• i_love_FFT@jlai.lu
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    2 days ago

    It’s a nice fan fiction with high production quality.

    Story wise, it’s as if trying to write the Silmarillion but only using characters from LOTR… It feels a bit flat.

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      2 days ago

      They couldn’t get the rights to the Silmarillion sadly. The only canon resources they’re allowed to use are the appendices at the end of LOTR. I think they’re doing a fantastic job with such limited material. The last two episodes are awesome.

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        1 day ago

        From what I’ve read no, that has expanded some since the first season. In season 2 they literally said the word Silmaril in one scene.

        How on earth do you cope with the last 2 episodes being awesome? Each one is rising action to a battle that has no climax, they built and built to nothing. And then…

        Elrond falls in love and kisses Galadriel…the MOTHER of the woman he eventually married…

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          1 day ago

          Haha yeah I was laughing at that and explained it to my wife. I just really enjoyed it, I don’t know what to say.