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BeornBerserker
Lorien
Nov 15 2012, 7:44pm
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There are millions that hunger for all things Middle Earth. If not, aside from the success of the Tolkien Estate publishing incomplete writings and essays in the various volumes of the HoME there wouldn't have been cartoons, movies and numerous variations or role playing games, video games, and online games. To his grand credit, Tolkien created such a vibrant tapestry and realness to the world and history behind the stories that many people have a strong desire to immerse themselves in it.
So from a both a demand for material and the commercial viability of it, we have all the stuff in various medium outside the original literary text. You may not like PJ's vision but there likely would have been somebody else come a long in his place, maybe GDT or someone else. The demand likely would have driven more that just straight adaptations and because Tolkien created a world that people like to feel is so darn real, extra material as interpreted by the adapter would have likely been a reality whether it was PJ or someone else. Again because Tolkien did such a great job in making his work have a cult following, many people want it and more. Not all, you obviously don't feel that way but I think as in anything the majority holds sway and the reality is that if he keep the narrative of the story intact and produce ancillary material that feels like Middle Earth whether it is scenes or events not explicitly described or other material with some basis in Middle Earth history tied to the protagonists of the story, the majority will be merrier with more.
You can be a martyr for the Tolkien estate or elect to vote with your pocket book and of course continue to scratch your head at those that support more vs less and vent and the insanity of it all. Free world and board but just keep in mind that just as many or more scratch the head with opposite points of view.
(This post was edited by BeornBerserker on Nov 15 2012, 7:51pm)
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jimmyfenn
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Nov 15 2012, 5:01pm
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No, he's not using that material.
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GoodGuyA
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Nov 15 2012, 5:08pm
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must be a headache
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jimmyfenn
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Nov 15 2012, 5:15pm
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Ha - are you thinking of any particular bible?
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Nov 15 2012, 5:37pm
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Yeah, dialogue sucks
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Arthael
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Nov 15 2012, 6:21pm
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Other than LOTR and the Hobbit
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sinister71
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Nov 15 2012, 5:22pm
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The thing about the legal stuff thats troubling
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pettytyrant101
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Nov 15 2012, 5:28pm
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Or he could just use it anyway
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Kassandros
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Nov 15 2012, 5:32pm
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It is a bit mad indeed
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pettytyrant101
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Nov 15 2012, 5:41pm
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I don't think it would be because it was too close to JRR Tolkien's vision
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sinister71
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Nov 15 2012, 5:50pm
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excited
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jimmyfenn
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Nov 15 2012, 5:33pm
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He can use anything mentioned in the appendacies
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Welsh hero
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Nov 15 2012, 6:21pm
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Thats what a whole sentence in the appendices?
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sinister71
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Nov 15 2012, 6:26pm
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Like it or not
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BeornBerserker
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Nov 15 2012, 7:44pm
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RE: Thats what a whole sentence in the appendices?
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General Ceel
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Nov 15 2012, 8:33pm
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hmmm
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jimmyfenn
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Nov 15 2012, 9:47pm
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The books will always be there
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Fardragon
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Nov 16 2012, 8:25am
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The thing about "The Quest of Erebor"
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Otaku-sempai
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Nov 16 2012, 4:52pm
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There isn't really enough to go on
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Fardragon
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Nov 15 2012, 6:09pm
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