5 Lord Of The Rings TV Shows They Should Make Instead Of Young Aragorn

Tolkien's favourite work was called Beren and Luthien, and told the story of doomed love between a man and an elf.

He based it upon himself and his wife, and elements of their meeting and her family's disapproval of him (based on his religion) made their way into this Romeo and Juliet-style story.

Although it would make for a far less action-packed story than some of these other options, the story of these two characters and their attempts to make it in a world that is trying to rip them apart could make for a great, character-driven story.

The show could start with the couple meeting, and follow the exploits of Beren as he completed a range of increasingly impossible tasks on behalf of Luthien's father, who saw the man as unworthy of his elven daughter. The Lord of the Rings was a series that focused on war, but if the series involved itself with love instead it would definitely stand apart from the films.

The story also takes place in the build-up to the war against Morgoth, which included that army of dragons. If they made this the focus of the first season, they could drop loads of hints and foreshadowing for future seasons to take a grander look at this first, great war.