The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has granted UDX permission to begin construction on Universal Studios Britain!
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This was published on Alicia Stella’s blog earlier this year. It is purely speculative, but I put more faith in her guesses than most other people’s “facts”
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I’d like Lord of the Rings and Jaws in Orlando.
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I posted the press release from the UK government over in the Universal News thread when it was released. So excited!
I know a lot of people want these “nostalgic” Universal lands. However, IMHO, if a movie that’s more than 20 years old isn’t still making sequels isn’t going into these park.
No Bttf, Jaws, or LotR.
The 007 licenses are a complete mess with Ian Fleming’s family selling it in pieces to multiple companies. Universal isn’t going to touch it.
Personally, I LOVE all things Jurassic Park/World. That last movie was absolute trash and a bomb. I will wager it was the death of the franchise.
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Yes please to LOTR in particular. The rumors have gone on far too long. Make it happen Uni. Best story of all time.
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But there is tv show for LOTR that’s recent. That counts right?!? Pretty please.
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You’re right! I’m not a LotR fan at all. I actually loathe it…. 
I’ve been referred to as a “hobbit” to many times and hate it!!
Plus, there are so many plot holes in that story and I still barely understand what magic powers The Ring has. It’s been explained to me like 20 times & it still makes no sense!
Plus, the rights to it are another one of those crazy issues where multiple corporations and the family still own pieces of it.
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LOTR probably could work as the fifth portal at Epic… but because of Tolkien’s massive status in British literature, I think they’re saving it for England (no official name yet)
I think we’re going to get a successor to Jaws in Darkmoor. Mack’s new “rocking boat” ride system is perfect for the Creature from the Black Lagoon
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Well, my reasoning was if it’s not specifically Orlando, WDW, or Anaheim, this is the forum for it
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Tolkien more or less invented the High Fantasy genre
Technically correct
But I don’t know one Tolkien fan who actually liked “Rings of Power”
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I would call myself both but I would greatly prefer Silmarillion prequels. Some movie/tv studio needs to buy the rights to it cuz that’s where the money is. And I wouldn’t say Rings of Power is the same level as LOTR film series or my favorite tv series like battle star galáctica but I enjoyed it.
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Sounds more like you just have bad taste
This is probably the best channel on the Tolkien Legendarium
“Stories of the Ring” is another good channel
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This was soooo good to listen to, and to watch. More than 50 years ago, I discovered LOTR in the high school library. For a few years, I loved to re-read the trilogy. I have (and have read) the Silmarillion, but it’s been a few decades. Maybe it’s time to delve back into the books. This video was a delight to listen to, to hear the names spoken out loud.
On a side note, I just realized that the name Barad-dur is so similar to the name of one of our college professors, Bahadur.
Thank you for linking this video.
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It’s just a generic high fantasy series. If it wasn’t nominally trying to pass itself off as Tolkien, it would probably be better received