TwinIon Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 As a refresher, Amazon spent $250M for just the rights to make a new Lord of the Rings television series, with a potential investment of $1B seeming possible. In more recent news, Amazon has been extremely secretive about the project so far, with reports that the writers are being sequestered behind some hardcore security. Still, they've also released their first teases of the project by revealing a map to explore. Yup, that's Middle Earth. Apparently the labels on the map and the text that Amazon's been releasing in their tweets could indicate that the show takes place during the second age, but I'm no Tolkien expert, so don't take my word for it. If that is true, it would mean that it's not a "Young Aragorn" show like some were speculating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 I'm just super pumped... I hope it turns out good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 The Hobbit movies were so uninspired that I’m not interested in any LotR media at all other than the books, which is pretty surprising given how much I loved the LotR movies. The Hobbit has even soured me on those a bit, which is something that rarely happens with me. I hope this good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 If it wasn’t for the free shipping, I would drop Prime. Their content is subpar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: If it wasn’t for the free shipping, I would drop Prime. Their content is subpar. Yup. The TV stuff is a bonus. I mean at this point I only really watch The Grand Tour of their originals. I've seen other things but don't eagerly await the next watered down Tom Clancy thing or the next Le Carre adaption even though I enjoyed The Night Manager to some extent. I wouldn't pay for it otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: Yup. The TV stuff is a bonus. I mean at this point I only really watch The Grand Tour of their originals. I've seen other things but don't eagerly await the next watered down Tom Clancy thing or the next Le Carre adaption even though I enjoyed The Night Manager to some extent. I wouldn't pay for it otherwise. Their series tend to be meh, but they shine with their Amazon produced movies and documentaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Recently, I enjoyed Homecoming and season 2 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. But really, since I don't do much shopping with them any more, I'm just going to sub for a month here and there, like I do with all the other streaming services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 As someone who never liked the movies I hope this does something for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 It also doesn't help that the Prime Video UI is garbage on basically every platform. Having series broken down by season is obnoxious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, Chris- said: It also doesn't help that the Prime Video UI is garbage on basically every platform. Having series broken down by season is obnoxious. While not great they have improved it. For instance the by season thing is sort of better now because you can choose what season you want from the show page. Usually if you're watching the show with multiple seasons it will jump to the next season after your finished the previous one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massdriver Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 I’m pumped for this series. This won’t be The Hobbit films! As for Amazon, I am currently watching The Americans and before that I watched The Expanse. I have no complaints except the interface and sometimes subtitles don’t work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinIon Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/20/2019 at 6:41 PM, Chris- said: It also doesn't help that the Prime Video UI is garbage on basically every platform. Having series broken down by season is obnoxious. I agree that it's overall a huge mess, but it's greatest sin is that the UHD version of TV series are listed separately from the regular one. It's an actively hostile act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/20/2019 at 9:53 PM, Keyser_Soze said: While not great they have improved it. For instance the by season thing is sort of better now because you can choose what season you want from the show page. Usually if you're watching the show with multiple seasons it will jump to the next season after your finished the previous one. The bigger issue is that if you bookmark a series, it doesn't actually bookmark your place in the series. It bookmarks the season you bookmarked. That means you either did through seasons or you pick it out from the recent list... Hoping that nobody else watched a bunch of stuff since the last time you watched an episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 8 hours ago, Ghost_MH said: The bigger issue is that if you bookmark a series, it doesn't actually bookmark your place in the series. It bookmarks the season you bookmarked. That means you either did through seasons or you pick it out from the recent list... Hoping that nobody else watched a bunch of stuff since the last time you watched an episode. Well wouldn't that be an issue with any platform? If someone else watches a show on netflix it's going to show the most recent watched. In any case, this is much improved: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: Well wouldn't that be an issue with any platform? If someone else watches a show on netflix it's going to show the most recent watched. In any case, this is much improved: No, because Netflix fixed that in two different ways. First, you can simply have different profiles that area as easy as a button press. Setting up different profiles on Amazon Prime is a pain in the ass. Also, Netflix keeps track of where you were on a per series basis. So even if I didn't have different profiles, I'd know where exactly I left off on a series as long as someone else doesn't go in and watch it. Amazon has gotten better on mobile, but their app on smart devices is still awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Ah well I don't share