A HUGE problem with Bombadil's removal.

[the Lorien wanderer]

<BR><br><br> I don't recognize it as in it looks like a different story. I wasn't even thinking about not acknowledging it's existence-that's pretty impossible. As to not acknowldeging it's validity, I've been doing that since the start Underhill.<br> Let me try and explain the purist point of view even though all you need to do is go to some of the old thread and see pages 2 and 3. Yeah, yeah we know that the movie is just an interpretation of Tolkien's work and all that. It's just that many of us feel PJ's interpretation sucks. No Bombadil, a warring Arwen, no barrowdowns-we can't see the LoTR we all love. Where is it? A lot of purists are bugged by the commercialization aspect of it too. The tie-up with Burger King has confirmed their fears. &quot;Miniature Gandalfs holding swords and Aragorns armed with staffs with every meal of X $ and above.&quot; THAT is what the purist is worried about Underhill. <br> The ultra-purist feels the movie shouldn't be made at all-by PJ or anyone else. Some things should be left alone. How can the best graphics designer in the world create a Lothlorien that will live up to our expectations (which are way too high perhaps but there it is). Every person's perception of LoTR is different. There is no way one interpretation will suit everyone. Elves, Ents, Hobbits-they're perfect in our minds. LoTr the movie will bring those images crashing down-at least for those who don't have a permanent middle-earth in their heads.<br> The last point-people who haven't read LoTR before will now have a pre-conceived notion of the entire thing. &quot;Arwen stayed home??!!!&quot; &quot;Who the hell is Tom Bombadil anyway?&quot; &quot;What is this site named after anyway?&quot; And they won't have the joy of imagining their own Lothlorien and their own Rivendell, their own Aragorns. They won't feel the same chill of fear in Moria, and they won't see their very own Barad-dur. They won't even get to think up their own Gandalf-they'll see Peter Jackson's.<br> Maybe the movie-supporters don't think it's that big a deal. Yes, more people will read LoTR, the graphics will be really great, and the movie (if you forget about the book for a while) will probably be fantastic. It just depends. Can you forget the book while watching the movie? And if you can't, will you still enjoy Pj's INTERPRETATION (yes, Red you've managed to beat it inot our heads at last)? <p>Humour is emotional chaos remembered in moments of tranquility.</p>