On 15 Nov 2017, ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan wrote
(in article <f73ic9F7cnnU1@mid.individual.net>):

> In article<XnsA82E708674D59taustingmail@69.16.179.42>,
> Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
> > William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote in
> > news:5ba46f79-671b-4fef-b549-60ec58a270e9@googlegroups.com:
> >
> > > On Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 12:12:23 PM UTC-5, Gutless
> > > Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
> > > > Robert Woodward<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote in
> > > > news:robertaw-FB6B43.22031314112017@news.individual.net:
> > > >
> > > > > In article<oufiog$kab$1@dont-email.me>, Magewolf
> > > > > <Magewolf@nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 11/14/2017 10:40 AM, Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote in
> > > > > > > news:46a29fcb-976a-4baf-a652-5cb56bc4aa12@googlegroups.com:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 12:59:09 AM UTC-5,
> > > > > > > > Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote in
> > > > > > > > > news:880ad81c-27a4-4a01-b8ed-3267ff0f2ba4@googlegroups.co
> > > > > > > > > m:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Monday, November 13, 2017 at 4:53:43 PM UTC-7,
> > > > > > > > > > Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"<seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote in news:oudah5$ud0$1@dont-email.me:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > If what they want is JRRT's "Game of Thrones",
> > > > > > > > > > > > well, look no farther
> > > > > > > > > > > > than the Tale of Turin Turambar (royalty, arrogance,
> > > > > > > > > > > > betrayal, incest, dragons, there we go!) or perhaps
> > > > > > > > > > > > the Fall of Godolin (envy, oblivious rulers, lust,
> > > > > > > > > > > > treachery, BALROGS...)
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Or they could just rip off Game of Thrones, with lots
> > > > > > > > > > > of bare titties and fake blood.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > You know, like everybody else in Hollywood does.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I suppose they _could_ rip off "I, Claudius" with "The
> > > > > > > > > > Early Adventures of Wormtongue"...
> > > > > > > > > It wouldn't surprise me if they ripped off Johnny Quest
> > > > > > > > > and Powerpuff Girls.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I have this notion in my head that they'll pretty much
> > > > > > > > ignore existing canon, and write stories with new
> > > > > > > > characters in the same setting, with any appearances by
> > > > > > > > canon characters minor; sort of like TNG vs TOS.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > But that's just guessing.
> > > > > > > Rumor has it they have no rights to anything in The Hobbit
> > > > > > > or LotR itself. I suspect we won't see, or even hear
> > > > > > > mentioned, *any* known characters. Well, you won't. I
> > > > > > > *know* I won't.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If they did not get rights to The Silmarillion and they may
> > > > > > not have LotR rights what did they pay 250 million for?
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, there is the long drawn out story of the fall of
> > > > > Numernor, lots of history in Gondor (e.g., the Kin-Strife),
> > > > > the wars of the Witch King of Angmar against Arnor, etc.
> > > > Which period has the most chainmail bikinis?
> > >
> > > Spring Break on Numenor.
> > That I would watch. Provided I didn't have to pay for it.
> >
> > "Elf Girls Gone Wild"?
>
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EAUVSY

okay... backs away slowly... Looks for an antidote... Finds a certain Mary
Gentle book...