Christopher Tolkien

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

I'm not trying to turn this into a thread of Peter Jackson complaints and rebuttals of them. I only wanted to point out that it's hypocritical to call HoME an unnecessary cash-in when there are three films out that made more money in a couple of years than Christopher Tolkien and his father have made out of their combined work since the 1930s.

I don't want to start throwing mud at Peter Jackson, particularly as I'm fairly sure that his motives were similar to Christopher Tolkien's. All that I wanted to do was to show that he's made a lot more money out of his undoubtedly enthusiastic and genuine tribute to Tolkien than Tolkien's son will ever make out of his work. However, if anyone thinks that everyone involved either in the making of the films or in the publication of Tolkien's works is an altruistic devotee, then they're sadly mistaken. I just think that C.R.T. is motivated by genuine enthusiasm for the subject and not just how much money he can make out of it. I only wish that I could say that about everyone.