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Why Lord of the Rings Will – and Must – Be Remade
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| July 16, 2004
| Doug Kern
Posted on 07/20/2004 12:26:58 PM PDT by quidnunc
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To: quidnunc
Oh, Geez! So, I guess this isn't the last we've seen of that Hobbit Hole thread.
To: discostu
Hear! Hear!! What you said!!
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posted on
07/20/2004 4:44:48 PM PDT
by
Ladysmith
(Morality anchored to the 'definitions' of man is not anchored at all. - Petronski)
To: quidnunc
Can we get Ralph Bakshi to finish his version of LOTR?
To: The Scorpion King
Have you been to the chat side recently? We're well into our thirteenth thread.
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posted on
07/20/2004 5:24:37 PM PDT
by
JenB
(Colorado or Bust: 9 Days)
To: quidnunc; Marie Antoinette
To: StoneColdGOP
and an Aragorn with broader shoulders and a deeper voice YES! Worst cast of the entire project, IMO.
To: tallhappy
What?
That said, this is a totally not-necessary subject, wasted band width, and I guess the 'already a remake' comment fits in pretty nicely.
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posted on
07/20/2004 6:05:12 PM PDT
by
norton
To: StoneColdGOP
Peter Jackson got it as right as anyone could. Any attempt at a remake would far, far short of the mark. Jackson did as good a job as could be done within his time constraints of not having any movie go above 3 hours.
There is such a wealth of material there, though, that somebody without time constraints, producing a 30-hour series, could mine
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posted on
07/20/2004 6:28:40 PM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(That which does not kill me had better be able to run away damn fast.)
To: Warren; HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; JenB
Okay, I haven't seen the movie, but betcha it can't compare to a Michael Moore movie.
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posted on
07/20/2004 6:35:16 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(I'm going on vacation in 10 days...)
To: Poohbah
How about ......... James CARVILLE??
130
posted on
07/20/2004 7:00:27 PM PDT
by
ZULU
To: bellas_sister
It'll never happen. Tolkein sold the rights to Saul Zaentz. Zaentz will never allow a competing version.
131
posted on
07/20/2004 9:07:46 PM PDT
by
Deb
(Hey, Sen. Kerry...why the long face?)
To: fishtank
132
posted on
07/20/2004 9:17:05 PM PDT
by
enigo
To: Foxfire4
FOX, you are one sick Huan puppy to have come up with that.
Although The Silmarillion is a series of tales, they are loosely connected enough to make into a few movies. Age by Age maybe?
To: AnAmericanMother
Occam's Razor is never any fun, though.
I have heard what you are saying before. I think it was derived from something Christopher Tolkein said. However, as I remember it, CT said Bombadil was a bedtime story, but he didn't know whether he pre-dated the history of Middle Earth.
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posted on
07/21/2004 3:37:42 AM PDT
by
NCSteve
To: 300winmag
Seriesly though, a remake of LOTR doesn't stand a chance of being made unless a director can convince a movie studio that he can out-Jackson Jackson. It wasn't the special effects or grand locations that made the movie, but the heart that went in to it by everyone from Jackson on down.That is the issue. PJ produced a classic. We can and do debate some of his choices, but his LOTR will stand the test of time. Sooner or later, someone will be tempted to try again but the bar is set pretty high. FWIW, I think Hollywood will do it, if only because PJ didn't throw in any sex and nudity. One of the leftcoast dimbulbs will decide the story needs a more "mature" and "sophisticated" treatment.
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posted on
07/21/2004 3:58:48 AM PDT
by
sphinx
To: Right_Handed_Writer
'Tweren't me; I only wish I could pull that off. And now you've made me start picturing a Beren & Luthien movie in my head, just for the horse-sized dog, who's probably my favorite character in the whole thing. (I have a friend who told me that, semi-divine nature or not, Huan is OBVIOUSLY still a dog: he can't wrap his little canine mind around the concept of "STAY!" :-)
To: NCSteve
Well, Tolkien started putting his universe together in the trenches in WWI, and Christopher Tolkien wasn't born until 1924. But the Hobbit wasn't published until 1936, so it seems as though the bedtime stories would predate FOTR.
It's o.k., though, as C.S. Lewis has George MacDonald tell his narrator in The Great Divorce, poets (in that case, Keats) oftentimes aren't entirely clear about what they meant.
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posted on
07/21/2004 4:49:23 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: quidnunc
I remember the much-touted SF Channel remake of "Dune" which made a total botch of a very under-rated movie.
I'd guess 9 of 10 remakes are inferior to the originals.
Splashy special effects are no match for good acting and screenwriting.
OK, The Day the Earth Stood Still is now known to be a retelling of the Passion of Christ, but few know it was based on a pulp short-story entitled "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates...in which only the names of Klaatu and Gort were retained. And Forbidden Planet is Shakespeare's Tempest; who would dare remake it?
Let's see a decent full-length Atlas Shrugged, or Asimov's Foundation trilogy (without the mangling applied to "I, Robot" first, OK?
Let it be.
--Boris
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posted on
07/21/2004 7:00:31 AM PDT
by
boris
(The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a Leftist with a word processor)
To: Foxfire4
Did you come up with that yourself? It's great!
139
posted on
07/21/2004 8:35:28 AM PDT
by
StoneColdGOP
(Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
To: Foxfire4
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posted on
07/21/2004 8:40:01 AM PDT
by
StoneColdGOP
(Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
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