[The Saucepan Man]

MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie, if you are going to quote me, please read all of my posts:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> There is simply no way that you could make three 3 hour films (or even one 2 hour film) for an audience today without having any more than one "active" female character. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> So, you disagree with HC about political correctness? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No, I don't. In my later post, I said:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I wasn't suggesting that her expanded role was an example of tokenism. It is just that, in our films today, we (quite rightly, I think) expect there to be both male and female characters involved in the action. And we expect a bit of romance. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>It's not about political correctness. It's about making a film that will appeal to the modern movie-goer (and not just the "Tolkien purists").<P>No disrespect, but had the films been made in the way that you suggest, they would have been the biggest flops of all time. There are simply not enough people out there who would be willing to sit through six 3 hour films that (even with the necessary omissions) followed the books in every detail.