with anyone so not an issue for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Ghost_MH said: No, because Netflix fixed that in two different ways. First, you can simply have different profiles that area as easy as a button press. Setting up different profiles on Amazon Prime is a pain in the ass. Also, Netflix keeps track of where you were on a per series basis. So even if I didn't have different profiles, I'd know where exactly I left off on a series as long as someone else doesn't go in and watch it. Amazon has gotten better on mobile, but their app on smart devices is still awful. I believe you can add family to your Amazon "home" and they'll share your prime benefits but not your account. So video shouldn't be an issue in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 https://www.tor.com/2020/01/14/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-middle-earth-cast-robert-aramayo-morfydd-clark-jrr-tolkien/ Production to begin next month. Also other cast announcements. Quote The cast of the series includes Robert Aramayo (Game of Thrones) — reportedly playing the show’s lead character, Owain Arthur (Higher Ground), Nazanin Boniadi (Passengers), Tom Budge (The Pacific), Morfydd Clark (His Dark Materials) — reportedly playing a young Galadriel, Ismael Cruz Córdova (The Undoing), Ema Horvath (Viscous), Markella Kavenagh (The Cry), Joseph Mawle (Game of Thrones) — reportedly the show’s main antagonist, Tyroe Muhafidin (Caravan), Sophia Nomvete (Vice Versa), Megan Richards (Doctors), Dylan Smith (I Am The Night), Charlie Vickers (Medici: Masters of Florence), and Daniel Weyman (Dunkirk). In its press release, Amazon noted that the series will be set in Middle-earth, and that it “will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring,” believed to take place during the world’s “Second Age.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 guy has a weird shaped head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 The Hobbit movies obliterated any hype I have about this franchise, I will not care until it’s released and confirmed good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbiggsly Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I was hoping Sean Bean was playing his own grandpa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 11:05 AM, mrbiggsly said: I was hoping Sean Bean was playing his own grandpa That's what I thought as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Well, that’s one guaranteed character death. I’m also rewatching the Hobbit movies... the extended versions... and loving every minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Emblazon said: Well, that’s one guaranteed character death. I’m also rewatching the Hobbit movies... the extended versions... and loving every minute. I think the extended editions are better and are fun as well. Not LOTR, of course, but there's a lot of fun and good in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I think the Hobbit movies are shat upon too much. They're not nearly as bad as all the YouTube commentators make them out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I think the Hobbit movies are shat upon too much. They're not nearly as bad as all the YouTube commentators make them out to be. Same. People treat them like they're as bad as the Star Wars prequels, and that's simply not true. They're too technically well made (if nothing else) for that to be the case compared to the Star Wars prequels. And the acting is actually good for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said: I think the Hobbit movies are shat upon too much. They're not nearly as bad as all the YouTube commentators make them out to be. What if we made a lazy river and used lava instead? No, they are trash. I will never forgive Peter Jackson for making me watch that horrific scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Though I will say Greatone is right (and sexy), the acting is quite fantastic and deserves applause. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Put me in the camp that thinks the Hobbit movies really are that bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nokt Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 49 minutes ago, ort said: Put me in the camp that thinks the Hobbit movies really are that bad. I haven't rewatched them since seeing them in theater, but I remember disliking them. A lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Chris- said: Though I will say Greatone is right (and sexy), the acting is quite fantastic and deserves applause. Come here bru. 30 minutes ago, Nokt said: I haven't rewatched them since seeing them in theater, but I remember disliking them. A lot. That's the thing - most people who say they don't like them only saw them once. That's fair - but as a fan of Middle-Earth who just likes to luxuriate in that world with the tone and atmosphere that brings, for me the extended editions of The Hobbit felt like living there and it was a lot of fun. Some isolated scenes are very well done too, like Riddles in the Dark or Bilbo vs. Smaug or Smaug's awakening, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 My problem with the Hobbit films remains that Jackson tried too hard to keep the feeling of LOTR for a story that doesn’t feel like LOTR at all. There is a huge disconnect there that creates a lot of discomfort for me when watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emblazon Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, sblfilms said: My problem with the Hobbit films remains that Jackson tried too hard to keep the feeling of LOTR for a story that doesn’t feel like LOTR at all. There is a huge disconnect there that creates a lot of discomfort for me when watching. As someone who just wanted more LotR, I’m ok with that. I simply enjoy living in that world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Peter Jackson stopped being good after The Frighteners. LOTR movies were just a huge bore, The Lovely Bones was one of the worst movies ever made and I didn't even bother with The Hobbit movies because it was just more LOTR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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