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[galadhir]

Just watched the last of Amazon's Rings of Power. Good God, they really did just make the whole thing up, didn't they?

What kind of hellworld do we live in that a big corporation can spend millions just to buy rights to a deeply beloved book so it can comprehensively misrepresent it in the most expensive way possible? I can't even call it fanfiction because whoever wrote this can't have actually been a fan.

Why couldn't they have written a story that they did have the rights to? And then they could have made something that could have lived with the actual canon.

GDI Amazon.

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[mistressofmuses]

Yeah, that was a bit of the impression I got. I know I have a lot of friends who loved it, but I got burned out so badly on baby yoda stuff, lmao.

I ALSO feel like I'd be underwhelmed by the Loki show if I watched it. My Lokean friend was extremely into it, and I saw lots of other fanning around it, but most of what I actually heard of it plot-wise left me unimpressed. (But that's been my general feeling toward the MCU for a while.)

But that feels like a lot of it. I don't want to be an asshole to the actual creatives involved, because I'm sure some of them really do care and are doing their best. But at the same time, it does feel like a soulless churn of content, all designed to appeal to the widest possible base (and not alienate anyone), which means that it fits the formula and comes out bland.

I kind of hope that book fandoms gain more prominence. That's certainly more accessible!

[galadhir]

No, absolutely, it must be a dream come true for a creative person to land a job with Marvel or Disney. I wouldn't dream of blaming any of the people who actually make the content for the moneygrubbing of the executives above them. In fact I bet they could use a union to get them better pay and conditions.

I'm going to be hypocritical now however, because my daughter has loaned me her D+ passwords while we're recovering, and I might go and watch the Obi-Wan show, because I was such a Qui-Gon fan and I really want to see the point where his Force ghost finally turns up. I know it will probably not be anything like what I want it to be either, but it will be good to see.

[mistressofmuses]

Absolutely. (Though I know a lot of those creatives wind up in semi-abusive work relationships, because "anyone would be glad to work here!") But no, a lot of them I imagine do have a lot of love for the properties, and want to make the best product they can. It's not their fault that higher ups have nothing but profit in mind.

Haha, enjoy! Obi-Wan is apparently quite good from all I heard! I hope you enjoy it.

[galadhir]

I am enjoying it so far :)

[mistressofmuses]

I'm glad to hear it! Good recovery TV!