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I'm not a LotR scholar, but according to the press releases around the title reveal the story is set during the "Second Age" and according to fan-wikis Saruman only came to Middle Earth during the "Third Age" as a direct consequence of the actions that end the "Second Age" and possibly the series.
So it seems like they pivoted away from that idea.
And just to give an idea of what the breadth of the series could be: And picking just a handful of timepoints from the wiki-timeline: Sauron returns in ca. the year 500. The One Ring is forged in about 1600 and then in 3441 the ring is cut of his finger and the Second Age ends as seen in the prologue of the films. And of course a whole mess of other things happens in between.
I can't even begin to imagine how someone would break this story in such a way that it could work as a television show...
https://deadline.com/2022/02/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-teaser-trailer-super-bowl-1234927712/
Really not sure what to expect though with so much money spent I hope its epic!
I really hope to see the money on screen and hope even more that the CGI doesn't suffer at all as a result of post-production time/the budget/etc.
I'm cautiously excited.
I heard WETA are doing the effects so it should be pretty damn good.
https://screenrant.com/rings-power-show-images-galadriel-elrond-lotr-characters/amp/
It almost feels like pandering to the con and cosplay crowds, which almost always seem to out-character current works.
As someone who has studied Tolkien I think I will pass on whatever that was.
Its not a good first trailer, there was zero edge to it, nothing grabbed me at all.
It looks like a budget mish-mash of every other contemporary series.
I really hoped we would see the money on the screen. I know this is a mere tease of what's to come but I can't say this footage did anything but dissuade any optimism I had.
I think this is going to be a series that gets a few big moments very right; I think the battles may be something special, they are clearly trying to push their boundaries of fantasy action. Whether the rest of the show is good, I don't think it will be but I just can't know yet.
At this point I'm going to watch it.
I am worried about the main character. She is supposed to be thousands of years old, I don't want her acting like a bratty teenager.
I get that it's a teaser but definitely worrisome when it tells you virtually nothing about what to expect.
Despite my pessimism and worries, I'm sure I'll line up to watch it once it releases, too, but will quickly duck out if it's not for me. I don't have the time to sit through shows I'm half-interested in anymore.
I see what you're saying before about the CGI. I think the issue is they are filming a lot of practical elements, fire, molten metal etc. When you film those, the exposure has to be really dark to pick up the flaring highlights from the heat because the objects are so bright.
When you composite those elements onto regularly-exposed scenes with characters and environments, the lightning of the set is different than the lighting of the effects they shot for real, and your brain knows the hot stuff should be blowing out the camera bc it's bright. Basically by doing it for real, they are literally showing you too much and our brains know our eyes don't work that way.
“ Evil cannot create anything new,it can only distort and destroy what was invented by the forces of good “.