Off for bit folks, try to behave.
Nottt!! :-)

I'm curious, what is the one exception?

See you later *hug*

Lord of the Rings :D

Bye Endre! :)

The books are pretty dry.

Wow, HB is having a Might & Magic pack with the games I really want in the PWYW-tier (M&M 1-6) and I can resist buying it! Thank you, UPlay!

Still a good option. I had the problem that my professor was in Mexico when i wrote my thesis....but atleast he had the time to read it :)

Fair enough!

I actually don't think I've watched actual television in over a year, or watched a full movie in at least two years, though I've watched some TV series on DVD. I should probably change that, just go and watch a movie!....nah.

Goodbye, have fun!

*Looks while Endre leaves*

Quick, party on Endre's lawn! :-)


I was not too keen on the movies (when comparing them to the books). They are good for what they are, but too much was changed and removed. I have always preferred the books over the movie trilogy.

Well, they are a good read, but not exactly light reading. I own them and I've read them, but I haven't quite mustered the courage to reread them. Still, Tolkien is pretty important in my field of study (Anglo-Saxon literature) so I do encounter his essays and such pretty regularly. And it's funny to see all the things he used in his books come by in those old legends. I am finding out that he wasn't terribly original in his ideas, although the way he used those ideas is of course unique.

Yeah. Two (or three) things always really bothered me: That they ommited the part with Tom Bombadil and also the final chapter back in the shire with Saruman and to some degree the changes with Battle at Helms Deep ( i'm not really used to the english terms )

No are definitely not light reading. I read all of them twice...

Yeah also found that interesting...

Can we go full MLG 420 blaze it no scope loomynarty comfirmed for a day? I really don't care about the new HB. I love M&M but U(don't)Play? Yuck.

DD,when you're away remember that I'll pretend to hug you until you get here :)

Tolkien's translation of Beowulf is wonderful, one of the best I have read. You can really see his passion with the language. In regards to him using ideas from old myths and legends, that was always his intent, he never really tried to cover that up. He wanted to share those parts of history that he loved with his readers. I guess he was an academic at heart, and even in his books he was trying to teach people about the old myths, legends, and history that he himself was so passionate about and spend much of his life teaching about.

Sadly movies always change things, usually to improve the flow of the film, as films are often not long enough to cover the whole book, so much has to be altered or removed, which sadly often destroys what made the book great.

Thank you, that is very sweet. *lots of big hugs*

Don't forget how they treated Faramir's character... that was the bit that put me off completely. I can understand why they left Tom Bombadil out, while I quite enjoyed that part, it is very much secondary to the main storyline and more than a little confusing... (and don't worry, I think you got everything right :) )

But some of the changes in Lord of the Rings movies were pretty unnecessary...
It's a common problem - i can't think of any movie which is up to par to the books it's based on.....i only know one special case: 2001 :)
Yeah you're right forogt about Faramir. But i heard they changed it to make the character more believable whatever that means...

The funny thing is that the german terms were suggested by Tolkien himself :):