View Single Post
Old 01-17-2020, 01:05 AM   #40
Rhun charioteer
Wight
 
Rhun charioteer's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 118
Rhun charioteer has just left Hobbiton.
It really depends on the estate and how much they are willing to veto. They might only Veto large scale contradictions or thematic or plot notions. They might have a relatively free hand and be reluctant to use the veto lest they anger Amazon.

My worst case prediction is that Amazon gets around the veto by basically making up glorified fanfiction.

Basically Shadows of Mordor(and that actually contradicts the lore).

They can always claim they are filling in the gaps, or they aren’t violating the agreement not to contradict things.

This could mean the show is basically Shadows of Mordor but without even the pretense of being an “adaptation” except in the loosest sense.

But rather original fiction set within Tolkien’s world. Which at its best would probably be uncreative and mediocre. At worst it would be torture.

But with Christopher gone-my main concern is that if the show does well. The younger Tolkien family members might sell out as it were. Letting Amazon and other corporations poach and ravage the rest of Tolkien’s corpus.
Rhun charioteer is offline   Reply With Quote