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Shouldn’t We Be Having More Fun in Middle Earth? (www.vulture.com)

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The Rings of Power returns — big, expensive, and static as ever.

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[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A better headline: TV series written by committee trying to make money feels like a TV series written by a committee.

It's a perfect example of how copyright is horribly broken. The people who own the copyright have no interest in preserving the source material and no relationship with the original author, but they must churn out crap now before the copyright expires at which point they have nothing.

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

This copyright is especially messy because of the limited amount it actually includes. They have to dance around parts they don't have the rights to and are plowing through more iconic Middle Earth material to try and keep the audience interested. But I agree it is so clearly a matter of too many cooks in the kitchen and not the work of a single or few passionate people with a meaningful vision to bring to life.