if graphic designers get to be snobs about dudes without diplomas getting graphic design jobs, i get to be a snob about a linguist deciding to write novels about the languages he makes up
tolkien himself would admit that the lord of the rings was written mostly for his own pleasure, and through portions of it he was mostly creating a world for the languages he created to exist in. Look at The Hobbit in comparison. It is a much better book, as far as writing and story telling goes.
That said, the book is still nothing to sneeze at or write off as terrible. Tolkien was a linguist and the language that he uses is quite beautiful. No, it's not concise or paced very well--and it probably would not have been published as it appears today were it submitted to a modern editor, but calling it 'terrible' is pretty stupid--considering the scope is a work of genius.
What I'm saying is that both sides are right in different respects.
edit:--fuzzball summed it up while i was typing this
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really though?
can't they just be different flavors in the ice cream store of awesome?
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I wish they had used at least some plot from the original comics like they did with the first one.
like Scifi's Dune miniseries and the Lord of the Rings trilogy
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for me it was more frustrating
i was all "fuck you aragorn we've got a story to move along, quit yer fucking yappin' already, jeez!"
also the inclusion of tom bombadil felt like the unnecessary pit stop one mile after the start of a road trip because someone forgot to take a shit.
if graphic designers get to be snobs about dudes without diplomas getting graphic design jobs, i get to be a snob about a linguist deciding to write novels about the languages he makes up
I have eyes to see and reckoning to understand.
so you're saying the lord of the rings books are not good?
going to disagree with you there
Wow, what's it like getting such a powerful validation of your opinion, Ori?
yes that is definitely why the lord of the rings series has been extremely popular for fifty years
oh snap
yeah, that's about right
And those Jews are to blame for the downfall of the German race as well.
Just look at the Bible.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here
nerds who can tell what a good book is, presumably
It's unbelievably successful as an artificial English mythological epic.
It was intended as the latter, it's most often read- by both fans and detractors- as the former.
Usual?
Do you mean to imply, sir, that I am sometimes something other than correct?
That said, the book is still nothing to sneeze at or write off as terrible. Tolkien was a linguist and the language that he uses is quite beautiful. No, it's not concise or paced very well--and it probably would not have been published as it appears today were it submitted to a modern editor, but calling it 'terrible' is pretty stupid--considering the scope is a work of genius.
What I'm saying is that both sides are right in different respects.
edit:--fuzzball summed it up while i was typing this
So would you say it would be fair, to use you own metaphor, to criticize Yo-Yo Ma for his lack of electric bass?