noWizardme
Gondolin
Aug 11 2020, 11:06am
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And for me at least, I read this book at least a dozen times before the film came out, and it never once occurred to me that this was possible. After the release of the films, combined with a joyful and multi-connected internet culture, suddenly countless new fans have wondered, or repeated others' wondering, about why the eagles, etc. Tolkien might well object that for this to have happened, the filmmakers somehow misunderstood and so misrepresented his "sparing" use of a "dangerous 'machine'".
That's interesting - do we think we should 'Blame it on the Movie?' Not as opposed to blaming it on the sunshine, moonlight and good times  , but because The Eagle Theory started to circulate about the time of the Jackson FOTR movie release? I think that people have already at different points suggested that it could be to do with the movie treatment of the eagles; or with the new kinds of people with new kinds of thoughts; or with the burgeoning Internet culture of the time increasing what we might now call 'the R-number' of such theories. All of those sound reasonable explanations to me.
What do those of you remember who were on this board back then? Or on other boards, or reading the official publications and fanzines in the pre- and peri- Internet era? It might be interesting to find the earliest spotting of this theory, and to hear where it seemed to come from and why it seemed attractive to people.
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"You were exceedingly clever once, but unfortunately none of your friends noticed as they were too busy being attacked by an octopus."
-from How To Tell If You Are In A J.R.R. Tolkien Book, by Austin Gilkeson, in 'The Toast', 2016 https://the-toast.net/...-a-jrr-tolkien-book/
(This post was edited by noWizardme on Aug 11 2020, 11:07am)
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