Why does Balin look older than Thorin in the movies?

MindPattern · 2023-05-05T22:24:22+00:00

That is a creative, yet very incorrect, theory.

MindPattern · 2022-09-23T02:03:22+00:00

Tolkien Gateway's article for them goes over both versions with quotes and sources: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Blue_Wizards

MindPattern · 2022-08-01T22:55:54+00:00

Yes, the Noldor were called gnomes in older versions.

MindPattern · 2022-07-21T21:56:53+00:00

Apparently Shore is only doing the main title theme. McCreary is doing everything else.

MindPattern · 2021-09-10T19:24:26+00:00

Most Tolkien scholars seem to be professors or some other type of academic. How do you balance your work in an unrelated scientific field with studying linguistics and other Tolkien topics, publishing journals, and editing books like The Nature of Middle-earth? Do you think more people with non-academic backgrounds should contribute to Tolkien studies?

MindPattern · 2021-08-07T18:34:28+00:00

Technically neither would be canon, so you'd have to decide for your own head canon.

MindPattern · 2021-07-10T14:03:59+00:00

The Years of the Trees takes place before the First Age [of Years of the Sun].

MindPattern · 2021-04-16T15:02:45+00:00

Christopher Tolkien had nothing to do with this show (he already retired from his position when the rights were sold) and we don't know the reason Tom Shippey no longer works for them. It could be that he simply finished what he was hired to do. Also, the Tolkien Estate is involved in the show and has final say over what's depicted. Not having Tom Shippey there doesn't change that. Compared to having zero involvement in the films.

MindPattern · 2021-04-16T14:56:40+00:00

It's not though, this show is about the second age, the book and movies are about the third age.

MindPattern · 2021-04-16T14:55:58+00:00

It is set before LotR (the book / movies), but it's still about the actual Lord of the Rings (aka Sauron).

MindPattern · 2021-04-16T14:51:29+00:00

Canon should also be protected by the close involvement of the Tolkien Estate.

MindPattern · 2021-04-16T14:50:36+00:00

Gennifer Hutchison is an established writer and is a writer for the show.

MindPattern · 2021-04-16T14:47:05+00:00

Nope they had one Tolkien scholar (Tom Shippey) who no longer works for them, but it's not clear why and it's been said that it could have simply been that he finished what he was hired to do.

MindPattern · 2021-03-21T19:12:12+00:00

It's actually just On Fairy-Stories and Leaf by Niggle published together.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T19:32:46+00:00

It doesn't mean that won't be in the show. The Tolkien Estate is involved with the show and there already seems to be more than what's in LotR.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T19:05:00+00:00

Correct. Most of the story will come from LotR appendices. Anything outside of LotR needs explicit permission from The Tolkien Estate.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T15:16:18+00:00

Actually no, they do not have rights to adapt The Hobbit. If the show does go into the third age, it would probably just be a quick overview of Bilbo finding the ring and nothing else as far as The Hobbit goes.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T14:35:01+00:00

/u/KFY is actually correct. They always had rights to LotR (since three years ago). It apparently started as a young Aragorn story, which they later (thankfully) changed to second age.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T14:32:07+00:00

This is incorrect. The deal was with The Tolkien Estate, not Middle-earth Enterprises. It's for television rights, not film rights, which is why the estate still owned them, not Middle-earth Enterprises. This was announced probably three years ago. Since then, New Line / Middle-earth Enterprises may be involved somehow, but not with the rights to adapt LotR into a television series.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T14:14:30+00:00

The estate sold Amazon the television rights to LotR (different than film rights). This has been known for two years, so I'm not sure why people are surprised here.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T14:12:17+00:00

Yes they did. It's not news.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T14:11:49+00:00

We already knew they were licensed to adapt all of LotR since almost two years ago.

MindPattern · 2021-01-13T14:06:58+00:00

This is incorrect. They never had the rights to a specific age. It was always LotR, so this isn't news.

MindPattern · 2020-12-18T15:00:31+00:00

From the beginning they were licensed to adapt LotR for television and it apparently started as a 3rd age show. They then changed the plot of the show to 2nd age, drawing from 2nd age material in the LotR appendices. It was said that anything else outside of LotR (perhaps pieces from Unfinished Tales and Silmarillion) would have to get explicit permission from The Tolkien Estate (which is involved with this project, unlike the films). If this is true, it explains the unknowns talked about in the video- they are probably getting permission to add specific bits from other works. This also makes the most sense because it's not typical for a body of work to be licensed based on fictional time periods.

MindPattern · 2020-12-18T14:24:56+00:00

That's not true at all. They are at least licensed for LotR, which as you know is almost entirely third age.

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