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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-10-2008, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 7,456
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ArathornJax
Foolin
Well, back up your posts . . . as mine are disappearing. I'm feeling like the Def Leopard song "Foolin" at least this part: "I realized that I'M ALL ALONE (caps I added) . . . Is anybody... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-10-2008, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Am I posting . . . ?
Hello, I feel like the Def Leopard song "Foolin" at least this part: "I realized that . . . Is anybody out there, anybody there Does anybody wonder, anybody care Oh, I just gotta know If... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-03-2008, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Time
Well I listen to this section and started the next one today on the drive home. My son has confirmed Influenza Type A so I don't have a lot of time right now (want to make sure he is ok, and he is... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-03-2008, 10:09 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 45,118
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ArathornJax
or perhaps it's back on the menu . . . .
Well, some more great info/speculation from The Frodo Franchise site. First comes this from Fred Schrurers blog found at... |
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Forum: The Books
03-02-2008, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 231
Views: 147,995
Posted By
ArathornJax
typical reader
In thinking of this, I haver wondered by the writers of fantasy get away with so much. I believe it is because readers of fantasy are willing to suspend the "rules" and as such I don't think that... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-29-2008, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Rivendell to the Red Horn Pass
I didn't have much listening time today (but will tomorrow driving home from the conference). Today I listen to the council of Elrond, to the departure, to the Red Horn Gate and the snowfall... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-29-2008, 01:25 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,334
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ArathornJax
History maybe
Whether a film is true to the source or not I believe comes down to what is the purpose of the film? Is the purpose like Gods and Generals to be accurate and show as accurate as possible the events... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-28-2008, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Weathertop to a Hall of Fire
Today I listened to the period of Weathertop and the Lay of Luthien, to the attack by the five Nazgul, to the journey to Weathertop to the reunion with Bilbo. Before I begin, I want to share one... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-27-2008, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Crickhollow to Weathertop
Well, today I listened to the journey from Crickhollow to the Prancing Pony to Bree, then through the Midgewater Marshes to Weathertop. What I enjoyed: I really enjoyed how though by-passing... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-26-2008, 08:09 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Listening for Today
Well, Frodo made it to Crickhollow. I realized how the script was adapted by eliminating the scene with the Elves in Woody End and transitioning after the appearance of the Black Rider the 1st time,... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-25-2008, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Today Gollum, the Nine, Gandalf, Bilbo, PipeWeed and moving onOk, did listen to the CD's today, while the first one (I started at the beginning and went from there). Here are my thoughts: First, the opening prologue was really brief and quick. I think it... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-24-2008, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 45,118
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ArathornJax
It will be awhile now . . .
In terms of the lawsuit, I think it will be some time before we hear anything more in the public realm about the suit. I imagine that the lawyers on both sides are preparing and reviewing right now. |
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Forum: The Movies
02-24-2008, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 8,277
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ArathornJax
Movie and Book and Palantir
A few things. In the book Denethor calls a council and it is decided there that the outer defenses will be defended because Denethor wants it that way. Faramir seemed to have guessed that because... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-24-2008, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
Listening starting tomorrow to Disc 1
Well I am going to start listening to disc 1 tomorrow on my way to and from work. Then I'll post up what I have enjoyed, and why. I guess this thread has helped me to boost up my time table on... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 42,026
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ArathornJax
Refer to the companion
I would have to refer you to the companion. All it says is the 1966 Index. In Appendix A there is a brief mention of Elendil and his sons escaping the downfall in nine ships with the seven stones. ... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 12,124
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ArathornJax
Pictish
To clarify, I was thinking in terms of being native peoples in touch with the land. I heard others consider them perhaps lost Neanderthals, but I haven't agreed because of size etc. They perhaps... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 42,026
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ArathornJax
Seven Stars/Seven Ships
In the paperback version of The Silmarillion on page 331 in the Akallabeth it states that the Elendil, Isildur and "the Faithful put aboard their wives and children, and their heirlooms and great... |
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Forum: The Books
02-23-2008, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 12,124
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ArathornJax
Woses
From an essay by Michael Martinez on Mysteries on Middle Earth: "Tolkien liked the word "wose", by the way. He used it as one of Turin's nicknames (Saeros called him a woodwose in "Narn i Chin... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-23-2008, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 45,118
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Forum: The Movies
02-23-2008, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 120
Views: 45,118
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ArathornJax
New Line's Rights are they Miramax which are Zaentz which are UA
On page 7 and 8 of the compliant, the compliant traces the history of the rights from UA, to Zaentz to Miramax to New Line. The compliant says, on point 27 on page 7 "In or about August, 1998,... |
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Forum: The Books
02-22-2008, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 15,674
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ArathornJax
chapters that I liked . . .
I really enjoyed the Hunt for the Ring because it almost tells the story from the point of view of the Nazgul chasing the ring. Wouldn't it be cool to have a transcribed or written account by the... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-20-2008, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 306
Views: 332,297
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ArathornJax
I have had these for some time and . . .
I listen to them going back and forth to work probably once or twice a year. I love the adaptation here. I find that the dramatizations of these bring out a more visual representation in mind, then... |
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Forum: The Books
02-20-2008, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 12,824
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ArathornJax
Tom has some importance as a 'comment'
In a letter to Naomi Mitchison on April 25, 1954, Tolkien wrote: "Tom Bombadil is not an important person -- to the narrative. I suppose he has some importance as a 'comment.' I mean, I do not... |
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Forum: The Books
02-19-2008, 07:14 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 22,997
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ArathornJax
Merry and PippinWhat are your general impressions of Merry and Pippin and their role in the story? I have always thought that Merry and Pippin were extra baggage until they were seized t the Falls of Rauros and... |
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Forum: The Books
02-18-2008, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 10,290
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ArathornJax
The First Time
I was just born in the mid 60's, 65 so it was 1976 when I first read The Hobbit, and 1977 when I first read each of the LOTR books. Since then I have re-read them about once a year or so, finding... |
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