Rings Of Power's LOTR Changes Are A Good Thing, Despite Fan Fears
Following the release of a trailer and character posters, some are starting to become concerned that Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will deviate too much from Tolkien’s work, but these changes are good for the series. Kept under strict secrecy, the upcoming Amazon series wrapped filming in August 2021, with the first episode set to air on September 2, 2022. Rings of Powerwill fill TV’s fantasy gap left after Game of Thrones concluded and it holds a similarly impressive budget with the studio reportedly spending $1 billion to ensure the show’s success.
The show will be set in Middle Earth – a concept that was previously believed to be unfilmable. This was disproven in the early 2000s with Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy introducing audiences to the author’s iconic locations including the Shire, Rivendell, and Mordor. Many of these were revisited over 10 years later when Jackson returned to Middle Earth with The Hobbit trilogy. Though not as critically successful as its predecessor, Jackson’s second trilogy of films demonstrated a continued interest in the stories of Middle Earth, something that will be reinforced with The Rings of Power.
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Details of the upcoming Amazon series have been kept secret, but the trailer, which notably looks like Jackson’s original LotR movies, teased certain narrative elements which have caused apprehension for some Tolkien readers due to how the source material appears to have changed. These changes, however, are a good thing for the series and should not be considered a hindrance to the upcoming show. By considering how adaptations have deviated from Tolkien’s work in the past as well as
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