Film Rights to First & Second Age - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

zxcvbn · 12-20-2007, 09:04 PM

Hmm, interesting. Still, I don't think it would be Illegal to put those things in a film just because they're also published in another book that they don't have rights to.
otherwise Peter Jackson wouldn't have got away with including stuff like the Ring of Barahir(which was in the Appendices) or the inscriptions on Glamdring(which refer to Turgon by name) and Hadhafang(which refer to Idril).

Also, about the Gladden Scenes scenes with Isildur, I believe PJ didn't use the longer
UT version simply because he didn't think it necessary and wanted to conserve screen time. The audience knows that Isildur tried to flee, Ring slipped off, orcs shot him. The end.

12-20-2007, 09:04 PM	#21
zxcvbn Wight Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In front of my PC Posts: 164	Hmm, interesting. Still, I don't think it would be Illegal to put those things in a film just because they're also published in another book that they don't have rights to. otherwise Peter Jackson wouldn't have got away with including stuff like the Ring of Barahir(which was in the Appendices) or the inscriptions on Glamdring(which refer to Turgon by name) and Hadhafang(which refer to Idril). Also, about the Gladden Scenes scenes with Isildur, I believe PJ didn't use the longer UT version simply because he didn't think it necessary and wanted to conserve screen time. The audience knows that Isildur tried to flee, Ring slipped off, orcs shot him. The end. Last edited by zxcvbn; 12-20-2007 at 09:14 PM.