LOTR & The Beatles... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Aredhel Ar-Feiniel · 07-17-2003, 09:27 AM

If any of you own the book "The Magical Worlds of the Lord of the Rings" by David Colbert, than you probably already know about this, but here is a little tidbit that I found quite amusing: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>In the 1960s, the Beatles wanted to star in a film of LOTR. Frodo would have been played by Paul McCartney, Sam Gamgee by Ringo Starr, Gandalf by George Harrison, and Gollum by John Lennon. Imagine! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>How do you think this would have turned out if it had been attempted?

Sapphire_Flame · 07-17-2003, 09:32 AM

Imladris · 07-17-2003, 09:40 AM

Beatles as LOTR characters!?I agree with Sapphire_Flame

Cinderella · 07-17-2003, 09:51 AM

I'm into it!!! Just think... Paul traipsing about Mordor!!! Gollum with spectacles! But I wonder who would be the orcs? The Monkees possibly? I could go on for days with this...

Aredhel Ar-Feiniel · 07-17-2003, 09:56 AM

The Monkees as orcs! *cracks up* This version wouldn't be very serious at all...

Finwe · 07-17-2003, 10:02 AM

It would have been funny, but inherently SCARY!

Lord of Angmar · 07-17-2003, 11:33 AM

Ringo Starr as Sam Gangee? The mind boggles. No, I am glad that this version never took shape, although I'm sure it would have been a bit of fun if it had. Mr. Jackson is doing a fine job interpreting the books in his trilogy, and as for the cartoon movies.... No comment.

Nehani · 07-17-2003, 01:05 PM

That would have been the funniest thing on Earth, little alone Middle-earth! It would have been more of a comedy than an action/adventure film. Somehow I wish it did come together!

Meela · 07-17-2003, 01:44 PM

It would have been great to see, but it would have been taken as a spoof. Perhaps it would have gone down better if they were unknown.

Ophelia · 07-17-2003, 02:52 PM

One thing is for sure - they would need not to use any wigs ... (I saw all this LotR and Beatles thing on TV but I do not quite remember all what was said there)

Yavanna228 · 07-17-2003, 03:16 PM

This topic sounds like it would be a bit better suited for the Middle Earth Mirth forum, but to add my two cents, I wonder if they would have done the songs in the book? That would have been truly...interesting. Peace

Oddwen · 07-17-2003, 04:36 PM

But think about it: there is some similarity in the looks of EW and Paul. Both have baby/young faces, right? But\...if you'll notice...that the move "Help!" is centered around a RING? And that Ringo's name is...well, "Ring"-o?I would have thought that John would have wanted to play Gandalf, for some reason.The song "In My Life" might have fit.

Kaiserin · 07-17-2003, 06:53 PM

*Har har* I can't imagine how the Beatles would look ... If they did work on that movie, I guess they'd have their "friends", the Rolling Stones in it too. Hee-hee! Tolkien could have been one of Lennon's major influences - think about it. He was probably inspired to write profound poetry, but ended up writing pop songs.

Daisy Brambleburr · 07-19-2003, 06:48 AM

That would have been fun-eeee! Spoof-tastic.

Duncariel · 07-19-2003, 12:45 PM

Sounds vaguely like an SNL skit to me. I can see Frodo running around singing "it's been a hard days night"

Airerûthiel · 07-20-2003, 01:10 AM

That would have been sooo cool! I want to know who would have played the other members of the Fellowship - would they have got other people to do that or would they have just done all the parts themselves?I like the idea of the characters singing Beatles songs...oh the possibilities! lol

Estelyn Telcontar · 07-21-2003, 06:58 AM

...moving this movie topic to the Movies forum...

Frodo 007 · 07-23-2003, 02:55 AM

oh my god that is so kool!!!i had no idea they wanted to star in a LOTR film!!!well The Beatles are my fave band and LOTR is my fave movie...now there is a conection

Roccotari Eldandil · 07-23-2003, 11:44 PM

EEEEEKKK!!!!! (need I say anything else?)

