New interview with Christopher Tolkien

[dreeness]

Would you prefer that they had never seen the light of day?

(Yes.)

Claiming that legal rights only applies to some people and not to others is indeed hypocrisy.

(Yep, worst thing I never said.)

Your argument seems to me to be that because you think that Christopher Tolkien has done a poor job of managing his father’s legacy the courts should have accepted that the films have as yet made no profit.

(Except maybe for that.)

Name-calling doesn’t work at all. Do you think it OK to employ name-calling against Christopher Tolkien and not against the film-makers?

(Oh dear... Would you like to see some of the awful things that I've called Saul Zaentz? I could provide links, or to save time maybe you could just make some things up.)

Is it your contention that if Christopher Tolkien does not like the films he should either give up his legal rights or be a hypocrite?

(... A prominent antiwar activist inherits shares in a company that produces missile guidance systems. He finds this morally abhorrent. He could promptly sell his shares. Or donate 100% of his dividends to Peace Studies programs at universities. Or he could keep the money, but continue to rail against the very company that is making him rich. But that would be "crying all the way to the bank"; that would be, in a word, hypocritical.)

(That was an analogy.)

The scope of the documentation C. Tolkien has done is unprecedented for the literary works of a single author.

("Unprecedented"? In all literary criticism, everywhere? That does seem unlikely.)

On what basis do you feel you have the right to address Christopher Tolkien as "Ol'Chris"? say he is insignificant and abject?

(The Universal Declaration of Human Rights; American readers may also wish to note the First Amendment as interpreted by the Supreme Court.)



(Still not at all clear about the "parasites" comment. Who are the alleged parasites? Peter Jackson? New Zealand? Honda?)

Cheers Morth, jallanite and Inzil.. no need for me to reiterate your splendid comments.

(Oh go on, give yourself a cheer too, you're astounding!)