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Loremaster of Annúminas
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I'm basically expecting this to be every bit as bad as the Hobbit movies, crossed with The Last Jedi and Ishtar.
That leaves room to be pleasantly surprised.
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I have foreseen abominations a'plenty coming since C. Tolkien relinquished his executorship. Now his sad passing really bodes ill for J.R.R. Tolkien's literary corpus.
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Join Date: Jun 2017
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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. |
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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Perhaps so, but Baillie and Michael George are still on the board, and the impression I get of Adam is that his attitude is rather like his father's.
Simon on the other hand....
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It’s happened before with other estates. I don’t expect anything like the above will happen for at least the next five years. But I am genuinely worried the doors may have swung open to the silmarillion being adapted. |
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In other words, it's way too soon to tell. (Another complication- at least with regard to the Silmarillion, a very solid case could be made that it was co-authored by JRRT and CRT, which adds another dimension to any consideration of rights sales).
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