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Warner Bros wants to make Lord of the Rings films. Not remakes, fyi.
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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8948714" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>Well, I didn't comment in the thread yet, but I'll give you my perspective as someone who loves Tolkien's written works, really liked the first Jackson trilogy, and disliked RoP - and, in this case, am leery of this proposition.</p><p></p><p>To me, Middle-earth <em>is </em>Tolkien, and Tolkien was a genius. To do justice to his works is impossible; the best you can hope for is a quality homage, which is what PJ pulled off with the LotR trilogy.</p><p></p><p>I suppose it would be <em>possible</em> for the right person/people to "re-envision" Tolkien in a way that both honors his work and tells new tales, but it would be very, very difficult, nearly impossible really. So I'm not opposed to "new stories" on principle, I just see it as very difficult to do well. </p><p></p><p>I'd much rather see them pour that money into a new world or adaptation. It just seems rather exploitive and lacking in any kind of creative ingenuity: take a tried and true franchise, squeeze out every drop, then gather the drops with a new towel and squeeze that out too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 8948714, member: 59082"] Well, I didn't comment in the thread yet, but I'll give you my perspective as someone who loves Tolkien's written works, really liked the first Jackson trilogy, and disliked RoP - and, in this case, am leery of this proposition. To me, Middle-earth [I]is [/I]Tolkien, and Tolkien was a genius. To do justice to his works is impossible; the best you can hope for is a quality homage, which is what PJ pulled off with the LotR trilogy. I suppose it would be [I]possible[/I] for the right person/people to "re-envision" Tolkien in a way that both honors his work and tells new tales, but it would be very, very difficult, nearly impossible really. So I'm not opposed to "new stories" on principle, I just see it as very difficult to do well. I'd much rather see them pour that money into a new world or adaptation. It just seems rather exploitive and lacking in any kind of creative ingenuity: take a tried and true franchise, squeeze out every drop, then gather the drops with a new towel and squeeze that out too. [/QUOTE]
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