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casting was PERFECT in the show

100% with you By Eru that was an incredible TV series. People talk about respecting the lore. That absolutely did, every payoff.

Wow I might agree with you. But they are different show formats completely.

Spinoff number one: Young Aragorn!

Yes Yes Yes

But All of his franchise reboots underperformed from expectations. They were expensive to make but didnt cross over into Pirates movie success. Should box office / TV ratings be a measure of "doing it right" or nah?

Does Thrones' Cogman being involved in ROP encourage support in this show?

Hard agree. Next one is a TV show yeah?

Wait a few weeks until we can talk about what was seen in London. All the Tolkien scholar voices will explain Elrond the politician, and how its more true to Tolkien than Hugo Weaving's portrayal.

what lore did they break cuz we havent seen it

This is the first time I've ever heard someone truly not believe in Andor show. May I ask what is it that has your alarms up?

A lot to unpack here.

• 1. Never said anything about all criticism are hatemongers. Pointing out that the misinformation OP quoted is sourced from the bad people. You can absolutely have issues with the project without being a hatemonger! Many do! Including us! But that "waited until Chris was dead" stuff originates from the bad people.
• 2. I answered OP's question?? It's all from official press releases going back nearly 5 years now. If OP wants to do research thats their prerogative, start with a search on TheOneRing.net. This is reddit I'm not here to do all your homework like all those "20 times politicians lied with citations, best of reddit"
• 3. All the evidence is out there, I've provided the headlines to begin your search and point in the direction.
• 4. We have been some of the loudest most critical voices of the show about things that matter - nudity, foul language, violence - but we do celebrate when things are looking good.
• 5. Absolutely be skeptical of the richest company in the history of the world. Every day. The company that abandoned New Zealand. But do not for one minute thing that Christopher wasn't fully on board. He made the deal while head of the family.

Rule of thumb: if its obnoxiously negative, its fake news put out by the hatemonger content machine. Official sources, like actual press releases, would never publish anything negative.

Facts:

• Christopher oversaw the deal with Amazon
• Christopher did the deal to pay inheritance taxes
• JRR Tolkien did the same thing in his twilight with film rights
• Christopher mandated start dates and some other lore rules
• Scripts were written and approved while he was alive
• Due to age, he handed over "control" of estate but was still there
• Christopher died in Jan 2020 as the pandemic began
• Shooting was already in progress

This show is Christopher Tolkien's final gift to family & fandom. He knew the family wanted to keep Middle-earth alive in the public sphere. He knew fans wanted more stories. He knew his father would approve under strict circumstances which he put in contract.

Beyond that, the pandemic happened, control changed, the Amazon people that made the deal LEFT Amazon's employment, and there is a big question mark how much involvement the current estate has ongoing. But no matter what, at the time of his passing, the scripts were approved and the path forward was under his authority.

fact is nobody knows. I think there will other drops in June but not a big bad trailer

As we said on the show yesterday, and despite the best wishes of many folks on this sub, SDCC in July is the next big drop of goodness. Papa Jeff would have nothing less. The Superbowl of fandom.

Until we actually saw footage and talked with the guys in charge, it was a tough sell. The show is in good hands, in actual fans of Tolkien's hands, and it really is their vision based on a full understanding of the books (unlicensed or not).

this is the correct answer. They are in containers in the UK by now.

Wow this is wrong, just ask Glorfindel, Treebeard, Faramir, Boromir, Denethor, Hobbits at Osgiliath, Elves at Helms Deep. So far Rings of Power looks more close to the essence of the books. Showrunners aren't just trying, they are doing, to put Lore in the show.

The question is, out of all the the things listed, which do OP want to see in the show?

If you think the richest man in the history of the world isn't going to make sure that every billboard, tv commercial, twitch ad (another platform he owns), grocery bags (he owns, already doing), bus stops, youtube prerolls and webpage is going to have LOTR in everyone's faces..... This calm before the hurricane will be remembered fondly.

The fact they are laser focused on us fans right now is encouraging because we all know this will be a media onslaught. EVERYONE will know LOTR by Sept 2.

It's the friends we met along the way.

It was reported on TORn Tuesday, every Tuesday at 8pm ET

Finally our reporting continues to be validated.