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MGM Purchase Gives Sony An Edge In Disc Format War
Grump writes "The New York Times reports: 'The purchase of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by a group led by Sony will not only give the company an enormous film library but also considerable power in its fight to set the format for the next generation of digital video discs.' The article goes on to suggest that Sony is gearing up for another Betamax-style failure."
Not to flame, but personally I hope that The Hobbit gets shelved. I'm sick and tired of people trying to make movies out of books, which ought to be left alone. It really spoils the books, and after LoTR I've sworn never to watch any remakes of book into movies.
Peter Jackson screwed up LoTR, and the only good thing in the movie was the graphics - he changed the story line so much that Tolkien would be spinning in his grave if he were to see it.
I shudder to think what other sacrileges Peter Jackson would be committing if The Hobbit too was made into a movie.
It's really sad, and I hope that The Hobbit never gets made into a move, and most certainly not by Peter Jackson.
It's not just PJ, everyone else - I, Robot, Dune, Paycheck, Total Recall, Johnny Mnemonic and ad infinitum. I sincerely *hope* that plans for The Hobbit gets shelved - atleast kids of the next generation will get the opportunity for finding out the books for themselves, rather than seeing a screwed up version of the movie that some director has "perceived" to be Tolkien's vision. I wonder how many kids have been denied to read LoTR, because after seeing the funky graphics and the like, many hated the books. Not to mention that once you know the story ending, the book loses it's old charm. It is really really sad.
Oh well, just an opinion of a frustrated geek and a Tolkien lover.