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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Mar 2007
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CT participate in HOBBIT films?
This is pure speculation brought on by a discussion I was involved in yesterday on these boards. The subject was a possible HOBBIT movie or two directed by Jackson. Several reports indicate that in addition to THE HOBBIT as we know it, Jackson may attempt to add a second film using other materials from the Appendecies and elsewhere in the canon. This brings up the debate about the extent to which they can do that.
For example, Gondolin is mentioned in THE HOBBIT, but it certainly is not described to the level of detail that is found in THE SIL and and HOME. A person on these boards whose opinion I respect, William Cloud Hicklin, wrote the following Quote:
I realize that they want nothing to do with such films. I realize they do not need additional monies that may come from such an arrangement. However, it seems to me that a self fulfilling prophecy of such is going to take place which goes like this. The films come out, use sketchy material from the mentioned sources but is not consistent with the fuller material in SIL and HOME. The purists pile on the criticism using this as more proof of both Jacksons faults and his arrogance. Jackson camp: we did the best we could based on sketchy material from what we owned and were barred from using more detailed sources. Tolkien purists: well you got it wrong yet again. You should never have made this movie in the first place. Jackson camp: well we could have gotten it right with just a little cooperation from the Estate which we would have paid for that help. Tolkien purists: 40% right? 50% right? who cares about your movies? Not us. So my question is this. In the interest in getting it right - as much as is possible in the change of medium from book to film - would it be in the interests of the Tolkien Estate and the filmmakers to make a little peace and work together? |
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