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No. 196562
>>196559I hate the look of the Amazon show and I will not be watching that trash.
The original trilogy is amazing and I love it to bits, still watching it yearly. It got me into reading Tolkien too as a kid!
I'd love to see more games set in the universe, the Shadow of Mordor was fun (if a bit repetitive).
No. 196593
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>>196562Kek the YouTube comments are almost all these sage JRRT quotes over and over. But really, who’s surprised that it sucks? It’s being made by Amazon. I would’ve actually been shocked if it were good.
No. 196603
Great thread op! Tolkien is my obsession.
>What was your first experience with LOTR? What hooked you?
Seeing Fellowship of the Ring movie. I absolutely loved it and was instantly hooked. After that I read all the books.
>Movies vs Books- is one better? Do you have an opinion on that?
Books for sure but I really love the movies too. Though, I don't like some of the changes, specifically the changes made to Sam and Faramir's characters.
>Have you read the books in the extended Tolkien world- Children of Hurin, Unfinished Tales, The Fall of Gondolin etc. do you plan to?
Yes, everything, including History of Middle Earth. I'm a nerd.
>What more (if any) Tolkien/LOTR media would you like to see in the future? Could be shows, movies, games, comics etc.
I'm going to watch the Amazon show but I don't have high hopes for it. I think it would be cool to have more games in the future, specifically games based off events from the first age.
Anyone been involved in Tolkien fandoms? Theres some really great fanart and fanfiction out there.
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>What was your first experience with LOTR? What hooked you?
Saw the first film, remebered we had a rolien book at home, picked ip the Simm and never looked back. I'm a silmfag through and through
>Movies vs Books- is one better? Do you have an opinion on that?
Books, unquestionably.
>Have you read the books in the extended Tolkien world- Children of Hurin, Unfinished Tales, The Fall of Gondolin etc. do you plan to?
I'm the lind of autist who read HoME and every but of extended lore that applied to the Silm. So moqt of HoMe, Unfinished Tales, Fall of Gondolin, Beren and Lùthien, you name it
>What more (if any) Tolkien/LOTR media would you like to see in the future? Could be shows, movies, games, comics etc.
None tbh. Adaptations always disappoint. I'll stock to fanart and fics.
PS Fëanor did nothing wrong
No. 196608
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>>196605Yay another Silm fan! I thought I was the only one. I stan Maedhros forever.
No. 196660
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>>196608Based. I still love Maedhros but i've been warming up to Curufin for some time.
Maeglin is my edgy sadboi
problematic fave tho.
No. 196677
>>196634I wish I were you. Then again, I'm not obsessed with LOTR (the most casual fan) - but also aware that's what the fans are saying. I tried reading Silmarillion, but gave up.
Is the anon hating LOTR video games
(including LOTRO) present here?
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The one thing that make me roll my eyes every single time (5 times)
No. 196710
>>196677nayrt, but as a silm fan i'll admit it's not a book for everyone. It doesn't help that some translations were shit.
I wanted try shado of mordor but i hate how they made Celebrimbor look. I've sworn off adaptations in general.
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I wish the nips were into LoTR. I want CFDCT (Cute Fellowship Doing Cute Things) anime, no matter how retarded that sounds
No. 197969
>>196677that's the point i'm pretty much a casual lotr fan too and i still think silmallirion is more interesting but people kept saying it is for hard core tolkien fans only
then again i'm the kind of person who thinks the tom bombadil scenes are honestly some of my favorites from the book so i guess my brain just is wired in that way
No. 200411
>>197224the silmarillion imho has much more complex themes and great worldbuilding. i like it much betrer than LoTR whioch was a slog to go through
the silm gets an unfair reputation bc a lot o people don't read past the boring openingg chapter but it's not as dry and autistic as it's made out to be
it's also great for fanworks
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So who else is grieving over this reveal? With every new image that comes out this show looks worse and worse.
No. 212636
>>197754It’s not as popular over there is it? I thought that at least the westaboos would eat it up. Your picrel is super cute and I want to read slice of life doujins of the fellowship now
>>197969>people kept saying it is for hard core tolkien fans onlylol I don’t get that. It’s a great collection of stories written like classical fairytales. Sure, it’s even more interesting if you know the rest of the works but it stands pretty good on its own.
>>212557>short hair>played by some old dude with bad skinwhyyyyy oh why? No seriously why is his hair so short this is sad. I don’t mind him being played by an older actor but this guys face doesn’t look fitting at all
No. 213314
>>212557wait why the fuck is celebrimbor some wrinkled old scrote with short hair????? he's supposed to be a fucking elf!
i never intended to watch this travesty and i'm still offended
No. 263926
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girls, it's about that time of year…
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No. 279936
>>279714this article is kind of ambiguous, hopefully if they do make more movies it won't be another adaptation of the main books. like the other anon said, I can't imagine anyone being happy about that
>>263934apparently some people rewatch the lotr trilogy around thanksgiving or christmas, I'm guessing maybe because that's the time of year they came out originally. I didn't know this was a thing til different people I follow on instagram who don't know each other started posting about watching all three movies on thankgsiving
>>264251>extra time>around the holidayswhat planet are you from
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Kenji Kamiyama's The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Film Sets Annecy Premiere Plans
>https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2023/04/28/kenji-kamiyamas-the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-film-sets-annecy-premiere-plans
>Well ahead of the planned theatrical opening on April 12, 2024, Kenji Kamiyama's The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim film has its sights set on a premiere at France's Annecy Festival. As producer Jason DeMarco confirmed on Twitter, the film's Annecy debut is lined up for June 2023.>The 2023 Annecy International Animated Film Festival takes place June 11 to June 17, 2023. >The main voice cast was announced back in June 2022, including Brian Cox (Succession) as Helm Hammerhand, Gaia Wise (A Walk in the Woods) as Hera, Miranda Otto (returning from The Lord of the Rings trilogy) as Éowyn/narrator and Luke Pasqualino (Snowpiercer) as Wulf.>Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is set 183 years before the events depicted in the original The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Helm and the people of what will later come to be known as Helm's Deep must make a daring last stand when the Dunlending lord Wulf launches a sudden attack. Can Helm's daughter Hera find the strength to lead the resistance against this deadly foe? No. 293066
At first, my dad bought me a copy of The Hobbit, or There and Back Again and I ignored it for some time because I didn't like the cover, lol, there was very goofy looking Bilbo, although I LOVED fantasy genre so it was pretty stupid of me. One day my dad just opened it and started reading to me out loud, I was instantly interested, and later he bought LOTR and read the whole thing to me out loud, too. I was so fascinated, I even kind of fell out of love with Harry Potter, lol. And only then I watched first two movies, the third one wasn't even released yet. Really liked them, too, and how can you not to: the cast, the costumes, the music, and everything else is amazing. I liked both books and movies back then; started rereading first part a couple of years ago for the first time since childhood and actually was susprised how different it was from the movies that I rewatched billions times on TV since then. I forgot how different the characters were but I'm not surprised the story was altered, it probably doesn't translate well into a movie the way it is. The beginning isn't as dynamic. Well, although the TV show could probably work if made decently, who knows, I'd be curious at least. I plan to reread the whole thing in the original soon.
I didn't watch The Hobbit trilogy though, except for the first movie but I can only remember the very beginning because I fell asleep in the cinema. I won't ever watch them because there was no need to add all that shit to the story. Also I can't accept sexy dwarves.
Have anyone watched Bakshi's animated movie?