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0 pointsmicrotherion6y ago0 comments

> One of the things that Game of Thrones got right is to realize that a novel corresponds to a dozen hours of screen time, not three.

But if LoTR hadn't accomplished what it did in its three hours, I don't think GoT would have GOTTEN its dozen hours. I think people underestimate how massively speculative fiction movies (especially fantasy and comic book adaptations) have improved in the last 20 years.

If you compare Jackson's LoTR to Ralph Bakshi's 1978 adaptation, they simply don't play in the same league at all.

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jfengel6y ago

That's definitely true. And within 20 years, I'd like to see them take another crack at LotR, in series format.

That, of course, will depend on the thing Amazon is doing. And on what happens with the rights now that Christopher is gone. I personally was happy to think that he was defending The Silmarillion from a godawful adaptation -- and I just don't see any way to do it well. But there will be many who disagree, and if it has to be done, a TV series format might be the least-worst way. (See https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/, which has been treating it as an intellectual exercise for several years.)

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