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Lyta_Underhill · 01-13-2004, 09:28 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I always thought that the above was a pretty bad case of nitpicking.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I've got to agree with you on that one, <B>Kronos</B>. However, it does illustrate the attitude that Tolkien took towards a screenplay adaptation of his work. I also think that an adaptation done in his own day would have been seen by fewer and appreciated by fewer than the one today, as the book was not as widely read or distributed across such a large swath of the population as it is now. I still think Tolkien would have a lot to say about certain points, such as the space and time contraction, the draining of Frodo's power, the cartoonification of Denethor and simplification of Faramir, Aragorn's reluctance, and the seeming indecisiveness and "hastiness" of the Ents, and much much more! Although I do think he would appreciate the effort and one could only wonder how his hand might have changed some things. <P>Cheers!<BR>Lyta

01-13-2004, 09:28 AM	#40
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I always thought that the above was a pretty bad case of nitpicking.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I've got to agree with you on that one, <B>Kronos</B>. However, it does illustrate the attitude that Tolkien took towards a screenplay adaptation of his work. I also think that an adaptation done in his own day would have been seen by fewer and appreciated by fewer than the one today, as the book was not as widely read or distributed across such a large swath of the population as it is now. I still think Tolkien would have a lot to say about certain points, such as the space and time contraction, the draining of Frodo's power, the cartoonification of Denethor and simplification of Faramir, Aragorn's reluctance, and the seeming indecisiveness and "hastiness" of the Ents, and much much more! Although I do think he would appreciate the effort and one could only wonder how his hand might have changed some things. <P>Cheers!<BR>Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”