Film Rights to First & Second Age - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 12-21-2007, 10:18 AM

What lies at the back of this, I think, is that you, StW, are bummed that Peter Jackson doesn't have film rights to all of Middle-earth; and you have an enormous chip on your shoulder vis-a-vis Christopher Tolkien because he won't play ball.

I'm sorry, Sauron, but JRR Tolkien did not dedicate his entire life to creating first drafts of screenplays for Peter Jackson. If Jackson wants to make a fool of himself trying to stretch a page and a half of Appendix B into a 'bridge' movie, that's his problem, and I see no reason at all why Tolkien's family should deign to bail him out.

12-21-2007, 10:18 AM	#18
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,332	What lies at the back of this, I think, is that you, StW, are bummed that Peter Jackson doesn't have film rights to all of Middle-earth; and you have an enormous chip on your shoulder vis-a-vis Christopher Tolkien because he won't play ball. I'm sorry, Sauron, but JRR Tolkien did not dedicate his entire life to creating first drafts of screenplays for Peter Jackson. If Jackson wants to make a fool of himself trying to stretch a page and a half of Appendix B into a 'bridge' movie, that's his problem, and I see no reason at all why Tolkien's family should deign to bail him out. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it. Last edited by William Cloud Hicklin; 12-21-2007 at 10:24 AM.