“Series creators J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay got every bit of info Tolkien had on the era, put it all together, and created this brand new story: a show about Sauron’s rise to power, the creation of the Rings, and much much more.”

I wish people would stop saying things like this, as it’s demonstrably not true, and it…

“Director M.J. Bassett, who helmed Rogue and Solomon Kane...”

yeesh...
this one’s from Millennium Films...so we have a pretty good idea what to expect - not likely to be mentioned here again until it’s released on some streaming service.

by ‘healing’ one can assume she isn’t referring to mother and child receiving any sort of Health Care.

not holding my breath for that Eowyn film....

worth the watch - he talk about the green bubble near the end

he’s almost exactly in the middle height wise...
my point stands.

and Cavill is wrong for the part - MacLeod wasn’t some hulking brute, that’s what made him so appealing - he seemed like just a regular guy - not someone you’d really look twice at.

Unions CAN NOT WORK.
Unions don’t cross borders....

Guilds are the only thing that might help - the Studios sign on to the Guild policies - like they do for the PGA, DGA, WGA etc
then the VFX studios do the same

anyone that doesn’t sign on doesn’t get any work.

as someone who has experienced working at a VFX studio going…

why these kinds of approaches fail is that if you were describing anyone else - someone not in ‘show business’ then the collective response would (rightly) be: “yeah?, so fucking what”
ask the average nurse/doctor what their student loan payments are vs how much they get paid etc etc etc

you’re a good actor, you got a…

“Even as a fan, I think the John Wick world is kind of fun and interesting. But the sky’s the limit. We’re not coming from an existing IP, so I don’t have to follow Batman lore. I can do anything.”

=

I think Elvis only wrote or co-wrote a handful of songs....and to many he is still ‘the king’...

“Write what you know.”

“Paolini will reportedly co-write the series alongside executive producer Bert Salke.”

YIKES.

thought it was going to be Quark

my Facebook and YouTube ‘sponsored content’ were FULL of some really nasty stuff.
and of course a disappointing number of ‘friends’ would share some of it...

ugh.

Tolkien would, and has in letters, disagree with you.

and he was also a Catholic.

https://www.amazon.com/Keep-Freedom-National-Rifle-Association/dp/B09RX3YG5P

Steve is a super sweet guy, but doesn’t suffer fools and is willing to have ‘difficult’ conversations - if it’s for the right reasons...which doesn’t make people happy all the time :)

add in a bit of ‘wildness’ and you have a volatile mix :)

Phil Tippett -