On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 12:08 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I am part of the minority of the population that both loves the books > (not a Colbert level Tolkien nerd, but I have read the Triology+the Hobbit > 5 times each, and the Silmarillion once) and the films (have binged LOTR > trilogy many times, and with my daughter once watched all three Hobbit > films in the theaters then came home and stayed up all night watching LOTR > on DVD). Many of the book lovers make a point of looking down on the films, > but I take them on their own terms. I do not hate the Amazon idea, and hope > It is better than The Hobbit films. >
It depends on how ambitious Amazon is going to be. When first seeing this I rolled my eyes and then thought about how dated my assumptions are. My assumptions: the number of characters has to drop, the sets have to fit into a soundstage, and the plots have to fill a season of TV. But that was for the old way of doing TV. Amazon could do short seasons, which keeps plots from dragging on and having filler episodes. They can go the Game of Thrones route and use a huge ensemble of characters and lots of matte paintings and CGI to make imaginative sets. The question is how much Amazon wants to invest in the show. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
