Lord of the Rings: The Musical website- Page 2

[boatsintheghetto]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:43am

91/2 hours?!?!?! wow that'll be crazy I'm at school right now and we dont have flash so i cant check out the site. I'll checkit out at home

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 11:59am

Worst idea ever - Lord of the Rings--The musical.

Oh my gosh. Please, do not do this! Reminds me of Titanic - The Musical. The scope of the story is way to big! And really...do you want to hear a couple of Hobbits singing? ... or Gandolf bring down the house with an Eleven O Clock number, "IF HE CAN'T DO IT, NOBODY CAN. (MY DEAR BOY)" or watch an army of orcs dance to something like Morning of the Dragon from Miss Saigon.

Just imagine,... Tony Award Winner Joel Grey brings down the house as Gollum with comedic timing singing the witty vaudeville song, "Yes, please/ No thank you!"

*stomache turns*


Updated On: 3/17/05 at 11:59 AM

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:07pm

I just don't see it happening...

[CapnHook]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 12:53pm

First, STOP thinking of the movies. This is based off of the books, NOT the recent films. Costumes are all different. It's a unique approach.

I'm interested in seeing it for the performance art value. We'll see how good the show actually is.

[musicalfandukie]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 1:30pm

well the site impressed me...i guess will just have to see if the show works or not..i'm going to keep an open mind till then.

[Adam Chris]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 6:03pm

...tap dancing orcs and elves with jazz hands.
and the fight!!!! ...ONE SINGULAR SENSATION!!!!

[Juliet2170]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 6:27pm

how is it going to be 3 hours long?? ive read les mis and his dark materials (they should do that on broadway by the way) and les mis has a lot of pure characterization and the movement is not as prominent as lotr which i think is partly why it made it as a musical. his dark materials was a play so it allowed for more forward movement in plot but isnt a musical too much for the adventure stuff??

[Derech2]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 6:27pm

I've been a huge fan of Tolkien for awhile, so I always feel rather vicious towards folks who try to adapt it in any way to screen/stage (the old animated films literally made me barf; PJ on the other hand is a genius). The music on the site sounded decent, but I'm more concerned about it ruining the brilliance of the world Tolkien created, and that PJ so amazingly reproduced. I hope they incorparate some Sindarin as they did in the movies; David Salo could use the job, and it would be good for Carl Hostetter's ego.

[Dreamcatcher]

Posted: 3/17/05 at 7:45pm

Same here. I'm a huge Tolkein fan and in my opinion, nothing can ever beat the books. Peter Jackson did a phenomenal job on the movie, and Bakshi's animated one scared the hell out of me but either way I wish they'd stop trying to turn the books into some new adaptation to try to squeeze more money out of die hard lord of the rings fans. Just leave it alone already.