davyK wrote:Its probably best served by a high end mini series.Raiziel wrote:I’m in two minds too, davy. The part of me that loves Tolkien hates the films. The part of me that loves fantasy movies enjoys the films. Lp The Lord of the Rings films were mostly honourable to the books, and made many understandable changes. I’m still waiting for an honourable translation of The Hobbit into film.
Raiziel wrote:I’m in two minds too, davy. The part of me that loves Tolkien hates the films. The part of me that loves fantasy movies enjoys the films.
The Lord of the Rings films were mostly honourable to the books, and made many understandable changes. I’m still waiting for an honourable translation of The Hobbit into film.
RamSteelwood wrote:Speaking of BBC versions and LOTR, i recently listened to the old bbc radio dramatisation. One thing that struck me was how much the films seemed to take inspiration from them. Well worth a listen if you can get them for a fair price ( i got a cheap few months of audible and used my credits on them)
davyK wrote:RamSteelwood wrote:Speaking of BBC versions and LOTR, i recently listened to the old bbc radio dramatisation. One thing that struck me was how much the films seemed to take inspiration from them. Well worth a listen if you can get them for a fair price ( i got a cheap few months of audible and used my credits on them)
This. It's a brilliant presentation of LoTR .... and I agree totally re its influence on the Jackson version.
tin_robot wrote:I had this on tape as a kid (and still do somewhere, if only I still had something to play it on). Agree it’s great, and I always felt that the casting of Holm in the film was, in part, a nod to his performance in the BBC version.davyK wrote:This. It's a brilliant presentation of LoTR .... and I agree totally re its influence on the Jackson version.RamSteelwood wrote:Speaking of BBC versions and LOTR, i recently listened to the old bbc radio dramatisation. One thing that struck me was how much the films seemed to take inspiration from them. Well worth a listen if you can get them for a fair price ( i got a cheap few months of audible and used my credits on them)
davyK wrote:RamSteelwood wrote:Speaking of BBC versions and LOTR, i recently listened to the old bbc radio dramatisation. One thing that struck me was how much the films seemed to take inspiration from them. Well worth a listen if you can get them for a fair price ( i got a cheap few months of audible and used my credits on them)
This. It's a brilliant presentation of LoTR .... and I agree totally re its influence on the Jackson version.
Kow wrote:Whatever happened to that Middle Earth series that Amazon were making? Has Covid killed it?
davyK wrote:First Man This disappears from Netflix on the 17th March. I'd make it my business to watch this.
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