Why Amazon's LOTR Series Is The Perfect Fantasy Show For The Times
Anyone who is a fan of the Lord of the Rings movies, particularly those that grew up with the films and are now adults, are impatiently awaiting the release of the Amazon series Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Though not much has yet to be shared about the series, it already shows the promise of being a show that finds a balance between nostalgia and new content.
With there even being word that parts of the show will nod to Peter Jackson’s world from the films, despite the fact that he had no involvement in the series, feedback from fans of the movies has been mostly optimistic so far. It is, of course, going to be a difficult feat for Amazon to do justice to both Tolkien’s work and Jackson’s, but audiences seem hopeful, despite some reluctance to expand on the story further.
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Already, the show has hopes of being popular as it was intentionally written to rival the success of the Game of Thrones fantasy series. It certainly has the potential to achieve this, given that the stories of the series are not only based on a book, but an entire world that was created with its own beings and languages. Essentially, It has an entirely mapped out world with mapped out characters, which alone gives the creators of the series an advantage in bringing it to life.
Though many viewers of the show will already be fans of Tolkien’s world, there are enough new features in the series to appeal to a whole new group of viewers, as well. For starters, the show will be set in the second age of Middle Earth, which predates both the tales of the Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy, and will follow stories from the Silmarillion. Some tales will explore the origin stories of
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