Frodo 007 · 07-24-2003, 04:02 AM

lol define EEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!!!

GaladrieloftheOlden · 07-24-2003, 09:17 AM

It would be interesting. Thanks for the bit of information, I'm a Beatles fan and I didn't know.Swan song, -Menelien

The X Phial · 07-24-2003, 10:13 AM

Actually, as a very well read Beatles fan and LotR fan, I would like to see his source material on this claim. It could easily have been a joke by John Lennon, I suppose. It doesn't seem credible, and I am always wary of secondary source material.As for the movie itself, as a purist I would probably hate it and as a Beatles fan I would probably laugh until I cried.

07-17-2003, 09:27 AM	#1
Aredhel Ar-Feiniel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Brisvegas Posts: 71	LOTR & The Beatles... If any of you own the book "The Magical Worlds of the Lord of the Rings" by David Colbert, than you probably already know about this, but here is a little tidbit that I found quite amusing:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>In the 1960s, the Beatles wanted to star in a film of LOTR. Frodo would have been played by Paul McCartney, Sam Gamgee by Ringo Starr, Gandalf by George Harrison, and Gollum by John Lennon. Imagine! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>How do you think this would have turned out if it had been attempted? __________________ Vous ne pouvez pas habiter sans Dior

07-17-2003, 09:32 AM	#2
Sapphire_Flame Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The World That Never Was Posts: 1,232	__________________ The Hitchhiking Ghost

07-17-2003, 09:40 AM	#3
Imladris Tears of the Phoenix Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Putting dimes in the jukebox baby. Posts: 1,453	Beatles as LOTR characters!?<P>I agree with Sapphire_Flame __________________ I'm sorry it wasn't a unicorn. It would have been nice to have unicorns. I'm your huckleberry.

07-17-2003, 09:51 AM	#4
Cinderella Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Arda Unmarred, MA Posts: 173	I'm into it!!! Just think... Paul traipsing about Mordor!!! Gollum with spectacles! But I wonder who would be the orcs? The Monkees possibly? I could go on for days with this... __________________ These violent delights have violent ends... "Live fast, die young, and have a beautiful looking corpse." -J. Dean

07-17-2003, 09:56 AM	#5
Aredhel Ar-Feiniel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Brisvegas Posts: 71	The Monkees as orcs! cracks up This version wouldn't be very serious at all... __________________ Vous ne pouvez pas habiter sans Dior

07-17-2003, 10:02 AM	#6
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	<P>It would have been funny, but inherently SCARY! __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.

07-17-2003, 11:33 AM	#7
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	Ringo Starr as Sam Gangee? The mind boggles. No, I am glad that this version never took shape, although I'm sure it would have been a bit of fun if it had. Mr. Jackson is doing a fine job interpreting the books in his trilogy, and as for the cartoon movies.... No comment. __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.

07-17-2003, 01:05 PM	#8
Nehani Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mirkwood (or something like it) Posts: 80	That would have been the funniest thing on Earth, little alone Middle-earth! It would have been more of a comedy than an action/adventure film. Somehow I wish it did come together! __________________ "Been A Long Road To Follow, Been There And Gone Tomorrow Without Saying Goodbye To Yesterday..." "The Way Is Closed. It Was Made By Those Who are Dead. The Way is Closed."

07-17-2003, 01:44 PM	#9
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	It would have been great to see, but it would have been taken as a spoof. Perhaps it would have gone down better if they were unknown. __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

07-17-2003, 02:52 PM	#10
Ophelia Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere between the sacred , silence and sweet . Posts: 169	One thing is for sure - they would need not to use any wigs ... <BR>(I saw all this LotR and Beatles thing on TV but I do not quite remember all what was said there) __________________ I didn't lose my mind . It was mine to give away .

