Stephen Colbert Writing Lord of the Rings is Pure Fan-Fiction Hubris

Stephen Colbert is officially trading his late-night desk for a pen in Middle-earth, co-writing a new Lord of the Rings film with his son and Peter Jackson. Look, I appreciate a man who knows his Silmarillion, but being a superfan doesn't make you a screenwriter—it makes you a guy with an expensive hobby. We are witnessing the 'Make-a-Wish' era of franchise filmmaking where being a celebrity nerd is enough to bypass a decade of craft. If the dialogue in this script feels like a monologue from the Ed Sullivan Theater, the aesthetic purity of Tolkien’s world is officially dead. I want linguistic depth, not a family bonding session disguised as a blockbuster.

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