06-26-2002, 07:00 PM | #41 |
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God forbid anyone from making a Silmarillion movie. That book touched me so deeply that I don't think I could stand seeing a movie of it. Some things should just be left alone.
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06-27-2002, 04:48 AM | #42 |
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D-Sen agrees I don't
The Silmarillion movie would be really interesting it would be like the introduction to the LotR you would be able to have the entire history of ME on DVD, think lof the possibilities
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WOW!
WOW DO YOU KNOW HOW LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG THAT WOULD TAKE?
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08-20-2002, 08:17 PM | #44 | |
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I think I would seriously go loco if PJ touched it. Honestly. Can you imagine? It'd be fulled with crappy hollywood battles, and one particular heroic character would take over all the fighting scenes.
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I really like the Lord of the Rings movies (mostly) but there's a lot of it I don't like, and I think I would go crazy if PJ were doing part of the Sil.
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08-21-2002, 03:13 PM | #46 |
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Oh my goodness! I agree with you guys - BoP and EG! I love the book so much, and yes, I think it would be awful if anyone attempted to put parts of it into a movie!
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08-28-2002, 02:56 AM | #47 |
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AUUUGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! I'm so taken by some of the artwork out there of the Sil, imagine what a freak I'd turn into if they made a movie?! I'd be a raging lunatic! (Prolly have to see it a million times and own it, but then, would they mangle it? YEP.)
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09-06-2002, 10:31 AM | #48 |
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For one who has read LOTR several times. I am just getting into the Silmarillion. Actually, I believe that I could possibly be done as a series but there would be no mini prefix to it. However I believe that someone mentioned that they could pull a tale or two from the book. Beren and Lúthien (IMHO) would be one of the best ones to do.
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09-06-2002, 04:36 PM | #49 | |
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09-06-2002, 05:14 PM | #50 | |
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09-07-2002, 08:53 AM | #51 |
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Well In the Movie Sarumen eluded to something (orogin of orcs)from the Sil so they may not have the rights to makes the Silm movie, but they could use information from the Silm.
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09-08-2002, 04:50 AM | #53 | |
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Regarding the origin of orks... well, they certainly didn't come out of pods in the ground. It's pretty safe to say that that was a PJ innovation, not Sil inspired! And yes, there is something in the book... Treebeard mentions the perversion of elves doesn't he?
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09-08-2002, 05:53 AM | #54 |
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Tolkien speculated about that a lot. Elves, Men, soulless creations without a will of their own, animated by Morgoths malice; in the end I think he never found an answer that he considered satisfactory.
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09-13-2002, 05:47 PM | #55 |
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Maybe as a Newbie, I shouldn't risk the wrath of those who know better, but I'd be really excited by a movie about all or part of the Silmarillion.
I will say I liked the first LotR movie, a lot. At the same time I have 2 or 3 dozen objections, but ultimately when I come to something like that, I can take it or leave it. I won't affect the book for me. It's just another way to sense or experience a book that I love. Especially given the nature of narration in the Sil, I think there would be great potential to demonstrate (or really botch) characters that are really thinly sketched in this book. And don't read this as a criticism of Tokien... it's not. It's a different medium. An actor has a whole physical presence that can give expression... so I would like to see, for example, the look on Luthien's face when she first confronts Beren in Neldoreth, or Morgoth's expression when his foot's all hacked up. Hell, I'd be interested in seeing Morgoth, period. I can't say that the LotR movie's Warrior Sauron matched what I saw in my mind's eye, but it was still neat to see. And I think a big part of my point-of-view on this is that the movie at no point becomes a substitute for the read. Anyway, just my 2 cents! ~ Connor |
09-26-2002, 09:34 AM | #56 |
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I read that Peter Jackson actually has the rights to make the Silmarillion into a movie too. Since it is such an epic scale, I doubt he will, at least not in the near future. But he does have the rights, and he said it might be made into a movie someday, so that's encouraging. I'd just be afraid (even more than for the LotR) that he'd get it wrong, but I guess I have more faith in him now that I've seen the Fellowship.
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09-26-2002, 11:24 AM | #57 |
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09-26-2002, 01:24 PM | #58 |
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I'm pretty sure PJ won't take on the task of creating the Silmarillion movie, although they already own the rights to it and also the Hobbit. I heard him say that the LotR movies were the biggest project he has and ever will take on, and I think that converting the Silmarillion into a movie would be a even more daunting task that LotR was. Maybe someone else will eventually buy the rights though, but I don't think it will be for a while. I personally am hesitant to believe that anyone can do it well, though it would be interesting to find out, wouldn't it?
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09-26-2002, 02:26 PM | #59 |
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09-26-2002, 04:00 PM | #60 |
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I think I'll do it. A production of the tale of Beren and Luthien with an all "little people" cast and Shaquille O'Neal as Morgoth. The voices would be like the munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz". (j\k)
I'm reading the Lost Tales and there are parts of the earlier versions that would work better in a movie. I wonder if the stories of the Sil could be done in a mini-series format so that each story was just an hour. I don't think it requires the massive CG to pull it off if the dialog and story lines are handled properly.
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