Krishnath wrote: ↑3 years ago
toctheyounger wrote: ↑3 years ago
Krishnath wrote: ↑3 years ago
Good thing they've greenlit a TV series based on the Silmarillion then. Can't remember if it was Netflix or HBO, but I for one am looking forward to it. It is my favorite of his books. Glaurung is the best evil dragon after all.
Its Amazon. They're shooting in my country either right now or very shortly.
Glaurung is awesome. I think for me its the toss up between a literal army of Balrogs and Ungoliant. Both are pretty awesome.
Pretty sure the series follows the events of the second age only though. So the forging of the rings and the betrayal of the elves by Sauron. Which is cool, but man would it be cooler to see the elves get down with Morgoth.
If that is all they cover, then it is more based on the Book of Lost Stories than the Silmarillion though. For it to have been based on the Silmarillion you need the destruction of the trees, the forging of the Silmarillions, the theft of the stones, the Elven Exodus, the war against Morgoth, the unleashing of the dragons, the gods literally walking the earth, the loss of the stones, the source of the dwarf/elf conflict (surprise, it was the Silmarillions), the birth of the half-elves, the separated siblings, the death of Glaurung, the black blade, and the only human to ever visit the ancestral homeland of the elves.
It is such an epic story it's a shame they decided to make a movie about the aftermath and the rings rather than all the stuff that is basically the cause of all the strife in LotR verse.
If the name Dunharrow didnt' give it away, I'll let you know I am a big fan.
Just to kinda answer a few things in this conversation:
1. Christopher Tolkien stepped down as head of the Tolkien Estate. He was always against any adaptations. First thing they did after he stepped down was auction off the rights to all the remaining text (Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Children of Hurin, Beren and Luthien, The Fall of Gondolin), with Amazon winning for something like 2 billion dollars.
2. Amazon, last I heard, was planning at least two series, though I think they are only filming one right now (in Toc's New Zealand). They have not been clear about the subject matter. I hoped they would start with the Silmarillion.
3. We could be entering an era of licensing characters and settings to many things, including games. Lord of the Rings spawned some great video games. So do not dismiss Secret Lair : Middle-Earth any time soon! *groan*