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Rewatching the two Tolkien film trilogies in chronological order, starting with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. I like The Rings of Power, but I agree the series is ruefully inferior, especially considering the money they forgot to spend on cloning Tolkien himself and commissioning him to come up with a decent story. I still think they should have gone full on visualising the mythological legendarium. Which The Hobbit kind of does with the battle of the Stone Giants, and it's awesome.…

Netflix said on Thursday that it had backed away from its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery,
-- a stunning development that paves the way for the storied Hollywood media giant to end up under the control of rival bidder, the MAGA friendly technology heir David Ellison.
Netflix said that it would not raise its offer to counter a higher bid made earlier this week by Mr. Ellison’s company, Paramount Skydance,
adding in a statement that “the deal is no longer financially a…

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for Paramount Takeover
The move was a stunning development in the long-running corporate battle for the storied media giant.