Jackson Purists Deplore Tolkien Changes

[Durelin]

The One Jackson always had aspirations for putting lembas on grocery store shelves everywhere. Thus, particularly in the case of The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition, The Extended are far for canonical. It was Jackson's intention for Legolas to show us all how good lembas are, and thus the Extended Edition of the first of his great masterpieces most closely reflects his grand vision of a box-office smash. I think we can assume that all Extended Editions did so.

[THE Ka]

...I'm the most unhappy about the removal of any swashbuckling stunts by Legolas."

They have a pirate movie for that, you know...


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This report sounds like such an anachronism at times through reading it, I had to go through it twice to see If someone wasn't making yet another Tolkien-Works April Fool's joke. I hope this is just a phase, it amazing what people have come to. I do not like to label, as would anyone else who likes to help others understand about a artists' written creation, but it is really hard to understand where these fellows are getting at. It's as if you read a book or biography one day, and wake up the next to find the news blaring about the dead author being seen on a bus with a bag of bagels...

Do those who are knowledgeable about M E live in such alturnate universes? Really, it's just amazing.

~ Aesthete

[The Saucepan Man]

I understand that this Tolkien chap was originally going to have Aragorn as a clog wearing Hobbit named Trotter! Can you believe it?

Thankfully, word got out, outraged Jackson fans posted their opposition on internet forums and chat sites in their thousands and Tolkien, bowing to the pressure, re-wrote the character to accord much more with Jackson's original. He still didn't get him quite right, though. I mean, what's with Aragorn carrying around some broken old sword when eveyone knows that the shards of Narsil were kept at Rivendell and were not reforged as Anduril until after the Battle of Helm's Deep!!?

[Earendilyon]

I heard tell that the computer game was based on a spin-off of the original 1970s Dungeon & Dragon games! Anyone here who can verify this?

[Oddwen]

I heard the books were based off of Terry Brooks's "Sword of Shannara"! I've read that, and I must say Tolkien, there are laws against plagary where I come from!

[arcticstorm]

Where does Tolkein get off with having Eomer actually attend the entire battle of Helm's Deep? And who is this Erkenbrand fellow? More importantly who gave him the right to add something called the "red arrow" to help summon the Rohirrim to Pellenor instead of the beakons only?

[Kitanna]

Originally Posted by arcticstorm

Where does Tolkein get off with having Eomer actually attend the entire battle of Helm's Deep? And who is this Erkenbrand fellow? More importantly who gave him the right to add something called the "red arrow" to help summon the Rohirrim to Pellenor instead of the beakons only?

Yes! Exactly. Eomer...at Helm's Deep? And Haldir, he barely appears in this pesky Tolkien fellow's books. He ommision of the Elves who come to the aid of the Rohirrim is simply disgraceful. My my my...what to do, what to do...

Let us not forget Faramir's role. Tolkien left out Faramir nearly taking the Ring from Frodo and him taking them to Osgiliath. And don't even get my started on this Scouring of the Shire gibberish.

Mark my words, this Tolkien fellow will never make a name for himself.