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Old 04-01-2011, 06:09 AM   #1
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Then you must be familiar with artist Arial Black's exquisite illustration of the scene! I hear they're using it for the concept art.
Indeed. Black is one of the finest Tolkien illustrators and sadly underrated. Of course the Black dynasty is highly influential in Seriffean culture. Aeonis and Absara have also made their marks in their own way. Only perhaps Raleigh Roman is in the same league....

You should try the Goudy version, Herald, I think the opening conversation between Bilbo and Gandalf is particularly effective. However the illustrations by Arnold Boecklin are somewhat crude in comparison to the elegance of the others.
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Old 04-01-2011, 06:23 AM   #2
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and how about Brad the Bowman...assume Brad II's mother was Queen Angelina, then...

EDIT: I thought, "hang on, must be a joke", then clicked link...
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Well, it is April 1st. And if it isn't a joke, it's a sad commentary on PJ's need to warp the story.
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Well, it is April 1st. And if it isn't a joke, it's a sad commentary on PJ's need to warp the story.
The saddest thing is that we're now so used to expecting the worst from PJ's adaptation that an April joke like this is all too believable. Reality defeats satire.
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Old 04-01-2011, 08:30 AM   #5
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Indeed. Black is one of the finest Tolkien illustrators and sadly underrated. Of course the Black dynasty is highly influential in Seriffean culture. Aeonis and Absara have also made their marks in their own way. Only perhaps Raleigh Roman is in the same league....

You should try the Goudy version, Herald, I think the opening conversation between Bilbo and Gandalf is particularly effective. However the illustrations by Arnold Boecklin are somewhat crude in comparison to the elegance of the others.
I know, that's what's always put me off. Too heavy, dark, and well, symbolic. I really am curious now to read "The Hobbit" in the original, though. I did know some things were different– for example, "Blackoak" is "Mirkwood", "Elrod"* is "Elrond", "Lithos" is really "Legolas" and Italica the Elf-maiden is "Itaril" in English. Of course I'll always think of them by their Serriffean names...

You know, I heard Jackson and Walsh were so impressed with Arial Black's work they had the Carolingian Minuschool edition translated back into English and used that as the basis for their screenplay! You can imagine how proud that makes me, as a San Serriffean!


*A poor choice of name. I know many readers here were just confused by the similarity to Port Elrod in the Upper Caisse!

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Old 04-01-2011, 10:00 AM   #6
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*A poor choice of name. I know many readers here were just confused by the similarity to Port Elrod in the Upper Caisse!
I believe the same translator did Lord of the Rings and rendering Boromir as Bordoni of course caused the same sort of problems due to confusion with the capital city. You would have thought he would have learned his lesson.

I should warn you that the original has eagles not the giant Kwotes... and substituting swarfega for waybread or lembas was not fortuitous either.
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