If the Children of Húrin was filmed... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 03-29-2007, 01:36 PM

That is a very well thought out answer to my question. Thank you Squatter of AR. And allow me a follow-up.

It is a common device in films to combine two characters into one or combine two events into one to move things along and not repeat elements of the same scene twice. Do you object to doing that?

And regarding this

Most importantly, since space is at a premium it should never contain completely invented scenes, particularly if others have been dropped from the original story due to space constraints.

In TTT, Jackson had the Elves come to Helms Deep. Of course, this was a deviation from the book. One reason given was that Jackson did not have the time to show actual book-based battles that the Elven Warriors were engaged in so he "moved them" to the battle he was focusing on. Many viewers joined me in rating that innovation as a very positive one.

Is that the type of thing you would seriously object to?

03-29-2007, 01:36 PM	#23
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	That is a very well thought out answer to my question. Thank you Squatter of AR. And allow me a follow-up. It is a common device in films to combine two characters into one or combine two events into one to move things along and not repeat elements of the same scene twice. Do you object to doing that? And regarding this Most importantly, since space is at a premium it should never contain completely invented scenes, particularly if others have been dropped from the original story due to space constraints. In TTT, Jackson had the Elves come to Helms Deep. Of course, this was a deviation from the book. One reason given was that Jackson did not have the time to show actual book-based battles that the Elven Warriors were engaged in so he "moved them" to the battle he was focusing on. Many viewers joined me in rating that innovation as a very positive one. Is that the type of thing you would seriously object to?