[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

You can say that again! The purists will be upset about the 3-D, but they are still griping about Tom Bombadil.

[doc1019]

Amen! Although I hope they stick closer to the book then the Trilogy series did. Although I will concede, if they had included all that was in the trilogy books, we would still be watching movie number one.

[Windflier]

The purists will be upset about the 3-D

3-D, eh? Well, that's cool. I just hope they shoot it in 2-D simultaneously.

You know, if I'd read the trilogy before seeing the movies, I'd likely be a purist, too. In the case of LOTR, I'm happy that I'm doing it backwards. I probably wouldn't have enjoyed the movies half as much, if I'd known the story, beforehand.

[Domandred]

3D is only bad if they focus on that so much the 2D viewed version is blech.

[Beowulf9]

What about Tom Bombadil? They’re not leaving the character out, are they?

Btw, I always thought if young, Patrick Macnee would’ve made the perfect Bombadil.

[Texaspeptoman]

I use to always pass over the part of Tom Bombadil but, as I have grown older, that story has become precious to me. As much as the story seemed out of place in the whole of LOR so is Tom’s life in respect to the whole of Middle-earth.

We all yearn for our own safe place where the terrors of the of the world CANNOT intrude. I could go on but... it’s time for bed!

[Theo]

Guess I’m a purist. :-)

I just find 3D to be distracting from the story ...

[Ready4Freddy]

but they are still griping about Tom Bombadil

And:

No Fatty Bolger and the house on the edge of the Old Forest
Arwen carrying Frodo to the ford
Not forging Anduril before they left Rivendell
Aragorn's bizarre reluctance to assume his rightful station
The Elves showing up at Helm's Deep
No Dúnedain accompanying Aragorn in the Paths of the Dead
No Scouring of the Shire

,etc.

But the films were a good effort.

[TruthConquers]

Since good ‘ol Tom Bombadill was missing, it has me wondering if Beorn, the shape shifter will be included.

[PapaBear3625]

You can say that again! The purists will be upset about the 3-D, but they are still griping about Tom Bombadil.

I could dispense with Tom Bombadil, which wasn't really crucial to the story line, but I WAS upset about them leaving out "The scouring of the Shire", where the combat-veteran hobbits return to the Shire and deal a final conclusion to Saruman (who had taken over while they were busy with Mordor)