Just in case you’ve been stuck in a hole, one dirty, damp, disgusting, with traces of worms and smell of slimeeither a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing to sit on or eatthat is to say, quite the opposite of a hobbit hole, I remind you that September 2 premieres on Amazon Prime Video The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powera prequel to the trilogy that Tolkien wrote and that Peter Jackson masterfully brought to the big screen two decades ago.
Come out right or wrong, and there’s reason to hope for one or the other, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is called to make history, at least for the money that has been spent and that is still not entirely clear: there is talk of a total budget of about 465 million dollars just for production, without counting the 250 of rights, but also of an expense per chapter of between 50 and 60 million dollars.
Be that as it may, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power It is a bet like never before in the audiovisual field, much more expensive than any series or film produced to date and only comparable to what was spent on making the trilogy of The Hobbit. It is normal, then, that Amazon is promoting it as if there were no tomorrow and, part of this promotion, includes the original trilogy of feature films, which now arrive on Prime Video as they had not done on any other platform.
We are talking about the remastered version of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Y The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingeither the improved version of the trilogy which was taken care of by Peter Jackson himself a couple of years ago, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of its premiere. A renewal that, it must be said, has not pleased everyone, but in the words of the person involved, it was necessary to iron out the inconsistencies between this and the new trilogy of The Hobbit.
Be careful, because this remastering is not going to recreate the controversial 48 frames per second of The Hobbit, but, mainly, of the color treatment. It is above all there that Jackson finds these inconsistencies, the result of two working methods separated many years and as different as the photomechanical procedure of the first films, or the digital one of the new ones. That what is new is not always better, or that technology does not always help to improve, is a fact, but it is what it is.
Ergo, Amazon is preheating the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power with the release on Prime Video of the enhanced version of The Lord of the ringswhich not only modifies the color, but also adds 4K and HDR support. Interestingly, the trilogy of The Hobbit until recently available on the platform, it has disappeared from it and from the rest, as if anticipating people’s demand. It will be necessary to see if Amazon makes that additional effort or not.
He had advanced the news in the delivery of our VOD News today, but here’s the extended version of it for whoever missed it. And speaking of the extended version, they could have really worked on it and put the improved version of the extended version of The Lord of the rings, and not the normal one. It is a pity that it was not so.
We are leaving Westeros from Middle-earth, and there is also news there for the next most successful production of recent years in terms of epic fantasy: if Prime Video releases the improved version of The Lord of the rings to whet your appetite for the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, HBO Max will do the same with Game of Thrones with the same purpose, but a little more at the wrong time than many would have liked.
HBO Max will premiere on August 22 The House of the Dragon, ultimately also a prequel to the work we all know. Another rehash taken from the manga to continue making the fantastic universe profitable, with the incentive of having in this case the author of the novels alive and as an advisor to the creators of the series. Like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerits first season will consist of 10 episodes and although its budget is better than that of Game of Thronesabout 20 million dollars per chapter is far from its competitor.
Because let’s not fool ourselves: that HBO Max has chosen that date to launch a long-awaited series is only due to the intention of competing directly with Prime Video. It will be interesting not only to see which one has done better, but which one takes the cat to the water in audience and media impact. For those interested in seeing both, on the other hand, all great.
Well, HBO Max will launch the same day as the premiere of The House of the Dragon the improved version of Game of Thrones in 4K, HDR 10D, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, a pending debt with the users of the platform, mostly productions. That they could have done it before, and not on the same day as the launch of the new series? The truth is that yes, but this is what there is, it is worth repeating.
To all this, the subject of the dates is a bit confusing, because when it really opens The House of the Dragon It is August 21 in the United States, which is already night in Spain and nothing has been mentioned about a simultaneous premiere as on other occasions. If they maintain the line of their other great series, it should be available at dawn, at least with subtitles; on the 22nd and successive Mondays, already folded.
It will be a litmus test for HBO Max, which in this regard has always lagged behind Netflix… although this time it does not compete with Netflix, but with Prime Video, which also suffers from being a bit lazy when it comes to releasing its productions well. folded. However, it does not seem that this is going to be one of those times due to the situation in which they are going to move. And it will not be the only litmus test that both platforms face with these two releases.
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The litmus test will be the quality at which we can see both The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power What The House of the Dragonbut also The Lord of the rings Y Game of Thrones, because a lot of 4K, a lot of HDR and Dolby Atmos, but when it comes to the truth, the cuts they make in the quality of the transmission result in an experience that usually leaves a lot to be desired, and neither Prime Video nor HBO Max are example of nothing We will see… and never better said.
