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If you wanted to have any part of The Silmarillion adapted to film or tv...

ange1e4e5
Gondor

Jun 26 2016, 8:37pm

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What part would you want to see?

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Otaku-sempai
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Jun 26 2016, 9:38pm

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If we limit the discussion to the Quenta Silmarillion then I think that I'd like to see an adaptation of the Tale of Beren and Lúthien. There would still be a lot of backstory to cover including explaining the Silmarils, Melkor and Sauron, as well as Thingol, Melian, the realm of Doriath and the parentage of Beren, but it wouldn't be much more complicated than adapting the old Greek epics.

Honestly, I think that the whole of the Quenta Silmarillion would be more easily adapted to opera than to film.

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OldestDaughter
Rohan


Jun 27 2016, 12:24pm

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but I would also love something covering the Children of Hurin.
Turin's tale was of such a tragic story, I think it would be interesting to see on big or little screen. It might have to be turned into a film though, if it's own book would be used for the script. The chapter in the Silmarillion was not quite as long as the book version of the story was.




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Gianna
Rohan


Jun 27 2016, 8:48pm

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Likely the most potential as a movie, besides being one of my favourite stories of all time.

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Jun 29 2016, 1:53am

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ange1e4e5
Gondor

Jul 5 2016, 1:54am

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I'll go with either Beren and Luthien, The Children of Hurin, or The Fall of Gondolin. [In reply to] Can't Post

 

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Meneldor
Valinor


Jul 5 2016, 2:31am

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I'd watch a TV series about the voyages of Earendil. Or any of the other renowned seafarers of Middle-earth.


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Eldy
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Jul 11 2016, 7:36pm

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The way I see it there are roughly six major character-driven stories from the Quenta [In reply to] Can't Post

1. The Fall of the Noldor (including the family drama of the Finwians)
2. Beren and Lúthien
3. The Children of Húrin
4. Wanderings of Húrin/Ruin of Doriath (left in an especially confused state)
5. The Fall of Gondolin
6. Eärendil the Wanderer (never written out but always of crucial importance)

(Plus the Akallabêth and other material covering the Second and Third Ages in Of the Rings of Power.)

The Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, and early chapters of the QS are told in a very remote, mythological style and are the kind of thing that might be summarized in a prologue or related briefly through expository dialogue, rather than fodder for a visual adaptation, IMO. Everything regarding the tensions among the Noldor, the destruction of the Two Trees, the rebellion and Kinslaying, etc. makes a fascinating and character-rich drama. However, I would rather not see that part adapted. I think it's important for there to remain "unattainable vistas" (to borrow Tolkien's phrase) and a sense of history and decline behind the events in the foreground. LOTR has this in spades and it's a huge part of the literary effect.

QS has this too, towards, after the action shifts to Beleriand, where Valinor becomes the emotional backdrop (Gondolin being made as an image of Tirion, for example). The overlapping major stories that make up the end of the QS, numbers 2-6 on my list above, or just about everything from the breaking of the Siege of Angband to the War of Wrath, are also primarily focused on humans (plus Eärendil who identifies more with humanity despite ultimately choosing to become an immortal with Elwing). That adds an extra level of separation between the characters and the Valar, which I think is important since the Valar should be used very sparingly in any adaptation so as not to make them seem over-familiar and thus relatively inconsequential (again, IMO).

Of course, the later portions of QS were left in a really unfinished state by Tolkien, so any adaptation would by necessity be largely fanfiction, which I'm not really in a hurry to see. But if there were to be an adaptation of The Silmarillion, this is where I'd like to see them focus.



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grammaboodawg
Immortal


Jul 17 2016, 12:50pm

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Beren & Luthien, fersher... and [In reply to] Can't Post

I did a run on the history of Men first encountering the Elves as they entered Beleriand from the East... ultimately making Morgoth feel threatened and getting into the mix. It really is a great story!

Of the Coming of Men into the West: The Silmarillion pt.1 of 16



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Wainrider
Rivendell

Jul 25 2016, 2:28am

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There are far too many good one, but I think my favorite has always been Nirnaeth Arnoediad (hope I spelled that right). That's the biggest and saddest epic battle where the Noldor are nearly wiped out. It's so dramatic because they might have won, but ended up in total defeat.

Other good parts are duel of Fingolfin and Morgoth, the showdowns with Sauron, and of course the war of wrath (final battle against Morgoth).


grammaboodawg
Immortal


Jul 26 2016, 11:10pm

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Always great stories! *high five*



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