'War of the Rohirrim'— better off as an animated series

When it comes to Tolkien, nothing has really come close to what Peter Jackson achieved with the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy released almost a quarter of a century ago. "The Hobbit" was, to quote Bilbo Baggins, "stretched...like butter scraped over too much bread" and clearly something produced more for revenue than actual love and reverence for the source material. I felt even more so about "Rings of Power" with its rather grotesque budget of about $1.7 billion (including buying the rights) for the first two seasons.

"War of the Rohirrim" was made, at least in part, so Warner Bros. could hold on to its rights over the Tolkien IP it held. The source material for "War of the Rohirrim" was a section called "House of Eorl" from one of the appendices in "Lord of the Rings." It tells the story of legendary king, Helm Hammerhand. "War of the Rohirrim," places Helm's daughter, unnamed in the appendix, but here given the name Héra, in the center of the action. So, there's a lot of extrapolation and fan fiction involved. It also tells the story of how the Hornburg came to be called Helm's Deep.

FAN GIRL