Amen!yovargas wrote:I would also say that my anecdotal experience with GoT vs LOTR critiques isn't "the GoT TV show is a better adaptation than LOTR was" but that "GoT is a better story than LOTR". IOW, I suspect the people who are making the comparison are mostly the same people who are still dismissive of LOTR itself and are never gonna take the story of silly hobbits walking forever very seriously - whereas GoT is a fantasy story that those who still see LOTR as too geeky or childish can get behind.
My point was that from my experience “GoT” fans who are critical of “Lord of The Rings” films, most of the time complain about aspects that are vital ingredients of the book too: too much walking, silly hobbits, etc. And that often leads to the same criticisms which have been (unfairly) labelled at the books for decades.
I did not want this thread to become a "GoT" vs. "LOTR" discussion however:
M: Concerning Voronwë’s answer to question G: You wrote that Tolkien granted Christopher the right to "publish edit alter rewrite or complete any work of mine which may be unpublished at my death or to destroy the whole or any part or parts of any such unpublished works as he in his absolute discretion may think fit and subject thereto." Does this mean CT could have written his own stories in Middle-Earth, if he had only drawn inspiration from some of his father’s unfinished works? Could Christopher Tolkien have “finished” “The New Shadow”?