Well said Tirinor! <P>I also used the word "may" because I am afraid of the uneducated bandwagon effect. **Take for instance the Atlanta Braves: they stunk for years and years. Then they bought some good players, developed a good team, and millions of fans followed that have absolutely no knowledge of Atlanta, the Braves, or their history. The result: we call them "America's Team".**<P>I would like nothing better than to be able to talk to any ole joe on the street about the LOTR. But what I would like is irrelevant---IF this movie causes unread viewers to tear into the REAL story with zeal, then that would more than likely be great. But sometimes a massive flooding of the waters can stimulate a cheapening effect. Furthermore, and a little off the subject, what if 80% of all the unread viewers don't read the book? Would they be fans? True fans? How many movies have you seen that have inspired you to read the book?<BR> These are my concerns. It is not that I want to keep Tolkien to myself (goodness knows, an attempt at that effort was hopelessly thwarted long ago). I just Don't want the LOTR to become "America's Team". <P> I would hate to think that when people hear "the LOTR" they think only of the movie, the same way people say, "oh, that's the guy who wrote "Brown Eyed Girl"", when Van Morrison is mentioned. NO DEPTH!
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