Middle Earth changes islands? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Michael Murry · 08-13-2021, 04:05 PM

I caught this little news item while surfing the Interwebs this morning and have no idea what it portends for a television series I will probably not view in any case. But perhaps someone more knowledgeable in Tolkien lore than me can explain whatever significance this production decision implies for those viewing audiences desperate for anything even remotely "Tolkienesque."

Amazon’s ‘criminal’ decision to move Lord of the Rings filming from New Zealand to UK sparks epic debate over ‘real Middle-earth’

https://www.rt.com/uk/531993-amazon-lotr-move-uk/

Kuruharan · 08-14-2021, 07:59 AM

Personally I don't think it has much significance for anything at all.

Inziladun · 08-14-2021, 03:44 PM

It is a bit laughable for NZ thinking it's the "real" ME, when Tolkien had no special affinity for it.

Huinesoron · 08-15-2021, 01:06 AM

What it suggests to me is that they weren't doing a whole lot of location filming. If, say, Ost-in-Edhil was like Edoras, a set built in a real NZ location, it would be hard to up sticks and move without Season 2 being a game of "Why have the mountains moved?". A TV series carries an expectation that we'll probably be revisiting locations, so they must be confident they can reproduce them in sound stages or CG.

hS

mhagain · 08-15-2021, 01:05 PM

It's also possible that season 2 might be in completely different parts of Middle-earth making the switch easier to pull off.

Morthoron · 08-15-2021, 04:41 PM

Not to mention you have to literally hold the actors hostage for a few years to film the whole thing in New Zealand.

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Michael Murry Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 85	Middle Earth changes islands? I caught this little news item while surfing the Interwebs this morning and have no idea what it portends for a television series I will probably not view in any case. But perhaps someone more knowledgeable in Tolkien lore than me can explain whatever significance this production decision implies for those viewing audiences desperate for anything even remotely "Tolkienesque." Amazon’s ‘criminal’ decision to move Lord of the Rings filming from New Zealand to UK sparks epic debate over ‘real Middle-earth’ https://www.rt.com/uk/531993-amazon-lotr-move-uk/ __________________ "If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." -- Tweedledee

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Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,589	Personally I don't think it has much significance for anything at all. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

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Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	It is a bit laughable for NZ thinking it's the "real" ME, when Tolkien had no special affinity for it. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

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Huinesoron Overshadowed Eagle Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: The north-west of the Old World, east of the Sea Posts: 3,899	What it suggests to me is that they weren't doing a whole lot of location filming. If, say, Ost-in-Edhil was like Edoras, a set built in a real NZ location, it would be hard to up sticks and move without Season 2 being a game of "Why have the mountains moved?". A TV series carries an expectation that we'll probably be revisiting locations, so they must be confident they can reproduce them in sound stages or CG. hS __________________ Have you burned the ships that could bear you back again? ~Finrod: The Rock Opera

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mhagain Wight Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The best seat in the Golden Perch Posts: 219	It's also possible that season 2 might be in completely different parts of Middle-earth making the switch easier to pull off. __________________ Then one appeared among us, in our own form visible, but greater and more beautiful; and he said that he had come out of pity.

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Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,508	Not to mention you have to literally hold the actors hostage for a few years to film the whole thing in New Zealand. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.