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Name: Kate Saunders on Nov 20, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Theresa Soos on Nov 20, 2006Comments: Mr. Jackson, Miss Walsh and Miss Boyens gave the world a glimpse of something that has meaning, that shows the world that movies can be made from books and represent them with accuracy. They gave us a ticket to a place that none of us have ever known. I firmly believe that no other director can portray Middle Earth the way that they did. New Line: I have heard of your decision, and I cannot stand by it. Until changes are made, I will not support you or your work.Flag
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Name: Corey Rivera on Nov 20, 2006Comments: There is no way that The Hobbit can be made with the same passion and emotional quality of The Lord of the Rings without Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh at the helm. What the studios do not get is that The Lord of the Rings was successful because of its emotional potency, not its effects, action sequences, or anything similar that recent fantasies have attempted to copy. Peter and Fran understand this amazingly, and if they are not involved in The Hobbit film, I will not see it. I am very sorry for them, and I am sure they would have been more than pleased to continue their journey on The Road. "You step onto the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to...." Shouldn't we allow them to finish the quest they began Shouldn't we allow the absolute best people to complete the job This is a very saddening blow in the history of filmmaking, and New Line needs to realize the serious mistake they have made. Good luck, Peter, Fran, Philippa, and all those who need to return to the world of Middle-earth.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2006Comments: "The Hobbit" without Peter Jackson is like "Star Wars" without George Lucas, it just can't be done. New Line, come to terms with the fact that without Peter, you would not be reaping the profits off of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of movies. This movie MUST be done WITH Peter Jackson.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2006Comments: "The Hobbit" without Peter Jackson is like "Star Wars" without George Lucas, it just can't be done. New Line, come to terms with the fact that without Peter, you would not be reaping the profits off of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of movies. This movie MUST be done WITH Peter Jackson.Flag
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Name: Jason Walling on Nov 20, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Mike Lightner on Nov 20, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Gabrielle De Billy Brown on Nov 20, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Mirfain on Nov 20, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Patricia Deeves on Nov 21, 2006Comments: The Hobbit without Peter Jackson's team will be nothing more than just another bad movie like Earthsea or Dungeons & Dragons. Obviously New Line doesn't know SQUAT about Middle-earth. SHAME!Flag
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Name: Donn Muk on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Unfathomable stupidity mixed with incredible ego! New Line is not going to get ANY of my attention or purchases until they come to their (limited) senses. DFlag
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Name: Bethany on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Kal on Nov 21, 2006Comments: We saw one of the best movie trilogies based on a book that was thought of as "unfilmable" by TOlkien on big screen. It drew billions of dollars, won 17 OScars in 3 years. Based upon the expertise and directing genius of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh and a very dedicated cast and crew could these movies be made. New Line distributed it and there were many dollars and time spent on it and I really sincerely wish that the Hobbit would get the opportunity to be developed on screen too. There *can* be another director--but does that director have the same energy, passion and love for Tolkien as Mr. Jackson so much displays CAN there be another Best Director Peter Jackson developing such a text-heavy book We as fans have seen what Peter Jackson has done and by popular acclaim, the Lord of the RIngs movies done by him will stand the test of time and is forever emblazoned in our minds as an eternal masterpiece. Do'nt you want another masterpiece done for the Hobbit as well Please do not consider yourselves and money in this matter--there are the fans to consider as well and this decision would not sit well for New Line in the long run.Flag
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Name: Michael on Nov 21, 2006Comments: make it with pj or dont make it at allFlag
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Name: John Vinci on Nov 21, 2006Comments: If Peter Jackson doesn't make The Hobbit it will be the stupidest blunder in movie/buusiness history. Peter made billions for New Line and took away best picture and if New Line is thinking otherwise they are the biggest fools in history!!Flag
