Tolkien estate apparently did not like the movies. So we must needs wait for the copyright expiration before we can expect the movie of Berenice and Lúthien, the woman who entered Sauron’s tower full of werewolves and vampires. So , what’s that, 1973+70 years? 90 years? More!? Ask yourself: do you want copyright to be extended? Fuck that shit.
@kensanata to be fair, Peter Jackson is a good argument for the abolition of cinema
@kensanata I really would like to know how a semi-competent director of cheap shockers, whose previous film was a turkey called "The Frighteners", managed to score the LOTR job. I'm guessing that Jackson was hired partly because of his weaknesses. He could be trusted to impress some personal flavor on the material, but wasn't in a strong enough position to compete for authorship of the project with the corporate interests who were the real motive force behind turning Tolkien into a shitty action trilogy.
@kensanata of course. *bows* forgive me. I have strong feelings about seeing a childhood source of inspiration handled so...but it is the way of the world, and there are other stories to tell.
@mona I think it’s great when people get given chances even if they didn’t work their way up the ranks. You don’t like the movies and I do, that’s fine, too. It is a bit tiresome to keep hearing other people say how shitty one’s taste is, though. Let’s wait for some other topic to talk about?