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doug*platypus · 12-22-2003, 04:25 PM

Oh no! Not the TV Series idea again! Sorry, but I just think it's a bit of an inferior medium compared to the silver screen. Maybe a good compromise would be to release about 6 movies straight to DVD.Kushluk, don't give up hope at all! I'm sure that if we had this discussion 15 years ago about The Lord of the Rings the comments would be the same:<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Cost too much.<LI>Requires more e.g. a love story.<LI>Fans will not condone changes.<LI>Technology not available.<LI>Casting impossible.</UL>If there's one thing Peter Jackson has shown us, it's that these are not insurmountable odds for someone of talent and vision. He may not have produced the perfect version (which would be impossible as you can't keep everyone happy), but he showed what is possible.The topic has been discussed <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=001728" TARGET=_blank>here as well</A> if you are interested. Remember to check for duplicate threads before posting a new topic. Not surprisingly, this one has popped up before (at least half a dozen times).I think that the first step would have to be sketching out a very rough storyboard. Perhaps start by deciding which scenes should go in which order. Cutting between storylines was a major problem for TTT and ROTK, and this needs to be addressed near the start I think. Don't stop posting, I'm sure between us and everyone else (i.e. the non-doubters) we have a lot of great ideas about how to make this possible. It would be great to be sitting in a theatre one day and see the words The Silmarillion come up on the screen!

12-22-2003, 04:25 PM	#9
doug*platypus Delver in the Deep Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Aotearoa Posts: 960	Oh no! Not the TV Series idea again! Sorry, but I just think it's a bit of an inferior medium compared to the silver screen. Maybe a good compromise would be to release about 6 movies straight to DVD.<P>Kushluk, don't give up hope at all! I'm sure that if we had this discussion 15 years ago about <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> the comments would be the same:<UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Cost too much.<LI>Requires more e.g. a love story.<LI>Fans will not condone changes.<LI>Technology not available.<LI>Casting impossible.</UL>If there's one thing Peter Jackson has shown us, it's that these are not insurmountable odds for someone of talent and vision. He may not have produced the perfect version (which would be impossible as you can't keep <I>everyone</I> happy), but he showed what is possible.<P>The topic has been discussed <A HREF="http://forum.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=4&t=001728" TARGET=_blank>here as well</A> if you are interested. Remember to check for duplicate threads before posting a new topic. Not surprisingly, this one has popped up before (at least half a dozen times).<P>I think that the first step would have to be sketching out a very rough storyboard. Perhaps start by deciding which scenes should go in which order. Cutting between storylines was a major problem for TTT and ROTK, and this needs to be addressed near the start I think. Don't stop posting, I'm sure between us and everyone else (i.e. the non-doubters) we have a lot of great ideas about how to make this possible. It would be great to be sitting in a theatre one day and see the words <B>The Silmarillion</B> come up on the screen! __________________ But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name'.