Twitter Reacts to LOTR Prequel News
When the news broke earlier this week that Amazon is making a LOTR prequel and had also purchased the rights for a spin-off, Twitter was on the ball and full of helpful ideas.
https://twitter.com/zhandlen/status/930222843295621120
https://twitter.com/fourhman/status/930144748207210496
There were great ideas involving hobbits.
The Great Hobbiton Bake-Off
— Margaret H. Willison (@MrsFridayNext) November 13, 2017
https://twitter.com/NerdGerhl/status/930176168019578885
And spinoff The Great Hobbit Bakeoff: Elevenses. Musn't forget Elevenses. https://t.co/S6YdrcDaoE
— Inkgrrl stands with Ukraine🖋️📚🐕🐀 (@inkgrrl) November 14, 2017
And other great ideas, not all of them involving hobbits.
https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/930139121082863616
https://twitter.com/markharrisnyc/status/930139625921839105
https://twitter.com/elle_kennedy/status/930139437677334529
https://twitter.com/rahabelizabeth/status/930140002197131270
Some folks prefer to stick with the existing expanded universe.
https://twitter.com/lauraeweymouth/status/930139593982259201
https://twitter.com/lauraeweymouth/status/930142221596282880
Of course, some suggestions were serious and good, and would actually fix the main issue with the LOTR movies.
https://twitter.com/kamilumin/status/930180444133478402
And this one went out of universe and pushed alllllllll of my buttons (in a good way):
My other pitch is MORDOR, HE WROTE: Tolkien’s wife Edith solves mysteries in Oxford while he writes books.
— Nivea Serrao (@NiveaSerrao) November 14, 2017
