Lord of the Rings TV series gets multi-season order at Amazon

[Kuruharan]

In his own words to his publisher he expressed the desire for his overall Legendarium to be presented as “‘high’, purged of the gross.” That’s from his famous Letter 131.

As suspected, this is probably going to be more of "gross, purged of the high."

[Inziladun]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

As suspected, this is probably going to be more of "gross, purged of the high."

GoT laid down the tracks already. Why bother doing something that doesn't play to the baser instincts?

[William Cloud Hicklin]

No money in it.

[Inziladun]

What's sad is really not so much that Amazon could feel the need to sexualize something Tolkien-based, but that they're likely right that a large portion of potential viewers may both expect and desire that.

I've so often felt I was born in the wrong time....

[Kuruharan]

Originally Posted by Inziladun

I've so often felt I was born in the wrong time....

Isn't that at least a little bit of a requirement for being a Tolkien fan?

You know...one might have hoped that the ignominious and universally reviled way in which Game of Thrones ended might have put the kibosh on further larks of this nature.

Yes, I realize too much money had already been sunk into the venture.

[Zigûr]

Maybe it's only going to be used in some way evocative of the decadence of Númenor in the days of its fall?

No, I guess the producers (perhaps accurately) believe that, these days, because of GoT, in the minds of the general public, fantasy fiction = nudity. Regardless of any other content.

This is going to make Peter Jackson's often broad approach look restrained I suspect.

[Kuruharan]

Originally Posted by Zigûr

Maybe it's only going to be used in some way evocative of the decadence of Númenor in the days of its fall?

That will probably be their excuse.

Of course, they probably feel they can also run wild with the other Men in Middle-earth who had more of Sauron's influence.

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Originally Posted by Zigûr

Maybe it's only going to be used in some way evocative of the decadence of Númenor in the days of its fall?

If this series ever gets to the last days of Númenor and the end of the Second Age, it certainly won't be in Season 1, which is what they're filming now.

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

You know...one might have hoped that the ignominious and universally reviled way in which Game of Thrones ended might have put the kibosh on further larks of this nature.

Speaking as someone who watched all of GoT, most of it sympathetically, and was very much disappointed by the ending, nudity had nothing to do with said disappointment.

We all come into the world naked and leave it naked, so what's the fuss? As long as it's well written anything goes. (Not that I'm getting my hopes up too high on that account.) Maybe we'll even get treated to some Annatar/Celebrimbor slash? [/channeling Ivriniel]

Or maybe the series is just going to delve into the married lives of Aldarion & Erendis, or Pharazon & Miriel, which may well involve some casual nudity, nothing worth getting our knickers in a twist.

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Originally Posted by kuruharan

as suspected, this is probably going to be more of "gross, purged of the high."

rotflmao!