Comments on: Jackson not gonna make the HOBBIT http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: Kenneth Graves http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9969 Kenneth Graves Mon, 20 Nov 2006 23:01:19 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9969 Don't try to pretend the Silmarillion is a narrative. Just pick the strongest stories out of it and film them. Beren and Luthien, for example, would expand to a 2 - 2.5 hour movie handily. (Urg. Unintentional pun there.) Don’t try to pretend the Silmarillion is a narrative. Just pick the strongest stories out of it and film them. Beren and Luthien, for example, would expand to a 2 – 2.5 hour movie handily. (Urg. Unintentional pun there.)

]]> By: Bon Alimagno http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9968 Bon Alimagno Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:55:17 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9968 I always thought the only way to do the Silmarillion would be on TV, Band of Brothers style (twelve part series, 1-2 hours each part) on HBO. It's the only way to get the violence and scope of it into a comprehensible package. I always thought the only way to do the Silmarillion would be on TV, Band of Brothers style (twelve part series, 1-2 hours each part) on HBO. It’s the only way to get the violence and scope of it into a comprehensible package.

]]> By: The Beat http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9967 The Beat Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:32:41 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9967 <a href = "http://www.comicon.com/thebeat/2004/12/well_always_have_cuivinen.html" rel="nofollow">Dude, I know all about the Silmarillion.</a> Dude, I know all about the Silmarillion.

]]> By: Tim O'Neil http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9966 Tim O'Neil Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:21:13 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2006/11/20/jackson-not-gonna-make-the-hobbit/#comment-9966 The Silmarillion. Of course, that's not what they mean. And if they did make it, it'd be totally incomprehensible. But as someone who likes the SIlmarillion much more than the LotR, that'd be fun to see... The Silmarillion.

Of course, that’s not what they mean. And if they did make it, it’d be totally incomprehensible. But as someone who likes the SIlmarillion much more than the LotR, that’d be fun to see…

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