InTheChair
Nargothrond
Oct 30 2020, 7:41pm
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Lord of the rings maybe. The Rings of power though?
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Tolkien's works are very much a different breed, but like them, they attracted a popular audience before the widespread dissemination of "fandom" as a consumerist identity; and as such, they have the potential to be exploited.
Even with that, would Amazon have embarked on this without the Two movie trilogies and their fanbase? There's potential in Tolkiens books as there is potential in any work or art that achieve some measure of popularity. Maybe it would suit better on Bakshis and Jacksons endeavours, they both attempted the most widespread and famous of Tolkiens works, but what is Amazon gambling on? Are they after the name and recognition, while telling largely their own story, or are they truly interested in converting Tolkiens narrative of the Rings of power and the Second age, down to a serving that is digestible to a mass audience?
Or are they one and the same?
(This post was edited by InTheChair on Oct 30 2020, 7:43pm)
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