Crimes Against Tolkienity

[Lord of Angmar]

Pandora, I am afraid your accusations are false. Peter Jackson was a long-time Tolkien fan, and claims to have the highest respect for JRRT's works. That is one of the reasons he was chosen to direct the <I>Lord of the Rings</I>. Furthermore, making statements like "he must not have liked it very much" is not a coherent way to make an argument. While I do disagree with many of the changes that Peter Jackson made on the original text, I think it is unfair to say that he dislikes or disrespects the source material, and I doubt there are many better-suited directors than Mr. Jackson (this may sound like somewhat of a contradiction to my initial tough stance in this thread, but remember my initial intent was merely to convey the complaints of Tolkien purists).<P>My mistake about the "Scourging of the Shire" bit in my first post. I was under the impression from complainers on other Tolkien-related websites that it had been far more environmentally unfriendly, and I am glad to hear from the more knowledgeable that this is not so.<P>Cheers,<BR>Angmar