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So why doesn't everyone complain about Tolkien? imlad Send a noteboard - 19/09/2011 10:46:07 PM
He went back and made a bunch of changes to "The Hobbit" in preparation for the publication of tLotR. He even discusses the changes in a forward to the newer version of the Hobbit.

But I've never once heard fans complaining about this.

Why is it only Lucas who isn't allowed to edit and change his own intellectual property as he sees fit?


It isn't the complaining fanboy population that decides what the "real" Star Wars is.


And I'm not some "whiny fanboy" who has nothing better to do. He didn't make those movies just so he could watch them, enjoy them, play with them. He made them for people he hoped would become his fans, and they just happen to be the same people who made him rich. I don't think it's at all wrong to feel disrespected and annoyed when he decides to go back in and change them. It is my history too.

He's acting like the big kind in the sandbox who keeps all the toys because they are his. Sure, it's his right, but that doesn't mean it's super fun for the rest of us, and it's certainly not fair.
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Re: Exactly, that's what I have. On DVD. - 18/09/2011 05:10:13 AM 619 Views
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I think you're wrong. - 18/09/2011 09:35:56 PM 601 Views
So why doesn't everyone complain about Tolkien? - 19/09/2011 10:46:07 PM 709 Views
The obvious answer coming to mind... - 19/09/2011 10:53:05 PM 811 Views
I realize that Legolas - 21/09/2011 05:53:29 PM 770 Views
Re: Because he wont release the real versions - 18/09/2011 04:53:35 AM 789 Views
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I saw it - 19/09/2011 05:12:33 PM 585 Views

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