[BlookKING]

Because of Peter Jackson being the director of the LOTR movies, do you as fans feel like your interests were more portaryed and respected (in comparison to lets say, Lucas and Star Wars)

[Alassante]

I think its because of Peter Jackson's love of the books that the movies were so well done. But I think that no matter how well done they were, if they had not been so successful at the box offices, the public wouldn't respect our interests in them. If it had been a flop and we all were still obsessed with them, I think people would consider us lame. I still have people that think its odd that I am so fascinated with them which is why I sought out a community like OSA that it was understood. I was very pleasantly surprised at the size of the fandom and not all of them were fangirly Orlando fanatics that didn't appreciate the beauty of the story as much as the beauty of Mr. Bloom. Not that there is anything wrong with appreciating his beauty either! I tend to do it in every movie he does.

[NeumeIndil]

Re: Lucas and Starwars, as a writer of non-fan fic pieces too, lemme tell you how hard it is to give up control of your project. I think, since Professor Tolkien is no longer living and the works we have are finite, it was easier for a production team (thankfully one with great respect for the world as Tolkien designed it) to make a screenplay from the Lord of the Rings trilogy than it would be to write a screen play from a story of one's own. It had to be difficult for Lucas to change elements of his story according to what the fans wanted when he'd put so much blood, sweat and tears into the piece in the first place. Not to say that the screen writers for the movie had it easy: I think, in many ways, they had a more difficult job trying to research for accuracy (instead of just create the fact they needed themselves), then compromise for time/ budget/ technology to make a movie that appealed to the general public and to the die hard book fans simultaneously. However, the element of "I've failed as a creator" isn't present when editing someone else's work.

[Alassante]

[Rhapsody]