[Morquesse]

What I would do, is do a series of movies, JUST about the Simarils. No Creation of Arda, no Rings of Power and the Third Age, no nothing but about the Simarils. That way, you could go down the generations and about the jewels (kind of like <I>Taken</I>) so you have this one conflict throughout. And you could pick one protagonist per movie, without having to pick just one for the length of the book.<BR>And of course, if you call it the 'Silmarillion' you have the problem of pronunciation. "Mommy, how do you say Seel--Sell--Seelmurlshion?" "Hey Dude, how do they say that new flick's name? Why can't they call it "Before Lord of thuh Rings?" "Dad, what's uh "Seemeerilleeon?" "I don't know son, maybe it's a new species they found."<BR>You get my point. <BR>See you later!<BR>~M