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Name: John Vinci on Nov 21, 2006Comments: If Peter Jackson doesn't make The Hobbit it will be the stupidest blunder in movie/buusiness history. Peter made billions for New Line and took away best picture and if New Line is thinking otherwise they are the biggest fools in history!!Flag
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Name: John Vinci on Nov 21, 2006Comments: If Peter Jackson doesn't make The Hobbit it will be the stupidest blunder in movie/buusiness history. Peter made billions for New Line and took away best picture and if New Line is thinking otherwise they are the biggest fools in history!!Flag
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Name: Amy Martinez on Nov 21, 2006Comments: The Hobbit without Peter Jackson would be a terrible idea! Yeah, it would end up being at least an okay movie, but I have several doubts about really enjoying it without Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens' visionary talents.Flag
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Name: Robert Whelan on Nov 21, 2006Comments: I dont agree with this petition. Jackson has, by his comments on the DVD, shown that he doesn't really care for Tolkien's books (he never bothered to reread them before making the fims) and he poisons them with crude "dwarf tossing" an zombie imagery (he was best known for a gory, stupid Zombie movie called "Brain Dead" before LOTR). I would like to ask that New Line stick to their decision to go ahead without Peter Jackson. I don't like him, and a fantasy lover like Alfonso Cuaron (who did the wonderful Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) would be a fantastic improvement. Thank you.Flag
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Name: Willowmere on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Peter, Fran, and Co. have given so much of themselves to bring to life their vision of LOTR, and in the process have fulfilled so many of the imaginings of other fans of Tolkien...it would be truly sad to see money get in the way of continuing such a quest.Flag
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Name: Roger on Nov 21, 2006Comments: The Hobbit was the one movie I looked forward to the most. I will not see it if it's made by anyone else other than Peter Jackson.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 21, 2006Comments: The Hobbit without PJ Can't even imagine...Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Bring back Peter JacksonFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Bring back Peter JacksonFlag
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Name: Julie on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Stop being so greedy and think of the people who make you money. Fans.Flag
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Name: Jeraz on Nov 21, 2006Comments: I wouldn't watch a hobbit movie made by anyone else other than PJ. He knows ME in and out! He CREATED it on celluloid for crying out loud!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Tiffany Holbert on Nov 21, 2006Comments: There is no Hobbit without Peter. You will not get a cent of my money for that film if he isn't apart of the project.Flag
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Name: Andrew Good on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Newline are insane if thre think the Hobbit can fly without PJ!Flag
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Name: Jeff Heermann on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 21, 2006Comments: No Hobbit without PJ.Flag
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Name: Nicole Curcio on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Kolja Liquette on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Unbelievable. How in the hell can New Line consider, even for a moment, replacing Peter Jackson as the director for "The Hobbit" What other man or woman will immerse themselves into movie production like Peter Jackson did with the trilogy Heck, like he does with any movie he directs now. New Line needs to smarten the !@#$ up, settle their legal battle with Peter Jackson, and pay him the millions they leeched off his paycheck. What a bunch of reprobate, rapacious, blatherskite blood suckers! I swear, this level of greed and idiocy pisses me off to no end.Flag
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Name: Paul Lamont on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Corporate greed wins over creative genius Screw you New Line, I'm not watching any of your films again.Flag
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Name: Diego Mendoza on Nov 21, 2006Comments: No PJ, no Hobbit!!Flag
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Name: Michael Kluth on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Let Peter and his team do The HobbitFlag
