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Originally Posted by Aganzir
See, I like A Song of Ice and Fire yet I think HBO's version is better, but I have a hard time seeing that anyone could make LOTR better than it already is.
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I think as a TV show it would indeed face issues of being changed for the screen, though likely not in the same manner as the movies.
If shown on, say, American "traditional" networks such as ABC, it would probably be given a sex / and or "strong language" powerup to be considered competition for other shows it would compete against. The language bit is actually most worrisome to me, as Tolkien's singularly wonderful, archaic dialogue is truly one of the best elements of his books. I someone can't see modern networks having lines like "Fly, you fools!" It would be transposed into "Get out of here! I got it, yo!"
If it was shown on cable or satellite, I can see blood and
gore maybe having more of an appearance, as well.
Why would they make those changes? Competition. Television shows have as their goal one thing: profit, which comes from advertisers. Higher-ups always have it in their minds how they're going to outdo other networks in the same time slot, and select and fashion their shows accordingly.
I don't see a lot, at least in the American market, of shows that have a similar "feel" to
LOTR. Unless that began happening, I just don't think a TV show would be recognizable to the modern viewer as carrying over the well-loved books written more than 60 years ago.