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08-29-2021, 07:42 PM | #1 | |
Loremaster of Annúminas
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Now, I can say with almost complete certainty that CRT would never, ever have agreed to this, not if Amazon, or anyone else, had offered him the entire US national debt in payment. Which leads me to conclude that either (a) Christopher retired due to advanced old age, and as soon as he was out of the way other family members jumped; or (b) Bezos came offering a quarter-gigabuck of cash, and the obstreperous old man was forced out because he stood between them and Smaug's horde. And since the deal was made without Christopher it's almost certainly for the whole damn legendarium.
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09-01-2021, 06:26 PM | #2 | ||
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What comes to those who wait . . .
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At any rate, I understand that teaser trailers and a pilot episode will debut sometime before the end of this year; and, depending upon the viewing audience's reactions, we will no doubt see "changes of direction" (meaning, recasting of certain roles or deletion of them, etc.) that the "creative" executive producers will choose to make prior to the first season's episodes beginning to "steam" (not a misspelling) in early September of 2022. Not all that long to wait now for at least "something."
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09-04-2021, 03:33 PM | #3 | |||
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Apotheosis of Existential Odor
To recapitulate my understand things, the forthcoming Amazon television series of steaming [not a misspelling] "Lord of the Rings" episodes -- projected to span several years -- will base itself on a mythology found in The Silmarillion, a book put together by Tolkien's son Christopher, about which I know next to nothing. (I always felt that if Tolkien didn't consider these writings fit to publish, then I needn't waste my time reading them.)
But "the show must go on," as the people paid to stage theatrical entertainments like to say, and so some sort of "adaptation" of Tolkien's "writings" (i.e., extensive notes) will most likely appear on television (or cell-phone) screens beginning with a teaser trailer and pilot episode sometime before the end of this year, with regular weekly episodes to begin in the fall of 2022. In preparation for reading on-line reviews of these productions and their possible relation to mythology in general -- or J. R. R. Tolkien's "legendarium" in particular -- I thought I would access the Interwebs for information, if not enlightenment. Most, if not all, mythologies contain some sort of "origin" or "creation" story -- in this case, probably a narrative voice-over by an "immortal elf" like Cate Blanchet or Hugo Weaving -- and so I thought I would start with asking how Tolkien supposedly began describing his made-up world. I found this: Quote:
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Apotheosis of Existential Odor Ew (ill avatar) cried: "Let stuff be!" So stuff became where stuff wasn’t before. Nothing for stuff means stuff happens for free: Schema, mythology, hand-me-down “lore;” Pure fabrication: fictitious tall tales; Filling up silence which Halfwits abhor. Fantasy triumphs where disbelief fails. Posit The One and name IT “Deity.” Publish and hope that does wonders for sales. Coin the term “being” (which no one can see). Then call it “is” (far more easy to spell). Thus, tautological identity: "A is A," proves syllogism can sell Anything – if you can just stand the smell. Michael Murry, "The Misfortune Teller," Copyright © 2021
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