Not saying Naruto, Pokemon, or especially, ATLA are not for adults, for the record. Hard to be exact in the title. Anyway I have netflix and amazon prime but not disney, hulu, or crunchyroll. I know you can find any anime online but preferably something on netflix or amazon.
Recommendation can be what is in the title, or it doesn't have to be. Basically Im in the mood for 4 things, and the anime can either have all of them, or just excel at 1. They are:
- Adventure, new cool sights sounds and feels etc
- Group of friends teens and/or twenties
- Developing romance etc
- Good story
For reference I like adventures like I said, but I also like Seinfeld which is a show famously "about nothing." I haven't seen "Your Name" or films like that set in, I think, modern day Japan with no fantasy elements, but I'm guessing I would like it. There doesn't have to be fantasy or adventure if the characters or story are interesting. But in general I enjoy when stories like that are told within the framework of a grand sweeping magical (not literally, necessary) adventure. It's just most anime in that genre like Naruto or Pokemon are broadcast mostly for a children's audience, and have villains of the week, repetitive structures, tons of filler, and weekly battles. A show with no action at all would be boring but I'm more interested in the character, stories, feel, adventure, etc. I like lots of action in shows like ATLA where it's tied to story and character motivations and is part of a forward-moving overall conflict that's constantly evolving, rather than one off villains of the week.
Thank you for the recs
I was blown away by the LotR trilogy and consider them some of the best blockbusters of all time but was rather underwhelmed by the HP movies. I don't think HP is terrible but I found them to be mediocre. They didn't resonate with me. Here are some of the reasons why I liked the LotR films much more than the HP films.
The soundtrack.
Some of the HP music is great (Hedwig's theme, ending music of 1,2, and 8, Mischief Managed, Buckbeak's Flight, A Window to the Past) but as a whole the HP soundtrack pales in comparison to LotR. In just the second half of The Fellowship of the Ring you have tracks such as Khazad-dûm, Parth Galen, The Departure of Boromir, and The Road Goes Ever On... , Pt. 1. For me, LotR's soundtrack blows HP's soundtrack out of the water.
The battles.
HP's action is smaller than LotR's in scale but is also smaller in entertainment value. Wands are almost only used to block attacks, shoot quick projectiles, and send out small to medium size AOE attacks. The action is often people shooting offensive insta-kill spells at each other and blocking attacks with little effort. It is difficult to figure out who is winning and exactly why the victor wins. LotR varies the action significantly with the characters being placed in more unique situations. The night time portion of the Battle of Helm's Deep is a great example. The action is varied and constantly keeps the viewer engaged. The action in HP isn't awful but is nowhere near as good as the action in LotR.
The world.
There are some elements in the world of LotR that I don't like but for the most part the world that the movies show seems natural and the rules are clear. On the other hand, the world of HP doesn't make any sense. For example, we are supposed to believe that there are thousands if not millions of wizards and people who know about wizards in a world very similar to our own yet somehow the existence of wizards does not become known to the majority of the population. The movies have various scenes involving magic that break the audience's suspension of disbelief such as the broom ride over the river in London, the battle at the beginning of Deathly Hallows Part 1, and a dragon flying over London in Deathly Hallows Part 2. Also, the rules of the world are very inconsistent. In Chamber of Secrets, it is made clear that the voice of a person is not changed by the poly juice potion yet in Goblet of Fire a major plot point is that a person is able to imp
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Will there ever be another trilogy/series of movies as epic an critically acclaimed as The Lord of the Rings? What do you think it might be and who would you have direct and star in it? Would it be sci-fi, fantasy, or post apocalyptic? One protagonist or multiple protagonist's with different stories intertwined? What extra ingredient would be added to please both critics, and keep the fanbase happy?
Greetings, friends. We're coming up on the 1 year anniversary of this subreddit and the 9k members milestone, both of which should be achieved in about a month. However, something even more exciting is happening next month with the beginning of production of Prime Video's untitled Second Age Lord of the Rings show. Just the first two episodes, of course, as Amazon and the creative team are taking their time to make their show is as great as it can get. Before things really ramp up, I wanted to catch you up to speed on some of the show's cast, as I realize many posts pass users by. Before I do, I recommend checking out the updated "Everything We Know" post if you haven't recently.
The Cast (note: Amazon has kept quiet on confirming these castings):
Morfydd Clark (IMDb|Wiki) as Galadriel. She is a Welsh actress whose recent credits include Dracula and His Dark Materials.
