Christopher Tolkien is not a fan of Peter Jackson
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Stellar reporting.
What simpler times that was.
Tolkien Estate Now: Enjoy delicious Lord of the Rings Rose Hip Ice Cream and Have an EPIC break with Kit-Kat and the Lord of the Rings Rings of Power.
Those things didn't exist then because of Christopher Tolkien's furious gatekeeping of his father's writing.
Just saw he died in 2020, explains why the rings of power came out as a project magically at the same time
Yup. I think this quote explains their mindset perfectly. (not just the showrunners but the family)
It's the Scouring of the Shire.
He said in an interview that Jackson "eviscerated" the Lord of the Rings by making it into an "action film" and that he expected him to do the same to the Hobbit.