There would be continuity issues with Jackson”s adaptation, too—in the films, Saruman and Wormtongue die at Isengard (in the extended edition), Galadriel says Frodo’s dystopian vision of the Shire is what will happen “if he fails”, Rosie Cotton is a barmaid instead of a fellow member of Sam’s agrarian resistance cell, etc.
Holy shit, that sounds like an epic story to leave out of the trilogy movies! lol Though of course I understand why they wanted a nice clean happy ending to that tale. Not like Peter et. al. knew it’d blow up so huge and they’d end up able to do far more eventually.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
I agree, but that was Capitalist Owners of Hollywood studios BLANKING everything up.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Ahhhhh yea, great points… I totally forgot about that despite the glorious https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KaqC5FnvAEc
justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
The stated reason for cutting it is that the ring was already destroyed, Sauron already dead, it was somewhat bizarre to have a 2nd, smaller final battle.
Yes it adds to the story and gives Wormtongue/Saruman a sendoff the theatrical release lacked. Its great wordbuilding but just like Tom Bombadil, doesnt add to the overall movie.
MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Yea, definitely a story beat that works far better in book form.
Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 4 weeks ago
And in the movies they’d already thrown Saruman off the tower onto the spikey wheel.