History Series / TheTaleOfTheRing

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Bilbo's asocial traits are never alluded to, nor is the fact that he basically stole the One Ring from Gollum. He's merely said to have “found” it instead.

* AndTheRest: ”Gandalf walked first, followed by Strider, Frodo and Sam... and the rest.”

* TheGhost: Saruman never appears on screen, being represented only by a drawing of ”the large stone tower in which he lives”, as this series calls Orthanc.
* TheGoodKing: Elrond is said to be king of the elves. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Sauron, who is described as ”[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The King of Darkness]].”

* TheTimeOfMyths: The opening of the film empaphizes the fact that the story is set in a ”mythical past”, when the world was full of beings who are nowadays uncommon.

* WritersCannotDoMath: A notorious example. Even though Boromir has been completely cut from the story, the Fellowship are still referred to as “the Nine”. Indeed, simply counting the actors reveals that there are only eight of them.

** Boromir doesn’t appear, making Aragorn the TokenHuman of the Fellowship.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Bilbo’s asocial traits are never alluded to, nor is the fact that he basically stole the One Ring from Gollum. He’s merely said to have “found” it instead.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: While it’s mentioned that Saruman is building an army, we never hear or see just what said army consists of in this take on the story.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The One Ring, of course. Especially since it’s stated that destroying it will bring everlasting peace, which if anything implies that the Ring is responsible for the very concept of war!

* DistressedDude: Merry, who gets stuck in Old Man Willow. And Gandalf, who is imprisoned in Saruman’s tower. They are rescued — respectively — by Tom Bombadil and Gwaihir.
* DullSurprise: Evan Storm’s rather neutral tone of voice mostly works, but it really stands out when he uses it for the supposedly jolly Tom Bombadil.

* {{Fauxshadow}}: Some plot points — like Sam bemoaning that he doesn’t have any rope — are never followed up upon. Of course, they were in the book, [[AdaptationExplanationExtrication but the series never makes it that far.]]

* ManlyFacialHair: Sam — played by seemingly the only adult among the hobbit actors — has been given a beard. It’s unknown whether or not this implies that in this series, Sam might be older than Bilbo!

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Frodo’s actual confrontation with the Black Riders is only briefly mentioned by the Narrator, while the footage only shows his later escape.

* TreasureIsBiggerInFiction: Here, the One Ring very much doesn’t change size to fit the wearer, leading to Frodo basically carrying around an oversized bracelet.

** It’s also the only screen version to include Glorfindel, as opposed to replacing him with another character (like [[WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings Legolas]] or [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Arwen]]) or cutting his scene entirely.
* WritersCannotDoMath: A notorious example. Even though Boromor has been completely cut from the story, the Fellowship are still referred to as “the Nine”. Indeed, simply counting the actors reveals that there are only eight of them.

''The Tale of the Ring'' (Sagan om ringen) is a 1971 Swedish adaptation of Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheFellowshipOfTheRing''. It's notable for being the earliest known screen adaptation of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and the *only* one made while Tolkien was still alive.