Posted on 11/26/2021 1:12:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
One can only imagine what a Beatles Lord of the Rings movie would look like. I’m thinking Yellow Submarine here.
It would have ruined Tolkien for generations in the future.
Specifically a very devout Catholic Christian. As Tolkien wrote in a letter, The Lord of the Rings is “a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like ‘religion,’ to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism.”
Jackson also did this;
https://www.mrmovie-review.com/geek-peter-jackson-uncredited-appearance-hot-fuzz/
That movie would be so easy to make. Just give Sauron a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas and it ends there.
“Ringo doesn’t remember much,” Jackson said.”
Ringo’s sober self will you he doesn’t remember a lot of things from those days.
Based on how stupid a film “Yellow Submarine” was, Tolkien made a wise choice.
I wonder if led zepplin had an interest in it too.
Ramble on.
Led zepplin 2
I agree.
But there are no Christian figures in the trilogy, they are all pre Christian European myths that form the basis for the Trilogy.
It is actually one of the best literary works of the Century IMHO
Instead, they made Yellow Submarine. And Mr. Tolkien felt his decision completely vindicated.
Well played, Larry.
Well played.
;)
Tolkien probably saw Yellow Submarine before making his decision.
Of course not. He'd have said "'Lord of the Ringo'? Cool. All I have to do is . . . act naturally!"
I hate Jackson for “The Hobbit”. I love that book. I was thrilled to hear it would be made into a movie and even moreso a trilogy. I felt they could really flesh out all of the nuance in the book.
The movies are atrocious. A complete bastardization of the book. Half video games, half... crap I don’t even know what. Unwatchable. Just a complete puke fest.
With Yoko Ono as Sauron.
That is true. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I highly doubt the veracity of this. Maybe someone joked about it during an acid filled evening.
The Beatles broke up because they grew tired of each other. It’s as simple as that.
Of course I know the song, but taxes had nothing to do with their breakup.
https://taxfoundation.org/beatles-friend-taxes-helped-break-them
First told to give away vast amounts to avoid tax bills — which they did in a series of madcap ventures, offering money to any old person who dropped by with a demo tape — then told they had to make £120,000 in order to keep just £10,000. Soon their finances were in chaos and their energy sapped, as nutters beseiged Apple HQ pressing tapes on them. They also ran a clothes shop as a tax dodge.
https://www.grunge.com/247829/the-break-up-of-the-beatles-explained/
The greatest source of financial strain upon the Fab Four in the late '60s and early '70s was the company they co-owned together, Apple Corps. Originally set up in 1967 by Brian Epstein as a way, quite frankly, of avoiding tax, the company became a constant source of difficulty for the group.
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