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Elladan and Elrohir · 12-20-2007, 05:22 PM

Think carefully before saying something is "logically impossible"; that's a rather large phrase...

I think with film, most of the rules that worked in books go out the window. Tolkien couldn't have done a darker Hobbit and made it halfway good; to me it doesn't impugn the great JRRT's legacy one bit to say that perhaps a filmmaker can.

Aiwendil · 12-20-2007, 09:06 PM

It ought to be noted that Tolkien's abortive 1960 revision was not intended to produce a 'darker' Hobbit. It was intended to make the book as consistent as possible with all that is said in LotR. The issue that Tolkien spilt the most ink on in connection with this revision was - not the tra-la-laling Elves, not the White Council and the Necromancer - but the phases of the moon. I doubt that this will be the foremost issue in the screenwriters' minds. In any case, Tolkien didn't know, and wouldn't have cared, that so-called 'dark' things would become cool.

12-20-2007, 05:22 PM	#1
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	Think carefully before saying something is "logically impossible"; that's a rather large phrase... I think with film, most of the rules that worked in books go out the window. Tolkien couldn't have done a darker Hobbit and made it halfway good; to me it doesn't impugn the great JRRT's legacy one bit to say that perhaps a filmmaker can. __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING

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12-20-2007, 09:06 PM	#2
Aiwendil Late Istar Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,224	It ought to be noted that Tolkien's abortive 1960 revision was not intended to produce a 'darker' Hobbit. It was intended to make the book as consistent as possible with all that is said in LotR. The issue that Tolkien spilt the most ink on in connection with this revision was - not the tra-la-laling Elves, not the White Council and the Necromancer - but the phases of the moon. I doubt that this will be the foremost issue in the screenwriters' minds. In any case, Tolkien didn't know, and wouldn't have cared, that so-called 'dark' things would become cool.