What would Chris Tolkiens most likely response to KJA be?

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Actually I think the family has officially sanctioned this version, and this one alone:

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Stormbringer wrote: None of them are happy with some of the story alterations the movie made (they grew up on parts of the story after all) but were not exactly displeased by the final product.
Why didn't they have Peter Jackson tell them exactly how he planning do handle the story and the alterations before filming? :?:
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IIRC just before the movies came out Christpher Tolkien seperated himself from the movies.

I don't think CT would let KJA anywhere near his father's work.
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Rubberanvil wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: None of them are happy with some of the story alterations the movie made (they grew up on parts of the story after all) but were not exactly displeased by the final product.
Why didn't they have Peter Jackson tell them exactly how he planning do handle the story and the alterations before filming? :?:
because they didn't want to have anything to do with the films.
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Rubberanvil wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: None of them are happy with some of the story alterations the movie made (they grew up on parts of the story after all) but were not exactly displeased by the final product.
Why didn't they have Peter Jackson tell them exactly how he planning do handle the story and the alterations before filming? :?:
Because Christopher Tolkien and the rest of the family made it known that the didn't feel a film was appropriate. If JRR Tolkien hadn't sold the movie right there never would have been a movie.
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Melkor wrote:Actually I think the family has officially sanctioned this version, and this one alone:

Official version
ROFL, that was pretty damn good... :)
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Stormbringer wrote:
Rubberanvil wrote:
Stormbringer wrote: None of them are happy with some of the story alterations the movie made (they grew up on parts of the story after all) but were not exactly displeased by the final product.
Why didn't they have Peter Jackson tell them exactly how he planning do handle the story and the alterations before filming? :?:
Because Christopher Tolkien and the rest of the family made it known that the didn't feel a film was appropriate. If JRR Tolkien hadn't sold the movie right there never would have been a movie.
So in the grand schemes of things their opinion of the movie is largely irrelevant. If they've bothered to do damage control and gave Jackson constructive input on how the movie should be done, then their opinion would mean something.
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Rubberanvil wrote:
Stormbringer wrote:Because Christopher Tolkien and the rest of the family made it known that the didn't feel a film was appropriate. If JRR Tolkien hadn't sold the movie right there never would have been a movie.
So in the grand schemes of things their opinion of the movie is largely irrelevant. If they've bothered to do damage control and gave Jackson constructive input on how the movie should be done, then their opinion would mean something.
Some people obviously care what their opinion is or they wouldn't be asked on a regular basis. But you're right that in a legal sense their input doesn't matter. But in the mind of a lot of Tolkienites it matters.
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