Crimes Against Tolkienity

[Eurytus]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> After all:<P><BR>quote:<BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> The proof is in the box office<BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Read my original post;<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Somehow I think that PJ’s changes have been vindicated through the only medium that means anything. He has the box office results. He has the critical acclaim. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Read, apply understanding and then realise, gee whizz, box office plus critical acclaim.<P>Yep, pretty much the only indicator of success that means anything. Or are you one of the idiots who thinks that what one high-brow critic thinks is somehow more valid than the public at large?<P>Though of course you can't be since many "high-brow" critics think that the book LOTR is turgid crap.