Point taken, and in my original comment, I wasn't expressing the hope that hobbits would turn toward the camera and recite the Apostles' Creed or something. I w

Point taken, and in my original comment, I wasn't expressing the hope that hobbits would turn toward the camera and recite the Apostles' Creed or something. I was just hoping that the underlying spirit and values of Christian belief, which I believe suffuse the work, would not be contradicted or trampled on by the new treatment.