Markella Kavenaugh (IMDb|Wiki) as a unnamed lead (audition nickname: "Tyra"). She is an Australian actress who has mostly worked on smaller scale Australian projects.
Robert Aramayo (IMDb|Wiki) as an unnamed lead (audition nickname: "Beldor"). Replacing Will Poulter for the rumored Elrond part, the English actor has played characters in Game of Thrones and Mindhunter.
Maxim Baldry (IMDb|Wiki) as an unnamed supporting character. As a child, the British actor appeared in HBO's Rome and Mr Bean's Holiday, and has now returned to acting in the British television scene.
Joseph Mawle (IMDb|Wiki) as an unnamed villain character (audition nickname: "Oren"). With a long and diverse career under his belt, some of his recent projects include Game of Thrones and In the Heart of the Sea.
Ema Horvath (IMDb) as an unnamed series regular. The American actress has appeared in some small-budget horror films.
That's the cast thus far, but
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Ive been thinking about reading the LOTR series for a while now. I havent seen any of the films and to be honest know pretty much nothing about the whole franchise other than its fantasy themed and involves the hunt for a powerful ring.
Just wondering what the best way to read the books is? Should I start off with the The Hobbit as this seems to be a prequel to the actual series? Or is it better to just read the triology without reading the hobbit?
Also, better to read books then watch the films or the other way around?
Thanks!
Edit: thanks for the replies everyone. I'll start with The Hobbit!
After the success of my round-up post on Amazon's Wheel of Time show last month, I thought it might be worthwhile to do another one bringing everyone up to date on what's going on with Amazon's other huge fantasy epic, The Lord of the Rings: The Second Age.
The Lord of the Rings: The Second Age - which may not be its final title - is a TV series set in J.R.R. Tolkien's signature fantasy setting of Middle-earth. It is a prequel to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and draws on material in Tolkien's other writings, most notably The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.
The series is being made by Amazon Studios, with New Line Cinema and their parent company Warner Brothers involved as producers.
The show is officially in production. A small amount of shooting was apparently undertaken in November 2019 to hit a development deadline (without which Amazon would have lost the rights). Full production is expected start next month in Auckland, New Zealand and run for two months. This will be followed by a pause as the studio prepares further scripts and material for the second season, after which production is expected to run for at least the rest of the year and likely into 2021, during which time most or all of two seasons will be shot.
According to comments from creative consultant Tom Shippey, Amazon are planning to shoot twenty episodes in total during the initial production bloc, which will likely consist of two ten-episode seasons.
The first season is likely to air in late 2021, with the second season to follow in 2022.
Development
Development of the project began in August 2017 when Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien's son and literary executor since 1973, resigned from the board of the Tolkien Estate. Christopher had long been opposed to authorising any TV or film adaptation of Tolkien's other Middle-earth material; the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings movie trilogies were made only because J.R.R. Tolkien had sold the film rights way back in 1969, before his passing. The other members of the Tolkien Estate, including two of Christopher's own sons (one of whom had worked on the Jackson movies) and his younger sister Priscilla (who had advised on Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film), were much more open to further collaborations with film-makers. In addition, the Tolkien Estate had several times had to take legal action to recover licence fees not paid properly from the films. With them being more closely involved in a n
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This happened a couple weeks ago, and I'm not sure if it was posted about yet.
Usually, I wouldn't think it was worth posting about the routine shuffling of the highest grossing franchise list, but in this case, the top 5 franchises have been the same for nearly 6 years!
But Spider-Man has finally shaken things up a bit and surpassed the long dormant Lord of the Rings for 5th place.
It's a testament to the success of the LOTR trilogies that the franchise was able to stay in the top 5 for so many years after the release of its final film (over 4 years).
And Spider-Man surpassing LOTR also is sort of a preface to how X-Men, Fast and the Furious, Avengers, and eventually the DCEU and Avatar should be able to fly past Lord of the Rings $5.8B gross within the next few years.
My guess is that eventually, MCU, DCEU, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Avatar will form the next air tight top 5.
This is an expanded version of the post I wrote two years ago, reflecting some changes in my mind regarding how the series should have gone.
With Nando v Movies's video on Fantastic Beasts, which suggests the series should have been something akin to James Bond or Indiana Jones in Potterverse than another Harry Potter story formula, I also think Pirates trilogy should have been like that too.
