Movie remakes?

[Boromir88]

Encaitare:

As for the Orli fans... maybe we could offer good ol' Orli a minor role... one of Feanor's sons that no one remembers, for example. Maybe Amras. Seriously, though, if he was in it, it would spoil it for the "real" fans because then all the rabid fangirls would come and be all, "Oh mY gOd I liEk Am SuCh A tOlKeEn FaN i hAvE sEen tHe SiLrIoN (tHaT's wHaT iTs CaLlEd, RiTe?) aNd OrLaNdO bLoOm WaS liEk sOoO hOtT! OMG i Am sUcH a GeEk fOr LiEkInG tHiS bUt OrLi iS mAh BaBi..." and so on and so forth. (How do people type like that, nonstop?? It takes forever!)

OMG...LMAO, now this is a true one here, one of the fangurls called in the "Salmonillion." I of course said, "I didn't know Tolkien wrote a book about fish, however he did have a lot of fin's in his story, is the Salmonillion only about all the Fin names?" Which is true, I mean Finrod, Finwe, GlorFINdel, Fingolfin, Finarfin...etc.

Morquesse:

At the Ford, I wouldn't have Arwen OR Glorfindel. I would have Legolas. *Avoids tomatoes* Seriously.

Don't worry I won't throw a tomato at you (crosses fingers lol), but I would have to disagree with you. I think Legolas already got more then enough credit for stuff he didn't do, slaying the troll in Moria, killing a mumak...etc, but that's my opinion on things.

[Saraphim]

Somewhere in America, a kid with a bad complexion and a limited social life is busily filling a secret notebook with plans for "Lord of the Rings -- The Right Way."

I think that writer is channeling me, only the notebook is entitled "The Silmarilion--Please don't let me screw this up"

Thanks Encaitare for the links! Most of my mental pictures are slightly based on pictures like those.

I was thinking of doing a made-for-tv special type thing, but I've settled (for the moment, nothing is set in stone, of course) for making it story by story and releasing them as movies. Like that it won't be done for a while, but that's the best way I can think of doing it.

[Encaitare]

one of the fangurls called in the "Salmonillion." I of course said, "I didn't know Tolkien wrote a book about fish, however he did have a lot of fin's in his story, is the Salmonillion only about all the Fin names?" Which is true, I mean Finrod, Finwe, GlorFINdel, Fingolfin, Finarfin...etc.

All I can say is "Wow" and shake my head in disturbance.

I've come up with a different idea for Orli, though. Let's have him play Luthien. She's supposed to be the most beautiful, and he's pretty enough. Who's with me?

Love the sig, Saraphim 42 indeed.

[The Only Real Estel]

I've come up with a different idea for Orli, though. Let's have him play Luthien. She's supposed to be the most beautiful, and he's pretty enough. Who's with me?

Why not? He has a hard enough time growing facial hair, so we wouldn't have to worry about that .

[rutslegolas]

well they could make a remake ,but i think they should make it more accurate with the books ,the minas tirth part especially.
and I would really like to see Prince Imrahil and his knights.

[Encaitare]

Why not? He has a hard enough time growing facial hair, so we wouldn't have to worry about that .

I actually have a poster of him someone gave me, and you can see an amusing hint of five o'clock shadow starting to develop... silly Orli, only Cirdan is allowed to have a beard!

[Essex]

As previously discussed on other threads, and as others have mentioned on this thread, I can see the LOTR becoming a mini-series rather than another set of films.

The audio transcripts of lotr run at approx 54 hours (ps I've heard they're re releasing this soon at a cheaper price).

Roughly cutting the film into 3 seasons leaves 18 hours a book. This would work perfectly for american tv (where money wise it would no doubt be made if anywhere...) for 24 episodes at 45 minutes each. Perfect!

I'm writing (well, no cutting and pasting and adding in a few bits to replace the narration of the book) a screenplay. It's very easy at the mo with the first few chapters. All 'stage directions' are explained by Tolkien. The only bit was adding in the scenes for Saruman's meeting with the Black Riders, which I've taken from (version c) of the Unfinished Tales part, Hunt for the Ring.

This brings me on to an area where I would add to the story. I would show, where possible, what happened to the other characters (especially in fotr which is Frodo centric) that directly effects Frodo's journey. (ie the Black Riders above, Gandalf's escape via Rohan, just missing the hobbits and fighting with the black riders at weathertop, etc)

So, to finish, I don't see why we would have a remake, where the logical conclusion to me is to make a few series for TV. (Or bring back the old Cinema Matinee on a weekly basis. Wouldn't that be great?)