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Do you think Peter Jackson should make The Simarillion next?


Poll: Do you think Peter Jackson should make The Simarillion next?
Yes 19 / 38%
No  28 / 56%
What is The Simarillion? 1 / 2%
Other please explain why below 2 / 4%
50 total votes
 

Preciousssss
The Shire


Oct 6 2012, 4:35am


Views: 1645
Do you think Peter Jackson should make The Simarillion next?

Sorry about the last poll, hope this makes more senseSmile


Elizabeth
Half-elven


Oct 6 2012, 6:27am


Views: 826
No.

Even if the rights were available, which they are not and won't be for many years, it can't be made into a single movie, or even 3 movies. A high-quality TV miniseries, maybe, but a challenge even then.






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JWPlatt
Grey Havens


Oct 6 2012, 7:34am


Views: 803
Impossible!

They said the world was flat.

It was round.

The said if man could fly, he'd have wings.

He flew.

They said the sound barrier could never be broken.

They did.

They said The Lord of the Rings was unfilmable.

They filmed it.

They said a Silmarillion feature is unfilmable.

Really?

They said warp speed could not be accomplished.

Oh, wait...


DanielLB
Immortal


Oct 6 2012, 8:06am


Views: 839
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malickfan
Gondor

Oct 6 2012, 1:50pm


Views: 754
No

I love the book but The only version of the sil I would want to see is one directly involving the Tolkien estate, (which will never happen, and they aren't in the know ehn it comes to filmaking anyway), tolkein spent almost 50 years writing and shaping that book on and off, with his son doing the final touches, given how much LOTR changed from the books, I personally think in a way it would a bit insulting of PJ to even try it. He was directly quouted as saying:

'Sure its not really Lord of the Rings but it could be a pretty cool movie anyway'

(I'm a massive purist when it comes to the sil...)

The sil is so differnt from Tolkien's other works (incest betrayal, murder, outright religous imagery, a 600 year main storyline) that the only way PJ would able to get funding would be to change it dramtically, remember he primarily makes the films for people who haven't read the books, no offense to people who haven't read the book but I dread to think how he would change it to simply it-There's no hobbits or gandalf so where's the marketing hook?

He would only get funding if he could tie it in with his existing films-given how most of the connecting material was missed out in LOTR films I can't see how he would do this, personally for me his films were at the worst when deviating too much from the source material, the silmarillion is really only a summary of what was intended so would require alot of re-writing and guesswork to turn into a film, This isn't designed as hate thread against pj, I simply think the book is too hard to adapt and remain faifthful for anyone, whilst still being populist for non-book readers.

But hey that's just my feelings, you never know I could change my mind come december...Smile

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burgahobbit
Rohan


Oct 7 2012, 12:31pm


Views: 869
Eventually

If he ever gets the rights to do it. I picked other because "Yes" is impossible right now.


Patty
Immortal


Oct 9 2012, 12:26pm


Views: 720
I'd like to see it happen, but I doubt it will.

I do believe it could be scripted (not as a movie but as a miniseries on TV) but rights aside--I just doubt it will happen.

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diedye
Grey Havens


Oct 9 2012, 6:06pm


Views: 745
I don't think anyone should The Sil...

... not the whole thing, anyway. Too much stuff would be cut out due to time constraints and we'd end up with a hatchet job.... no thanks!

Now a mini-series, with free rein... THAT I'd go for, as long it wasn't campy, cheesy, or HBO-esque graphic.



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Magpie
Immortal


Oct 9 2012, 7:47pm


Views: 795
mini-series / anthology series

The mini-series format for longer stories in the Sil. But the anthology series format for visiting individual stories that might not overtly connect to any other episode.


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Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Oct 9 2012, 10:13pm


Views: 823
Nope.

It's highly unlikely that he could get the screenrights anyway. Even ignoring that, Jackson needs an original project at this point to get his creative juices flowing and recharge the old batteries.

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imin
Valinor


Oct 10 2012, 4:38pm


Views: 709
Dont think he should.

I think PJ probably needs to get away from ME and make a film about something els, like he did at the end of lotr trilogy.

For me i think a mini series would work better but i would want it to have movie sized budget and directors. I dont think PJ would be suited to making a mini series of the silmarillion.

Saying that i dont think a mini series would work as i dont think they would get a big enough audience and ultimately i think it is just fine to have this book left as a book. Sometimes less is more Smile


Escapist
Gondor


Oct 10 2012, 4:46pm


Views: 754
Given a choice between

an existing story and one no one has heard yet, I'd vote for the latter.
But if the Sil were ever filmed, I think it would be worth seeing.

All those gorgeous elves and their jewelry ...


Donry
Tol Eressea


Oct 13 2012, 3:06am


Views: 855
Sure...

I wouldn't complain.

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Joe-Mathews
Rivendell


Oct 25 2012, 2:50am


Views: 748
Hmmmmmmm...

While it could be done, I don't see the entire Silmarillion story appealing to audiences. A bit too Creationist at the beginning, it would offend religious audiences. It is a book without a clear ending.

The only start-to-finish character is Melkor, the antagonist. It is better for movies to have the protagonist to focus on from start to finish.

I can see parts of it as a movie, but not all of it. Turin, sure. A Beren and Luthien love story would be possible. I could also see a mini-series or TV show about the fall of the sons of Feanor.

'It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.' ... '[Yet their seed] will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for.'


Durin's Folk
The Shire


Nov 3 2012, 4:00am


Views: 980
Absolutely.

If the Hobbit trilogy is a succes, the silmarillon will be strongly considered

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