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sador
Half-elven
Jan 14 2013, 9:35pm
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The quote you brought indicates something deeper
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"The film's vision" cited here is not about Jackson, Lee or Howe, but rather about the subjugating of the book to the visuals. Middle-earth becomes less an imaginary landscape, varying with the different readers - with their perceptions and images of places and people evoked by the written word; it now has a concrete, unified vision which is an alternative point of reference. You might not like Ezpeleta, Horus Engels, Rankin/Bass or Cor Blok - but they provide fresh images, and different interpretations of Tolkien's work. But if you look at the Fan Art forum, you'll find many budding artists pracrticing in reproducing the Lee/Howe images. Some are really good at it - but all those clearly traded the book for the movies as a source of inspiration.
And it becomes even worse, seeing that JRRT himself drew and illustrated several scenes in his books; and the movies are hardly loyal to that vision. It might be an artistically imperfect vision - but hey, it was the author's! I can easily relate to Christopher Tolkien resenting Jackson and his team supplanting that vision. After all, he probably grew up with these visions, and knows them more intimately than anyone.
This might be an inevitable process; it surely is a sign of the films' success. But seeing a Richard Armitage-figurine being sold as Thorin must be unsettling for him.
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The look of the forbidden pool in Ithilien
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Calenheniel
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Jan 11 2013, 12:48am
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I admit that my Middle-earth was shaped by Alan Lee's paintings,
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Ataahua
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Jan 11 2013, 9:46am
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I found it interesting that Christopher Tolkien cited John Howe and Alan Lee
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Kassandros
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Jan 11 2013, 3:01pm
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Did he really?
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Ardamírë
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Jan 11 2013, 3:21pm
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I suppose it's unclear
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Kassandros
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Jan 11 2013, 3:46pm
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Ah well that is a little different
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Ardamírë
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Jan 11 2013, 4:00pm
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The quote you brought indicates something deeper
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sador
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Jan 14 2013, 9:35pm
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Like your point of view a lot, sador
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Êleniel Tindome
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Jan 15 2013, 7:47pm
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Thank you!
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sador
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Jan 16 2013, 4:15am
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Late! Once again!
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telain
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Jan 20 2013, 2:09pm
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At the present, I expect prompt responses from none...
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sador
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Jan 27 2013, 10:03pm
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Ted Nasmith
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Loresilme
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Jan 12 2013, 10:09pm
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I'm not sure Christopher Tolkien is complaining about any one specific art style...
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Kassandros
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Jan 14 2013, 7:12pm
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I'm not familiar with their entire body of work
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Loresilme
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Jan 14 2013, 7:56pm
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thanks for that link...
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weaver
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Jan 16 2013, 11:37pm
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You're welcome!
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Loresilme
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Jan 17 2013, 12:15am
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what's interesting to me is how much I did not remember right!
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weaver
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Jan 16 2013, 11:32pm
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The Grey Havens also looked totally different in my head
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Calenheniel
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Jan 16 2013, 11:39pm
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sombre is a good word...
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weaver
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Jan 16 2013, 11:53pm
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Happy ending!
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squire
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Jan 18 2013, 7:31am
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Chills.
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Kassandros
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Jan 18 2013, 3:35pm
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Great Idea
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Êleniel Tindome
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Jan 18 2013, 5:43pm
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That passage gives me chills big time
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FlyingSerkis
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Jan 18 2013, 7:44pm
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They got the harbor right, and the ship style, and the direction and the time of day...
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weaver
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Jan 22 2013, 3:25am
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