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I guess we're now seeing the cumulative effects of all-nighters, caffeine, and booze binges

Originally posted by average joe:
<STRONG>I totally agree...when i saw the movie the first time, some guy was being totally obnoxious and making loud comments. One of them was he made fun of frodo for continually getting stabbed. I remember thinking I kinda agreed with him. The wimpering frail ...

<STRONG>Originally posted by two:
Tolkien's orcs were fallen elves, ugly and somewhat stupid but not quite THAT bad. </STRONG>

Well, it depends on how you visualize them. When reading a book, people get their own mental images of what's going on. Tolkien, for all his detail in other ways, left ...

Well, that was weird. A double post, but...backwards

[ 12-31-2001: Message edited by: loner72 ]

@Georgi :)

1.)At one point it says "the shadow about it reached out like two vast wings." Then, after that, as you say, it says "its wings were spread from wall to wall." First we get a simile and then an apparently concrete reality...I just think it's funny. They probably knew the debate that was ...

Bad points:

1.) I agree with Georgi's assessment of Lothlorien. Actually kind of creepy. So dark. Why??...

2.) The Inn at Bree was way too short and, well, nonsensical . First of all, there is no way the hobbits would have left without sign or word from Gandalf. Yet they assume the worst ...

Okay, I jsut wrote an entire review and it's been lost.



*stalks off*

Originally posted by Aleldar:
<STRONG>Well with all these reviews, I won't have to spend any money on the movie. </STRONG>

Heh *Loner sits back with hot buttered popcorn, saving gas money while awaiting more reviews*

ROFL Gwally, thanks!!

Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>It might be a more appropriate measure of comparison to look at Clinton's speech, immediately after the Oklahoma City bombings, when yes, he did take the risks despite the belief at the time that it was a terrorist attack, did go on television, offering ...

@Fable: I think my post covered HLD's comments as well, and indeed those of anyone who shares similar ideas.

@Everyone who thinks Bush wimped out:

Like I said -- the American people did NOT expect the president to go on TV immediately after this happened (to refer to HLD's post). I only heard ...

Originally posted by fable:
<STRONG>He could have declared a day of mourning for all those lost, and those family who had lost.</STRONG>

Uh...IIRC, Bush did just that. Wasn't that Friday, Sept. 14th, decalred a national day of mourning and prayer? That's what I heard...

Fable, there is a ...

@Teoril: Good idea. So much great literature suffers through translation into other languages...

The only thing is, I've seen critics writing things like "Tolkien's vast, complex mythology" and "If you don't completely understand all of it right away, you're going to be lost." Seems to me like that would turn a lot of people off right away

Originally posted by Ned Flanders:
<STRONG>Oh, but the wonders he'd weave with his feet planted firmly on the grounf</STRONG>

The "grounf," Ned? I'm trying to picture the wonders our friend Frodo would weave with the assistance of a "grounf," but of course I have no idea what it is. Is it a ...

Frodo did indeed encounter Arwen in Rivendell, from afar. He couldn't stop staring. She was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. He had the exact same reaction upon beholding Galadriel for the first time.

If I were an analyst I'd say Frodo had a thing for Elven women. Probably why he never ...

I believe that Galadriel is Arwen's grand mother. Arwen's mother's mother :D

Arwen is only briefly in the first book, making an appearance in Rivendell, at the big banquet. She is also in "The Return of the King," but again only briefly. As has already been explained, she is Aragorn's betrothed ...

Originally posted by humanflyz:
<STRONG>How is Lobelia an important female character?</STRONG>

"'Why, they even took Pimple's old ma, that Lobelia, and he was fond of her, if no one else was. Some of the Hobbiton folk, they saw it. She comes down the lane with her old umbrella. Some of the ...

Originally posted by Dottie:
<STRONG>Eowyn have already been mentioned so i wont rant about her, but a strong femal character that always seems to be forgotten is Lobelia. And this is sad since i think she is one of the more complex characters in LoTR.

I mean, Arwen is a dull bimbo in comparison ...

Awww, thanks Nippy, that's sweet of you