The Tolkien's Reaction to Popular Representation

There is just so much there. My favorite story about the Tolkien's reaction to popular representation is that apparently the Beatles wanted to do his do the movie and they were going to be, you know, Frodo and whatnot. The Tolkien apparently had lived down the street from them; he despised them. And so refused to allow them to do it. There was this radio adaptation that is kind of a semi dramatization reading. They abridged it a little bit. I mean, when Gandalf would cast a spell, it was like this laser noise you'd hear in Star Trek or something. It was that was back when sci fi fantasy kind of blended in many people's minds