Before and after the movie - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

tar-ancalime · 09-23-2004, 11:52 AM

I suppose I'm one of the First-Born. I was introduced to Tolkien at an early age by an older relative who's famous in our family for having once (in the 1970s) turned in a term paper written entirely in Tengwar. I have to admit that it was a few years before I made it all the way through the Lord of the Rings; I was halfway through The Two Towers when some junior-high hoodlum stole my book! I was a superstitious kid and I took that as a portent, and didn't get myself another copy for quite a long time.

I saw the Bakshi cartoon shortly after reading The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time and didn't even make it through--I found it incredibly boring! The Peter Jackson movies didn't spark my interest in Tolkien, but they were the catalyst for my feeble pokings around on the Internet which slowly led me to the 'Downs.

09-23-2004, 11:52 AM	#39
tar-ancalime Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: abaft the beam Posts: 303	I remember awakening under the stars... I suppose I'm one of the First-Born. I was introduced to Tolkien at an early age by an older relative who's famous in our family for having once (in the 1970s) turned in a term paper written entirely in Tengwar. I have to admit that it was a few years before I made it all the way through the Lord of the Rings; I was halfway through The Two Towers when some junior-high hoodlum stole my book! I was a superstitious kid and I took that as a portent, and didn't get myself another copy for quite a long time. I saw the Bakshi cartoon shortly after reading The Fellowship of the Ring for the first time and didn't even make it through--I found it incredibly boring! The Peter Jackson movies didn't spark my interest in Tolkien, but they were the catalyst for my feeble pokings around on the Internet which slowly led me to the 'Downs. __________________ Having fun wolfing it to the bitter end, I see, gaur-ancalime (lmp, ww13)