Film Rights to First & Second Age - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 12-17-2007, 12:32 PM

Tolkien sold the rights to TH & LOTR & that's all. Sorry - in a way I wish you were right, so that Jackson & New Line could churn out a few more trashy Middle-earth movies, make the money they so desperately need & then, in a few years, we could forget all about movie versions & just get back to the books.

The constant demands of movie fans (most of whom would freak out so badly if you actually handed them one of Tolkien's books to read that their brains would turn to jello & leak out of their ears) for a Hobbit movie & a Turin movie & a Beren & Luthien movie & a Gondolin movie & a (fill in the blank) movie get increasingly depressing.

I'm now so bored by these constant demands for more Middle-earth movies that I can't even summon up the energy to

12-17-2007, 12:32 PM	#4
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Tolkien sold the rights to TH & LOTR & that's all. Sorry - in a way I wish you were right, so that Jackson & New Line could churn out a few more trashy Middle-earth movies, make the money they so desperately need & then, in a few years, we could forget all about movie versions & just get back to the books. The constant demands of movie fans (most of whom would freak out so badly if you actually handed them one of Tolkien's books to read that their brains would turn to jello & leak out of their ears) for a Hobbit movie & a Turin movie & a Beren & Luthien movie & a Gondolin movie & a (fill in the blank) movie get increasingly depressing. I'm now so bored by these constant demands for more Middle-earth movies that I can't even summon up the energy to __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."