Westernesse

[Neurion]

I picked this up a while ago. It's an outline someone wrote for making a film of the Akkalabeth, and (as he rather succintly points out) why it's likely never to be made.

Westernesse (http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/num-intro.htm)

[tar-ancalime]

Thanks for posting this! It's an interesting concept, and I love the idea of Jude Law as Sauron.

[Captain of Despair]

I, for one, think it is a brilliant concept and the guy who wrote that presented the idea very well

[Turin]

I have always thought that the Downfall of Numenor and/or the Last Alliance were the most realistic possibilities to bring on to the big screen. The guy who wrote the article does well to present his ideas in a logical way.

However, despite that, it would be with a certain degree of trepidation to see if there was really going to be a movie made on this. I think the chap points this out himself, using Tolkien's own line:

"To go there is to destroy the magic".

This is moreso that ever I felt about LoTR. LoTR is a story, with a background "history", but a story just the same. I don't think many people could have any qualms about bringing this story to life. However, to "go back" and delve into the "History" parts, would probably undermine the atmosphere of the mythos; for many Tolkien fans (me included), it is the whole essence of myth and legendarium that is so fundamentally appealling - allowing our own imaginations to "look back" to the older Time, depicting characters and events that are uniquely transposed in our own minds.

Would this "ruin" the potential movie(s)?

[Neurion]

I have always thought that the Downfall of Numenor and/or the Last Alliance were the most realistic possibilities to bring on to the big screen. The guy who wrote the article does well to present his ideas in a logical way.

However, despite that, it would be with a certain degree of trepidation to see if there was really going to be a movie made on this. I think the chap points this out himself, using Tolkien's own line:

"To go there is to destroy the magic".

This is moreso that ever I felt about LoTR. LoTR is a story, with a background "history", but a story just the same. I don't think many people could have any qualms about bringing this story to life. However, to "go back" and delve into the "History" parts, would probably undermine the atmosphere of the mythos; for many Tolkien fans (me included), it is the whole essence of myth and legendarium that is so fundamentally appealling - allowing our own imaginations to "look back" to the older Time, depicting characters and events that are uniquely transposed in our own minds.

Would this "ruin" the potential movie(s)?I think he makes the point that a film about the Downfall would be the best, as Tolkien set two unfinished novels in it, and always intended to detail the events of the Akkalabeth in a more LotR-style form.

Personally, I can't possibly see filmic adaptations of Beren and Luthien, etc, "destroying the magic", but that's just me.

[shire guy]

A very cool article!! The guy that wrote it is obviously a Tolkien scholar... As much as many of us would LOVE to see a movie like this, dealing with the pre history of middle earth and LOTR, I can't see it ever happening. The movie industry is, at it's base, all about money. The LOTR trilogy had HUGE earning potential, which is why it finally got done properly. Unfotunately, I don't see much interest in this type of story by the general population, so I can't see Hollywood putting much money into the development of the story and the movie... At least not while there's another Harry Potter movie to be made... lol.