Hi Danny all,
Please my Brother,don't sugar coat your feelings,ok?
First of all,when a film like this is given the -green light-,toys,miniatures,etc,are out of his hands.Also who made them? WETA,spent a lot of time on those.The studio wants a pay back,not only from the films but from the merchantmen Ask George Lucas about that,...
Many did.See the appendixes of the extended versions for that.Please? If it may please you,my Lord,the only *true* International stars of the film where the two Ian's(Bilbo&Gandalf)
New Line Cinema gave the major financial backing to make it into 3 films,do ya know?
The three fiilms at the box office made 1.3 billion USD,not bad for a 300 million dollar investment,...
The Professor,who had said in the an interview,admitted that his BOOK was un-flim-able,...
But I agree,Danny,in an very early interview(see App,in the first extended DVD),he would not put his own stuff in there,He did.His co-writers (Fran(his wife/partner) and Phillpina(sp?) also did.
I won't make a comment on unions here,....
But Danny,you could play the part of Fred,or Burt when the sun comes up as they argue how to cook Bilbo!
KB