The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

[crazy canuck]

I didn't see many candles though

[Darth Wagtaros]

I loved the Silmarillion. This is just too great a departure for me to enjoy it.  Also, too lame.

[crazy canuck]

The opening scene of season 2 episode 1, is that in the the books?

[Sophie Scholl]

I loved the Silmarillion. This is just too great a departure for me to enjoy it.  Also, too lame.

I think that is the problem. They don't have the rights to The Silmarillion, only the appendices at the end of RotK or something to that effect. That plus the desire to change story beats and lore for... no discernable reason. 

[Valmy]

I loved the Silmarillion. This is just too great a departure for me to enjoy it.  Also, too lame.

I think that is the problem. They don't have the rights to The Silmarillion, only the appendices at the end of RotK or something to that effect. That plus the desire to change story beats and lore for... no discernable reason. 

It appeals to a very specific audience. Ones who love Lord of the Rings but not enough to have actually read the material.

[The Brain]

I loved the Silmarillion. This is just too great a departure for me to enjoy it.  Also, too lame.

I think that is the problem. They don't have the rights to The Silmarillion, only the appendices at the end of RotK or something to that effect. That plus the desire to change story beats and lore for... no discernable reason. 

It appeals to a very specific audience. Ones who love Lord of the Rings but not enough to have actually read the material.

Why do you hate young people?

[crazy canuck]

I loved the Silmarillion. This is just too great a departure for me to enjoy it.  Also, too lame.

I think that is the problem. They don't have the rights to The Silmarillion, only the appendices at the end of RotK or something to that effect. That plus the desire to change story beats and lore for... no discernable reason. 

It appeals to a very specific audience. Ones who love Lord of the Rings but not enough to have actually read the material.

So probably a very large audience. How many people do you think have actually read the appendices to the books?

[Josquius]

I loved the Silmarillion. This is just too great a departure for me to enjoy it.  Also, too lame.

I think that is the problem. They don't have the rights to The Silmarillion, only the appendices at the end of RotK or something to that effect. That plus the desire to change story beats and lore for... no discernable reason. 

It appeals to a very specific audience. Ones who love Lord of the Rings but not enough to have actually read the material.

So probably a very large audience. How many people do you think have actually read the appendices to the books?

Agreed.
I think I fall into this. I read the Hobbit and LOTR when I was young. I like them.
But I'm really not one of those super fans who know every snippet of paper Tolkein has ever wrote, all the genealogies of dynasties and ancient history and that sort of thing...
I think I'm a bit more towards this than most, I mean I've gone on some wiki deep dives and I own the Silmarillion at least, but I really don't know many details at all. I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly whats wrong in prequels without seeing the moaning online.

I don't even think it takes a LOTR fan. Post-Game of Thrones and in this age of video games as a well developed medium I'd imagine there's quite the large "Casual fantasy fan" market, for whom LOTR is a well known and respected brand and nothing more.