Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Amazon's Lord of the Rings - I've Got A Bad Feeling About This" video.

  1.  @samuelmartens9390  Maybe not my FAVORITE part, but definitely a most gratifying denouement, especially Galadriel's Gift and the new Mallorn. I can see why it'd be tough to include in the original and very long trilogy without seeming anti-climactic to most noobs. Maybe a standalone for geeks? I can't see them investing a whole lot in it, after the bigger story that had just ended. I would happily sit through another hour or more tacked on to Return of the King, but I'm not sure how anybody could see it as a big money-maker and giving it the kind of investment. Then again, the only special effect would be hobbits-vs-men scenes, and most of that can be handled with pretty mundane camera tricks. I think we're seeing a migration away from mass society and old funding formulas/business models for higher-end movie production. There's definitely a convergence between capabilities of big studios and the independents. I just stumbled across a random video where guys were using drones, scale models, and clever camera work to create some outstanding imagery that's one step removed from the best Hollywood's putting out. I can imagine people like that forming co-ops to collaborate on big projects, one day. Maybe we're not there, yet, but I can definitely see a convergence taking place between what little guys can do and what the big studios are capable of doing. And the big studios can't get out of their own way. They've diverged so far from their customers that I don't think they're going to be economically viable for much longer. They're too hemmed in by their own delusions, hang-ups and political religions.
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  2. I think there's plenty of material in The Hobbit for a good trilogy, given the right treatment and the right script.
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