Not related to blu-ray....

[TJones8124]

Originally Posted by Existentialist

All those movies you mentioned are targeted at kids and young teens. They are fantasy, but you really can't compare them to LOTR. There really haven't been any adult fantasy films to compare it to since the 70-80's. There was Willow, Conan, Dragonslayer, Time bandits, Beastmaster and a whole slew of others. Now if they were to make the original Shannara trilogy or the wheel of time series that would be more on the level with LOTR.

I noticed you pointed out a few of the "newer" novels to take off. Were you aware that George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series has been optioned by HBO?

It'll be one of those shows that, like Rome, I'll have to purchase HBO for and then buy the series when it comes out. Here's to hoping that HBO will put something other than the Soprano's on blu.

That is, if Martin survives to write the books. At his pace, he'll end up the same as Robert Jordan, dead before the last one is written.

[Existentialist]

Originally Posted by TJones8124

I noticed you pointed out a few of the "newer" novels to take off. Were you aware that George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series has been optioned by HBO?

It'll be one of those shows that, like Rome, I'll have to purchase HBO for and then buy the series when it comes out. Here's to hoping that HBO will put something other than the Soprano's on blu.

That is, if Martin survives to write the books. At his pace, he'll end up the same as Robert Jordan, dead before the last one is written.

I didn't know that, but I did just find out that Warner Brothers optioned the rights to the Shannara books. If the movies are done well I think they could be better than LOTR.

[JJ]

They'd have to compete with LOTR now, it would be incredibly hard to do, and either succeed or fail miserably.

[tru2blu707]

yes LOTR has set a VERY high bar....but that could be a good thing

[gamer4eva]

i reject LOTR now don't flame me but the movies were slow and boring yeah i agree the enviorments were good and it made me sit through all 3 of the movies but they were one of the most slow paced movie series i've ever seen
i prefer troy and narnia over LOTR although the storyline of narnia was bad but it was fast-paced and the enviorments were beautiful
Troy tops my list however of the midevil movies

[TheTenth]

I liked Peter Jackson when he did Dead alive and Bad taste. But he lost all ;originality in storytelling and style with Lotr. This is just moeny spread on the screen with bland characters fast movement for fights making it chaotic, and cheap CGI (the Whargs - big wolves, look like Super nontendo mobs).
Yes, as the characters were manichean, the story loses all appeal, mocking Gimli the dwarf is insulting (he's the wise guy).
Movies like Labyrinth and Krull are real better for me.