Treebeard Statue - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 03-07-2007, 06:28 AM

Also this is an attractive statue even if you no nothing of Tolkien. I mean you could understand people getting a bit narked if they had to face up to a balrog before they had a caffeine shot ... but I most people like ents even if they aren't rapt by other things. There was a chap on the radio once years ago who hated the Lord of the Rings and chose it as the book he would consign every copy of to the Titanic (reverse of a desert island choice) but his only qualm about it was he rather liked the ents....

Lalwendë · 03-07-2007, 07:15 AM

Maybe they are a bit scared of the metal Treebeard coming to life overnight and herding up all the green trees of Moseley and leading them in a botanical march against their 4x4s?

Even my Dad likes Ents and has been known to say: "Ooh, that tree! It looks Entish!" And he wouldn't pick up a copy of Lord of the Rings if you paid him (the only bit of the films he liked were the parts with Ian McKellen, Sean Bean and Bernard Hill, and only then if they weren't being 'silly and far fetched').

Anyway. It might give people a genuine reason to visit Birmingham...

Mithalwen · 03-07-2007, 11:16 AM

Apart from the Baltis, the jewellery quarter and Selfridges? And it isn't far from Cadbury world

Lalwendë · 03-07-2007, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Apart from the Baltis, the jewellery quarter and Selfridges? And it isn't far from Cadbury world

Alright, you're convincing me. What girl could resist a shopping trip in Selfridges, followed by a pig out on choccy and curry and a visit to a big sparkly tree?

Though I have to say that having to get there on one of Richard Branson's cattle trucks could put me off...

Hey, if they made miniatures of the sculpture that would be excellent! I'd definitely buy one!

03-07-2007, 06:28 AM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Also this is an attractive statue even if you no nothing of Tolkien. I mean you could understand people getting a bit narked if they had to face up to a balrog before they had a caffeine shot ... but I most people like ents even if they aren't rapt by other things. There was a chap on the radio once years ago who hated the Lord of the Rings and chose it as the book he would consign every copy of to the Titanic (reverse of a desert island choice) but his only qualm about it was he rather liked the ents.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

03-07-2007, 07:15 AM	#2
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	Maybe they are a bit scared of the metal Treebeard coming to life overnight and herding up all the green trees of Moseley and leading them in a botanical march against their 4x4s? Even my Dad likes Ents and has been known to say: "Ooh, that tree! It looks Entish!" And he wouldn't pick up a copy of Lord of the Rings if you paid him (the only bit of the films he liked were the parts with Ian McKellen, Sean Bean and Bernard Hill, and only then if they weren't being 'silly and far fetched'). Anyway. It might give people a genuine reason to visit Birmingham... __________________ Gordon's alive!

03-07-2007, 11:16 AM	#3
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Workshop of the world..... Apart from the Baltis, the jewellery quarter and Selfridges? And it isn't far from Cadbury world __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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