Okay, I'll admit that I've been kind of hard on Christopher Tolkien's stance to date. The words "hypocritical old purist snob" may have been used. However, I admit I was acting under the assumption at the time that the Tolkien estate got at least a good chunk of the money, so I do feel bad now seeing that they only got 7.5% of anything at all. Suddenly the "publish everything that Tolkien ever wrote" phase that's been happening since The Sil seems a lot less cynical. I still reserve the right to like the movies changes and all, though. And also to not especially mind the huge pop cultural presence they've become.