Brown Jenkin said:Except that Bilbo stoped (greatly slowed) aging when he got the ring. Plus the encounter with Gollum was filmed and part of the opening to RotK.
jonathan swift said:But, but, I love the songs.
Then watch SPAMalot.jonathan swift said:But, but, I love the songs.
They staged one recently in Canada somewhere, Toronto iirc, and it totally bombed. The intent was eventual Broadway, but reports were really horrible.Ranger REG said:Then watch SPAMalot.
Isn't someone producing LOTR broadway musical?
Ranger REG said:Then watch SPAMalot.
Mark CMG said:I wonder what, if any, sections they might be tempted to cut?
I always thought no one but John Huston could carry it off, but McKellan certainly made the part his own. While he's still alive and mobile, he'd be my choice.Mouseferatu said:In either case, the idea of recasting Bilbo bothers me far less than the notion of recasting Gandalf.
And all the Laketown political stuff. Whatever its other faults, I think the old Hobbit cartoon may have had it right in what to leave out.Olgar Shiverstone said:The Beorn interlude. You can lose that with zero impact on the rest of the story.
krunchyfrogg said:Who here honestly wouldn't see any new Hobbit film or films, even if PJ had nothing to do with them? I don't even see "Sauron with the Spiky Helmet" making a comeback.
The Monty Pythons are still around? :\horacethegrey said:Wouldn't it be just fad if the Python's mocked LOTR in this day and age?