I'm One Of Those Who Loved LOTR But Hated The Hobbit Films

I'm One Of Those Who Loved LOTR But Hated The Hobbit Films May 27, 2017 3:23:50 GMT HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar likes this

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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 3:23:50 GMT

May 26, 2017 17:41:48 GMT HaveYourselfaMerryLittleAckbar said:

May 26, 2017 3:18:22 GMT @weirdraptor said:

If only there hadn't been a rights dispute standing in Jackson's way back then. He did want to do The Hobbit first, then then Lord of the Rings, but getting the rights to Tolkien's first Middle-earth book was such a hassle, he ended up having to give up for the time being. If they had been able to do The Hobbit as a standalone film and then Lord of the Rings, that'd have been wonderful.

Yeah, that would've been awesome. I wonder how they would've approached The Hobbit if they did it first. There was a clear intention to match the tone of LotR which was of course due to the popularity of that trilogy. Would they have done that if it was the first one made? I wonder. It might have even gone the other way around, with The Hobbit being such a success that the studio forced a lighter tone on LotR. Interesting stuff to think about.

I doubt it would have had any effect outside of having archives footage of Bilbo finding the Ring instead of having to film new stuff for that shot. New Line, back in 1996-2003, was very good about just letting Jackson and company do their thing.