OMG i really cannot believe some people i swear. Change is a good thing, you want to know the real reason why the PTs movies and of the new reamkes are not good in your eyes, it one reason only: you hav changed that is why you dont like it, your personalities are different and so when you see things you interpet them differently. that is why, go find a kid the same age as you when the first SW movies came out and ask him what he thought of the PTs. same goes with many of the other remakes that are coming out.

and MAN i am a lotr king, i worship those book and i find it offensive when you say that they were butchered. sure they weren't as good as the books but you cant make those books directly into movies its impossible, you'd get a 30 hour movie. What PJ made was an incredible adaption of the books, one that far surpassed my expectations, and ill tell you my expectations were very high.

you really need to get out more too, the entertainment industry is not butchering your childhood, they are remaking in way so that it is liked by the kids today. remember to shot beasties, i am sure your going to say that butchered transforms actually it did the opposite.