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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-19-2020, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 709
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Faramir Jones
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
09-18-2020, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 709
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Faramir Jones
Oxonmoot 2020I recently logged out from over 6 hours of the new online moot. Strange, but deeply enjoyable, to read the chats of so many fans at the same time, including those at the other side of the world! :D ... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-19-2020, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,483
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Faramir Jones
So passes Sir Ian HolmThanks for starting this thread, William. His Tolkien-related work, though important, was one part of a great career.:):( I’m glad that we’re also discussing his other great roles.:cool: |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
08-05-2019, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 1,279
Views: 249,985
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Looking forward to seeing fellow Downers in Brum!Just to say that I’ll be arriving in Birmingham tomorrow for Tolkien 2019, and am looking forward to seeing fellow Downers there! :D |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
08-02-2019, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,395
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Faramir Jones
That costume sounds interesting!That costume sounds interesting, Esty! I'll see you I(and others) in Brum soon! :D |
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Forum: The Books
05-15-2019, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,744
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Faramir Jones
Thanks for starting this threadThanks for starting this thread, Huinesoron. I agree with you that the first response to the 2 quotations from The Hobbit is that the book is 'children's fantasy and wasn't intended to be set in... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
08-29-2018, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,828
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Faramir Jones
Glad that you're coming!Squatter, I'm glad that you're coming, and that you got a room in St. Hugh's, which isn't too far from St. Antony's.;) The TS's website has the programme for the 'moot up: ... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
08-15-2018, 06:24 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,828
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Faramir Jones
I have, thanks!Pervinca, thanks for reminding me about the booking situation. Luckily, I was in touch over 2 weeks ago, but even then, had difficulties due to the demand. The TS admitted it was 'blown away' by the... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
06-25-2018, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,828
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Faramir Jones
Thank you for your review!Thank you for your review of the exhibition, Lalaith!:D It's nice to read that you 'could have stayed there all day', and that what was there 'really conveyed what an incredibly talented artist... |
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Forum: The Books
06-20-2018, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 3,509
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Faramir Jones
TrotterR.R.J Tolkien, when you asked if Tolkien 'originally had much more of the hobbits in the Lord of the Rings' which were later cut out, I thought at once of a hobbit called Trotter in the early drafts,... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-20-2018, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 222
Views: 55,027
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Faramir Jones
'Should you be giving certain people bad ideas?'
Formendacil, I found what you wrote here interesting: Nah, the real twist will come (at the end of season three or four) when Aragorn is killed and Evilagorn takes his place as part of some long... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
06-20-2018, 10:02 AM
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Replies: 4,113
Views: 606,051
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Faramir Jones
Welcome!As Inziladun said, welcome to you anyway, Rhun charioteer! Please don't worry about the delay in introducing yourself. I lurked for a long time before I decided to join, let alone make any... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
06-20-2018, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,828
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Faramir Jones
Tolkien Events 2018While it's quite late, I thought I would start a thread for events happening this year, including Oxonmoot 2018, on 20th - 23rd September, and the exhibition in the Bodleian Library, Tolkien: Maker... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
06-20-2018, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,395
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Faramir Jones
Tolkien 2019I thought I would put up a thread about Tolkien 2019, the conference the Tolkien Society will be holding in the MacDonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham, England, UK, for 7th - 11th August 2019,... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-21-2018, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,398
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Faramir Jones
Belated congratulations!Belated congratulations to you, skip! I understand what you mean, Inziladun. I'm uncle to someone who will be 10 soon; and I'm wondering what happened between now and the newborn baby I held in my... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-21-2018, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,133
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Faramir Jones
Thank you for your repliesThank you for your replies, Huinesoron and Inziladun! :D Huinesoron, you have a point here: The trouble with Aldarion and Erendis is that it's so unrelentingly bleak. But I would say that... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-20-2018, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 4,113
Views: 606,051
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Forum: The Movies
03-20-2018, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 11,133
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Faramir Jones
How about 'Aldrion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife'?Eldorion, I agree that the problem with trying to film The New Shadow is that there's only a fragment starting the story, with nothing else written by Tolkien about it, not even a summary, framework,... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-30-2017, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 4,113
Views: 606,051
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Faramir Jones
Welcome to the Downs!Welcome to the Downs, Huinesoron! Like you, I lurked around a lot before joining... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-19-2017, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 55,027
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Faramir Jones
Not optimisticThanks for starting this thread, Victariongreyjoy! With what people have said, and the news of Christopher Tolkien's resignation as Director of the Tolkien Estate, I'm not optimistic about this... |
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Forum: The Books
11-19-2017, 12:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,991
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Faramir Jones
The trollsIf you want to talk about bandits, the first we see are the trolls in Chapter 2 of The Hobbit, who aren't just prepared to rob and kill people, but to eat them as well... :( |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-19-2017, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 4,113
Views: 606,051
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-15-2017, 07:31 AM
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Replies: 4,113
Views: 606,051
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Faramir Jones
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Forum: The Movies
10-17-2017, 08:37 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,171
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Faramir Jones
I agreeYou're right, Inziladun. His behaviour doesn't affect my views of the films. When I read what he was accused of, and checked his connection with the films, I just thought of orc like behaviour by... |
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Forum: The Books
10-17-2017, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 3,789
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Faramir Jones
Only Eru knowsThat was a good question you asked, Rhun charioteer, about whether there are other worlds in Eä. I agree with you, Inziladun, that only Eru would know... |
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