The Lord of the Rings is seeing a resurgence, and the next The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum the film could represent a fundamental change in the franchise. The new Gollum film will be directed by Andy Serkis and will also star him as the eponymous Gollum. Showing Gollum’s perspective, the film attempts to elaborate on some of the Lord of the Rings’ more intriguing characters. It’s quite likely that Gandalf and Sauron will appear in the film in some way, allowing him to counter Sauron’s aggressive part in the War of the Ring. This is due…
Author: Cristina Trujillo
The Pirates and Marines Luffy Faced on Netflix One piece Season 1 has already made a big impression, leaving Season 2 to up the ante in the villain department. One piece The first season’s villains changed the game for live-action anime adaptations. Traditionally, these productions don’t have a big enough budget to make the fantasy wonders of anime seem in any way real. This applies, in particular, to larger-than-life villains with dark transformation sequences and horror-inspired costumes. Moving forward One piece In the first season, the Straw Hat Pirates – Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp and Sanji -…
This article contains spoilers for The Silmarillion.Sauron is the eponymous villain of JRR Tolkien’s famous film The Lord of the Ringsbut Sauron followed in Morgoth’s footsteps after Morgoth was defeated. Morgoth was the original villain of Middle-earth.”the Subcreative Rebel Prime,”as described by Tolkien in a letter. Only the God of Middle Earth, Eru Ilúvatar, had the gift of creation – the Secret Fire. Morgoth was of the Ainur, the first species created by Eru, and lived in the Timeless Halls outside the Void with Eru and the other Ainur sought the Secret Fire in the Void, desiring to create when…
This article contains discussions about serious mental health problems. The final scene of Fight Club It generated more discussion than perhaps any other modern film, constituting one of cinema’s most iconic endings. Postmodern author Chuck Palahniuk wrote Fight Club and published it in 1996 as her first novel. Cinematic titan David Fincher adapted it into the renowned 1999 classic, diverging slightly from the source material in its final scene. While the novel’s speaker is caught and the chaos of Project Mayhem is averted, Fight Club the ending is arguably even more memorable in the film. Project Mayhem succeeded Fincher’s masterpiece,…
Dungeons and Dragons has a huge LGBTQI+ community, but it could reach a much broader segment of that audience with a character who is a queer icon waiting to happen. This character began life in The Legend of Drizzt books by American writer RA Salvatore. Although Dungeons and Dragons is most famous as a 1970s tabletop game, but has expanded into books, films, TV series, video games, and more. And yet, this franchise’s enormous potential remains significantly untapped. Adapting the Drizzt books, and this character, is a great next step for D&D. The Legend of Drizzt books started in 1988…
The power of The Lord of the Rings as a story is strongly tied to the concepts of fate and free will, raising the question of whether someone is truly responsible for their actions. The story revolves around the tension between a sympathetic kindness that sometimes seems inherent to Middle-earth and the danger, uncertainty, and seeming hopelessness of the path ahead. This tension creates the drama and suspense that make the story tragic and sets up what Tolkien coined as eucatastrophe – the last-minute aversion to a seemingly inevitable catastrophe. The Eucatastrophe occurred when the Great Eagles arrived, out of…
This article contains spoilers for The last battle. Aslan destroys Narnia in the last book of The Chronicles of Narnia – a potentially confusing decision with cataclysmic consequences. This is a fundamental aspect of the story and understanding it helps readers understand the broader intentions of creator C.S. Lewis. Unfortunately, The Chronicles of Narnia the films never went far enough to depict the destruction of Narnia. Only the first three Narnia books were adapted, with the series discontinued after the commercial disappointment of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Maybe the next Greta Gerwig Narnia the films may finally show…
This article contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has faced controversy for some of its casting choices, but at least one choice is starting to make a lot of sense. While Charles Edwards’ Celebrimbor looked older than some expected, Robert Aramayo’s Elrond looked a little younger than expected. Fans of The Lord of the Rings I had seen Hugo Weaving portray Elrond masterfully in Peter Jackson’s film The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, and were used to his mature, distant melancholy. But Aramayo’s joyful…
The friendly Orcs in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power are controversial, but are fully supported by the work of high fantasy pioneer JRR Tolkien. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were working towards this conclusion, with Tolkien explaining his stance on Orcs in other stories and letters he wrote throughout his life. However, a little known Lord of the Rings publication lays this out in clear detail. This is 1962 The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, the third of just four Lord of the Rings books that Tolkien published during his lifetime. Together with 1937…
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim could be the second time that a Lord of the Rings dragon appears on the screen. Tolkien was famous for creating countless kinds of fantasy in his 1937 novel, The Hobbit, and his 1954 novel, The Lord of the Rings. These fictional species have influenced countless fantasy creators. For example, the halflings and Balors in Dungeons and Dragons They were originally called Hobbits and Balrogs, but their names had to change following a copyright dispute with the Tolkien Estate. The War of the Rohirrim the film could, once again, bring exposure…