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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Nov 2, 2010 9:11:31 GMT -5
I guess, But I was happy about Del Toro as well. He still left his stamp as he was involved in much of the designs and story editing with Jakson, he just won't be directing.
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Post by spoilsport on Nov 2, 2010 9:20:00 GMT -5
I realllly reallly love the movies, but the books are just sort of alright for me. No doubt that Tolkien was an excellent writer but (and I know this is probably said a lot as a joke) I can only read so many pages of walking! That being said the second and third books do improve a lot but getting through Fellowship was sort of a slog for me, personally.
I'm interested in seeing how they handle The Hobbit, and if the end result is going to be as noteworthy as the LOTR. Personally I like the story of The Hobbit but it can't compare to LOTR's scope and I didn't like it's characters as much, so I'll just have to wait and see if the movies manage to reel me in/
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Post by ckal on Dec 12, 2010 19:37:21 GMT -5
I've read pretty much all of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth related stuff. I'm a huge fan. That being said, I've been meaning to read The Hobbit again recently since it has been years.
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Post by Power NeXus on Dec 26, 2010 20:32:42 GMT -5
I've read pretty much all of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth related stuff. I'm a huge fan. That being said, I've been meaning to read The Hobbit again recently since it has been years. I have read The Hobbit several times. I love it so much. The only major Middle-Earth related book I have not yet read is The Silmarillion. I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Dec 26, 2010 20:38:14 GMT -5
Silmarilion is good. If not leasurely to read. I got Bilbo the Hobbit for christmas
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Post by Power NeXus on Dec 26, 2010 22:47:01 GMT -5
Silmarilion is good. If not leasurely to read. I got Bilbo the Hobbit for christmas Is Bilbo The Hobbit different from The Hobbit?
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Dec 26, 2010 23:36:28 GMT -5
Bilbo the Hobbit is the Hobbit. The first is the full original title, the other the more commonly known title.
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Post by Power NeXus on Dec 26, 2010 23:47:14 GMT -5
Bilbo the Hobbit is the Hobbit. The first is the full original title, the other the more commonly known title. I didn't know that. Cool.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 4, 2011 1:40:51 GMT -5
Tom Bombadil is awesome.
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Post by Decoy Elite on Jan 7, 2011 15:50:30 GMT -5
Shame he didn't show up in the movie.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 7, 2011 19:36:48 GMT -5
Yeah he would have added even more awesome.
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Jan 8, 2011 7:06:49 GMT -5
Nah, there was no point for him in the movie. As much as he was awesome in the book, he would have been just a big lipped alligator moment in the movie.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 8, 2011 7:57:07 GMT -5
He would only be a big lipped alligator moment if they actually wrote him like such, instead of. You know actually telling the real story and thus showing why he is awesome.
The movies were good, but A LOT of the good stuff in the books was lost.
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Jan 8, 2011 9:12:44 GMT -5
He would only be a big lipped alligator moment if they actually wrote him like such, instead of. You know actually telling the real story and thus showing why he is awesome. What story? The only impact he has on the story is giving the hobbits their weapons. Hardly a massive plot point. He's a BLAM in the book too. Except the book doesn't have the problem of forcing the viewers to sit in the movie theater for twelve hours in total. The movies just couldn't afford to put him in.
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 8, 2011 18:15:47 GMT -5
I disagree, the meeting was important. It was introduced to establish how middle-earth works and as importantly the how, what and why of the ring of power.
It made perfect sense every time I read the book. I've went through it 5 times so far.
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Jan 11, 2011 7:41:24 GMT -5
Um... Really? I mean, it has been a while since I've read it, so could you remind me specifically?
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Post by Crom-Cruach on Jan 11, 2011 18:03:55 GMT -5
Um... Really? I mean, it has been a while since I've read it, so could you remind me specifically? It was there to showcase three important elements. 1-There are elder things in the world that for them the war of the ring are small and unimportant 2-That the ring of power can only corrupt someone if that person lets it corrupt them 3-That the magic of middle-earth is everywhere. Really, I'd have to get my book and quote. But Tom Bombadil was very much important. So much so that when the free peoples were arguing about what to do about the Ring in Rivendell. Frodo suggested they give it to Tom so he can keep it safe. Gandalf then pointed out that it wasn't a good idea because Tom would likely just toss away or lose it, because the ring is just an amusing trinket to a being with his power.
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Post by ckal on Aug 14, 2011 22:12:06 GMT -5
I've decided to re read through The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. So far I'm about 40 pages into the Hobbit.
I might read Game of Thrones in between the hobbit and LOTR to try to sneak it in before next season.
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Post by Phantom Stargrave on Aug 15, 2011 3:49:44 GMT -5
How's it treating you so far?
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Post by ckal on Aug 15, 2011 10:30:40 GMT -5
Good, read some more last night. I'm at the part where they are escaping the goblin cave after Gandalf saves them.
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