Before and after the movie

[Snowdog]

Snowdog, those categories are great - but I'm disappointed I'm not considered true 'old school'

Sorry. The cutoff for old-school was the release of Christopher Tolkien's Silmarillion, because before that, the last release was Return of the King in 1955. The late 70's brought the Silmarillion, and the Bakshi & Rankin Bass cartoons, and a bit later the Unfinished Tales and the HoME series by Christopher Tolkien. I suppose a 'New Old-School' catagory could be made for those who read the books without any influence from the Christopher Tolkien releases or the cartoons & movies....