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There are four ages in Tolkien's works. Lord of the Rings was set in the Third Age, and this series will take place in The Second Age, Amazon revealed in a tweet sent in March 2019. The famous One Ring of Lord of the Rings fame was forged in this time period by the Dark Lord Sauron, who seems likely to be a major part of the new show.
Welcome to the Second Age: — The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime)
Amazon's Salke told Deadline, "we're not remaking the movies, but we're also not starting from scratch. So, it'll be characters you love."
But probably not one particular character. Tolkien fan site stirred buzz among fans in May 2018 by that the show's first season would be centered on a young Aragorn. Portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in the Peter Jackson movies, he was an acclaimed warrior and ranger who plays a major role in Lord of the Rings. But that rumor fell flat once Amazon confirmed the Second Age setting, since Aragorn wouldn't have been around then.
It is not yet clear if they're focusing on Numenor in the Second Age, or the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Sunday January 19 2020, @03:02PM (1 child)
This is the worst thing I have ever heard.
All prequels are bad storytelling. It hurts your brain. You know the entire story is no big deal, that it will all lead to this whole other thing, you have to literally keep two entirely different stories in your head at the same time.
It is awful, I refuse to watch them and so should you.
If I were to meet any of the writers working on any of these projects I would openly mock them and tell me they should give me all of their money, because I have contritubed more with one of my fingers than they have with their entire redundant, predictable life.
This meme is better than a lord of the rings prequel. American cinema is trapped in a time loop of world war 2, star wars, superhero wars and dungeons and dragons wars, and every single bit of it is psychological propaganda that 99% of the time you don't even notice.
They will spend a hundred millions of dollars on this and it will be reactionary, and thousands of people will be employed on this instead of anything actually foreward thinking. Which is something I at least give James Cameron for even if he can only put out a single movie every 12 years or so. Avatar was cliche before they started filming, the only story he can even try to pass on them is nothing more dramatically aware than Dances with Wolves, but compared to everything else it seems so progressive doesn't it?
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 20 2020, @03:59PM
That's generally because a *really good* prequel could have its names sawn away and changed, not be recognizable as part of the parent universe, and still be great. In other words, if the work is original enough to make great stories from then it never needed to be a prequel to something else.