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Jeff Bezos said his son told him 'please don't eff this up' after Amazon took on 'The Lord of the Rings' prequel
Business Insider ^ | Aug 31, 2022 | Katie Canales

Posted on 10/09/2022 10:40:33 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Even Jeff Bezos' son is hoping Amazon's new "The Lord of the Rings" production is up to snuff.

The billionaire Amazon founder told the audience at the show premiere that his son warned him not to mess up the prequel series that debuts on Prime Video this Friday, Variety reported.

"After Amazon got involved in this project, my son came up to me one day, he looked me in the eyes, very sincerely, and he said: 'Dad, please don't eff this up,'" Bezos said, according to Variety. "And he was right. We know that this world is important to so many people, we know it's a privilege to work inside this world and we know it's a big responsibility."

Bezos has a 22-year-old son with his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: districtofcolumbia; jeffbezos; theyeffeditup; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: Drew68

The inherent nature of the medium is corrupting and demoralizing.


41 posted on 10/09/2022 11:33:27 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: MinorityRepublican

LOTR is a Catholic book written for a secular audience. Without Catholicism, it could never have been written properly.

It’s why the books are a masterpiece, but nothing on film really is. Jackson’s LOTR came pretty close to how it could be done but I think he had a lot of scholastic help when writing his movies.

Secular minds cannot readily translate Catholic doctrine and rejecting Catholicism in favour of secularism is mostly why it is failing to translate properly.


42 posted on 10/09/2022 11:33:49 AM PDT by Jonty30 (Some men want to see the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
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To: montag813

Ah yes, beautiful Emma, screwed in the head with leftist narratives and with the morals of an allycat but beautiful indeed.


43 posted on 10/09/2022 11:35:22 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: MinorityRepublican

at least it was only a billion...


44 posted on 10/09/2022 11:37:28 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Drew68

“HBO’s “House of the Dragon” is much better . . .”

Ultimately, it’s all a matter of personal taste, but I thought the first two episodes were basically ‘meh’ - I think they would’ve done better with a series that was basically an extended pub crawl with the Dinklage character.


45 posted on 10/09/2022 11:37:41 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Jonty30

Tolkien helped bring C.S. Lewis around to Christianity.


46 posted on 10/09/2022 11:40:22 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Stosh
Ultimately, it’s all a matter of personal taste, but I thought the first two episodes were basically ‘meh’

I've heard some people liking it. But not me. Apparently it's a hit or miss.

47 posted on 10/09/2022 11:43:22 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Jonty30

I think Jackson had a great appreciation of the toll WW1 took on LOTR. His production of “They Shall Not Grow Old” shows that. LOTR would not have been written without Tolkien’s experiences in that war.


48 posted on 10/09/2022 11:50:26 AM PDT by mware
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To: EEGator

Lewis darn near crossed the Tiber.


49 posted on 10/09/2022 11:51:37 AM PDT by mware
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To: mware
His production of “They Shall Not Grow Old” shows that.

I never shed any tears in a theater until I saw that.

50 posted on 10/09/2022 11:51:48 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin
Cute Galadriel? Short and no figure...


51 posted on 10/09/2022 11:53:14 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: dfwgator

I’m obsessed with that film. Must have seen it a dozen times. Hard to imagine the voices we hear lived and fought in a war over 100 years ago.


52 posted on 10/09/2022 11:53:49 AM PDT by mware
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To: mware

Tolkien tried to get him to become Catholic, but Christian is still better than atheism.


53 posted on 10/09/2022 11:54:59 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Agreed think he was Anglican. Can’t get much closer.


54 posted on 10/09/2022 11:56:50 AM PDT by mware
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To: robowombat

dittos!


55 posted on 10/09/2022 12:01:37 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: Mr Rogers

Young Cate Blanchett is way hotter.

I also like Evangeline Lilly in The Hobbit, and Liv Tyler in LotR.


56 posted on 10/09/2022 12:03:40 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Jonty30

There are those tht claim LOTR was written as a parable about a war between world communism and the damaged nations of western Europe.


57 posted on 10/09/2022 12:08:24 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: Leaning Right

“ Eff this up? If I had talked that way to my dad (at any age)..”

That was my first and only reaction. Didn’t matter what came after that.


58 posted on 10/09/2022 12:09:19 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: robowombat

Wonderful film out of UK on Tolkien ‘s early life and how it influenced his writings. It’s called Tolkien.


59 posted on 10/09/2022 12:15:33 PM PDT by mware
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To: MinorityRepublican

So how’s old Jeffy doing? Did he “eff” it up?


60 posted on 10/09/2022 12:22:41 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Go Brandon! FJB.)
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