Popularity of LOTR... How sad... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Morsul the Dark · 08-08-2004, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lyta_Underhill

they no doubt brought in the new crop of die-hards, those whose life is irrevocably enriched by their exposure to Tolkien first through the movies and then through the books and perhaps on into the vortex of the entire Legendarium. Some will be assimilated, as the Borg might say, and we will be the richer for it.

Cheers!
Lyta

Indeed I would be one of those people...

A year before the movie came out

Me- hey what you reading?
Kid-LOTR
Me-look at how long that is it must be boring

one month after movie

halfway through TTT me- wow how could I be so ignorant this is great!

Encaitare · 08-08-2004, 08:51 PM

I don't think the movies ruined the books. As some people said, the movies were what made me want to read the books, and they opened up a whole world for me. Certainly the books are better (isn't that always the case?), but the movies are great as an interpretation of them. There are a great deal of things I wish had been put in the movie (

SCOURING OF THE SHIRE!!!

) but I'm not going to go ballistic over it.

Hopefully the rabid fangirls will soon evaporate and we'll be left clutching our copies of the books (and for some of us, the EE DVDs) and we shall all be in peace.

Gelmir · 08-11-2004, 01:04 PM

The scouring of the shire was in the galadreil's mirror so, it could be in the extended video or dvd!

Also, there are toys of the mouth of sauron, so he could be in the extended dvd or video

. OOOooOOoOOOooOooooooO.

08-11-2004, 01:04 PM	#3
Gelmir Haunting Spirit Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lothlorein Posts: 62	You never know. The scouring of the shire was in the galadreil's mirror so, it could be in the extended video or dvd! Also, there are toys of the mouth of sauron, so he could be in the extended dvd or video . OOOooOOoOOOooOooooooO. __________________ No more knee caps for you! No more Life for you! And you! No more toe nails for you! mwahahaha!

08-08-2004, 08:51 PM	#2
Encaitare Bittersweet Symphony Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: On the jolly starship Enterprise Posts: 1,814	I don't think the movies ruined the books. As some people said, the movies were what made me want to read the books, and they opened up a whole world for me. Certainly the books are better (isn't that always the case?), but the movies are great as an interpretation of them. There are a great deal of things I wish had been put in the movie ( SCOURING OF THE SHIRE!!! ) but I'm not going to go ballistic over it. Hopefully the rabid fangirls will soon evaporate and we'll be left clutching our copies of the books (and for some of us, the EE DVDs) and we shall all be in peace.