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Forum: The Books 03-14-2024, 07:30 AM
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Views: 200
Apparently a massive tome, at 1500 pages coming...

Apparently a massive tome, at 1500 pages coming in bigger than the entire Lord of the Rings
Forum: The Books 03-09-2024, 11:28 AM
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Views: 186
Isengard no!

Just ran across that dumb "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!" music video again, and was suddenly reminded that the movies consistently pronounce Isengard wrong (as do many, many readers).
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Forum: The Movies 03-08-2024, 01:13 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 13,765
A shame to see a fine actor slumming like that. I...

A shame to see a fine actor slumming like that. I hope his career survives the disgrace.
Forum: The Books 02-28-2024, 12:58 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,716
The thing is, I don't believe that it says...

The thing is, I don't believe that it says anywhere that autosizing is a property restricted to the One Ring, or even the Great Rings. For all we know, it may be a feature of any magic ring made by...
Forum: The Books 02-21-2024, 05:29 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,076
I think that to get the "correct" distances in...

I think that to get the "correct" distances in Middle-earth - aside from where T gave a numeric figure (for example, precisely 296 miles by road from Edoras to Forannest), one should consult the Map,...
Forum: The Books 02-12-2024, 01:22 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,008
Of course, it could be much nearer term and refer...

Of course, it could be much nearer term and refer simply to the killing of Glaurung, depriving Morgoth of one of his top three servants
Forum: The Movies 01-31-2024, 09:47 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 15,974
It would take more than an anonymous 4chan post...

It would take more than an anonymous 4chan post for me to believe that. Not necessarily the sale - Simon would sell his grandfather's bones - but that Amazon wouldn't trumpet it to the heavens.
Forum: The Books 01-29-2024, 08:08 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,716
Tolkien nods here; because he also has Gandalf...

Tolkien nods here; because he also has Gandalf say [paraphrasing] "At first I thought it was one of the lesser rings, not such a big deal though still perilous for mortals in my eyes." I think he...
Forum: The Books 12-24-2023, 01:33 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 988
While that is technically true, there are...

While that is technically true, there are definitely Annals (in multiple rescensions)
Forum: The Movies 12-11-2023, 10:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 28,533
Christopher disliked the prologue. In his view,...

Christopher disliked the prologue. In his view, the Wide World should be gradually revealed to the reader as it is to Frodo.

For myself, I wouldn't have minded the Last Alliance flashback stuff...
Forum: The Books 12-11-2023, 06:22 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,477
Certainly we can. But so furiously? What strikes...

Certainly we can. But so furiously? What strikes me is the high dudgeon, the wrath that comes through the text to the point you can hear the violent hammering on the keys.

Surely this is the sort...
Forum: The Movies 12-10-2023, 10:59 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 28,533
Well, judging by Letter 210, his excoriation of...

Well, judging by Letter 210, his excoriation of the Zimmerman film treat ment, he would have hated Jackson's handling of Weathertop.

"The Black Riders do not scream, but keep a more terrifying...
Forum: The Books 12-10-2023, 10:52 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,477
Well, it strikes me as odd to get heated over a...

Well, it strikes me as odd to get heated over a man who's been dead half a century expressing viewpoints eighty years ago which would have been completely unremarkable at the time. Not many people...
Forum: The Books 12-08-2023, 11:28 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,477
A lot of anger in that piece.

A lot of anger in that piece.
Forum: The Books 12-08-2023, 12:17 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 17,299
I didn't know them very well. They just lived...

I didn't know them very well. They just lived down the hall.
Forum: The Books 12-05-2023, 02:56 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 17,299
Apropos of nothing, the Iron Crown people were...

Apropos of nothing, the Iron Crown people were college dorm-mates of mine.
Forum: The Books 12-01-2023, 11:24 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,958
However, the Lay of Earendil was never written....

However, the Lay of Earendil was never written. Not even sketched, aside from some cryptic jottings from the Lost Tales era.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 11-19-2023, 06:12 PM
Replies: 4,191
Views: 1,000,236
Bakshi's LR was the first and IIRC only movie I...

Bakshi's LR was the first and IIRC only movie I ever watched in the old 12" analog Laserdisc format.

Incidentally, the intro to the videogame South Park: The Stick of Truth is a loving pastiche of...
Forum: The Books 11-14-2023, 12:37 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 8,477
Just arrived; I'm pleased to say that it appears...

Just arrived; I'm pleased to say that it appears to have a much expanded and improved index (the old one was pretty marginal)
Forum: The Books 11-04-2023, 05:28 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,509
Can this be real?

I will, without comment, provide this video link for discussion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUbgJLVEqSo
Forum: The Books 10-18-2023, 10:38 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,395
Apparently so. Saeros/Orgof had been a Green-elf...

Apparently so. Saeros/Orgof had been a Green-elf before the fall of Amon Ereb, but had removed to Doriath and become a member of Thingol's council.
Forum: The Books 10-17-2023, 12:09 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,395
It still doesn't help us that much with Eöl,...

It still doesn't help us that much with Eöl, though, since the Green-elves turned their backs on technology (also, the special affinity of the Noldor with smithcraft really stemmed from Valinor and...
Forum: The Books 10-16-2023, 01:53 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,395
Aha! It's from the Lhammas and QS '37 (HME...

Aha!

It's from the Lhammas and QS '37 (HME V:175, 263):

"The Green-elves, who were called in their own tongue Danas, the followers of Dan... this folk was in the beginning of Noldorin race, but...
Forum: The Books 10-16-2023, 10:58 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,395
Eöl is above all sui generis- and not just in his...

Eöl is above all sui generis- and not just in his rather unpleasant personality. His affinity for smithcraft and friendship with the Dwarves are highly unusual for any Teler.

Did not Tolkien...
Forum: The Books 10-16-2023, 10:45 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 23,927
I would say, rather, couldn't do it. Tolkien the...

I would say, rather, couldn't do it. Tolkien the nitpicking perfectionist would definitely revise, often to a fanatical extent, to make things consistent; but catching every detail in that massive...
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