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I think we all are. We have been with these characters for decades. The Shrike Send a noteboard - 15/11/2017 01:15:12 PM

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Now that I'm actually an old lady, I'm much harder to please re:TV/movies.

As always, I have hopes. I'd love to have another nice Tolkien offering to watch.


I picked up the Hobbit around 11 or 12 years old. So its been 25 years for me knowing these characters and knowing what they are like. They are like old friends. And suddenly someone else has gotten their grubby money hungry paws on our old friends and of course we are worried.

If this were Netflix or HBO I would probably be less worried. But Amazon has their own agenda and that could be a problem.

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Amazon Making a LOTR Universe Show (Prequel) The Shrike - 13/11/2017 08:17:44 PM 1329 Views
Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Legolas - 13/11/2017 08:51:39 PM 890 Views
What would you have them make instead? The Shrike - 13/11/2017 11:47:34 PM 865 Views
Uh, nothing, I guess? They've made movies of everything they could, and way too soon for remakes. *NM* Legolas - 14/11/2017 06:37:41 PM 576 Views
This is illogical. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 06:43:11 PM 864 Views
Quotes from the best episode of stargate Roland00 - 14/11/2017 06:57:10 PM 889 Views
Apparently I am ruled less by fear than either of you. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 06:59:29 PM 855 Views
Recites the Litany against Fear Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:38:42 PM 887 Views
Fear is the Mindkiller. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:03:20 PM 887 Views
This worst that could happen is it would suck *NM* random thoughts - 15/11/2017 05:24:34 AM 526 Views
Probably. But that's how I see it. *NM* Legolas - 14/11/2017 08:49:47 PM 551 Views
So not looking forward to this Roland00 - 13/11/2017 09:11:32 PM 876 Views
It's a business. And businesses are inherently conservative about gambling. The Shrike - 13/11/2017 11:49:01 PM 907 Views
Yes there is some logic to it. Roland00 - 13/11/2017 11:57:04 PM 844 Views
Chances are good. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:23:08 PM 987 Views
The GOT tv show will still be there in a decade or so Roland00 - 14/11/2017 05:29:43 PM 877 Views
But by then you will be spoiled on how it ends. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 05:33:15 PM 885 Views
I didn't think it would end this way. / End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another Roland00 - 14/11/2017 06:49:38 PM 988 Views
You're starting to become Joel-like in the length of your replies. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 07:01:24 PM 853 Views
Sorry I get quotey when I get sentimental Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:26:03 PM 874 Views
Nothing wrong with sentiment. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 07:35:01 PM 878 Views
Threadjacks in order to produce flexibility. American Gods 2017 next? Or should I wait and watch Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:44:04 PM 894 Views
Oh gods. I had to stop watching that. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 08:28:39 PM 908 Views
Yes I am open to those. Roland00 - 14/11/2017 08:36:02 PM 817 Views
Six Feet Under then The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:04:14 PM 844 Views
I pulled a damookster. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 08:28:40 PM 874 Views
*NM* damookster - 14/11/2017 09:57:28 PM 540 Views
You know you liked it! The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:04:42 PM 922 Views
Clips your Mookie card, only 7 more Mookies till you get a free Sub Sandwhich Roland00 - 14/11/2017 10:02:39 PM 844 Views
A Mook sandwich would be tastier. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:05:24 PM 886 Views
Please not be Mayo! *NM* Roland00 - 14/11/2017 11:21:34 PM 519 Views
*NM* damookster - 14/11/2017 11:38:48 PM 528 Views
Well that's embarrassing. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 12:50:50 AM 879 Views
Shame Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:34:25 PM 829 Views
Literatedog likes it too. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 07:36:49 PM 843 Views
Evan Rachel Wood gets even better the further into the story you get Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:41:31 PM 848 Views
Almost every recent breakout hit was a sequel random thoughts - 14/11/2017 03:25:20 PM 959 Views
I'm worried that they said Frodo is coming back random thoughts - 13/11/2017 09:37:49 PM 949 Views
I haven't seen anything about Frodo. The Shrike - 13/11/2017 11:49:50 PM 823 Views
The first paragraph of the article you linked random thoughts - 14/11/2017 02:04:13 AM 900 Views
Yeah, I see that now. Sloppy journalism. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:20:32 PM 859 Views
I was assuming they will ignore the Peter Jackson story line and cast random thoughts - 14/11/2017 03:30:12 PM 856 Views
Nooo AgentApple - 14/11/2017 06:26:01 PM 802 Views
there really isn't a scenario that doesn't have high a likelyhood of sucking random thoughts - 15/11/2017 03:14:46 AM 900 Views
You could go with Turin Turamber, And Beren and Luthien. *NM* AgentApple - 15/11/2017 02:34:16 PM 515 Views
Beren and Luthien would be great The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:31:33 PM 801 Views
There's not a lot of Tolkien that isn't sad, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2017 11:16:17 AM 855 Views
Perhaps we can do a series about the EntWives The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:48:15 PM 840 Views
Also, if the network wants to go wild with Trump stand-ins they could do Numenor *NM* AgentApple - 15/11/2017 02:44:58 PM 508 Views
In related news, I shouted at the movie screen when a Black Panther preview came on Cannoli - 13/11/2017 11:57:58 PM 954 Views
So essentially, The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:24:29 PM 820 Views
possible theme music damookster - 14/11/2017 07:34:26 PM 862 Views
I feel I should know this. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:06:09 PM 845 Views
You got it damookster - 14/11/2017 11:39:46 PM 777 Views
Whether you're a goblin or whether you're a hobbit you're tired of the rings, tired of the rings *NM* Tom - 15/11/2017 04:27:12 AM 503 Views
Nicely done *NM* damookster - 15/11/2017 04:35:57 AM 475 Views
I heard it was going to be a musical Tom - 14/11/2017 10:28:28 PM 823 Views
I really do love that version of ROTK. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:53:50 PM 830 Views
It's a guilty pleasure, isn't it? Tom - 15/11/2017 04:25:23 AM 786 Views
I have no guilt. I'm done with guilt over what I do like and don't like! The Shrike - 15/11/2017 01:12:50 PM 968 Views
I have to admit to being worried. nossy - 15/11/2017 08:46:57 AM 1465 Views
I think we all are. We have been with these characters for decades. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 01:15:12 PM 823 Views
Everything I hgave seen says a LOTR not a Hobbit prequel so I don't think you will get any first age random thoughts - 15/11/2017 02:42:50 PM 780 Views
Well, The Hobbit is a prequel. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:33:03 PM 840 Views
That is like calling the Fellowship a prequel to Two Towers random thoughts - 15/11/2017 07:09:51 PM 851 Views
It's not really a prequel if it was written before the thing it's a prequel to, is it? *NM* Tom - 17/11/2017 04:19:35 AM 530 Views
So we have two separate entities here. The books and the movies. The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:49:45 PM 857 Views
I see your point ... but is it really a prequel without Jar-Jar? Tom - 17/11/2017 02:34:24 PM 832 Views
I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. Rebekah - 15/11/2017 03:33:46 PM 1153 Views
Re: I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:36:57 PM 808 Views
I want them to make 2112 into a movie *NM* random thoughts - 16/11/2017 01:10:23 AM 480 Views
A Temeraire series would seem easier to sell then "the main enemy is mindless space fungus". *NM* Dunstan - 16/11/2017 06:28:12 AM 497 Views
Hmm, not sure what to think of this! Anonymous2000 - 17/11/2017 02:00:36 AM 881 Views
So will tens of millions of other people. The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:50:36 PM 811 Views
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