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Old 11-22-2017, 09:44 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by Rhun charioteer View Post
Amazon and Bezos I think see LOTR as a way to buy themselves out of the fact they can't compete with HBO-their trying to replicate Game of Throne's success despite GOT and LOTR being manicheanly different in terms of style, themes, emphasis, and worldview.
I'm not sure that the powers that be at Amazon are attuned enough to the two franchises to realize the differences.

Maybe they were bamboozled by everyone saying that Martin is the American Tolkien and they thought they could one up HBO by getting the "original."

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Is there any word on why Christopher Tolkien has resigned?
Sadly, I suspect it is the obvious reason of his advancing age.
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