Why is no fantasy story capable of recapturing LotR's mainstream

GoT seems pretty mainstream and successful, it's just different in a lot of ways.

>>83546387
game of thrones

>>83546464
Because sex and deaths.

jews won't allow another only white epic

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>So it's settled. We will send nine people on this quest that decides the fate of the entire world. Nine to match the number of ring ghosts for whatever reason even though people like Aragorn can take several of them while Frodo couldn't take one and a couple more elves wouldn't make the fellowship less able to hide. On the contrary those millenia old guards of middle earth could probably aid the group in not getting detected. Also of these 9 spots we will waste 3 on kids who's only power is friendshipping really hard even though this is of no foreseeable aid for the mission, a human with already questionable loyalty who is otherwise desperately needed in the defense of Gondor, and a dwarf who is of no use whatsoever instead of skilled elf fighters who can take out dozens of enemies to protect the ring bearer, are less corruptable and know middle earth and it's secrets in all it's detail because DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH and it is really important that the marginalized races of middle earth get equal representation.
What was the underlying social-political message of this?

>>83546387
years and years of prep work
contained story with planned beginning and ending
dedicated staff and actors
restrains with usage of CGI

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>>83546387
Is Fellowship of the Ring the greatest movie ever made?

>>83546607
That frame when the giant statue have ``eyes`` scared me.

>>83546589
Don't forget
>atrocious casting
>hideous green screen
>le ebin comic relief
>ruining key aspects of the book to write in Hackson's own inferior fanfic
>shitty editing

>>83546464
Yeah, I wanted to mention it in the OP but was reluctant to, because it's almost the antithesis of LotR, muh taxes and whatnot. I feel like it almost cheated its way into success by being fairly subdued in the fantasy aspect in the beginning, which helped it be taken more seriously.

>>83546647
Thats The Hobbit.

>>83546670
And Lotr
Take of you /pol/ goggles. It aged worse than the prequels

>>83546607
no, that would be Two Towers

I'd love the first Dark Souls game set over the course of a trilogy.