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The One Ring Forums:
Tolkien Topics: TV Discussion: The Rings of Power:
No excuse with the Rings of Power :
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Michelle Johnston
Mithlond
Nov 11 2024, 1:57am
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No excuse with the Rings of Power
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Artists write screen plays and have huge amendments made to their scripts, If Ridley Scott is given 100 million dollars to make a movie he will make the movie that is requested by the one who pays for the movie. That is particularly pertinent to what we are talking about when he turned away from seeking God, to making another monster movie; with a story line.
God is big business in the United States, particularly the fly over states. This leans toward "writing cowardice" rather than "lack of imagination." You imply the writer, producer, director, whichever or all Scott might be, does not wish to offend the Big Business of religion, or Big Business in general, or at least is willing to compromise his story for the backer. Maybe I should add artistic integrity to the list. The story in this case, was already written by J.R.R. Tolkien. All they have to do is follow it. I see the show runners' or writers' philosophical ideas about what they are doing as somewhat pretentious, trying to convince viewers their clothes are beautiful while they are actually... Well, you know the fable. William Peter Blatty determined to use a demon instead of Satan (though the demon claimed to be Satan), so we're kind of stuck there. His book dictates what the writers do, so they are excused. But there no such excuse for Rings of Power, no matter how many story theories and justifications we bandy about..
Moving away from the financial politics I fundamentally disagree with you about how one should present the appendices.
The appendices are notes, to explain some of the historical back ground. To turn those notes into stories in the way the LOTR is a story is a huge undertaking and quite different. To then place that story on the screen is an even bigger undertaking.
This was never going to be a line by line follow or compression or expansion. To tell these notes as cinematic stories requires a reset. The scrutiny close story telling requires and to hold the viewer is a substantially different presentation to the quasi academic back stories that were written.
The irony of the difficulties this evolved story telling presents, should not be lost on Tolkien fans. The professor wrestled with it for upwards of twenty years with the Silmarillion and never solved the problem, and nor did Christopher, he presented it.
For some, and i can see why, just the concept doesn't work; never mind the quality of the writing and the presentation of the story beats in a coherent well developed format.
My Dear Bilbo something is the matter with you! you are not the same hobbit that you were.
(This post was edited by Michelle Johnston on Nov 11 2024, 2:11am)
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