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Post by Thallassa on Mar 27, 2013 11:27:22 GMT -6
I just noticed we didn't have a topic on LOTR! I'll kick it off with a question. I was reading Fellowship of the Ring the other day and I started to wonder. What do you think Tolkein would think if you could show him the movie? Would he love it? Hate it? What do you think?
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Post by Niemz on Mar 28, 2013 19:39:39 GMT -6
He would love it I think. After the cartoons, he vowed that another film would not be done until the technology was advanced enough to do it right. He died keeping that vow.
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Post by Niemz on Mar 28, 2013 19:40:04 GMT -6
Also, The Hobbit was great!
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Apr 1, 2013 9:46:58 GMT -6
This is a good question. I don't know much about him except what he wrote in the book. Obviously the movie changed a lot of things but still captured the essence of his story. As much as I liked the trilogy, the movie improved on it a lot. Many chapters of the book were just tedious. It would depend on how important he thought those changes were. I think he would be disappointed at some of the changes but overall he would approve.
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Post by Thallassa on Apr 3, 2013 11:26:19 GMT -6
In the introduction he says that the Scouring of the Shire was one of the most important parts. And yet it was droped from the movie entirely. I imagine that would have disappointed him. Whether he would have thought it ruined the whole movie would be a different question.
What about the effects? The technology of the movie itself?:
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Apr 8, 2013 8:29:03 GMT -6
I liked the Scouring, but I can see why they didn't include it in the movie version. It wouldn't have felt right.
I recall Tolkien wasn't a big fan of technology. I don't think he'd have liked the CGI stuff. But the acting, yeah!
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Post by Thallassa on Apr 10, 2013 12:01:37 GMT -6
I didn't like all the computer generated armies. But the effects that allowed them to strink actors down to hobbit size! And the models of Minas Tirith and Rivendell! Wow!
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Apr 12, 2013 7:29:07 GMT -6
I agree with you there. The best special effects are the ones you don't even notice at the time. Only afterward you think, Hey wait a minute! How did they do that? I heard it took Tolkein something like fifteen years to write the book, longhand. He would have loved the word processor!  |
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Post by Thallassa on Apr 12, 2013 10:32:03 GMT -6
It took him like thirteen years! Then he had to type it himself!
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Apr 15, 2013 8:23:13 GMT -6
Me, I can't imagine writing a long story by hand anymore, let alone a massive trilogy. Even with my little stories I have go back and forth editting and re-editting.
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Post by Niemz on Apr 16, 2013 21:20:00 GMT -6
I would need spellchecker!
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Post by Mr. Atoz on Apr 26, 2013 7:55:08 GMT -6
With a Star Trek story, spell check can be a nuissance. Would you believe that it doesn't recognize common everyday words like "tritanium" and "shuttlecraft"?
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Post by Niemz on Apr 26, 2013 16:19:43 GMT -6
I wonder if i can edit the dictionary....
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