Disney's Lord Of The Rings...??!! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kalimac · 03-18-2002, 09:48 PM

Thanks, Araleithiel and Rosa and everyone. Actually I've never worked for Disney (not even an embittered former employee) I just couldn't stand what they did with their "historical" and "literary" movies (Esmeralda lives!). And to be honest, I also liked "The Lion King" quite a lot, it was just the exception to a long line of cringe-inducing flicks (and I do like the Bakshi LOTR and the Rankin-Bass ROTK, though that's for their value as MST3K fodder, not for their worthiness as exercises in filmmaking). <P>Hope I didn't scare anybody there by being overintense; obviously Disney will never do this now. It's just that I suddenly had a picture of what would have happened if Disney had somehow gotten the rights instead of Peter Jackson...oh, the agony! <P>You're right - Boromir would probably live (probably running away to keep himself from the temptation of the Ring, and re-encountering Frodo and Sam, poor old Faramir being cut out completely). I can't figure out what they would do with Gollum, though. Probably have him and Frodo hold hands and throw the Ring in together (I sense another song there, actually).<P>OK, I'll be quiet. But how *do* you think they'd handle Gollum?

03-18-2002, 09:48 PM	#11
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	Thanks, Araleithiel and Rosa and everyone. Actually I've never worked for Disney (not even an embittered former employee) I just couldn't stand what they did with their "historical" and "literary" movies (Esmeralda lives!). And to be honest, I also liked "The Lion King" quite a lot, it was just the exception to a long line of cringe-inducing flicks (and I do like the Bakshi LOTR and the Rankin-Bass ROTK, though that's for their value as MST3K fodder, not for their worthiness as exercises in filmmaking). <P>Hope I didn't scare anybody there by being overintense; obviously Disney will never do this now. It's just that I suddenly had a picture of what would have happened if Disney had somehow gotten the rights instead of Peter Jackson...oh, the agony! <P>You're right - Boromir would probably live (probably running away to keep himself from the temptation of the Ring, and re-encountering Frodo and Sam, poor old Faramir being cut out completely). I can't figure out what they would do with Gollum, though. Probably have him and Frodo hold hands and throw the Ring in together (I sense another song there, actually).<P>OK, I'll be quiet. But how do you think they'd handle Gollum? __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.