[Tuor in Gondolin]

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Originally Posted by Tuor
It seems to me, I don't have a copy of LOTR at the moment, that the scene of the Ring showing letters after a pause was taken from the book.

In the book, the writing is visible as soon as the Ring is taken from the fire.
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'It is quite cool,’ said Gandalf. ‘Take it!’ Frodo received it on his shrinking palm: it seemed to have become thicker and heavier than ever.

‘Hold it up!’ said Gandalf. ‘And look closely!’

As Frodo did so, he now saw fine lines, finer than the finest pen-strokes, running along the ring, outside and inside: lines of fire that seemed to form the letters of a flowing script...

The writing is visible when the Ring is heated up, and fades when it cools -- and this is exactly how the Ring is portrayed in the movie in this very sequence: at 00:34:06, after Sauron has gone nova and Isildur picks up the Ring, now separated from the heat of its master, the writing begins to fade.
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It may be me, but I still find the book version somewhat ambiguous
about the writing appearing sequence. As for the movie, you recall that
Frodo says something like (in response to Gandalf's query about what he sees) "Nothing", and then "No, wait, there are letters", which indicates a delay in the lettering appearing.

And is there some breakdown of future segments to be discussed. I assume
the ridiculous way Merry and Pippin join the flight is included in the next
segment.