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"We made a promise to ourselves at the beginning of the process that we weren't going to put any of our own politics, our own messages or our own themes into these movies. What we were trying to do was to analyze what was important to Tolkien and to try to honor that. In a way, we were trying to make these films for him, not for ourselves"

Meek, weren't we talking about this very thing the other night? How likely would this approach have been, had these films been made in Hollywood, by all of the superegos there?

They wouldn't have been able to resist the temptation. They would've slipped SOMETHING political (and probably Liberal) into it...and immediately driven half of their audience into the hills.

Peter Jackson just continues to impress me.

[MeekOneGOP]

Meek, weren't we talking about this very thing the other night? How likely would this approach have been, had these films been made in Hollywood, by all of the superegos there?

They wouldn't have been able to resist the temptation. They would've slipped SOMETHING political (and probably Liberal) into it...and immediately driven half of their audience into the hills.

Peter Jackson just continues to impress me.

Yes, exactly. On this article here.....

Increasing number of celebrities use appeal to back
causes - Hollywood buffet of Political meltdowns

Thanks for the ping here your input on that article !

[HairOfTheDog]

Peter Jackson just continues to impress me.

Me too, really!

[RikaStrom]

Heck, Hollyweird originally wanted it to be condensed into one movie. It would have never worked, and then if they put their little messages in it? Horrors!

I saw TTT on Christmas Eve.... I'm ready for reel three now. :-)