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How would they manage the budget for that?

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49737115


New Zealand is poised for another Middle-earth-tied economic boost after Amazon Studios picked the country as the location for its much-anticipated Lord of the Rings television series.

The show is widely tipped to be the most expensive ever made, at a cost of at least $1bn (£801m).

The Amazon unit wants to tap the huge success of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, also shot in New Zealand.

The franchise delivered a boost to the country's tourism and jobs.

Amazon Studios, which bought the rights to the television series two years ago, said the new adaptation will explore fresh storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Fellowship of the Ring.

In a statement on Tuesday, the firm said pre-production had started and shooting in Auckland would begin in the coming months.

"As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains," the firm said.

New Zealand's Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford said the project would create a range of benefits "including jobs and significant overseas investment".

Filmed in the early 2000s by Kiwi director Peter Jackson, the Lord of the Rings trilogy pulled in nearly $3bn at the box office and won a slew of Academy Awards.

Those films - along with The Hobbit trilogy - sparked a tourism boom in New Zealand.

They exposed the country's lush landscapes to the world and prompted millions of visitors to flock to the locations used.

The large-scale productions also transformed New Zealand's small film industry into a world leader, including in digital special effects.

The country has also welcomed Middle-earth as part of its cultural identity and giant models of dragons and wizards decorate Wellington airport.



https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/amazon-studios-announces-new-zealand-location-its-upcoming

CULVER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 17, 2019-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon Studios announced today that its series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic fantasy novels The Lord of the Rings will shoot in New Zealand. Pre-production has started, and production on the series will begin in Auckland in the coming months.

“As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff. And we’re happy that we are now able to officially confirm New Zealand as our home for our series based on stories from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings,” said showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. “We are grateful to the people and the government of New Zealand and especially Auckland for supporting us during this pre-production phase. The abundant measure of Kiwi hospitality with which they have welcomed us has already made us feel right at home, and we are looking forward to deepening our partnership in the years to come.”

Set in Middle-earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s TheFellowship of the Ring. A world-renowned literary work, and winner of the International Fantasy Award and Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, The Lord of the Rings novels were named Amazon customers’ favorite book of the millennium in 1999 and Britain’s best-loved novel of all time in BBC’s The Big Read in 2003. Its theatrical adaptations, from New Line Cinema and Director Peter Jackson, earned a combined gross of nearly $6 billion worldwide and garnered a combined 17 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

The executive producers and showrunners for the series are J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay. J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage, Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom) will direct the first two episodes and also serve as executive producer, alongside his partner Belén Atienza. Executive Producers are Lindsey Weber (10 Cloverfield Lane), Bruce Richmond (Game of Thrones), Gene Kelly (Boardwalk Empire), Sharon Tal Yguado, Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad), Jason Cahill (The Sopranos), and Justin Doble (Stranger Things).

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..Or perhaps we'll finally get an answer as to how/why the orcs are familiar with the concept of a "menu".


Could we also get some answers as to why Gimli knows what a "nervous system" is? Advanced Dwarf biology/medical studies? I despise flagrant bizarre writing errors like that which totally take me out of the scene/film/lore.
   
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..Or perhaps we'll finally get an answer as to how/why the orcs are familiar with the concept of a "menu".


Could we also get some answers as to why Gimli knows what a "nervous system" is? Advanced Dwarf biology/medical studies? I despise flagrant bizarre writing errors like that which totally take me out of the scene/film/lore.


Randomly that made me wonder when the nervous system was discovered and this appeared
http://www.jneuro.com/neurology-neuroscience/the-ancient-greek-discovery-of-the-nervous-systemalcmaeon-praxagoras-and-herophilus.php?aid=6917

So in theory in 300BC there was the ground work for the concept of the nervous system already in place. So in theory middle earth "might" have had potential to know of it - though honestly its the kind of thing I'd more expect an elf to say instead of a dwarf.


I do get your point too. It certainly jars me as well when fantasy characters display odd levels of understanding or even use certain "modern" words in their setting. Such things can certainly throw the reader; then again sometimes people knew more and spoke differently to how we do think they did. Part of this is because our understanding of the past is often shaped by films and media more than actual science (speaking for the lay person who is not a student of ancient history). So sometimes a book just has to justify itself through the story and setting before through such things at the reader.

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Given the Dwarf tendency towards focusing on more 'scientific' pursuits in Fantasy, it isn't out of the question that they could have a decent understanding of biology.

The Greek word that we derive "Nerve" from was also used to apply to sinew or tendon. Much like how you can pull a crab leg's tendon and make it move, even after its been cooked, its not a stretch for people to arrive at a correct assertion based on a faulty premise. We today use Nerves to refer to the actual neural network of electrical impulses that travel along neural pathways, which among other things perform movement. Extending that to tendons and the like is a natural thing as its something you can observe without microscopes and are simply further down the chain.

So if someone has observed that when you pull on tendons the limbs of a body will move, and when you bury and axe in the brain that moving the axe can also cause movement, its natural that you might associate the two together into a "nervous system". It's not technically 100% correct from a modern biology point of view, but its not incorrect either.

You can understand how to operate/interact with something without understanding the underlying principles. Millions of people own and operate cars every day, even performing basic maintenance, and the vast majority have no idea exactly how the engine of their vehicle actually works.

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