I am intrigued. I am not super excited for this show, but I will watch it, for sure. This show is the most expensive show ever made and the teaser shows it. The posters were terrible and looked cheap, but this looks as splendid as the Lord of the Rings movie and yet it feels different, which is good.
I have no idea what the plot of the show will be as I only know that they weren't allowed to use any book official material, but that they show will take place during the second age. If it could use materials from "The Silmarillion" that would have been great, but I don't know. The second age has so many great stories in it to tell.
This trailer caused a lot of controversy which I don't understand. This is J. R. R. Tolkien we are talking about. This is the person who sent a letter that is the equivalent of a middle finger to the Nazi party when they asked him if he is Jewish during WWII. Of course the show should have diverse casting. Yes, even if the books aren't. The only thing that strikes me as odd is that the Dwarven Queen has no beard as all Dwarfs have beards in Tolkien's world. We actually don't know a lot about Galadriel from the books. Just the she is powerful. It seems like a lot of her powers came from her ring of power and I think that this teaser takes place before she receives it. She did defeat Sauron in Dol Guldur so we know that she is a badass. This is just a different sort of badass. I am open to this interpretation. It feels like the Tolkien fandom has become the Star Wars fandom and it is not fun. I am just going to ignore it all and give the show the benefit of the doubt.
I mean this is just a teaser. It doesn't show almost anything. No plot, no nothing. I do wish the show could use the same actors from the films though. It could have given it a better feeling of continuity. But maybe this show wants to present something different and unique and not a feel like one continues story.
For now I am not curious. I love everything Tolkien and nothing can be worse than The Hobbit movies so for now I am patiently waiting for the show to come out.
The show comes out on September 2, 2022 on Amazon Prime.
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