five. I bet the Akallabeth will be reserved to the spinoff show Amazon is said to have optioned.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LOTR_on_Prime/comments/hde5ew/okay_lets_get_the_timeframe_right_once_and_for_all/
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Jul 8 2020, 11:04pm)
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