Every change should exist in service to translating the original work to the new medium in a way that enriches it within that medium. The question isn’t whether changes should be made, but what kind of changes and why. Again, these choices are going to please some and enrage others.īut I think it’s fair to suggest that when adapting any work, some degree of faithfulness and fidelity to the source material should be at the very least a guiding principle. When adapting something as vague and open-ended as Tolkien’s Second Age, many gaps will have to be filled in to create a narrative fit for a multi-season television show. What works on the page won’t necessarily work on a screen. These will never please everyone, of course, but a new medium demands it. When adapting an established work from one medium to another, changes will invariably be made. Morfydd Clark (Galadriel), Charles Edwards (Celebrimbor) Ben Rothstein/Prime Video
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