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12-14-2004, 05:08 PM | #1 |
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Nothing left to wait for?
Well, it`s over. The movies have been released. Nothing left to wait for. Unless Jackson decides to film The Hobbit, but until then, what are we going to do? And what will our discussions be like in, let`s say, 5 years? My guess is they`ll be the same as they are now. Will the popularity of LotR die away? (Except for those of us will remain fans till the end of our days.) Will (gasp!) people fall away from the Downs (the movie fans anyway)?
What are your thoughts?
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12-14-2004, 05:31 PM | #2 |
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I think the discussions will be the same, after a while people don't mind discussing the same topics. And plus, as you've said we do have "The Hobbit" to look forward to. As for the movie-fans, well they come and then go a few months later.
What I've always wondered was what will happen to the downs once the BW, and the other administraters pass away. Do they have some "heir" to take over the downs, or will the downs, just no long exist? Oh well, we will find out sooner or later. |
12-14-2004, 05:58 PM | #3 |
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I'd prefer later to sooner.
I suppose the 'Downs will lose a few of the movie fans, but most of those that are still here are very much fans of the books as well by now, so the majority of them will stick around. I would expect the Movies forum to make it's way down the page unless "The Hobbit" deal is formalized and announced soon enough to keep it popular. (by soon, I mean a couple of years.) That's just my guess though.
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12-14-2004, 07:54 PM | #4 |
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Nimmy, you've scared me!! I don't want to think about it.... Oh... dear me. I lost track. Today was the day, wasn't it? Ah, well, just because I don't have the money for the EE........
If the 'Downs does eventually pass away, there's always my forum: http://fantasyinsanity.proboards38.com Yes, that was a shameless plug.
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12-14-2004, 07:55 PM | #5 |
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There are other possibilities for movies, that I'm surprised no one in
Hollywood has apparently hit on yet. Given the popularity and $$$ making of some children's films, why not movies (live, animated, or perhaps the process used in "The Polar Express") for Roverandom and The Father Christmas Letters. This would also make for a sort of piggybacking on the popularity of LOTR films and would make for an interesting holiday movie.
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12-14-2004, 07:57 PM | #6 |
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Hey, now, there's an idea! Now why didn't I think of that?...
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12-14-2004, 08:09 PM | #7 |
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The Movies go ever on and on, Down from the studio where they began.
There is also Ancanar, which is not Tolkien, but has a definite Tolkien flavor to it.
I would not be too surprised to see an attempt to make a movie out of the Sil, or at least part of the Sil. However, I'm not sure it would be worth watching.
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12-14-2004, 08:25 PM | #8 | |
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12-14-2004, 10:40 PM | #9 |
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I think that there is plenty to look forward to. I mean, look at Star Wars. It has lived on for many years. I know that I am looking forward to conventions in the future... I need more excuses to wear my gowns, especially since I haven't even gotten to wear my green gown yet. I also want to keep planning events for the Chicago area for the Chicago Line Party. As long as people keep coming, I'll keep planning things. I hope that this lives on for a long time because it has been a wonderful part of my life and I've met so many great friends because of it.
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12-14-2004, 11:27 PM | #10 | |
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12-15-2004, 07:54 PM | #12 |
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SpM, I can get up a thread on metareferences and intertextuality, it will take me a few days to view the movies and get some ideas.
The point of metareferences and intertextuality, is in a movie (or book/writings), to draw attention to a previously written book/movie. It supports the idea that no piece of work is "fully original," or fully "created." Literature now adays (and more centuries) have written off of previous ideas, and then slightly altering the story. As one example from ROTK the movie, to get everyone on the same page. Saruman being impaled on a wheel spikes, is a metareference to his earlier acting days as Dracula. Where Chris Lee is impaled on a wheel of spikes several times. The fact that it's Chris Lee (Saruman) and Chris Lee (Dracula) makes it a metareference. Trying to draw attention to his earlier movies. If it was somebody who acted as Saruman (say Ian Mckellan) then it would be intertextuality. Some authors/directors, use metareferences and intertextually purposefully, others use it unconsciously. Where they read a story, or watch a movie, and then as human nature, we write our own stories about these. Then as a viewer we go "Oh that's from...so and so" or "That's sort of like this." A lot of people believe, now adays, Literature/Films, are filled with metareferences and intertextuality. That everything we have written/made, has been done, but the story is just different. Another example, this time intertextuality, the feud between dwarves and elves. I don't know about everyone, but this reminds me of the hatfield and the mccoys, also Montagues and Capulets. Again, Tolkien could be doing this purposefully, or just unconsciously. |
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I was reading "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" a few days back. I was flipping through the pages at the front of the book, when I came upon this. It is not in full, but here is the part that stuck out to me the most.
