RE: The Hobbit
December 18, 2014 at 9:58 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2014 at 9:59 am by ManMachine.)
(December 18, 2014 at 9:36 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: The Tolkien estate won't let them. They're not interested in making anymore movies, and Jackson et al are already in legal action with New Line over money.
Given Christopher Tolkeins' emotional attachment to Silmarillion you could well be right but what do you think about the Unfinished tales, Númenor, the Lays of Beleriand? all of these stories have cinematic qualities.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
