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[The Hobbit] The Longest Post in History, pg 48
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The animated movies just got some things right. The Hobbit is gonna have to overcome some of that nostalgia, especially Richard Boone as Smaug.
And my breath...Death!
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The big news: they built Hobbiton. I mean they actually built it, not out of styrofoam but out of real materials that will last for decades this time, so it will be a real, lasting place you can visit.
...how much is airfare to New Zealand, again?
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In the book, everybody sings. The dwarves sing and the elves sing and the goblins sing (both when their winning and when their getting their asses set on fire). I wonder how much singing they'll slip in.
Oh and the Eagles. The Eagles sing.
Changing the subject: my wife is awesome. For Christmas, she bought me the Red Book of Westmarch
Thorne, that's an awesome avatar of Thorin!
(I couldn't help myself.)
I guess chalk it up to difference of opinion then; the singing in the books was compelling and awesome to me. I love the fact that Tolkien spent so much time on language, music and history when creating his world, and what little of it found its way into LOTR was fantastic.
I want Goblin Town to be sung, goddamn it. Done properly it could be ominous and creepy as fuck.
http://branemrys.blogspot.com/2012/01/well-that-was-different-take.html
Edit: The full backstory, told by the animator.
It's Martin Freeman's co-star on Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch.
I hear she's playing one of the spiders of Mirkwood.
and now I want to watch sherlock
Yes. Yes you do.
the first season is streaming on Netflix, if you have a subscription
That would have been amazing.
Before starting LotR, may I ask (I really don't know please don't hurt me) why the three majors stories are broken up into six books instead of the three famous titles? Or is that some cosmetic choice that Tolkien did? Like "Fellowship of the Ring" is two books and so is Two Towers and RotK.
Well, Tolkien just wrote it all kinda at once, I don't think it was supposed to be read episodically. You'll find once you get into the books that it doesn't really follow the films at all, and all the events happen sequestered wholesale. Instead of following the modern pulp tradition of telling several interweaving story lines, Tolkien breaks it all up into whole chunks.
"You want Frodo and Sam? Well, here's 200 straight pages of it. Finish that, and then and ONLY then will I tell you about Helms Deep."
The Hobbit is a children's book by the way, don't go into LotR with the expectation that it'll be more of the same. The tone is very different, and you might find it a little hard going in comparison... it can be a downright tortuous read in parts.
In fact I wouldn't blame you if you never finished the bloody thing.
Atomic Ross' and lu tze's info/advice is spot on.
I finished The Hobbit and am about to pick up LotR all over again.
And a good book for children is always better than a shitty book for adults. (Insert Atlas Shrugged joke from Paul Krugman here)
Just thought I'd give fair warning about LotR. They're great books, but not necessarily good ones, if you get my meaning. In comparison to The Hobbit I've read LotR like, twice and a half... because fuck that.
Cumberbatch just seems too young but we'll see!
You talk as if this is a bad thing.
I lost count of the number of "and lo!"'s he threw in towards the end.
I've never tried to count anything like that, but I've never noticed any over-use of phrase in LOTR. Reading ASOIAF however, I was constantly distracted by the repeated "words are wind", "black wings black words", and the like.
It's funny, lots of people are apparently bugged by Tom Bombadil, but I love the guy.
None has ever caught him yet, for Tom, he is the master / His songs are stronger songs, and his feet are faster.
The Hobbit is great though, read that around the same time and it's lots of fun.
Then I read The Silmarilion.
Yeah, Feanor's kind of a dick.
a fading melody - my indie platformer for the xbox 360
Didn't listen to the video, but from what I recall Feanor was a bad-ass motherfucker. He wasn't after Morgoth because Morgoth was "evil" we was just fuckin' pissed that Morgoth stole his Silmarils and he wasn't about to stop at anything to get them back.
Against the will of The Valar. He left heaven on earth and dragged an entire race with him into death.
I found that awesome quote. As always, Paul Krugman is awesome.
Though it is interesting to note the similarities between Feanor and John Galt. Galt, of course would have been a tragic character (in a Bioshock sense of course) if Ayn Rand was at all realistic about human nature.
Feanor seems like Kratos to me. Except Feanor can't angry his way to whatever he wants. He comes damn close, but ultimately gets punished.