Tattoos especially are good for references to popular culture such as The Lord of the Rings because it provides fans with the opportunities to be as minimalistic or as detailed in their designs as they want to be. The massive amount of canon has given fans plenty of references and information to pay homage to in their art, cosplay, and tattoos. Related: 5 Things In Amazon's Lord Of The Rings We Can't Wait For (& 5 We Don't Want To See)Īlong with the books and the films, there are other books written by Tolkien about Middle Earth such as The Hobbit and The Silmarillion.
A prequel series produced by Amazon Prime is also in the works. The entire trilogy went on to be adapted twice: once as animated films in 19 and the live-action Peter Jackson films from the early 2000s. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings set the precedent for most, if not all, high fantasy stories that came after it. While not the first high fantasy story, J.R.R.