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Comment on The Lord of the Rings spinoff the world needs right now isn’t Rings of Power or the Hunt for Gollum—it’s a film-length version of the Scouring of the Shire.

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AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

In the books, Saruman and Wormtongue escape from Isengard and set up shop in the Shire while the hobbits are still busy wrapping things up in Gondor and Rivendell. They turn the Shire into an industrial dystopia, destroying the environment and corrupting the local hobbits with promises of power before betraying them. When Frodo & co. return, they organize an underground resistance movement that leads to a revolution.

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MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Holy shit, that sounds like an epic story to leave out of the trilogy movies! lol Though of course I understand why they wanted a nice clean happy ending to that tale. Not like Peter et. al. knew it’d blow up so huge and they’d end up able to do far more eventually.

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- justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The stated reason for cutting it is that the ring was already destroyed, Sauron already dead, it was somewhat bizarre to have a 2nd, smaller final battle.
  
  Yes it adds to the story and gives Wormtongue/Saruman a sendoff the theatrical release lacked. Its great wordbuilding but just like Tom Bombadil, doesnt add to the overall movie.
  
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  - MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yea, definitely a story beat that works far better in book form.
    
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  - Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    And in the movies they’d already thrown Saruman off the tower onto the spikey wheel.
    
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- AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There would be continuity issues with Jackson”s adaptation, too—in the films, Saruman and Wormtongue die at Isengard (in the extended edition), Galadriel says Frodo’s dystopian vision of the Shire is what will happen “if he fails”, Rosie Cotton is a barmaid instead of a fellow member of Sam’s agrarian resistance cell, etc.
  
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  - GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I agree, but that was Capitalist Owners of Hollywood studios BLANKING everything up.
    
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  - MotoAsh@piefed.social ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ahhhhh yea, great points… I totally forgot about that despite the glorious https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqC5FnvAEc
    
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GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
We need that now, closer to reality now!

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