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Hoo boy lol

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let me translate from corporate language: "We see that LOTR is a huge franchise with a lot of devoted fans and it wasn't compromised yet in any serious sense. So it's a gold mine right here. We need to squeeze every cent from it in any way imaginable and let the remains rot while we're moving to the next mine". Whatever they will do, LOTR is and will be great

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think everything after the movies only antagonized the devoted fans more and more :D

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, if they tried to release something like Gollum again, I don't think it will happen

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Do you not see? That's the point - release anything with the lowest effort possible, because the "established franchise" status will fill their wallets anyway.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How about not calling the lord of the rings a fucking franchise? Not everything has to be a franchise and absolutely milked dry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like this is just using the word as defined. The Lord of the Rings is absolutely a franchise, even if you're only talking about books. LotR itself, the Hobbit, the Silmarillion, and all the Lost Tales books are all in a shared space, but are separate works. What makes it a franchise.

Now being in the movies and tv shows and what else would you call it?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

needs to be

Ok I'm out

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I feel like the COO of Embracer should focus on operating their studios instead of mismanaging them to the point where they're shutting them down and restructuring.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

While I love LotR, I think it’s time to let it be. The original movie trilogy is the peak that anything outside the books will get. As for games, it’s hard to beat Battle for Middle-Earth II. (Shadow of Mordor was fun, but incredibly lore-breaking.)

It’s sad to see what Tolkien’s work has become between Gollum and Rings of Power. I don’t want to see it get any worse.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They're going to have a tough time doing that if they continue to follow the Ubisoft open-world formula :/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Looking at the state of AAA games I have very little hope for any LOTR game coming out. I think I'd rather have fond memories of BFME2 than a new games filled with mtx and battle passes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

i could live with this tbh

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