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i81icu812 posted:Yeah. That's a good question, and I don't remember, but I was a kid then. But I wish that everyone forgot Jackson's Tolkien for a few years. As a horrible Tolkien nerd I really liked to see those in the movie theater, but atm, I'd wish that the works would be laid aside for a few years, until someone else with a different view would do something else with the source material. Túrin's book would be p. much a ready work for someone.
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Runcible Cat posted:Like I've said before, Tolkien really didn't trust techie/mechanically minded types. What makes that funny was the fact that he was a signals officer. Hogge Wild fucked around with this message at 14:08 on May 11, 2015 |
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SirPhoebos posted:I might have missed this detail in my read-through, but do Tolkein's elves have pointy ears? Probably yes: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Elven_Characteristics#Pointed_ears quote:I am afraid, if you will need drawings of hobbits in various attitudes, I must leave it in the hands of someone who can draw. ... I picture a fairly human figure ... fattish in the stomach, shortish in the leg. A round, jovial face; ears only slightly pointed and 'elvish'; hair short and curling (brown)." And he didn't mind or say anything when his elves were drawn with pointy ears.
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Baloogan posted:are there black or asian elves? yes, they're called orcs
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SirPhoebos posted:I got a crop question: Pipeweed was also called westmansweed so it definitely came from Numenor. The Hobbit used to have tomatoes, but they were later changed to pickles. Runcible Cat posted:Isn't Mim the Dwarf pottering around with a sack of potatoes when Turin and his gang first jump him? Yes. Tolkien just liked them I suppose.
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SirPhoebos posted:I haven't read The Children of Hurin yet (should I?), but I've been thinking about it going through the bits in Unfinished Tales. While from a world-building perspective there's nothing wrong with having the good guys eat poo poo, trying to put it in the framework of "Anglo-Fantasy Veggie Tales" raises a lot of questions. I guess it has something of a Job vibe to it, but Job also feels out of place in the JudeoChristian Literature. You should definitely read it. The audiobook version is also great, it's read by Christopher Lee himself! It's not based on the Bible but on pagan sources, mainly on Kalevala's Kullervo poem, and also has elements from Oedipus and Volsung Saga. Hogge Wild fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Sep 3, 2015 |
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Yeah, characters that make stuff happen are interesting. That's why Fëanor is the most interesting character that Tolkien created.
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Catsplosion posted:Another vote for Fëanor from me. That dude was a badass. I'd love a cinematic retelling of his story as long as it's closer to lotr than the hobbit in style. Bruno Ganz as Fëanor.
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Nov 6, 2015 15:21
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NikkolasKing posted:Of course, Numenor's Doom was ably aided along by the Vala, who left Melkr's right-hand free to do as he pleased. Also I'll never forget that, at one point, the Powers send an emissary to Numenor when the Numenoreans are losing faith, and the emissary's message amounts to "I know it's been eons and eons and eons beyond counting since you had any involvement with them but I assure you, THEY ARE right over there. You can't see them or interact with them though but you MUST obey them absolutely. Just take my word for it that they are immortal and wonderful and better than you and t hat you going there won't help anything." Númenor sank because Man was too proud. Pharaohs married their sisters, but Túrin's saga was based on Finnish Mythology and brother-sister loving wasn't allowed in Finland.
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No one knows: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Origins_of_Dragons
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NikkolasKing posted:Given their sheer power - these are the things that were Morgoth's only hope against the Host of the Valar - it's reasonable to assume that they were born from Morgoth's essence. Morgoth's great flaw was that, for all his power, he was not infinite, like Eru. Thus, to make things he always had to break himself down. It seems fair to suggest that Morgoth, who was even weaker than subordinate Sauron by the end of the First Age, squandered even more of himself by creating his great trump card. From where have you read about their power levels?
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Interesting stuff, I think I have read it before, but I didn't remember Morgoth being so weak.
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why are americans obsessed with happy endings
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At which point did Tolkien turn Gollum's ring to the One ring?
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News read in Quenya: http://www.ruutu.fi/video/2410952 Curumo hosta túra úme telpeva Angoston; mo cene Endóre taura carastale har i osto. I carastier cé sauratuvar vilya. Queni enétier lil cendaler i núle ”morne roquenion” Endoresse palan. Ingolmor sanar sa i cendaler er incar alasaile nar. Nyatil nórello Periandion: Vilvo Lavingi, sinwa an utúries i lóce Ráhu, avánie ve rinca merendello nostareryava. Lauce súlir caituvar ilya Endorenna. Lairina áre rahtuva Eppelo Lómíva tenna Ondóre. Ulyale úva Ondóreo rómenna, yasse mo cenuva loalúmen alasenya untúpie lumboiva ahosta. Már' andúne, vinyar ata enwa.
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euphronius posted:The way the books were written the Hobbit basically is the thingol / nauglamir story recast. It had not been published yet. So Tolkien used a lot of elements from his unpublished works for the Hobbit which was written as a one off stand alone fantasy adventure. Later he connected everything . Never thought about it in that way, but yeah that makes sense.
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Bit off the beaten path, but I found a comic for this thread! haha
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Drug or Elf i got a pitiful 27/30
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Bongo Bill posted:The best adaptation of the Silmarillion would be similar to Fantasia, I think. Yeah, that was my first thought too. At least for all the god stuff. Nessus posted:I think you could get an opera out of all that Feanor poo poo. Agreed. euphronius posted:Turin Turambar is way too depressing for anything that would be filmed today. Same for Beren and Lutien. Yes. But Túrin could make for a good series.
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MonsieurChoc posted:Scored by Blind Guardian. why not by dragonforce if you want to be mean
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SirPhoebos posted:Tbh, it sounds like your friend just needs a good trolling. Laser focus on Jordan dying before finishing the series-that's where I'd start. Also that the only author he ever 'inspired' was Terry Goodkind. and grrm and the friend in question is a massive tool
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Bongo Bill posted:Is an orc just anybody an elf doesn't like, or is it a specific group of peoples? they are dismounted huns
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SirPhoebos posted:I just bought Children of Hurin. nice! Could you give your take on the story while you're reading it? I'd really like to hear it.
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are the bog elves actually any different from the orcs?
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euphronius posted:Saruman is also a clear parody of fascist strong men using the radio. wan't he more of a caricature of all crooked politicians
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glowing-fish posted:Related, here is a story Tolkien wrote about give-gifting (although for a birthday and not for Christmas): ᛚᛟᛚ
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i will never forgive that they made gimli a comic side kick
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lotr movies were decent fantasy films, even if they didn't follow the books' themes but hobbit movies should have been cut so that there would be only one film
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chernobyl kinsman posted:
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aragorn should have married glorfindel
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my dad posted:Hey, at least it's not Foundation. now there's a bad series!
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SHISHKABOB posted:Can you make an alt that just posts interesting things in here when you get your month long probations for wishing death on people. You are extraordinarily knowledgeable on this stuff and I really enjoy reading what you have to say. he can't because he's mentally ill
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoaO4i-v0Aw
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webmeister posted:Aragorn needs to release his tax records and his birth certificate yeah right, you just happen to be the long lost heir with numenor and elf and maia blood
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Nessus posted:Why even have the Rings if you're not going to use them? to know the age of maiar and elves when they die
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Ynglaur posted:The return of the king is imminent. More rightful claim than Aragorn had.
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monarchies have no problems that a guillotine couldn't solve
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Nessus posted:The numenorians did have longer lives than regular Men. Also Elves looking out for them. Elrond was born before Numenor was even made, wasn't he? Yes.
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