07-17-2003, 03:16 PM	#11
Yavanna228 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2003 Location: on the wings of the morning Posts: 394	This topic sounds like it would be a bit better suited for the Middle Earth Mirth forum, but to add my two cents, I wonder if they would have done the songs in the book? That would have been truly...interesting. <BR>Peace __________________ 'Dulaman na Binne Bui, Dulaman Gaelach/ Dulaman na farraige, 's e b'fhearr a bhi in Eirinn!'

07-17-2003, 04:36 PM	#12
Oddwen Drummer in the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Next Sunday A.D. Posts: 2,125	But think about it: there is some similarity in the looks of EW and Paul. Both have baby/young faces, right? <BR><I>But\</I>...if you'll notice...that the move "Help!" is centered around a <I>RING?</I> And that Ringo's name is...well, "Ring"-o?<P>I would have thought that John would have wanted to play Gandalf, for some reason.<P>The song "In My Life" might have fit. __________________ But all the while I sit and think of times there were before I listen for returning feet and voices at the door

07-17-2003, 06:53 PM	#13
Kaiserin Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cair Paravel Posts: 150	Har har I can't imagine how the Beatles would look ... If they did work on that movie, I guess they'd have their "friends", the Rolling Stones in it too. Hee-hee!<BR>Tolkien could have been one of Lennon's major influences - think about it. He was probably inspired to write profound poetry, but ended up writing pop songs. __________________ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

07-19-2003, 06:48 AM	#14
Daisy Brambleburr Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 334	That would have been fun-eeee! Spoof-tastic. __________________ 'What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve? Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.'

07-19-2003, 12:45 PM	#15
Duncariel Wight Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Land of the Ice and Snow Posts: 226	Sounds vaguely like an SNL skit to me.<BR>I can see Frodo running around singing "it's been a hard days night" __________________ Middle-earth: Insanity "What, the peons aren't trusted?" -- Yazoo, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

07-20-2003, 01:10 AM	#16
Airerûthiel Wight Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Long Lake Posts: 228	That would have been sooo cool! I want to know who would have played the other members of the Fellowship - would they have got other people to do that or would they have just done all the parts themselves?<P>I like the idea of the characters singing Beatles songs...oh the possibilities! lol __________________ 'If they give you ruled paper, write the other way' - Juan Ramón Jiménez I love pirates!

07-21-2003, 06:58 AM	#17
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,499	...moving this movie topic to the Movies forum... __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

07-23-2003, 02:55 AM	#18
Frodo 007 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wellington, New Zealand (Middle-Earth Baby Yeah!!!) Posts: 85	oh my god that is so kool!!!i had no idea they wanted to star in a LOTR film!!!well The Beatles are my fave band and LOTR is my fave movie...now there is a conection __________________ Elen Sila Lúmenn' Omentielvo

07-23-2003, 11:44 PM	#19
Roccotari Eldandil Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: the stables of Lorien Posts: 79	EEEEEKKK!!!!! (need I say anything else?) __________________ "Come, come!" he shouted, swinging his axe. "Since Gandalf's head is now sacred, let us find one that is right to cleave!" -Gimli, after hearing Galadriel's message to him in TTT

07-24-2003, 04:02 AM	#20
Frodo 007 Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wellington, New Zealand (Middle-Earth Baby Yeah!!!) Posts: 85	lol define EEEEEEKKKKKKK!!!!!!! __________________ Elen Sila Lúmenn' Omentielvo

07-24-2003, 09:17 AM	#21
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	It would be interesting. Thanks for the bit of information, I'm a Beatles fan and I didn't know.<P>Swan song,<BR>-Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

07-24-2003, 10:13 AM	#22
The X Phial Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Out there with the truth. Come find me. Posts: 317	Actually, as a very well read Beatles fan and LotR fan, I would like to see his source material on this claim. It could easily have been a joke by John Lennon, I suppose. It doesn't seem credible, and I am always wary of secondary source material.<P>As for the movie itself, as a purist I would probably hate it and as a Beatles fan I would probably laugh until I cried. __________________ But then there was a star danced, and under that was I born.