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General Woundwort · #81 January 27th, 2004, 08:36 PM

ROTK...

Nominated for 4 Golden Globe awards - wins all four.

Nominated for 11 Aca-duh-my awards - wins...?

(Given the Aca-duh-my's record, I'm not holding my breath...)

Loser · #82 January 27th, 2004, 09:24 PM

It's Fantasy, so it won't get Best Picture.

Three kinds of movies can't get Best Picture: Fantasy (or Sci-Fi, same thing), Animation, and Foreign.

Of course, I could be wrong...

gregebowman · #83 January 27th, 2004, 11:12 PM

Ain't that the truth. I still won't watch a Woody Allen film because one of his films got best movie for 1977 instead of Star Wars (I forgot which one right now). But I hope PJ does get best director. He deserves it.

Speaking of Jackson, I heard the other day that he will go back to Middle Earth and film The Hobbit. I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is, that would be great news. Can anybody confirm this? I stopped reading the sci-fi/fantasy movie mags a long time ago, and I don't have the time or inclination to scour the internet for such news.

narf poit chez BOOM · #84 January 28th, 2004, 02:28 AM

given that the new 1 and 2 have gotten bad review's, that might not be such a stretch.

General Woundwort · #85 January 28th, 2004, 12:25 PM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
Speaking of Jackson, I heard the other day that he will go back to Middle Earth and film The Hobbit. I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is, that would be great news. Can anybody confirm this? I stopped reading the sci-fi/fantasy movie mags a long time ago, and I don't have the time or inclination to scour the internet for such news.

www.theonering.net usually has the scoop on these matters. From what I read there, the Tolkien estate is giving PJ a hard time about doing The Hobbit, because... well, I don't really know why, except they're Luddites.

gregebowman · #86 January 28th, 2004, 03:39 PM

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Originally posted by General Woundwort:

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
Speaking of Jackson, I heard the other day that he will go back to Middle Earth and film The Hobbit. I don't know if this is true or not, but if it is, that would be great news. Can anybody confirm this? I stopped reading the sci-fi/fantasy movie mags a long time ago, and I don't have the time or inclination to scour the internet for such news.

www.theonering.net usually has the scoop on these matters. From what I read there, the Tolkien estate is giving PJ a hard time about doing The Hobbit, because... well, I don't really know why, except they're Luddites.

Aren't Luddites anti-technology? I bet if they were given a butt load of money off of the profits of the movie, they might change their mind. Either that, or maybe they didn't like his interpretation of the trilogy? I hope he does get the rights. That would be an awesome movie, and if kept in the same tone as it was written, it would be more child-friendly.

General Woundwort · #87 January 28th, 2004, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
Aren't Luddites anti-technology? I bet if they were given a butt load of money off of the profits of the movie, they might change their mind. Either that, or maybe they didn't like his interpretation of the trilogy? I hope he does get the rights. That would be an awesome movie, and if kept in the same tone as it was written, it would be more child-friendly.

PJ has never been known for child-friendly movies, but as his kids get older he may mellow out a bit.

Anyways, here's an IGN news item that clears things up re: the Tolkien estate's attitude...

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New Line Pursues Hobbit Rights
The fate of the franchise may lie with the Tolkien estate.

December 02, 2003 - Keen to build on the success of its three Lord of the Rings films (ROTK is a foregone conclusion), New Line Cinema is now actively pursuing the possibility of a film based on The Hobbit. According to The Australian, however, there is a hang-up: the Tolkien estate. It seems that Tolkien's heirs, who have already riled Peter Jackson by refusing to permit a Rings museum in Wellington, are now a stumbling-block in the way of a Lord of the Rings prequel.

"The difficulty everybody has is the Tolkien estate," Jackson said, referring to recent wrangling between New Line and Christopher Tolkien, the custodian and literary executor of his late father's estate. Jackson's next project is King Kong, which should be finished by 2006. Afterwards, Jackson would like to work with New Line on The Hobbit, provided the legal hassles get worked out.

Right now, a deal doesn't seem likely. The trilogy itself was only possible because J.R.R. Tolkien himself sold those film rights in 1969 for �10,000, a paltry amount by modern standards. His son, Christopher, doesn't believe that The Hobbit or any of his father's other works can be adequately represented on-screen, and has resisted any endorsement of the current Lord of the Rings project.

(full article here - http://filmforce.ign.com/lotr/articl...tml?fromint=1)

[ January 28, 2004, 14:51: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

gregebowman · #88 January 28th, 2004, 08:25 PM

Ok, thanks General. Doesn't sound too encouraging now, but if King Kong isn't out until 2006, then who knows what might happen between now and then. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

narf poit chez BOOM · #89 January 28th, 2004, 09:16 PM

the TTT dvd i got has a big problem - the day scenes are to bright and the night scenes are to dark. anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Captain Kwok · #90 January 29th, 2004, 12:56 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
the TTT dvd i got has a big problem - the day scenes are to bright and the night scenes are to dark. anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Are you running your DVD player through a VCR to your TV? This can activate the copy protection on some DVD players and cause the screen to go light and dark, light and dark.