Thank you Royd.  That was beautifully spoken and well said.  And you have voiced what all the fans are thinking as well.  New Line would do well to listen to the fans, we all support Peter and his incredible vision of Middle Earth.  To not have the same sets, actors, location, feel and technology that Peter has developed would be crazy. 

I remember when I first watched FOTR and saw Hobbiton for the first time, I was in awe, it was exactly as I had imagined!         

Well said Royd.
I wholeheartedly agree. Peter is the only one who could do the Hobbit justice. His vision for LoTR's was beautiful.

I wish New Line would listen and they may yet, I still have hope and try to remain positive that PJ will direct!

Thank you.
Kerry

(I hope I did this right, I've never posted on a blog before) :O)

i agree, if it aint broke dont fix it...

I very much have to agree.  While I loved Mr. Jackson's work on Dead Alive and the Frightners,  I had strong doubts regarding his ability to do an adequate job on LoTR.  I was astounded when I saw the films.  Now the thought of anyone starting from scratch to redo the work Mr. Jackson has done would seem to be incredibly bad business sense, doomed by comparison with LoTR, as well as fated to be merely retracing the steps left by a giant.

New Line should stop looking at the keeping a stranglehold on moneys that may legally be due Mr. Jackson, and look instead as the additional 40 million or so that Mr. Jackson's name will guarrantee them at the box office.  Much better to win the war than just a minor skirmish.

Dear Mr. Tolkien, I just thought I'd add my 2 pence worth and that is that for quite a few years before Mr. Jackson made The Lord of the Rings films I had hope that someone would do them but must admit that I could see why your grandfather was not too keen on letting the rights to his masterpiece go because I could not see how anyone could do it the justice it so richly deserves but after watching the films like everybody who likes the books there are things I would have like to have been done differently but could not imagine anyone else doing any better job.  Now to The Hobbit situation all I can say on this is go with what works, if it’s not broke don’t break it just so you can try to fix it because you'll loose a vital part and it just won’t go back together properly. I say this because in my opion for every film series out there that has changed behind the scenes team and does well there is another that just doesn’t work. I’m not saying that nobody else could do the film well and do it justice but if you don’t find that 1 in a million team which they did with Mr. Jackson and his team the whole production could very easily go down the toilet which I think that we can all agree nobody wants to see that happen. Not your family , not the fans and not the company who is putting up the money to make the film so stands to loose out when people don’t like what’s been done and therefore don’t go to see the film.  There is neutral ground out there that would allow these 2 parts of the puzzle to fit together and make this film what it could be, scratch that what it should be it just need to be found. I would say this situation is like a car take away a wheel and it’s not going to work and that’s how I feel about the Tolkien film project’s without Mr. Jackson and his team I don’t see how the juggernaught can possibly work properly with a vital part missing.

Sorry about the long winded post.

Kind regards

Michael

  Hmmmm, let me see.  Did you know there was a new book being added to the whole Middle Earth saga by some bloke that decided he could do it just as good if not better?? Would anyone buy/read it?? I think NOT.  If New Line decide that they just can't work along side PJ and keep the Tolkien spirit alive, then it just won't be worth a look.  PJ is as much a part of Middle Earth as no other person can be (apart from the obvious, and of course Christopher) and it would be like bread with out the butter. It's a huge talking point and also a sore point for some, and it's great that you have the courage to write what you feel. 

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Thank you Royd for voicing your opinion on this whole matter.  I agree with you.  I am a fan of your great grandfather and of Peter Jackson's Trilogy. Even though PJ, Fran and Phillipa made some major changes to book cannon-the joke is amongst some fans that the movies are a LOTR Fanfiction with a three million dollar backing- but neverless, PJ, the location of New Zealand (a place not too well known to outsiders before the movies), the music score, Weta Workshop's amazing attention to detail, and the casting of relative unknowns that fit their parts *perfectly* (Ok, so EW was a little young to play Frodo but who really cared in the end?)  all added up to  sheer movie magic and something that we'll not ever see the likes of again.........

But-

There is  hope if Peter would make The Hobbit that some of this magic would return, but if this project is turned over to any other director I have a feeling it will be a box-office bomb because so many of us  feel no one else is qualified "to go there and back again."

bests,

Darlene

I must say, I, too, agree with your opinions of the state of the Hobbit as a film by Peter Jackson and corp.  If it wasn't for PJ I don't think anyone else would have kept so faithful to the source material your great grandfather created.  Anytime you have any major film studio invest in an adaptation of any literary work of great respect, one thing comes to mind and that is, will they bastardize the original material.  Not many major film studios have done justice in their adaptation of books to films.  But, Peter Jackson has proven that with the right individual who not only respects the material but also has the sincerest love for it, can bring life to an artist's creation. 

It is a pity that film studios like New Line has to resort to pitiful excuses to keep someone like Mr. Jackson from bringing the Hobbit to the big screen!  It would truly be a treat for many followers the world over to once again, revisit Middle Earth and it's inhabitants!  Lord of the Rings, is this generation's most loved stories not only in literary format but now in film format as well!  There will never be anything quite like it ever again!  Like many others around the world, I do hope also, that the matters at hand between New Line and Peter Jackson can be resolved so that the Hobbit can be realized!  Many of us are awaiting for that moment!

Should New Line proceed with the Hobbit without Peter Jackson, I would be one of many, who will not support the film.  Rather, I hope Saul Zaentz and MGM will continue to go ahead and make the Hobbit the way Peter Jackson intended, once the rights fall back to him.  For now, the world can only wait and see what happens next.

I Genuinely could not agree with you more! I just hope it is resolved and Peter Jackson finishes the wonderful work he started in the LOTR.

hello,

I read all these things and no one mentioned that PJ could just end the lawsuit and forget about the money himself.  If he truely wants to do the project then the money wouldnt matter.  I believe he did an good job on the films but if he and the other writers had their own ways we would be watching Arwen fighting next to Aragorn at Helms Deep as they stated in the extended version of the films.  Some things that were stated already also were done in the movies that didn't have the same feeling as the books.   I think that whoever new line gets to do "The Hobbit" would do a very good job as long as they stick to the story that Tolkien wrote.  He is an amazing author and the story itself is a masterpiece.  I only hope that they can take a few of the stories from the Silmarillion and put those on the big screen as well.