They were so well judged, almost like a real name but always just slightly too weird, Collaterlie Sisters. Libby Shuss from Brass Eye also.

Fair enough, maybe on reflection thoughtcrime was a lazy choice of wording on my part. I didn't see many people at the time actually taking the time to understand Takei's point which prompted my remark, although I'm sure as you say there would've been the usual homophobes happy to take advantage. It just feels…

I don't believe I did any such thing. I was referring to the kneejerk reaction George Takei received, when if people had bothered to look at the reasons he cited they may have realised he had a point.

I wasn't aware I'd done any such thing?

Sadly any nuanced argument like that is lost in the idiot clamour. It's profoundly depressing that no-one can even voice reasoned opposition to such decisions without being pilloried for thoughtcrime.

They couldn't include the jizz bucket as the only one Tolkien references was in the silmarillion (the silver one with the curse that the dwarves made for the men of Numenor) and they lacked the rights to include it.

A court appointed Ent will destroy them once the Supreme Court challenge from the Elven casino in Lothlorien is decided.

You seem to be attacking him simultaneously for selling out and for not getting a good enough deal. Regardless, expecting him to forsee the CGI developments that finally enabled the series to be filmed seems a little unfair on an academic born before the invention of the motion picture camera.

You'd understand if you watched the extended extended edition, it doesn't cut out the scene where Aragorn smokes the leaf of the white tree.

He's spent the last 15 years dealing with new line's legal team. That's probably not how he envisioned his final years and may indeed be enough to make the cheeriest soul despair…

'So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. Just make sure you play 12-14 hours a day of rainbow riches, there's a free spin bonus if you open a new account today young fool of a Took'

Azog's the key to all this, if we get Azog working. 'Cause he's a funnier character than we've ever had in the movies

Tolkien signed that contract in 1968. An old man approaching the end of his life, seeking to provide for his children. Somehow he didn't predict CGI, Hollywood filmmaking descending into ever more mindless spectacle, the ruthless exploitation of every film into every conceivable medium including highly addictive…

9 films in the core story. The extended LOTR cinematic universe wouldn't be so curtailed. Every Orc deserves an origin story after all.

Speak 'friend' and enter 14 months of nitpicking over the 54th line of a 53 year old contract.

That's a shame. I like parties.

They probably wanted more cow bell in the dish washing scene too.

How are you going to defend them? Orcs are attacking 'An Unexpected Journey' from the East whilst Wargs and a goblin raiding party have 'The Desolation of Smaug' surrounded. You've rashly agreed to defend them both, what's your plan hotshot?

I can't wait for these abominations to come out so I'm going to start fuming about them now. The cgi cornflakes were unconvincing and needed more time in post. The milk pouring scene effects sucked. The product placement on the box was clumsily executed and intrusive. WTF casted Meryl Streep as the Goddamn spoon? The…

New Line are interested but concerned that in trying to squeeze Bombadil's story into just three movies you won't be doing justice to their bank bal er his rich and colourful back story. They love the Old Man Willow Car chase however and the Goldberry rehab sequence was very moving.