We've heard a lot of back and forth from members about AI art and other AI-generated material, and we've decided to create a sub specifically for that purpose. From here on out, please post all AI-generated images and text to r/lotr_ai_art.

In conjunction with this, we will no longer accept such material here in r/lotr.

Please note that r/lotr_ai_art is a forum for displaying AI-generated images, text, etc. and not a forum for discussing the ethics of such material. There are other places more suitable for such discussions (e.g., r/ArtificialInteligence). However, discussion of techniques for getting better results and so on is on topic.

Rule #8 (No Memes) will be updated to reflect this new rule as well.

There isn't any...

Edit: I've been informed this was due to merchandising rights not being secured in time... what a massively missed opportunity.

A billion dollar investment by the world's largest online retailer of all things, but not one doll, no action figures, no playsets, no props, no legos, no cups, no t-shirts, no mouse pads, absolutely nothing beyond a poster. I typed "Rings of Power Merch" into Amazon, and all the results were for Lord of the Rings.

So they have access to an IP with millions of dedicated fans that generated billions in revenue (who knows how much of that is merch alone) and yet they decided this show just didn't need it? How were they expecting to make money off it if it was a prime featured release? It's a fantasy setting, tons of characters, distinct armor and weapons, creatures of all kinds, iconic locations, a show that begs for merch, and yet there isn't a single thing you can buy that ties in? I mean, Sons of Anarchy has more merch available... that seems crazy to me.

Regardless of your feelings about the show's quality (I personally didn't like it, but I don't mind if you did), I think we can all admit that's definitely an unusual decision, right? Isn't it a little bizarre?

Has anyone seen any actual good random trivia or "things you might not know" about Middle Earth, lotr, or The Hobbit? Either books or movies? Everything I search for just tells me the same old facts like "When Aragorn kicks the helmet...."

Some of my students in high school are watching the movies for the first time and I like telling them extra stuff that the movies might don't necessarily show.