Re:Rarely Seen Paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien
by WalterBright on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:58PM
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Watching Leg-o-Lamb surf in the battle of Helm's Deep kinda ripped me back to "this is just a movie". Jackson should just snip that out and burn the footage of it.
These days, I tend to just put LotR on with the sound off, as moving wallpaper.
Re:Rarely Seen Paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien
by selimthegrim on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:57PM
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You should try the Russian subtitling of Helm’s Deep for some comic relief
Re:Rarely Seen Paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien
by stevekemp on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @11:49PM
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In the "Letters of Tolkien" you see a couple of references to screen-plays where he's very critical of changes, condensing, etc. But also a memorable entry in which he says:
"Stanley & I have agreed on our policy : Art or Cash. Either very profitable terms indeed; or absolute author’s veto on objectionable features or alterations."
Re:Rarely Seen Paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien
by wolverine876 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:05AM
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Tolkien sold the movie rights to both the Hobbit and LOTR in 1969 for £100,000.
Source is an interesting interview with Christopher Tolkien in Le Monde: https://web.archive.org/web/20180709130054/https://www.world...
... which is translated from the French original: https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2012/07/05/tolkien-l-...
Re:Rarely Seen Paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien
by eicossa on Thursday June 16, 2022 @10:41PM
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Finally somebody other than me who is aware of Summoning. They are awesome.
"The Passing of the Grey Company", "Land of the Dead", "Mirdautas Vras", "Nightshade Forests" and "Kor" all evoke specific scenes from the books for me.
The only adaptation of Tolkien's work that I think does justice to it and captures part of Tolkien's spark, are the albums of the Austrian black metal band "Summoning".