Peter Jackson presents a groundbreaking journey back to Middle-earth through the eyes of legendary director Kenji Kamiyama.#LOTR The War of the Rohirrim - on...
  • kandoh@reddthat.comEnglish
    16·
    3 months ago

    So much war, they never focus on the non violent parts of Lord of the Rings like singing songs or writing poetry. Where the elven bread bakery sim?

    • GraniteM@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      Reskin Overcooked so you’re a bunch of Hobbits getting food, beer, and pipeweed served to customers at The Green Dragon.

      Then have a later level where you’re Sauron and his minions trying to crank out magical rings of various sorts.

    • Sneezycat@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      Because they don’t want to write good characters and a story, they just want flashy action scenes and lots of references and jokes. You know, what Marvel popularized.

      • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        It was a joke I think. Not all of us want to constantly shit on everything, especially if it’s literally just been teased and none of us can say if it’s gonna be good or not

        • Sneezycat@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          You’re right, I’m projecting the bad vibes, I shouldn’t do that. Uuuuh may I recommend The Legend of Vox Machina? It’s based on dnd so pretty close to tolkien and it’s a lot more goofy :3

          • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            They really underutilize the LOTR proper recently so it’s good their doing something different with it. It could encourage more animated movies that could have really cool stories we haven’t seen yet

  • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    7·
    3 months ago

    Looks alright, looks like they’ll nail the action scenes and artstyle. It does seem like it’s an original story inspired by LotR, is that right?

    Oh and, damn those YouTube comments are toxic. You can see YouTube sorts positive comments up, but as soon as you get to the replies that façade falls apart.

    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      I think it is an original story set in Middle Earth. You can tell by the agency of the female protagonist that it’s not a Tolkien plot/character 😅

      • CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        It looks like it’s based on a story from the histories of middle-earth about the founding of Helm’s Deep.

        They probably take a lot of creative liberties with the story, but it’s at least not entirely original.

    • SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      3 months ago

      Pro tip: don’t read YouTube comments even better to block them with uBlock Origin

      • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Normally I use YouTube Enhancer with “Hide Comments” checked, I just opened this on my phone on the go where that isn’t the case. I’ll look into blocking them using uBlock on my phone!

        YouTube comments hardly add anything anymore, they’re usually so… Sanitised…