Not necessarily a reimagining, but a premise. A concept.

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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This one hurts. The potential was there, the visuals were genuinely incredible, the acting was solid, and I remember liking the music. But the writing was atrocious. It was like they went with the first draft. And also they piled on all those stupid prequel tropes like: "Hey, wouldn't it be cool to find out how this iconic character got their NAME!"

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    The music and the visuals are what I kept going back for, and the clearly-insane hope that someone on the writing team might have picked up any of the Silmarillion or History of Middle earth books and just given them some consideration

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    It's my understanding that they were limited to the Lord of the Rings appendices for source material. Weren't allowed to touch Silmarillion.

    I want a Silmarillion show very much. I don't think it would work as movies, but each episode telling a different story.

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