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The One Ring Forums:
Tolkien Topics: Movie Discussion: The Lord of The Rings:
Well said :
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Junesong
Nargothrond
May 27, 11:41am
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I agree with you for the most part. Certainly I agree that those are our options.
I suppose I'm advocating for Jackson letting go. If I had a genie and three wishes, I would have wanted Jacskson to let go at the Return of the King Oscar party.
I would have had Del Toro bring his unique style, design and point of view for The Hobbit film(s) and then would have advocated for either waiting 20 years and letting some new artist make The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings or just have everyone stop making Tolkien altogether and go do something else.
In the world we ACTUALLY live in, however - I agree that continuity is probably the best course to take. It just feels like there's nothing left here but diminishing returns. It feels sad and depressing to see them keep going to the well until it's dry.
(As a fan of Rings of Power, I still agree with you that they are still not making anything NEW. The more tethered to Jackson they are the weaker they are. I wish they had been allowed to really let their creative imaginations go where they wanted. I'd love to see a fresh approach!)
(As I type this I realize that what I'm really railing against is the soul-less corporatization of it all. This kind of "IP" continuity is driven mostly by shareholders and executives who want "fans" and/or "merch-buyers" to recognize the brand, and the music, and the designs and the characters so they have a built in market place. New visions = new risks = potentially less profits or *gasp* maybe even losing money and so they'd rather chase pale copies of copies then take the chance of losing money. Ironically - this also inevitably loses money. Alas...)
"So which story do you prefer?"
"The one with the tiger. That's the better story."
"Thank you. And so it goes with God."
(This post was edited by Junesong on May 27, 11:42am)
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Post edited by Junesong
(Nargothrond) on May 27, 11:42am
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