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Name: Tuan Ho on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Please, New Line Cnema, just pay Peter his dues then allow him to make The Hobbit. Please, I beg you.Flag
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Name: Del Herrera on Nov 21, 2006Comments: I promise to boycott ANY version of The Hobbit or LOTR prequel if it's not done by Peter Jackson and team. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, NEW LINE!!!!! I have spent SO much money on DVDs (theatrical and extended releases), CDs for each movie, extended musical scores for the movies, action figures for my son, posters, etc. I will boycott anything to do with New Line until/unless Peter Jackson is involved. And yes, I am a hardcore LOTR GEEK and proud of it!!!Flag
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Name: Rebecca Crowley on Nov 21, 2006Comments: How can you even consider making any film related to Tolkien's Middle Earth without involving Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and their knowlegde Tolkien True fans won't want to see 'The Hobbit' directed by anyone else and there will be a significant drop in profits if you continue to so arrogently believe that there is anyone else who can do this.Flag
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Name: Stephen Edgecombe on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Kathleen on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Peter Jackson for the Hobbit!!!Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Leah Martell on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Jack Machiela on Nov 21, 2006Comments: The Hobbit - No way without PJ!Flag
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Name: Brenton Fankhauser on Nov 21, 2006Comments: If this goes on , without the involvement of PJ and crew , I will personally make it my goal to keep people from going to see it . That may not seem like much , to those with $$ signs in their eyes , but keep this in mind ; I was able to get roughly 12 people in to see the 'Fellowship' , whom would have otherwise passed it by . I can get those same people to avoid this production . I would bet just about everyone here on this list is in a similar situation . You do the math . My advice to those pulling the strings ; either settle that suit and get PJ involved , or let the license go and let another company get this done right . You're screwing with something that is dear to peoples hearts .Flag
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Name: Earl Carvalho on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Let me start with the first reaction I had when I read Peter Jackson's letter on TORN. *^$(*)&!)#!%^*%&*%^@#(&)!&)@*_()_!&()&_*#_)!(_&@(__&#(_@&_(@&_)#&(_&@(_*!+*!+)*_#&*)&^*)(_#$*)(!^%^&#(&#)@&()@&*)@(*^$(*)&!)#!%^*%&*%^@#(&)!&)@*_()_!&()&_*#_)!(_&@(__&#(_@&_(@&_)#&(_&@(_*!+*!+)*_#&*)&^*)(_ SOB sob sob #$*)(!^%^&#(&#)@&()@&*)@(*^$(*)&!)#! GASP gasp %^*%&*%^@#(&)!&)@*_()_!&()&_*#_)!(_&@(__&#(_@&_(@&_)#&(_&@(_*!+*!+)*_#&* pant gasp )&^*)(_#$*)(!^%^&#(&#)@&()@&*)@(....... Whew!! I think I've vented out a bit of my frustration. But I have lots more steam left, and I'll fight till the last, until all hope of ever getting one of the best creative talent in the world to spearhead THE HOBBIT utterly fails, or until New Line sees the folly in their decision. I can't imagine a Hobbit movie without Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. Well, actually, I can. Its just that it sucks. Like I said in a forum yesterday when I was initially shocked (and I still am): -------------- When New Line saved the day for The Lord of the Rings when they bought over the rights from Miramax, they did the greatest favour to the LOTR community around the world. Today they've gone and undone that very favour...because like our dear, dear Peter Jackson said, they got to go there, but not back again. It is extremely sad that a movie studio could let down a filmmaker with so much passion for a story, and respect for its author, in the face of "rights". I suppose fans worldwide loathe them from the depths of their souls (though I say this without any authority, of course), but I know that I feel horrible right now. And I can't even imagine what poor Peter Jackson and his entire team must have gone through when they received that call. Peter Jackson, if you're reading this, you have my deepest sympathy. Always know that you are the best person to make The Hobbit, even if you don't get to do so. Because its not about the movie, its about the people behind it. We've seen your passion during LOTR, you were our Hobbit then, and you'll be our Hobbit now. This goes goes a long, long way in proving that vile difference between the filmmaker and the studio - one with a passion for the movie, another with a passion for the money. And since I'm speaking only for myself, I must confess they've spoilt everything for me, my dreams of sitting in a dark cinema hall as the lights go down, listening to Howard Shore's music scale over a familiar marquee, and watching a Hobbit movie backed by the very same LOTR team. No. They haven't