Saruman/Grima Out??? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 11-14-2003, 06:49 PM

I agree with what you're saying Saucy, and I believe that we have a right to discuss issues like that where we feel that things aren't being done fairly. It is an important part of being a fan, and I don't have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with is the degree to which some people are going, by saying things like "PJ's becoming a horrible director" and "his changes are destroying the quality of the films" (comments that I've heard on other forums and from my non-BD fellow Tolkien fan friends). I, personally, disagree with the decision that PJ has made, because I think that the audience does indeed need to know what happened to Saruman, especially the non-Tolkienites (toward whom I think the theatrical version is geared). I just think that in the end, we should leave the editing decisions to the guy who put in blood, sweat, and tears into the production (a.k.a PJ).

11-14-2003, 06:49 PM	#17
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I agree with what you're saying Saucy, and I believe that we have a right to discuss issues like that where we feel that things aren't being done fairly. It is an important part of being a fan, and I don't have a problem with that. What I do have a problem with is the degree to which some people are going, by saying things like "PJ's becoming a horrible director" and "his changes are destroying the quality of the films" (comments that I've heard on other forums and from my non-BD fellow Tolkien fan friends). I, personally, disagree with the decision that PJ has made, because I think that the audience does indeed need to know what happened to Saruman, especially the non-Tolkienites (toward whom I think the theatrical version is geared). I just think that in the end, we should leave the editing decisions to the guy who put in blood, sweat, and tears into the production (a.k.a PJ). __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.