[The Saucepan Man]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I dont know if anyone has posted about this yet, i haven't had time to read over all the other posts, but I heard that Christopher Lee is boycotting the Premiere of ROTK cause he was cut out. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Arwen_Evenstar, it's always worth reading the other posts before posting yourself. Had you done so, you would have seen that this story has been retracted by most news outlets.<P>Yes, it does seem pretty clear now that Jackson did discuss the omission of Lee's scene with him before the rumour got out. Nevertheless Lee does, by all accounts still seem to be pretty disgruntled about it. And I can understand why. I suppose that, if I didn't think that omitting this scene was such a mistake myself, I would probably have less sympathy for Lee and tend more to the view expressed by Eurytus earlier. However, I do still think that it is a terrible shame that an actor who has played such an important role in the first two films, and a man with such an obvious affinity for Tolkien and his works, will not be appearing in the final instalment, and that he will, to a degree, not be sharing in the acclaim that will no doubt be surrounding it.<P>As for the reports of Lee "boycotting" the premiere, I did think this to be somewhat of an exaggeration based upon what he said on the "This Morning" programme. Nevertheless, he did clearly say that there is no point in him going to the premiere as he is not in the film, whereas he probably would have attended had the scene been retained.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Honestly, I agree with the author of the TORn article. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yes, I thought that it was very fair and even-balanced. I don't hold with signing petitions on these sorts of issues, largely for the reasons stated in the ToRN article.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Complaining about it does make LotR fans sound like a bunch of whiny babies. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I'm not so sure that I agree with this, though. Granted, it is Jackson's right to edit his film how he sees fit, and we can't do anything to change that. But that doesn't mean that we have to agree with it. I still think that it is a big mistake. I might change my view on seeing the film, but I find it difficult at the moment to see how. And what are forums like this for if we cannot express our opinions on matters such as this.