Now that The Rings of Power promo is starting back up, I'll probably start talking about that on here too because I loved S1, and am very excited for S2. (I'll avoid spoilers though.)
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@ramsey@derickr
Oh I agree, they really should've offered the rights for the Silmarillion. Especially now that WB wants to milk their film rights for as much money as possible.
I take comfort in the fact that the Estate are involved in ROP and ROP can ask the Estate for (and have been given) permission to use specific elements from the Silmarillion.
In short, the Tolkien Estate put the TV rights up for sale and Amazon won, and Simon Tolkien (JRR's grandson) is a consultant on the show. I also believe the Estate provided Elvish translators and other resources.
I don't know if Amazon got the rights before or after the show runners pitched their idea though.
I don't think the Estate have any control over the film rights, but I could be wrong on that one.
The last big thing I need to fix before I can take a break and focus on other things is tags... but apparently Substack's post export doesn't include tags. 😡
@outofcontrol
It's too late for an import file, but I did scrape the tag pages to retrieve the list of tagged posts, and then used their API to update the posts.
My first full-time dev job was building a domain name registration system, so I'm very good at sniffing out domain scams.🧐
I received an suspicious looking email yesterday, so let's see how far I can string this along and what their goal is... 😈
(I'll keep this thread updated)
The first email from SL came from a different domain to the registry, but I've just noticed the latest is the actual domain. So I think it's a deceptive sales tactic scam rather than a third party scam.
I don't think ZN is real, their email was far too coordinated with SL, timing wise. Plus why reach out to me anyway, to tell me they are going to do it?