New Middle Earth novel(ization)? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 02-02-2008, 09:11 AM

I would be dead set against such a thing. To do a novelized version of a movie which is adapted from the books themselves seems akin to literary incest. It does not pass the smell test.

It would be like doing a novelized version of the LOTR films with all the changes and have two competing LOTR book versions. There should only be one set of books and those are the ones written by JRR Tolkien or authorized by the Tolkien Estate.

I am a big advocate for keeping the books and films as individual entities. Lets keep it that way.

02-02-2008, 09:11 AM	#2
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	I would be dead set against such a thing. To do a novelized version of a movie which is adapted from the books themselves seems akin to literary incest. It does not pass the smell test. It would be like doing a novelized version of the LOTR films with all the changes and have two competing LOTR book versions. There should only be one set of books and those are the ones written by JRR Tolkien or authorized by the Tolkien Estate. I am a big advocate for keeping the books and films as individual entities. Lets keep it that way.