Waiting for tardobotgpt to tell me how this is a fantasy, and so we don't really know what the author intended!!1111 Not like he described elves and the rest of the universe in detail or anything.
There are apparently orc families like with small children and shit like that.
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There's a Russian writer who published in the 90's true continuation to Tolkien's LOTR.
Nick Perumov is the name, and the books Trilogy is called The Ring of Darkness.
Perumov was able to ignore the copywrite regulations due to its virtual inexistance in early post-perestroyka Russia.
I was fairly impressed by the books and binge-read them within several days back in early 90s
The books have been translated into some Slavic languages, wiki says (Polish, Bulgarian, Slovakian). If you are true fan of Tolkien's, and can read in those languages, I sincerely suggest to give these books a try.
There's a Russian writer who published in the 90's true continuation to Tolkien's LOTR.
Nick Perumov is the name, and the books Trilogy is called The Ring of Darkness.
Perumov was able to ignore the copywrite regulations due to its virtual inexistance in early post-perestroyka Russia.
I was fairly impressed by the books and binge-read them within several days back in early 90s
The books have been translated into some Slavic languages, wiki says (Polish, Bulgarian, Slovakian). If you are true fan of Tolkien's, and can read in those languages, I sincerely suggest to give these books a try.
There was something lost in the 4k generation where sets became so convincing to directors and designers, that they never stopped to see how it would translate to footage.
They create elaborate rich sets and shoot everything with infinite focal lens where mystique disappears.
- Sauron's workshop looks like a shed
- Sauron's throne room looks like a shed
- Rivendale looks like Hobbit 1-3 and not Lord of the Rings 1-3
Everything is made out of cardboard with a flat print of a material plastered over, it all stopped looking real a decade ago and been bugging me ever since. Its like set makers from BBC infiltrated every production.
The only savior is an occasional Weta FX created by some old greybeard that still understands timing and impact (Symbiote sequence/Mountain explosion sequence/Palantir effect an Magic overall/Balrog explosion and a few others)
Very annoying-ass show to watch because of those contrasts.
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What you describe is exactly the problem the Hobbit movies had compared to the Original Trilogy. Very sad but that old style is mostly gone. Even Peter Jackson fucked that one up.
Didn't see the first 4 eps yet. Put this one on ice after the first Season but a month ago I re-watched Season 1 and then binged Season 2 for the first time.
Writing of Season 2 was actually pretty serviceable, especially compared to the uneven Season 1 so I haven't given up on the show yet. There is definitely potential in this 5-Season arc. If they keep improving in Season 3 and then pull through to the end it could actually turn out to be better than the Hobbit.
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