Re: (Next to no) discussion on extended version of TTT?

On 26 Nov 2003 13:35:16 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Smaug69) wrote:

>"jere7my tho?rpe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Smaug69) wrote:
>> 
>> > Yes. People can justify anything if they really want. Having seen some
>> > of that (thankfully) excised footage of Arwen fighting at Helm's Deep
>> > and listening to some of Boyens' comments- especially about the
>> > Council of Elrond chapter of the book- and now the complete
>> > elimination of Saruman from ROTK I have altered my opinion of that
>> > writing triumvirate. I don't think they are real fans of the book,
>> > just pseudo-fans(like those hippies in the 1960s running around with
>> > Frodo Lives!) who like the idea of the story and the characters, but
>> > not the execution or the depth.
>> 
>>      They are fans who were faced with the realities of filmmaking. 
>
>Sorry, but some of Boyens' comments had nothing to do with filmmaking.
>She was talking about the writing style of Tolkien and how she would
>have liked to have taken a blue pencil to that Council of Elrond
>chapter. That's abhorrent, AFAIAC.
>
>Smaug69

Are you saying that Tolkien was above the editing process?

John Harkness