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FPSHOT

Jan 05, 2003, 05:34 AM

Just read in The Beatles Diary Vol. 1 - The Beatles Years, by Barry Miles

March 1969 - the Apple press office announced that the Beatles now owned the film rights to "The Lord Of The Rings" and plans were on their way fort that to become the long overdue third Beatles movie.

taxgirl

Jan 05, 2003, 06:25 AM

I read something about this before

http://www.beatlelinks.net/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000105

FPSHOT

Jan 05, 2003, 07:06 AM

Now why am I not surprised?

taxgirl

Jan 05, 2003, 07:09 AM

graemlins/thinker.gif *Because you know I love "the Lord of the rings"?

FPSHOT

Jan 05, 2003, 07:48 AM

graemlins/thumbsup1.gif

mindgames

Jan 05, 2003, 01:35 PM

I had read that somewhere as well. It was before I had ever read the book, and when I finally did read it, I tried to imagine Ringo as Sam, Paul as Frodo, etc. It made it very entertaining, I'll tell you that much.

Beatles'girl123

Jan 06, 2003, 08:30 AM

I had never heard about that they were going to to Lord of the Rings. They would have to have many extras to do it, but they would find good people to play like Legolos, Strider/Aragorn, and Gimli(sp?). I wonder if they could actually make a movie like that, being so serious and all. Oh well, it would still make a good movie!

Beatlesgal

Jan 06, 2003, 09:53 AM

lennon4

Jan 06, 2003, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
"Oh, geez, thank GOD the Beatles didn't attempt this!"Same thinking here! The movie is wonderful how it is. I think the story would've been A LOT different with the Beatles being the characters.

-lennon4

lennon4

Jan 06, 2003, 11:15 PM

For those of you who have seen 'The Two Towers,' imagining John as Gollum is hilarious! graemlins/teeth1.gif

-lennon4

HMVNipper

Jan 06, 2003, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted By lennon4:
For those of you who have seen 'The Two Towers,' imagining John as Gollum is hilarious! graemlins/teeth1.gif

-lennon4Actually, when Jim and I went to see it, I kept nudging him and whispering, "Oh, geez, thank GOD the Beatles didn't attempt this!" Actually, the idea of Paul (who can't act his way out of a paper bag -- sorry, all you Paulie gals, but...) playing Frodo is just as ludicrous... graemlins/images/icons/rolleyes.gif

Boy, am I GLAD they didn't touch this one with a ten-foot bargepole!

JDanRyan

Jan 07, 2003, 03:43 AM

Originally Posted By lennon4:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
"Oh, geez, thank GOD the Beatles didn't attempt this!"Same thinking here! The movie is wonderful how it is. I think the story would've been A LOT different with the Beatles being the characters.

-lennon4<hr /></blockquote>I've given the idea some thought myself, and without giving away too much, let's just say the prospect ain't pretty. More come the first of the month... graemlins/wink2.gif

SF4-EVER

Jan 07, 2003, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted By JDanRyan:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By lennon4:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
"Oh, geez, thank GOD the Beatles didn't attempt this!"Same thinking here! The movie is wonderful how it is. I think the story would've been A LOT different with the Beatles being the characters.

-lennon4<hr /></blockquote>I've given the idea some thought myself, and without giving away too much, let's just say the prospect ain't pretty. More come the first of the month... graemlins/wink2.gif <hr /></blockquote>Can I take this to mean the answer might appear on a certain Beatles site run by someone we both know? images/icons/wink.gif

taxgirl

Jan 07, 2003, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
I'm not telling... images/icons/wink.gif Please, please.... pretty pretty please !?!

HMVNipper

Jan 07, 2003, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted By taxgirl:
<blockquote>Quote:<hr />Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
I'm not telling... images/icons/wink.gif Please, please.... pretty pretty please !?!<hr /></blockquote>Nope, you have to wait for the February issue of Rooftop Sessions! images/icons/wink.gif

taxgirl

Jan 07, 2003, 02:07 PM

Originally Posted By HMVNipper:
Nope, you have to wait for the February issue of Rooftop Sessions! images/icons/wink.gif O darn!!!
Don't let me wait too long!! images/icons/smile.gif

lennon4

Jan 07, 2003, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted By SF4-EVER:
Can I take this to mean the answer might appear on a certain Beatles site run by someone we both know? images/icons/wink.gif I was wondering the same thing! graemlins/teeth1.gif

-lennon4

HMVNipper

Jan 07, 2003, 11:31 PM

I'm not telling... images/icons/wink.gif

FPSHOT

Jan 07, 2003, 11:45 PM

I was hoping you would

HeyBeatle

Jan 08, 2003, 05:47 AM

Originally Posted By lennon4:
For those of you who have seen 'The Two Towers,' imagining John as Gollum is hilarious! graemlins/teeth1.gif

-lennon4LOL! graemlins/laugh3.gif *All I can think of right now is John writhing around like Gollum screaming "It burns us!!!!".

I'm rather glad the Beatles didn't attempt this movie, I would think that it would have MAJORLY spoiled their reputation as musicians, fancying themselves to be serious actors. They weren't horrible actors but the weren't of the caliber to tackle Tolkien. If you're going to do these books on screen you've got to do it well.

AmericanBeatle

Jan 09, 2003, 10:27 AM

Boy, am I glad they didn't try to make the movies. Might've turned out to be as good a movie as the Frampton/Bee Gees attempt to do Sgt. Pepper. Yeech! graemlins/tongue5.gif

RubberSoul

Jan 09, 2003, 12:13 PM

Great! Now all I can think about is the LotR characters speaking with heavy Liverpudlian accents. I'm imagining John running around talking about "master" and "my precious" while Paul and Ringo follow after him... graemlins/laugh3.gif I might have to go see The Two Towers again just to imagine the boys in those roles. And whatever other parts there are. graemlins/wink3.gif

bitagirl

Jan 09, 2003, 04:59 PM

Yeah, since I still haven't seen it, I'm definitely going to be hearing their voices in my head during parts of the movie. Ah well, if it gets boring at least the thought of them playing those characters will entertain me.

JDanRyan

Feb 05, 2003, 08:33 PM

Originally Posted By RubberSoul:
Great! Now all I can think about is the LotR characters speaking with heavy Liverpudlian accents. I'm imagining John running around talking about "master" and "my precious" while Paul and Ringo follow after him... graemlins/laugh3.gif I might have to go see The Two Towers again just to imagine the boys in those roles. And whatever other parts there are. graemlins/wink3.gif Well, as I worked a little on the threatened piece, I did try that, saying Golumn's lines the way John would, immitating John as I said, "Let us have it, me precious."

And BOY, does my wife have a HELL of a good left cross...
(joke)

I don't think Ye Editor was that disturbed by it in the end, as she did accept the story after all: http://www.rooftopsessions.com/OneRing.html