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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-25-2021, 08:38 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 78,140
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Thank you both, Form and LMP, for your responses...
Thank you both, Form and LMP, for your responses to my queries. (Also for some reason I had been thinking that the Smith was earlier than the 60s, but now that just further makes me think that there... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
07-23-2021, 02:28 AM
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Replies: 4,680
Views: 1,489,696
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-23-2021, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 78,140
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Generally agreed that it sounds like one of the...
Generally agreed that it sounds like one of the generic speculations that sometimes come up, along the lines of "it has four legs, therefore it has to be a dog". However I must say that there is one... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
07-22-2021, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 4,680
Views: 1,489,696
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Thank you for your kind wishes! I feel privileged...
Thank you for your kind wishes! I feel privileged that I may consider myself to be a friend with such wonderful 'Downers. |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-19-2021, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 78,140
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Legate of Amon Lanc
The Baggins of Wootton MajorThis development does not surprise me at the least. Also, I have not read that much of MacDonald, but even with that the Smith was one of the first associations I had when I stumbled upon his... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
06-30-2021, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 4,680
Views: 1,489,696
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A very happy one to Pitch indeed! May your beard...A very happy one to Pitch indeed! May your beard grow ever longer... or perhaps not necessarily... but you get the sentiment. :) |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
06-22-2021, 02:07 AM
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Replies: 343
Views: 177,052
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Legate of Amon Lanc
To be honest, I think he was doing really well....
To be honest, I think he was doing really well. Especially the ploughing part. A natural talent. I actually didn't remember that, but good point! It is either my subconscious remembering it... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
06-22-2021, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 60,641
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Legate of Amon Lanc
I've been reading about your experiences for a...
I've been reading about your experiences for a while, Hui, and found them very entertaining. Now I tried the game for myself, and I can see where the appeal comes from. It's like old-fashioned Diablo... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-16-2021, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 53,043
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Legate of Amon Lanc
My first thought upon learning about this was...
My first thought upon learning about this was that they might do a lot of very "overepic" and, yes, sadly violence-centered shots (what Inzil said about punching Freca to death). Anything is of... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
06-16-2021, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 343
Views: 177,052
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Time to resurrect this thread once again!
I...Time to resurrect this thread once again! I had a dream about the upcoming War of the Rohirrim film (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19523). It was aired on TV and myself, Lommy, and... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
06-10-2021, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 70,910
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I first read it a long time ago before I had any...I first read it a long time ago before I had any inkling (heh, heh, pun not intended, but...) about Tolkien's own religious affiliation, but I remember thinking 'hm, this sounds like an obvious... |
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Forum: The Books
05-31-2021, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,659
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Legate of Amon Lanc
WHY THANK YOU!!!
But now, this makes perfect...WHY THANK YOU!!! But now, this makes perfect sense! This only supports my theory that it is about Dol Guldur! What we have here, in that case, is parallelism on two subsequent lines: From... |
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Forum: The Movies
05-30-2021, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 274,010
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Legate of Amon Lanc
I agree with what you said in general but... in...
I agree with what you said in general but... in this particular case, this specific thing you named isn't probably going to be a problem. Because exactly, if this is going to be taking place... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-30-2021, 10:17 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 40,635
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So hey, I was actually essentially correct with...
So hey, I was actually essentially correct with the assumption that somebody might have made something like that in the 80s... |
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Forum: The Movies
05-28-2021, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 274,010
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Just the same thing that PJ did, as far as I am...
Just the same thing that PJ did, as far as I am concerned - or that the makers of all these LotR video games are doing, for that matter. But, at the same time, I assume that an average,... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
05-28-2021, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 40,635
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Legate of Amon Lanc
When I hear "mane", the first thing I think about...
When I hear "mane", the first thing I think about is a lion. Which makes me wonder... I would not be susprised if someone somewhere (like in the 80s) depicted the Balrog as a manticore! (Ahem,... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
05-28-2021, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 119,046
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Good point!
And it also never struck me as...
Good point! And it also never struck me as in any way remarkable on its own, but once I started thinking about it, if you just look at it quantitatively, the attention paid to ponies is... |
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Forum: The Books
05-28-2021, 08:19 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,659
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Well, but if the dragon lair, hidden door and...
Well, but if the dragon lair, hidden door and presumably Mirkwood are meant to be a part of the same journey, then actually it makes MORE sense to assume the hidden door refers to Dol Guldur, as the... |
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Forum: The Books
05-28-2021, 08:02 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,659
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I actually always read this as two separate...
I actually always read this as two separate pieces of information: through Dragon-lair (he was at least around) and then some other, completely unrelated hidden door, which, since it was mentioned... |
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Forum: The Books
05-27-2021, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,659
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Now THAT is one catch for the topic! Even though...
Now THAT is one catch for the topic! Even though the whole episode before it is rather a case of the characters NOT paying attention: Bombadil explicitly told them to avoid the standing stones, and,... |
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Forum: The Movies
05-27-2021, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 274,010
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My question is, how can anyone expect Tolkien...
My question is, how can anyone expect Tolkien from anything besides the books themselves? Okay, perhaps I am being hypocritical here - I myself find Tolkien in some paintings (but one could argue... |
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Forum: The Books
05-27-2021, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,659
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I think we got a bit sidetracked; if I am not...
I think we got a bit sidetracked; if I am not mistaken, this whole debate about Gollum came up only because he came up as proof of Hobbit-toughness. And that came up only as a side-remark about... |
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Forum: The Books
05-26-2021, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,659
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But the Nazgūl necessarily didn't, exactly. Maybe...
But the Nazgūl necessarily didn't, exactly. Maybe Sauron indeed didn't hand out the memo. Anyway, as it is explained in, I believe, The Treason of Isengard, or maybe even in the Unfinished Tales,... |
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Forum: The Books
05-26-2021, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 21,659
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I don't know why Aragorn would be sarcastic at...I don't know why Aragorn would be sarcastic at that point, at least that is what never occurred to me. As Hui quoted, he says "More deadly to him was the name of Elbereth." That does not sound to me... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
05-25-2021, 03:25 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 119,046
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Yes, the toy dog is a known one, but I was...Yes, the toy dog is a known one, but I was exactly wondering about a live one: given how very specific Tolkien's dogs' behaviour is, and how Roverandom and Garm have very similar mannerisms (nearly... |
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