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Ingwion
Lorien
Nov 5 2016, 5:12pm
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On Thursday I watched The Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy back-to-back - it took me from 6:30am to 2am the next morning. I found that with The Hobbit trilogy, especially, it was a much more emotional viewing than when watching one movie every night, for example. So I wondered if anyone else who has done this found the same as me? Did you appreciate the continuous references in TH to LOTR more than usual? Any thoughts?
It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither. - Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens.
It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen. - The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien
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OldestDaughter
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Nov 5 2016, 7:43pm
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Haven't done an all dayer yet, Ingwion,
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but, I have watched each one back to back at night.(Usually if Extended, I watch a part a night.) But these last three weeks my family and I have been watching them in a different way. First week, watched all of the Extended Fellowship on a Friday Night, then all Extended Desolation on Saturday night. Last week, Two Towers and Unexpected Journey, both Extended and on Friday and Saturday night, and yesterday watched Return of the King and planning on watching BOFA tonight. Not exactly in order like I like, but it's been really fun! 
Maybe one day I will watch them all in one day!
"Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates of night and pours its voice among the dying stars, seeing the sun behind the walls of the world; and the song of Lúthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed."
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Ingwion
Lorien
Nov 5 2016, 10:15pm
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Reminds me of myself 
It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither. - Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens.
It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen. - The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien
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Ingwion
Lorien
Nov 5 2016, 10:17pm
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As you're not moving at all for a whole day (poor Ingwion's legs rotted and decayed away), but I found it was worth it. I don't think I'll be doing it again anytime soon, though
It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither. - Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens.
It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen. - The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien
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OldestDaughter
Rohan
Nov 6 2016, 1:12am
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I can imagine, as I get really fidgety after a while!
"Keen, heart-piercing was her song as the song of the lark that rises from the gates of night and pours its voice among the dying stars, seeing the sun behind the walls of the world; and the song of Lúthien released the bonds of winter, and the frozen waters spoke, and flowers sprang from the cold earth where her feet had passed."
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Silmaril
Rohan
Nov 8 2016, 7:50am
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In my opinion the references in TH were bad for LOTR. The Tauriel healing scene for instance reduces the experience of the scene with Arwen.
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Ingwion
Lorien
Nov 8 2016, 5:15pm
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But personally I don't think it was a reference to LOTR as much as pure laziness to think up something else. Why not take out the poison element and get someone (Tauriel, if necessary) to heal Kili normally? A lot more realistic. After all, if a lowly Silvan elf could do this Arwen could have done this in her sleep without Elrond's help.
This is similar to the way Kili-Tauriel detracts from Gimli-Galadriel.
It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither. - Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens.
It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen. - The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien
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Silmaril
Rohan
Nov 9 2016, 1:01pm
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I like Evangeline Lilly a lot...
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and she looked great as Tauriel, but most of her storyline (among others) were not my cup of tea, to put it nicely. Why all this bad fan-fiction?
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Ingwion
Lorien
Nov 9 2016, 5:22pm
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I think the only reason is they needed extra material to fill a trilogy
It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisible, and so being wholly neither. - Our Mutual Friend, Charles Dickens.
It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen. - The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien
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grammaboodawg
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Dec 6 2016, 3:23pm
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I haven't done as many as I'd like because I set up nearly impossible requirements for myself.
--Gotta have at least 2 days without interruptions.
--Gotta have fresh batteries in the remote.
--Gotta have a dark room.
--Gotta have appropriate comfort food that's not noisey to eat.
--Gotta have a fresh box of tissues.
The 2 days of no interruptions or distractions has been the hardest to set up. BUT I will be doing a LotR/Hobbit marathon very very soon!
I won't watch the marathons on TV because the advertisements and format drive me crazy!! And I can't watch the films piecemeal. I can watch one of them clear through and not as a marathon. That's okay :) But I won't watch them a bit here and a bit there. It's gotta be the whole film clear through... including the credits.
I've averaged about 1 marathon a year:
--I've done 4 theatre marathons for LotR... one of them I arranged with my local theatre as a fund-raiser for the county's Autism Society.
--I've done 1 theatre marathon for The Hobbit when BoFA was released. I hope to do many more of those!
--I've done 2 LotR marathons with TORnsibs when we met up at one of our homes.
--I've done 6 home LotR marathons since 2004.
The one coming up very very soon will be over 2 days starting with The Hobbit and then LotR... all extended editions. I start VERY early in the morning and go until they're done. Seriously... I don't remember what time they finish. I'm usually just sitting there in the dark for a long time, then go straight to bed.
It usually takes me a couple of days to decompress after a marathon. It's a very emotional journey that I cherish each and every time. And I really do get so much more out of the stories/films each and every time. The music is as much of a charge to my heart as anything. By the end of each set of stories as the music ends... I'm pretty much a mess.
We have been there and back again.
TIME Google Calendar
6th draft of TH:AUJ Geeky Observations List - November 28, 2013
4th draft of TH:DOS Geeky Observations List - May 15, 2014
5th draft of TH:BotFA Geeky Observations List - January 30, 2015
TORn's Geeky Observations Lists for LotR and The Hobbit
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Cuwen Maegmacil
Rivendell
Dec 14 2016, 10:19pm
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I'll probably do this once I'm done with school!
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Until then, that's virtually impossible. 
I'm not a Psychopath, I'm a High-Functioning Sociopath, do your research.
But I don't regret, nor will I forget, all who took that road with me. Night is now falling, so ends this day. The road is now calling and I must away. Over hill, and under tree, through lands where never light has shined. I turned at last to paths that lead home.
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The Shire
Dec 24 2016, 1:17am
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...watch LOTR straight thru on Christmas day. Haven't been in the mood to do so last few years.
Close to the edge, down by the river.
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Nearest I did to that was to power read LOTR book as a child
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