After the massive success of Black Pearl, Disney's kneejerk reaction was to do their own big budget trilogy in the same vein of Star Wars (before acquiring Star Wars), The Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix. A grand saga full of cliffhangers, going full darker, big character arcs, lore, worldbuilding, continuity, complex plot, serious character drama, reviving previous characters, politics, human connections, etc.
It could be done I guess. I mean Star Wars was indeed intended to be a standalone film at first, but even for A New Hope, Darth Vader was escaped, the Empire was still there, the rebels weren't completely won the war, and the ending ceremony wasn't a marriage of Han/Luke and Leia. There were enough loose ties to warrant a sequel. Black Pearl feels like a solidly standalone story that ended and tied every thread of Will's story. The only loose tie The Black Pearl showed was not on Will Turner, but on Jack Sparrow, saying "Now... bring me that horizon," announcing he is set to have a brand new adventure.
However, Dead Man's Chest brought back Will and Elizabeth again, Norrington being a villain again, the whole Bill Turner family plot, and brought Barbossa as a good guy all felt like cheap DVD direct Disney sequels, making a mess of trilogy. Pirates of the Caribbean's formula fits better as a James Bond, Indiana Jones, Lupin the Third series style of the same iconic character going in different adventures for each film.
Oh wait, the last two Pirates films try that and failed, so that does not work, right? As Jack Sparrow has been commonly pointed out as the worst part about Pirates movies after the trilogy, I see the problem is they tried to make Jack Sparrow a protagonist.
Black Pearls worked well because he was not the protagonist. It is true his character got so famous, he stole all the attention from the audience, but if you think about it, the protagonist was Will and it was his story, who
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(note: its not just some travel vlog, they slept in tents on the side of the road without a tour guide and stuff)
Yeah, pretty much everything about the movie is perfect with the exception of the story.
It is essentially a long series of people narrowly escaping death. It feels like you are watching a person play a video game. There is a set up exposition scene then a boring action sequence that typically involves a character doing magic that you didn't even know they had. The film never sets up rules and basically always finds new ways for the characters to remain alive.
They confirmed it via this tweet. They also revealed a new map (last one ?) with Numenor in it. Apparently the rumor about the Young Aragorn story was wrong (or they changed their minds).
I'm not super well versed in LOTR history but it could be the Forging of the Rings or the Last Alliance War (the one in the LOTR movies prologue)
EDIT : Thanks to u/Harkoncito, for the people who don't know what is the Second Age :
> The Second Age lasted for 3441 years and ended with the downfall of Sauron's army when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Númenor.
> This age was characterized by the rise (eventually with increased insolence) of Númenor, the rise of Sauron in Middle-earth, the creation of the Ringwraiths, and the early wars of the Rings between Sauron and the Elves. The Ring of Power also came into existence during this period.
Essentially it's what we see in the prologue of the movie trilogy.
Exciting finds bring new excitement, but the team must move quickly since time is running out before they must suspend operations for the harsh winter ahead.
That’s what I’m Tolken about.
Ran 26 miles dressed as Gandalf
You have to say, for all the downsides the streaming wars have, it is exciting for consumers as it forces streaming services to churn out quality and be innovative.
Well, I just saw LOTR extended edition for the first time last weekend, taking advantage of the quarantine.
This is the first time i ever saw the movies, yeah, believe it or not, its the first time i sit and watch them, i dont know why i havent, im a nerd, a geek or whatever you wanna call me, im 32 and i love fantasy, science fiction, books, movies, any good story, but ive never put myself to watch them.
I was totally blown away, oh my god, what a beautiful trilogy, although i think is just one big ass movie, the longest movie ever, just cutted in 3 pieces.
goddamn Samwise Gamgee, what a great character, always watching that piece of shit frodo (haha, jk, frodo is great too, he had to endure all the shit about the ring)
Merry and Pippin were great too, i loved that at the end they became warriors too.
I wished the ents helped at the end
i cannot believe people saying why they didnt used the eagles to get there, is a stupid idea, is not like the eagles were at their will
Faramir was great and i felt truly happy he got together with eowyn, she was one of my favorites, such balls
the trio of aragorn, legolas and gimli was awesome
i wanted gandalf to kick more ass at the end, used more magic and such
i think i didnt fully get aragorn relationship with liv tyler, why was she dying? what was the pendant meant?
So happy to see all the famous memes
Would I still turn invisible and go into the Wraithworld? Would Sauron care that his most valued possession is worn in such a fashion? Plus since the ring is said to adapt to the size of the finger, I don't think it'd be a problem no matter what state the penis is in, it'd always fit.
I mean, who's gonna check down there?
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