[Tar-Palantir]

Glorfindel, Schmorfindel... Give me more Arwen.<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> LotR is so complex, with plots & characters & timelines interweaving, <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>That is very, very true. But be honest, those twists and turns are not in the film, and never could be given the financiers and audience for these films. Even the most earnest effort would leave you with a dragging overly complex and ultimately unsatisfying film experience for the masses. Oh, it's not for the masses you say? Is it for the 'purists'? The 'purists' will never be satisfied. No judgement here, just the facts.<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> let alone major ones like replacing one character with another you risk the whole thing collapsing like a house of cards <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Replacing Glorfindel = major change? A slightly dramatic proclamation. We all know Arwen was used to up the sex appeal, but has she really played such havoc with the films? Not so far, not at all.<P>Glorfindel is a one-shot deal, and nothing to get in a tizzy over, it's not like she joined the fellowship all the way to Lothlorien and killed a Balrog. The dream sequences in TTT? The long one focused on the Appendices, which was great, I loved it. And the other 2(?) were so short that the argument of "But we could have seen more of Treebeard or Frodo" is a big pile of hooey. Extra 'time' would be better found nixing the Warg attack sequence than Arwen.<P>**A*U*A**