We really are living in bizarro world at this point, with the news that Stephen Colbert is set to write a sequel to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
https://youtu.be/uMYo4g65CMg?si=CaCy8IDxQypxrAZ1
Verily, in article <10q8h1g$jdni$2@dont-email.me>, did
weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
We really are living in bizarro world at this point, with the news thatI can't abide the Critical Drinker, but if this is true, that's nuts.
Stephen Colbert is set to write a sequel to Peter Jackson's Lord of the
Rings trilogy.
https://youtu.be/uMYo4g65CMg?si=CaCy8IDxQypxrAZ1
The world doesn't need more Lord of the Rings, but if they must milk it, surely a master of fantasy would be a better choice.
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are writing it.
It's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the Tom Bombadil chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the script to keep the movie from being four hours long instead of just two and change.
Verily, in article <10q94gr$qon8$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com deliver unto us this message:
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are writing >> it.
Oh boy.
It's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the Tom Bombadil
chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the script to keep the >> movie from being four hours long instead of just two and change.
That actually sounds like a good idea for extra content. Everyone loves
Tom Bombadil, even though Tolkein himself said we were all making too
much of him.
Let's hope the Colberts pere and fil have the hidden chops to do it
right.
On 2026-03-28 19:12:14 +0000, The True Melissa said:
Verily, in article <10q94gr$qon8$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com
deliver unto us this message:
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are
writing it. It's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the
Tom Bombadil chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the
script to keep the movie from being four hours long instead of just
two and change.
That actually sounds like a good idea for extra content. Everyone loves
Tom Bombadil, even though Tolkein himself said we were all making too
much of him.
Let's hope the Colberts pere and fil have the hidden chops to do it
right.
It's Hollyweird ... they never do anything "right". Some over-egoed
idiot in charge always thinks they know better and makes silly changes.
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are writing >it. It's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the Tom Bombadil >chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the script to keep the >movie from being four hours long instead of just two and change.
On Mar 28, 2026 at 5:58:48 AM PDT, "The True Melissa" ><thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:Didn't see it. Deliberately.
Verily, in article <10q8h1g$jdni$2@dont-email.me>, did
weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:
We really are living in bizarro world at this point, with the news that >>> Stephen Colbert is set to write a sequel to Peter Jackson's Lord of the >>> Rings trilogy.I can't abide the Critical Drinker, but if this is true, that's nuts.
https://youtu.be/uMYo4g65CMg?si=CaCy8IDxQypxrAZ1
The world doesn't need more Lord of the Rings, but if they must milk it,
surely a master of fantasy would be a better choice.
New Line Cinema has a "use it or lose it" clause in its rights contract with >the Tolkien estate. If they don't keep making LOTR content, the rights revert >back and their cash cow dies. So this is why every couple of years we get some >LOTR slop that leave people asking, "Why, for the love of god?" (E.g., that >anime disaster THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM from a couple years ago)
Verily, in article <10q94gr$qon8$1@dont-email.me>, did atropos@mac.com >deliver unto us this message:
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are writing >> it.
Oh boy.
But ... but ... butIt's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the Tom Bombadil
chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the script to keep the >> movie from being four hours long instead of just two and change.
That actually sounds like a good idea for extra content. Everyone loves
Tom Bombadil, even though Tolkein himself said we were all making too
much of him.
Let's hope the Colberts pere and fil have the hidden chops to do it
right.
-- if they do it "right" in the sense of following JRRT's story, it
will not agree with the other films, which tell PJ's version.
-- if the do it "right" in the sense of being compatible with PJ's
film, then it will not agree with JRRT's story
It cannot be "right" in both senses.
For example:
-- in JRRT's story, the Hobbits obtain their swords from the
Barrow-Wights barrow
We really are living in bizarro world at this point, with the news that Stephen Colbert is set to write a sequel to Peter Jackson's Lord of the
Rings trilogy.
https://youtu.be/uMYo4g65CMg?si=CaCy8IDxQypxrAZ1
On 2026-03-28 8:20 a.m., Ubiquitous wrote:
We really are living in bizarro world at this point, with the news that Stephen Colbert is set to write a sequel to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy.
https://youtu.be/uMYo4g65CMg?si=CaCy8IDxQypxrAZ1
It would be vaguely interesting to see how Colbert tailors his script to make it an attack on Trump.
On Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:52:27 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are writing >> it. It's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the Tom Bombadil
chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the script to keep the >> movie from being four hours long instead of just two and change.
I wouldn't mind a "Death of Saruman" piece though I understand it was
shot for Peter Jackson's films but left on the cutting room floor.
Given the scene was 1 wizard vs 300-400 hobbits it could be an
expensive scene to shoot.
On 2026-03-28 8:20 a.m., Ubiquitous wrote:
We really are living in bizarro world at this point, with the news
that Stephen Colbert is set to write a sequel to Peter Jackson's
Lord of the Rings trilogy.
https://youtu.be/uMYo4g65CMg?si=CaCy8IDxQypxrAZ1
It would be vaguely interesting to see how Colbert tailors his
script to make it an attack on Trump.
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are writing >it. It's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the Tom Bombadil >chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the script to keep the >movie from being four hours long instead of just two and change.
Verily, in article <6dhisk1cnsfuce3vbqt37c6gc020io9tsm@4ax.com>, did >psperson@old.netcom.invalid deliver unto us this message:Made me look.
-- if they do it "right" in the sense of following JRRT's story, it
will not agree with the other films, which tell PJ's version.
-- if the do it "right" in the sense of being compatible with PJ's
film, then it will not agree with JRRT's story
It cannot be "right" in both senses.
For example:
-- in JRRT's story, the Hobbits obtain their swords from the
Barrow-Wights barrow
They're doing Tom Bombadil, apparently. None of that will be there. Tom >Bombadil was left out of the trilogy, so it should be possible to do in
the same continuity.
In article <10q94gr$qon8$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:I would say that "superficial at best and more like a fetish" is a characteristic of fans in general, not just fans of LOTR or JRRT.
And this is just more of the same. And yes, Colbert and his kid are writing >>it. It's not a sequel as the original post claimed. It's the Tom Bombadil >>chapters from FELLOWSHIP that Peter Jackson cut from the script to keep the >>movie from being four hours long instead of just two and change.
Colbert is a "superfan", meaning he has memorized and can regurgitate a >bunch of factoids. That's all. He doesn't understand it, he can't discuss
it intelligently, and he despises everything Tolkien actually believed in.
His "love" for it is superficial at best and more like a fetish, again, like >many "fans".
The same quandry exists:
if it follows JRRT's story, it contradicts PJ's.
If it follow PJ's story, it contradicts JRRT's.
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