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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> But what about after the movies? I'm scared people will forget the magic of Middle Earth!! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>The people who forget the beauty and splendor that Tolkein brought to this world are people who were never trully fans. The Lord of the Rings is a book series (and movie trilogy) that touches nearly all who read it, and you're never quite the same after you read (see) it. <P>If after a few years, you no longer care, you've forgotten the characters of the Fellowship, then you never trully cared in the first place. It was just another book (movie) to you.<P>And it doesn't bother me to think that the fan base will die down. *I* won't miss the people who obsessed over it just because Legolas/Aragorn/whoever was so hot. ;P