just spoilt The Hobbit for me, they've spoilt LOTR for me. I don't think I can stand buying any more LOTR stuff (not to mention the Complete Recordings) not when Mr.Shore has mentioned he'd like to connect the movies, and especially not if the movies aren't connected by Peter Jackson. No. Its all spoilt for me. Its been tainted by selfish interests, and if New Line could (please excuse my language, I'm heating up now) screw one of the most anticipated movies of one of the largest fan communities existing in the world this side of the millennium, I can see where price tags like $75 for The Two Towers:Complete Recordings and possibly $100 for Return Of The King:Complete Recordings are coming from. Subduing an artist's creativity like this is the most despicable thing that a movie studio as big as New Line could ever do. It just plain sucks. How I wish I was born rich and could seriously kick some studio ass right now. The world has changed. I need to get a hold of myself right now, and I don't think I shall return to this forum, not until Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth. ---------------------- And like I said a bit later: --------------------- Its because I suddenly didn't want to be a part of something that was brought into existence by an uncaring studio. I'm not saying that if The Hobbit is made by anyone else it woun't be good enough. It might be great. But that's not the point. The point is that this is OUR story. A studio has no right to "do as it deems fit" (or maybe they do, coz they've shown it). Its the fact that what belongs to everyone can be marred because it is controlled by only a few - and those few that don't care. Think about it. Hasn't New Line thought about the consequences I suppose they have, but you what They've probably thought it out all wrong. They think they can find a great director, a great cast, a great etc etc and make a great movie...and of course rake in millions of dollars. Probably. But consider this: 1. No "original" Bag End set (lovingly stored away for The Hobbit) 2. No "original" Bilbo's Trolls (lovingly stored away for The Hobbit as well) 3. No "original" WETA-effects (obviously not) 4. No "original" One Ring (but what the hell is the difference between 2 random rings of gold) 5. No "original" portrait of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh above the fireside (now that would be overkill) 6. No "original" Thror's Map (only fans would care) 7. No "original" Sting (again its the fan-factor) 8. No "original" Rivendell (its a big place, and I suppose they can do what they want and there'd be no visible difference) 9. No "original" Red Book (fan-factor) 10. No "original" Hobbit-feet (which took over a year to perfect, by the way) These are just 10 reasons off the top of my (now heated) head. The point of all this is simple: I can't understand how New Line could suddenly be "looking to hire another filmmaker". It goes a long, long way in saying exactly how much they value the artistic and creative value of the film. This forum was a place where common people shared beautiful insights about a beautiful score written to a beautiful movie adapted from a beautiful book. And that beauty has suddenly been lost in the way that New Line has just gone and dropped Peter Jackson out of it all. What appalls me is how one phone call could put an abrupt end to everything. I'm tired of nice things being spoilt over something as silly as money. Maybe money means a lot to some people. I care not. But I say again. This story "emotionally" belongs to us as much as it "legally" belongs to New Line (and MGM). ------------------ AND I REAFFIRM !!! This is the biggest blunder a gigantic movie studio like New Line could ever make. The Hobbit is either going to go down in history as the best Prequel/Sequel ever made, or well, it won't go down in history as anything, but what will be remembered is the horrible and vain decision by New Line, which I hold in the highest regard, and would never want to see it fall on its face. Please New Line, see the sense in what you guys are doing. Blink a few times and rub the $$ off your vision. We want a Middle earth we know and love, made by a person we know and love. And that includes Peter Jackson and his team - AND YOU. We want a great Hobbit film, and it want ti wholly supported by the studio that began it all - New Line. Respect one man and recive it from millions. Ignore one man, and.....Flag
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Name: Yann on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag
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Name: Neil Beedie on Nov 21, 2006Comments: Theres no way I can excited about a Tolkien story NOT done by PJ. Im actually alittle depressed about it, New Line have destroyed all Faith and anticipation in the project. :( I cant imagine revisiting Middle Earth without PJ, It feels like a part of the story has died. I only hope the feeling could go away...COME BACK PETER!Flag
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Name: Hannes on Nov 21, 2006Comments:Flag