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Why Amazon Doesn't Have The Rights To J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'
When Amazon first announced that they were going to be doing a series from Tolkien’s Middle Earth/Lord of the Rings universe, the fanbase exploded with questions about what it might focus on, who it might be about, and when in the timeline, that Tolkien mapped out, it would take place.
Culture SlatePublished 2 years ago in GeeksVillainess Review: Diane Hansen (Person of Interest)
I still remember seeing the promos for the CBS series, Person of Interest, when it aired, though I never saw one episode of the show until a few years later when I started binge-watching. The series had a fantastic cast, led by Jim Caviezel as John Reese, a former Army Rangers and CIA agent who was presumed dead. Michael Emerson played Harold Finch, a multimillionaire computer programmer who devised "The Machine," a program that collects all sorts of info to not only predict terrorist acts (among other crimes), but also identify those behind them. Finch uses The Machine to prevent any potential deaths, and he enlists Reese to seek out the people picked out by The Machine, and also determined if they are a victim or the perpetrator.
Clyde E. DawkinsPublished 2 years ago in GeeksWhat Is In The Appendices Of 'The Lord Of The Rings'?
When The Lord of the Rings Amazon series was first announced to be in the works, there were many speculations about where the series would take place in the lore and timeline of Middle Earth. The most obvious answer that fans came to was that the series would be taking place earlier in the narrative, before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote extensively about the early ages of Middle Earth, and there were a lot of good stories to pull from for screen adaptation. Plus, some of the characters (or ancestors of the characters) that we have met on screen and have come to love could be included in the narrative.
Culture SlatePublished 2 years ago in GeeksDoctor Who: Crime of the Century Review
Back in 1989, the BBC decided to cancel Doctor Who. There were many reasons for this cancellation, most too numerous to go into here, but the most obvious consequence of this in the short term was the abandonment of the upcoming Season 27, which would have seen the team take the Seventh Doctor into further unexplored territory. There were also plans for Ace to leave the TARDIS (this would have been depicted in the previous story in this season, "Thin Ice"), and to introduce a new companion called Raine. So, when Big Finish launched the Lost Stories range, one obvious target were the stories originally planned for Season 27, but never realised. And the second story in the season, "Crime of the Century" introduces new companion Raine Creevy - a wisecracking, upper-class cat burglar, who was envisioned as a strong contrast to Ace's working-class roots. And, like a number of modern companion introduction stories, it is a mad-cap caper, with more ideas than sense, and a bravura sense of pace that never lets up from beginning to end.
Joseph A. MorrisonPublished 2 years ago in GeeksWhy Season 16 of The Apprentice is the Best Comedy the BBC Have Produced For Years!
The Apprentice started off as a British adaptation of Donald Trump’s show The Apprentice where candidates take part in weekly tasks and the winner gets a job whilst the others get fired week-by-week. In later seasons of the UK show, the prize of a job was scrapped and it was replaced with a £250K investment from Lord Sugar.
Chloe GilholyPublished 2 years ago in GeeksHow Our Parents Ruined Animation For Us
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You have just discovered an amazing piece of entertainment, whether it be a show or a film. As a result, you want to enjoy this experience with your friend. Naturally, you approach them with intense excitement. You WANT them to enjoy what you had the privilege of watching. You KNOW they would enjoy it. If they only gave it a chance.
Humphrey KayePublished 2 years ago in GeeksFinal Thoughts on "And Just Like That . . ."
I don’t have HBO Max, so it took me a while to get to the 10-part sequel and reboot of the iconic Sex and the City, which ran on HBO from 1998-2004 and become a cultural touchstone. Its uninhibited look at career women in their thirties who made Manhattan their playground was not only fairly groundbreaking at the time but marvelously entertaining as well. I was able to stream the reboot in one weekend of apartment-sitting in a high-rise overlooking the city that seldom sleeps.
Kevin Scott HallPublished 2 years ago in Geeks- Top Story - March 2022
Remembering Emilio Delgado, And The Legacy Of Luis On 'Sesame Street'
On March 10, 2022, actor Emilio Delgado, best known as Fix-It Shop owner Luis Rodriguez on the classic children's TV series Sesame Street, passed away after a battle with Multiple Myeloma.
Kristy AndersonPublished 2 years ago in Geeks 3 Musical TV Shows for Your Enjoyment
Do you absolutely love the concept of a musical tv series? Did you enjoy the idea of Glee but got tired of the problematic storylines and lack of growth of the characters? Or perhaps you have outgrown the area of teenage and high school dramas which tend to be the musicalized ones?
Angie LovedayPublished 2 years ago in GeeksJake Spencer: Reasons why he should be emotionally unstable
General Hospital: Jake's identity crisis. Jake Spencer ( Hudson West) is a troubled teen on General Hospital where the actor first appeared on April 25, 2016, when he was only 8. Fans have enjoyed watching the character grow up and now he is involved in a meatier storyline. Some fans believe that at the root of his issues is an identity crisis.
Cheryl E PrestonPublished 2 years ago in GeeksThe Neglect of Zora Greenleaf
Warning: This essay contains spoilers, mentions of pedophilia, infidelity, suicide, drug use, and abuse. Disclaimer: This is strictly based on my opinion, along with the thoughts of others. So, if you liked what happened in the show, then there’s nothing wrong with that. I did not.
Tallulah ChanelPublished 2 years ago in GeeksLucifer
What better modern incarnation of the nineteenth-century Byronic and Satanic hero than the devil himself? There are products — television, literary, cinematographic — that stand out not for the plot or originality of the idea and setting, but for a single perfect character. This is the case of the urban fantasy and police procedural series Lucifer, developed by Tom Kapinos, produced by anything but rookie Jerry Bruckheimer, based on a comic, aired from 2016 to 2021, and now distributed by Netflix, which impresses in the collective (and erotic) imagination with its protagonist: Lucifer Morningstar, the rejected son of God, the fallen angel Samael who later became Lucifer, that is “bearer of Light”, or of clarity, of knowledge, of truth.
Patrizia PoliPublished 2 years ago in Geeks