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RetrogradeLlama
“The Hunt for Gollum”.
faphappyscreencappy
Lord of the Rings: Colmarillion Edition.
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
Just redo the Hobbit.
duktayp
Also, please https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scouring_of_the_Shire
GratuaCuun
So, that Gollum thing they've canceled and restarted development on all those times???
I guess it might actually *be* something with someone as fussy as Colbert involved https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1emEyc2NrMTd6emI3d2x0N3kxYXdudW5hamJmZ2V4dDhpaGs0MzBocCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3D0MgoxtEk4CY/200w.webp
lightfoot2
Bring back Tom Bombadil!
INeverReadTheTOS
Oh the anti-wokes are gonna be super normal about this.
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duktayp
I don't know if his OCD will let him have a dim-witted orange troll character in there.... Remember the orc that looked like Harvey Weinstein?
nobodyspecial995
Lol yes, but was it intentional?
d3jake
I feel like folks are super hyped for this, but it ignores that he'll still have a finite budget and won't be able to include as much detail
d3jake
as everyone wants.
mrthewhitee
I think the bigger issue is trying to make a stand alone movie out of a hand full of chapters of a book that were already deemed not interesting or relevant enough to include in the 11 hour long adaptation that already exists.
mrthewhitee
After the Hobbit I don't really have a lot of faith in LotR adaptations.
A 3 hour movie about chapters most people don't even know about and which Jackson himself already deemed not interesting/relevant enough to include in the original trilogy.
Just screams of another Hobbit situation to me. Hope I'm wrong.
Scobragon
Fuck Peter Jackson. It's fine to make omissions because of budget, but he literally said he hated Tom Bombadil, who was an important character to Tolkien.
duktayp
This is a valid concern
androgenoide
Does this mean a movie with Tom Bombadil and the Barrow wights?
TomBombadil16
Given my name, I certainly hope so!
vurcease
I think it was mentioned in an article that chapters 3-6 are discussed. Need to find out what those covered.
RamanBiot
Tom Bombadil and the Barrow wights
mondeca
Tom Bombadil and the Barrow wights?
Leithreas
Everyone must enjoy this Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wights
mondeca
I saw Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wights live in concert. The Beacons opened, and it was 🔥
Roune
Helluva band