Talk:Adaptations of The Lord of the Rings

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[edit] Games

The games section misses out board games. There are several board games based on LotR, including a quiz one, a strategy one, and a Monopoly one. Also, the wording "real-world games" needs changing. They are all real-world games, even the video games. Golfimbul would be a Middle-earth game that is not real-world, though I have heard of Tolkien fans playing it, though not with heads! Carcharoth 12:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Found the articles on the games (forgot the Risk one): Risk: Lord of the Rings Trilogy Edition and Lord of the Rings (board game). See also Category:Middle-earth games. There are also LotR chess sets around. Does that count as an "adaptation"? See also Works_inspired_by_J._R._R._Tolkien, which in some areas is overlapping with this article. Not sure where to draw the line, but a clear distinction does need to be made. Carcharoth 13:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Middle-earth in popular culture is also overlapping quite a bit. Carcharoth 13:18, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Let's see... "adaptations" would probably encompass all the films, stage productions and radio plays. Art, games and music would go under "works inspired" (did that). "Pop culture references" could include some music, games (but where to draw the line?) and more importantly, random references meant to be humorous, a la Family Guy (I don't watch the show). Uthanc 04:20, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

For now, I've created a navbox to more tightly associate these three articles, and hopefully at some point the distinctions will become clearer. There might also be a case for classifying some of the instances under "merchandising". The chess sets based on LotR are a clear example of minimal inspiration being used to sell a product, though a chess set collector or Tolkien collector will see them as a work of art, rather than a merchandising thing. Difficult to draw a line here as well. Carcharoth 09:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] 1981 Radio Play

I know there is a fairly detailed description of this elsewhere, but it seems to me that this adapatation was a very important piece of work, and laid much of the groundwork for Peter Jackson's script. Modifications to characters and timelines etc. carry over form the Radio adaptation to the film, and the fact that Ian Holm occured in both was no coincidence.

Before I invest some time and add to this section, does anyone know whether or not there is a similar section elsewhere in the LOR material that documents these similarities?

--CatWatcher 10:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

There's The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series). Uthanc 11:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split Stage material

As requested, I split the stage material from the main article and made the separate article "Lord of the Rings (musical)". No substantive changes made, just updated the London production information JeanColumbia 21:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second wave LOTR films

I've removed the paragraph discussing a second wave of LOTR films. It's highly suspicious considering a few things:

1) There is no source or citation (it only passingly mentions Entertainment Weekly) regarding what would seem to be huge film industry news. 2) To remake a set of films that originally took 10 years of Jackson's life seems to be overkill, especially considering... 3) ...Jackson's relationship (centering around a court case) with New Line and their executives.

If somebody adds a proper citation I think it would be welcome, but incredibly surprising, news. Ignitus 10:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)