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N.E. Brigand
Half-elven
May 23 2008, 1:42pm
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"no LOTR film will ever be made simply for art's sake"
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Can't Post
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A reasonable statement and a good reminder that a film of LotR is almost certainly going to be an inferior work.
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The Hobbit Scripts
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Changeitminimally
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May 21 2008, 1:39pm
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Not That I've Heard Of
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DiveTwin
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May 21 2008, 2:55pm
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Quick thoughts
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merklynn
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May 21 2008, 6:32pm
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No, I haven't.
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grammaboodawg
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May 21 2008, 7:58pm
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But
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Jazmine
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May 21 2008, 8:17pm
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Really? Legolas is from Mirkwood? And he's an Elf?!
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Changeitminimally
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May 21 2008, 9:35pm
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Love your nic, changeitminimally...
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Patty
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May 21 2008, 9:47pm
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Regarding Legolas.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 21 2008, 10:05pm
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I would agree that...
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Patty
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May 21 2008, 10:13pm
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Arwen IS dying
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merklynn
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May 22 2008, 12:06am
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Nah, neither weird nor ignorant...
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Patty
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May 22 2008, 12:13am
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The way I look at this stuff...
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merklynn
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May 22 2008, 12:25am
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Shield Legolas!
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Patty
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May 22 2008, 12:38am
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Well.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 22 2008, 3:14am
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That would have been better, I think. - NT
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merklynn
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May 22 2008, 3:31am
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I fully agree
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sador
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May 22 2008, 10:49am
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Well
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Darkstone
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May 21 2008, 10:36pm
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I don't mind Legolas being in
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AinurOlorin
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May 22 2008, 2:03pm
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Really!!
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Darkstone
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May 21 2008, 9:48pm
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Changes are in fact necessary.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 21 2008, 9:58pm
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sounds
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Changeitminimally
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May 21 2008, 10:01pm
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Throw them out!
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N.E. Brigand
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May 21 2008, 10:08pm
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Think about it
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Peredhil lover
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May 22 2008, 4:51am
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The script
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Lost Hobbit
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May 22 2008, 10:03am
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In the book too there have been big changes...
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mae govannen
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May 24 2008, 10:37am
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Ah yes
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Peredhil lover
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May 25 2008, 3:56pm
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Huh?
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Jazmine
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May 22 2008, 9:41pm
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re: huh?
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Changeitminimally
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May 23 2008, 1:10am
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C'mon...
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 1:49am
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thanks for your response
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Changeitminimally
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May 23 2008, 2:30am
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No problem, just like to give a counter argument - NT
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 2:33am
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Very well said, Merklynn!
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Peredhil lover
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May 23 2008, 5:30am
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It wasn't (just) a lack of patience.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 1:39pm
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"no LOTR film will ever be made simply for art's sake"
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 1:42pm
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So true.
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 2:49pm
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Good examples
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 2:57pm
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Yeah
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 3:20pm
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So I take it...
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:00pm
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Nope I was treating Tolkien's work as an exception :-) -NT
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:04pm
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Tolkien's an exception and the Bible isn't?
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:08pm
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Which translation, to start off with...
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Lunamoth
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May 23 2008, 4:11pm
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KJV
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 4:17pm
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Which translation would Michelangelo have used, do you mean?
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:23pm
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Agreed
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 4:42pm
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No it isn't.
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Lunamoth
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May 23 2008, 4:43pm
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Oh, I see what you mean now.
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 5:01pm
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Wow, quite deep without meaning to be
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:48pm
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Well
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 5:03pm
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Oh Darkstone...
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Patty
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May 23 2008, 5:07pm
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Rephrase
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:15pm
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And in music.
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 3:07pm
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Yeah.
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 4:05pm
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I surely most hope not!!
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 3:14pm
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The Scouring balanced the first five chapters of Fellowship
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squire
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May 23 2008, 4:13am
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Exactly
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merklynn
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May 23 2008, 4:47am
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Excellent point
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 10:49am
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Yes, I agree
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Jazmine
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May 23 2008, 7:30pm
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"just because we didn't see Sam put on the Ring, it doesn't mean he didn't"
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 8:18pm
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Ad absudum
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 8:44pm
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So was Boyens saying
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 8:56pm
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Well
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 9:27pm
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Sorry about the repetition.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 23 2008, 10:29pm
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Boyens' comment...
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weaver
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May 23 2008, 9:36pm
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Kind of like Tolkien..
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Darkstone
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May 23 2008, 9:49pm
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I think she was saying
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FarFromHome
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May 23 2008, 9:55pm
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Frodo's whispers into Sam's ears before going over the Sea...
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mae govannen
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May 24 2008, 4:33pm
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Can you elaborate?
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Earl
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May 24 2008, 5:57pm
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I like your interpretation
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FarFromHome
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May 24 2008, 7:45pm
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Yes, yes, yes!
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Starling
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May 24 2008, 10:08pm
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Thank you for straightening things up regarding Sam:
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mae govannen
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May 24 2008, 10:43am
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Don't know if it can be done
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NewMenOrion
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May 21 2008, 10:07pm
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Bardwyn :)
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Mirabella_Bunce
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May 23 2008, 1:03pm
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I'm reading the Hobbit now, and God, it's awful...
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 12:13am
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You realise it's a children's book, right? //
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Lunamoth
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May 24 2008, 2:10am
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Ues... I know that, but...
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 2:40pm
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Could you expand
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N.E. Brigand
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May 24 2008, 3:23pm
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I don't want a Harry Potter movie
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 11:58pm
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I don't think you have to worry
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Lunamoth
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May 25 2008, 12:44am
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You've "read everything else by Tolkien"?
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N.E. Brigand
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May 24 2008, 5:25am
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Ah!" you got... not that one...
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xxxyyy
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May 24 2008, 2:42pm
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"The Hobbit" is a masterpiece of children's literature.
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N.E. Brigand
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May 24 2008, 3:27pm
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