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12-20-2004, 11:38 PM | #14 |
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yeah, i know, i realized there were no more of the series coming out. but hey! rumor is they are coming out with The HObbit!
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12-21-2004, 06:21 AM | #15 |
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After reading this, I'm convinced that the best prequel to LotR would be about Akallabeth. The link I gave gives a very detailed idea on how the author thinks the movie should be made. The second part is just this much (*pinches fingers together*) short of being a real movie script.
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12-21-2004, 07:56 AM | #16 |
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Thanks for the link, oh Cruel one There was a good read on it, and idea is quite plausible. I wonder, have Jackson read that piece? And I wonder, do we imply that it is Jackson who should make another 'Tolkienian', to use the term I picked up on that site, movie?
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12-21-2004, 07:58 AM | #17 |
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While I still favor The Hobbit, The Father Christmas Letters, or
Roverandom as easily marketable (for Hollywood) and therefore more readily made, the Akallabeth suggestion is intriguing, especially since it could end with Isildur, and perhaps even the Istari (ignoring the time sequence a bit and using a concluding voiceover) landing at the Gray Havens, with cameos for Gandalf and Saruman. It would be daring, but could be a real "groundbreaking" type of film, and so Hollywood would probably shy away, even if CT or heirs went along with it. Would making the Father Christmas Letters require anything other then Baillie Tolkien approval, thereby circumventing a CT veto?
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12-21-2004, 07:38 PM | #19 |
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While it's not Tolkien, there is an Inkling movie coming out (scheduled for
Dec., 9, 2005: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, which could be a basis for future discussion. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363771/ has some information. Related, I thought the recent Anthony Hopkins C.S. Lewis movie was "interesting."
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12-21-2004, 08:06 PM | #20 |
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Really? A 'Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe' movie? That's cool.... and I couldn't help notice that the scheduled release date is my birthday... what a present!
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12-24-2004, 12:54 AM | #21 |
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Hey hey. I'm still waiting to purchase Viggo Mortensen for my harem. I'm sure he'll be for sale eventually. So speak for yourself.
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12-25-2004, 08:10 AM | #22 |
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Enjoy yourself while you can, Lush... After all, all good things must come to an end....are you sure Viggo would submit himself to such a thing? Personally, I doubt it. So you keep wishing....
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12-29-2004, 03:12 PM | #23 |
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Well I love this place because rarely can I find so many experts on Tolkien to converse and share info with. If people do leave becuz there are no more movies, then that will rid us of those who are not trully dedicated. The heart of soul of these stories is in the books.
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12-29-2004, 08:55 PM | #24 |
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I think that the fandom will die out somewhat. There will always be hardcore fans, but they will mostly be fans of the books, not of the movies. People have loved the books since they first appeared on bookstore shelves 50 years ago. The books are timeless, I think that there will always be book fans. The movies, however are another story.
Will the special effects soon be dated? The gollum in ROTK is already noticably more finished than the one in TTT. In a few years, what will we think of the FX? Will that hurt our music experience? I wouldn't be suprised if in a few years, people will stop looking at LOTR as a great technical achievement.
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12-30-2004, 08:44 AM | #25 |
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There will be some that are going to dislike LotR, cause there is nothing left to talk about the movies. But WE, WE Tolkien fans must united! Stand tall against these people who dislike LotR and say right in their facesses: You, you are a moron! And then we all must run away!
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