Do you think Tolkien would be insulted by the LOTR movies? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kronos · 01-13-2004, 02:57 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Why on earth should Z say that the hobbits 'were munching ridiculously long sandwiches'? Ridiculous indeed. I do not see how any author could be expected to be 'pleased' by such silly alterations. One hobbit was sleeping, the other smoking. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I always thought that the above was a pretty bad case of nitpicking. Is the example of hobbits eating long sandwiches any more incongruous than them knowing about tobacco, potatoes (in a myth for ancient England!) and fish & chips?

01-13-2004, 02:57 AM	#1
Kronos Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: England Posts: 47	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Why on earth should Z say that the hobbits 'were munching ridiculously long sandwiches'? Ridiculous indeed. I do not see how any author could be expected to be 'pleased' by such silly alterations. One hobbit was sleeping, the other smoking. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I always thought that the above was a pretty bad case of nitpicking. Is the example of hobbits eating long sandwiches any more incongruous than them knowing about tobacco, potatoes (in a myth for ancient England!) and fish & chips?