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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While this is piracy adjacent, good on Amazon and Tolkien's estate for shutting down that trash lol

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 47 points 2 years ago (5 children)
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

I don't even like Tolkien (find his writing to be just excessive, I don't need to know the color of the buttons on the shirt of the dead character with no name), and even I have to agree, lol.

Too many re-interpretations of authors' works. Tolkien is highly detailed - not reflecting that (or worse, substituting your own details) in a movie or show is just hubris. If you're so damn good why don't you write your own shit. Oh, your name doesn't sell instantly is why.

[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

So much money, just absolutely wasted.

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The story lines they fabricated were (mostly) formulaic, the effects were (mostly) poor, and the characters were (mostly) unlikable. Apart from that I liked it! :P

It had a few moments that I enjoyed but overall it fell flat because the characters where flat.

[–] Wermhatswormhat@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago

It was but I can’t imagine how trashy this would have been if it came to light. We don’t need fan fiction to be confused with cannon.