Thread: Peter Jackson's The Hobbit
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Old 04-30-2011, 12:05 PM   #3
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... after he played silly buggers with LotR ...
What was wrong with Lord of the Rings? Did you take issue with the fact that he changed the timing of events, combined and/or transposed plot and character elements in order to move the storyline forward in a different format, all without changing its essential nature?

By way of comparison, a SERIOUS writer like Ayn Rand, when composing the screenplay for her own novel The Fountainhead... changed the timing of events, combined and/or transposed plot and character elements in order to move the storyline forward in a different format, all without changing its essential nature. Should we gather an army of internet nerds to storm the gates and accuse Ayn Rand of selling out?
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