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Re: Careful what you wish for: clone LOTR blocks sighted
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Sat, 10 Nov 2001 20:48:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Aaron Dalan writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Erik Olson writes:
> > Don't be a crazy fan.
> I am sorry to hear that the Tolkien family are having trouble. Tolkien
> himself would have greatly disapproved of all of the toy sets. He liked the
> images generated by his work to reside in the minds of his readers, not by
> the forced domination of an outside illustrator or the author.
This from a text brought to my attention today:
"Of course, there is no way of knowing what Tolkien would have thought of
such newly written texts. It can hardly be doubted that if he ever returns
from the dead, he will soon be busy with a red pencil."
(Tolkien's Not So Secret Vice, http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/vice.htm)
Incidentally, on looking through "Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator" I find
the drawing of Bilbo with the Eagle, and Bilbo is much smaller than the
Eagle. It is generally true that people are tiny or absent in Tolkien's
illustrations of Middle Earth.
Separately, there is a campaign to "SaveHarry.com" from the wiles of
merchandising. I don't think Middle Earth is in such danger; Peter Jackson
too shall pass (and Frodo isn't packing Coca-Cola--yet.)
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