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Forum: The Movies 09-14-2024, 10:27 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 259
Posted By Morthoron
Sorry, m'dear, but ignoring this travesty has...

Sorry, m'dear, but ignoring this travesty has required zero effort. I don't care about it, I don't think about it, and I will ignore it until it disappears like a cheap conjuror's trick...POOF!

I...
Forum: The Movies 08-09-2024, 05:21 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,491
Posted By Morthoron
It would seem Sharky is attempting a coup in the...

It would seem Sharky is attempting a coup in the Shire.
Forum: The Movies 06-26-2024, 04:55 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 127,711
Posted By Morthoron
I gave up the Rings of Power for Lent....

I gave up the Rings of Power for Lent. Considering I have not been a Catholic for nigh on 50 years, that is really saying something.
Forum: The Books 06-12-2024, 04:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,813
Posted By Morthoron
Perhaps it wasn't the first time Sam was dropping...

Perhaps it wasn't the first time Sam was dropping the eaves.
Forum: The Movies 06-08-2024, 11:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 85,792
Posted By Morthoron
Or that the "Search for Gollum" has everything to...

Or that the "Search for Gollum" has everything to do with the One Ring. This will always be an issue, of course, as long as the title of the books (and the movie "franchise") is Lord of the Rings.
...
Forum: The Books 05-29-2024, 08:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,325
Posted By Morthoron
Well...Gollum can be quite Grinchy and vice...

Well...Gollum can be quite Grinchy and vice versa. They are both disgruntled misanthropes who live in the mountains. They are both prone to thievery. The Grinch hates Christmases and Gollum hates...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 03-07-2024, 11:52 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 22,716
Posted By Morthoron
That lefthand turn direction into the Dead...

That lefthand turn direction into the Dead Marshes was regrettable.
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 02-27-2024, 05:44 PM
Replies: 4,557
Views: 1,090,642
Posted By Morthoron
Thanks, Beth. I learned a valuable lesson over...

Thanks, Beth. I learned a valuable lesson over the weekend. That is, do not go drinking with people under 30. My kids took me out to dinner and then to the bars, and...I'm still feeling it days...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 02-25-2024, 12:53 PM
Replies: 4,557
Views: 1,090,642
Posted By Morthoron
As always, thanks for your rememberances, Gal!

As always, thanks for your rememberances, Gal!
Forum: The Movies 01-19-2024, 06:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 29,676
Posted By Morthoron
When you just read the character names and the...

When you just read the character names and the words "fan-fiction" immediately leap to mind, then I would defer to the great Dorothy Parker, when she stated in a pointedly negative review:

“This...
Forum: The Movies 12-22-2023, 08:10 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 44,563
Posted By Morthoron
Oh, and I forgot about the green scrubbing...

Oh, and I forgot about the green scrubbing bubbles that cleansed Minas Tirith with a caustic concoction of oathbreaking corpses. Do you think Tolkien would have appreciated the spring cleaning?
Forum: The Movies 12-17-2023, 01:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 44,563
Posted By Morthoron
Well, in my defense, I did offer caveats to the...

Well, in my defense, I did offer caveats to the conjecture overall. Tolkien did, on several occasions, remark that Bombadil was an "insertion" into L.R. --


Not to belabor the point further with...
Forum: The Movies 12-10-2023, 05:47 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 44,563
Posted By Morthoron
I would say Tolkien would be utterly appalled by:...

I would say Tolkien would be utterly appalled by:

1) Arwen facing the Nazgul at the Ford of Bruinen instead of Glorfindel. It is quite clear that an Eldar like Glorfindel, who had been to Valinor...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 11-05-2023, 08:42 PM
Replies: 4,191
Views: 1,108,264
Posted By Morthoron
I still have a set of 8 theater placards from...

I still have a set of 8 theater placards from Bakshi's LoTR purloined by a friend who worked at the local theater. He had the presence of mind to lift them after the movie's run ended there (they...
Forum: The Books 11-04-2023, 07:53 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,979
Posted By Morthoron
I am so tired of revisionist nonsense. The...

I am so tired of revisionist nonsense. The imbecile actually read Tolkien's rejections of Nazism, anti-semitism and Apartheid but blithely ignored the crux of the author's sentiment.

No...
Forum: The Books 10-02-2023, 04:59 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,325
Posted By Morthoron
Definitely a subversion. Other than murdering the...

Definitely a subversion. Other than murdering the usurper Brodda, everyone Turin loved was already long gone, and he didn't stay in Dor-Lomin to resume mastery of the land, but fled as a fugitive and...
Forum: The Books 08-27-2023, 10:16 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,520
Posted By Morthoron
You can delve into the mythological tendencies of...

You can delve into the mythological tendencies of Tom and Goldberry, you can divine their origins from previous Tolkien text, and you can make assumptions about their parturition, place and purpose...
Forum: The Books 08-05-2023, 10:05 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,604
Posted By Morthoron
Alas, wine has been the Rhun of many a fine...

Alas, wine has been the Rhun of many a fine philosopher.
Forum: The Movies 07-24-2023, 06:44 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 29,735
Posted By Morthoron
Perhaps then they'll bring back the sandworms...

Perhaps then they'll bring back the sandworms from Arrakis that were used in The Hobbit film, and thus garner attention from fans of the hugely popular Dune movie franchise. "Tell me of your...
Forum: The Books 07-12-2023, 08:19 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,596
Posted By Morthoron
Christopher Tolkien spent the greater part of his...

Christopher Tolkien spent the greater part of his life publishing his father's unfinished manuscripts with great detail: The Silmarillion, the 12 volume History of Middle-earth, The Children of...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-11-2023, 04:51 PM
Replies: 4,191
Views: 1,108,264
Posted By Morthoron
Mae govannen...ummm....Mae.

Mae govannen...ummm....Mae.
Forum: The Books 07-09-2023, 08:46 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,349
Posted By Morthoron
I'm thinking the Elves in Valinor wouldn't...

I'm thinking the Elves in Valinor wouldn't necessarily need promptings of wisdom or fair things, would they? Unless, of course, we are talking about just prior to the Kinslaying.

There is...
Forum: The Books 07-08-2023, 02:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,349
Posted By Morthoron
Mithadan is correct in his synopses. In addition,...

Mithadan is correct in his synopses. In addition, Unfinished Tales indicates that the Istari travelled a great deal at first, and that Saruman went with the Blue Wizards far to the East (it is...
Forum: The Movies 07-05-2023, 10:55 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 33,827
Posted By Morthoron
The whinging Elrond portrayal in the films capped...

The whinging Elrond portrayal in the films capped by the peevish, "Our list of allies growns thin."

So many stomach-churning misportrayals in Jackson's debacles, but one would think that a being...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-03-2023, 03:21 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 22,995
Posted By Morthoron
I'll have to go with my favorite Moriquendi...

I'll have to go with my favorite Moriquendi menace, Eöl. Who else gets the nom de guerre "Dark Elf" (capitalized and singular)? More malovelent and unlike any other Elf in the legendarium, Eöl was...
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