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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tratyn Runewind" data-source="post: 1206949" data-attributes="member: 685">Hi again,There's another movie based on Charles Dexter Ward from the early '90s called The Resurrected.  It's the best Lovecraft adaptation I've seen yet - Re-Animator, From Beyond, The Unnameable, and all the others seem to me to resemble Troma films that take themselves too seriously.  Chris Sarandon (probably best known around here as Prince Humperdinck and the vampire from Fright Night) plays Ward and his ancestor.True enough, I suppose.  When I go to see a Tolkien movie, I prefer to see one that places Tolkien's tastes ahead of those of the director or screenwriter to the fullest extent possible."The left hand of each was raised palm outwards in gesture of warning, in each right hand there was an axe, upon each head there was a crumbling helm and crown." - "The Great River", Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien"Then suddenly with a deep-throated call a great horn blew, and the blasts of it smote the hills and echoed in the hollows, rising in a mighty shout above the roaring of the falls.'The horn of Boromir!' he cried.  'He is in need'" - "The Departure of Boromir", The Two Towers, J. R. R. TolkienHmm, poor choice of words on my part there.  I didn't mean Bob Hope-style direct addressing of the camera, just jarring anachronisms (like the dwarf-tossing references) or other idiocy that threw me back from Middle-Earth into a theater.  Makes me wonder what they're going to do with Saruman and Wormtongue.  I also still suspect and hope that there may be reference to it, and perhaps some shots of it, as part of the loss and sacrifice referred to in the trailer.  They have done some new filming for the later movies, if I remember correctly, and the dismantled Hobbiton sets shouldn't be too much of a problem for the Scouring.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Yes, commercial television has its own set of conventions that must be followed by productions hoping to make a profit.  That is why I said a faithful Tolkien production would have to be done as a labor of love, like something commisioned by an über-wealthy fan for his own enjoyment, rather than as a profit-making enterprise.  Convincing?  Loved the movie, but...my poor Fuzzy-Elf!  Ah, the Deryni.  Original inspiration for the D&D Psionicist class, which appeared in Dragon #78 with (1st Edition, of course) stats for Camber, Joram, Rhys, Alaric, Duncan, Kelson, and others.  I don't really see anything in the series that would outright bar this from being produced, though it is of course far more obscure than the likes of giants like Tolkien or LeGuin.  A movie or mini-series would be nice, but I'd settle for Kurtz writing up the rest of her books faster than the 16 years (!) I waited between Quest for Saint Camber and King Kelson's Bride.  Yeah, the Adept, the Templar stories, and the immediate post-Camber era are nice, but let's focus, here!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Again, hope this helps!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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