Originally posted by Pongo
I have read your posts carefully, your repeated whining to the contrary is old and frail.
I must have missed anyone who loves the books saying the hate the movies. I certainly love the movies. But it is sad to those of us who know the story by reading it(not reasearching it) that the story was changed(weakend) for no reason. But if you learn the chicks version of the tale first you will never realize that.
I would hazard that no one who loves the books is totaly satisfied with the changes that PJ and the chicks made to the story line in the way of embelishment. where they had to cut they had to cut. Where they changed the fundimental motivations and relationships of the characters they failed.
But its a good movie. People without the attention span to read the books can now considerthemselves tolkein scholars by "researching" the books instead of reading them. Thats progress.
Ummm, no, you most defintiely qualify as a TN. There isn't a passage of whining in a single line of my posts. Your adherence to your mypic stance is getting most tiresome. Esp. the "those of us who know the story by reading (not researching..." is a TN comment if I've ever seen. And I have never said, written, or quoted myself as a "Tolkien scholar". You sir, are the very reason why some of us who don't like to read fantasy, as I stated earlier but I guess you missed that on your "read your posts carefully" claim. For someone who states to have read Tolkien, and I am not saying you haven't, it is quite illuminating to see don't understand the difference between what you think you have read and what is written. But like I said, if you want to keep arguing, keep barking little doggie. Just a little reminder, it wasn't me that changed the subject of this thread. Again, to make it clear to you, the point of this thread is....
Do you think Peter Jackson can make the The Silmarillion into a movie?
It's actually quite simple, as I've said before...
