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15 reasons Amazon’s Lord of the Rings will be the next Game of Thrones

By Corey Smith

LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 3: Actors (from left to right) Bernard Hill, John Rhys-Davies and Viggo Mortensen pose at the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" held on December 3, 2003 at the Village Theater, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 3: Actors (from left to right) Bernard Hill, John Rhys-Davies and Viggo Mortensen pose at the premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" held on December 3, 2003 at the Village Theater, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 16: A vendor adjusts “Lord of the Rings” figures at the American International Toy Fair February 16, 2003 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The Toy Fair, a New York institution in February for 100 years, continues through February 20. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 16: A vendor adjusts “Lord of the Rings” figures at the American International Toy Fair February 16, 2003 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The Toy Fair, a New York institution in February for 100 years, continues through February 20. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) /

5. The rich history of Middle-earth could make for awe-inspiring flashbacks

This might be more of a personal reason, but whichever era Amazon chooses to set their series in, we need not stay in that time frame. Through the magic of flashbacks, we can see other events and eras. And given how rich Tolkien’s invented history is, who wouldn’t want that?

In Middle-earth, ancient events echo down through to the present, affecting the lives and actions of our heroes. Going beyond simple or short flashbacks, that Amazon money could come in handy to give us a deeper exploration of the reasons beyond the conflicts we are seeing on screen, regardless of when or where Amazon chooses to set its series.

Like Game of Thrones, the Lord of the Rings saga is the culmination of thousands of years of fake history. But unlike Game of Thrones, the Lord of the Rings saga features characters who were still around when that story was in its early days. Sauron, the big bad, has been alive for eons, and fought during the awesome battles in Middle-earth’s beginnings, when dragons and Balrogs roamed the lands in great numbers. Flashing back to some of those heady times would be an absolute trip.

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