Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the January 22 article: Kenversationsâ„¢ at <a href="News-ID111420.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID111420.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By CuriosWolfSo Yes, I heard how Disney passed up "The Lord of the Rings" yet it's probably as well. Disney would have forced Peter (or some other director) to make it as ONE MOVIE! That's right, one movie, not two or three movies back to back, which would have ruined the story and the film. Only New Line had the nerve to do it as three movies, one for each book. If Disney had Harry Potter, they probably would have try to make the story more Disneylike which J.K. Rowling would have hated. But who really knows? In fact, I often wonder how Walt Disney himself, if he was still around, would handle both "The Lord of the Rings" & "Harry Potter"...
