Going through some old papers I found this. It reminded me of the days when I had the time and head space to sit and transcribe elvish poems into Tengwar.
This brought back memories…
Going through some old papers I found this. It reminded me of the days when I had the time and head space to sit and transcribe elvish poems into Tengwar.
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What a coincidence, the Two Towers is on TV tonight… In NL that is.
I sent a formal letter to Peter Jackson asking to collaborate on Gondolin
Chris Tolkien authorized a Beren and Luthien book a while back… so they are going to start digging up the First Age.
Cool image.
Peter Jackson isn't going to make a movie on Gondolin or anything else you may find in the Silmarillion, the movie rights haven't been sold for that.
And Christopher Tolkien didn't authorise Beren and Luthien he edited his father's notes and published it. http://amzn.to/2roFJGb
Think he owns his father's papers. Which would make it authorization compared and contrasted with the LOTR. Yet what do I know.
Am not even sure if JRR's will came into discussion with the Hobbit. And to my mind, if I mail the letter now… it is better than waiting until … later. Kind of thought about it, and have heard rumors from some of my friends that the collaboration is already being organized for Gondolin. Yet I may be out of the loop these days because I am relying on media.
I'm afraid rumours is all it is. The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings were the only books which had their rights sold. Everything else is property of the Tolkien Estate and they have no plans to make any further movies as far as I'm aware, especially given the poor reception the Hobbit trilogy has received.
It's in Court. Christopher Tolkien is the estate.
As far as I am concerned rights pass to the son. Just me.
Here is another tid bit. The movies were made "before" rights were settled. Ha. Talk about a mess.
No the mess about the rights relates to the distribution of related merchandise, not the making of the movies themselves. Tolkien himself sold the rights for the Hobbit and the LotR back in 1969. They changed hands a few times since then (I think the Beatles owned them at one point) until they landed with Warner Bros.
Another tidbit in my own opinion… the Hobbit wasn't a very good book and I think the team did the best they could with the story… I don't like the addition of elves and dwarves where they don't belong and such.
Was disappointed with the "Walls" surrounding Lorien also. What it took two days to reach the gate. Edit: in the book.
They made Lorien to look like one giant tree. Ha.
The months that were spent in Rivendell could have been better also. Am still trying to figure out how to fit Glorfindel into the story because he actually killed 50 balrogs at the escape from Gondolin. And in the movie they filled his character with Arwen.
And the horse run from the Nazgul was on Glorfindel's horse. "He" stayed behind with the other three hobbits while Frodo ran to the river.
The Hobbit is an excellent book, the movies not so much
Yep. This just goes to show how huge the Middle Earth Saga "is." This is what makes is so cool. Almost everyone has their own take. It is not for me to say one way or the other. The movie could have been better yes. But I really
doEdit: don't see the majesty and depth others may. Which is fine because each opinion (and choice) is neat. The idea is to get people to buy tickets… And to stay true to what JRR and CS Lewis and the other three Inklings put together in the books.And like JRR said, "I didn't invent Middle Earth."