User blog:Smaug the Tyrannical/So Much HATE!

Well, I see my second post went through well with some of my fellow LoTR nerds, so I figured I may as well make another one.

I am a frequent visitor to forums of all sorts, but LoTR forums are a personal favorite. What angers me is that people seem to be so angry with Peter Jackson and what he has done. Really, people. He brought Middle-Earth to the big screen in spectacular fashion, which earned him several awards and even a Hollywood Star!

Tolkien himself said that all good stories deserve embellishment, and I believe that the integral messages and themes of his writing are preserved in the movies, and that Peter Jackson changed things with good intentions at heart.

I can't go on any LoTR forums without hearing people ranting about how Tauriel wasn't in the books, that she was just added for the love triangle. I haven't heard this much whining since the premiere of Fellowship, and people are STILL whining about Arwen's expanded role, of how Frodo leaving the Shire took much to little time. The movies came out. That is the story. Deal. With. It.

I was introduced to Middle-Earth from the Fellowship of the Ring movie, and the moment that movie came out, I was hooked. I read every book I could about Middle-Earth (reading the Hobbit, then the LoTR for chronological sense) and when I noticed the differences, I didn't whine. I said that same quote from Tolkien; "All good stories deserve embellishment."

For me, the Book Canon and the Movie Canon are 2 wholly different things. I consider both different worlds, but with the same story. People can whine about the differences, but it amounts to about as much as a shoe-maker in Hobbiton.

And, just for reference, here is what I consider falls under each canon;

Book: Primary, the Books. Secondary, LOTRO.

Movies: Primary, the Movies. Secondary, War in the North (AMAZING GAME, BTW!)

Feel free to ridicule me for these choices, but I am stalward and unwavering in my views. I am sure many others share these views, and I will support them as much as I can. I would take 1 of them over an army from the LoTR forums anyday...