Despite being the main antagonist of one of cinema’s all-time great trilogies and an iconic presence in his own right, it would be an understatement to say that the fearsome Sauron took a very passive role in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. The big bad of Middle-earth hardly featured as an onscreen presence at all, instead casting a watchful eye over his domain from the top of Barad-dur as he sent an army of conscripts and minions to try and reclaim the One Ring.
With Amazon’s billion-dollar investment in the property currently in the midst of shooting the first season, though, there are bound to be some connections to familiar characters and iconography in order to entice those on the fence about revisiting the rich mythology first explored 20 years ago in The Fellowship of the Ring.
The recently revealed official plot synopsis confirmed that the...
With Amazon’s billion-dollar investment in the property currently in the midst of shooting the first season, though, there are bound to be some connections to familiar characters and iconography in order to entice those on the fence about revisiting the rich mythology first explored 20 years ago in The Fellowship of the Ring.
The recently revealed official plot synopsis confirmed that the...
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- by Scott Campbell
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