Peter Jackson has improved Tolkien

Black Breathalizer · 10-10-2002, 08:00 AM

All stories are invented, BeardofPants. In ancient times, the stories were changed at the whim of the storyteller without the author's approval. Today, rights have to be given or sold. Once Tolkien sold the movie rights, he opened the story up for reinterpretation. From now on, for better or worse (depending upon your point of view), there will always be different versions of the story.

I'm still waiting for you people to defend your favorite version of the Breaking of the Fellowship. What makes Tolkien's approach to this sequence work better?

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10-10-2002, 08:00 AM	#11
Black Breathalizer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 828	All stories are invented, BeardofPants. In ancient times, the stories were changed at the whim of the storyteller without the author's approval. Today, rights have to be given or sold. Once Tolkien sold the movie rights, he opened the story up for reinterpretation. From now on, for better or worse (depending upon your point of view), there will always be different versions of the story. I'm still waiting for you people to defend your favorite version of the Breaking of the Fellowship. What makes Tolkien's approach to this sequence work better?