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Sunflower
Tol Eressea
Oct 15 2007, 9:00am
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I'm re-reading the Hobbit now and even from Chapter 2, I can tell how difficult this is going to be. I had forgotten just how childish the tine really is--it's a grandpa reading a bedtime story to a 5 yr old. Even the decision on whether any of the story should be told with any voice-over narration (similar to the last scene in ROTK--Frodo "talking" to Sam--will be difficult. I was wrong--the childishness must be preserved through the first half of the book for sure. But even so I am amazed at how the hints of darkness and a deeper take creep into the narrative even from Chapter 1. Gandalf's tale of the imprisonment of Thorin's grandfather in what is undoubtedly Barad-Dur sent shivers up my spine. He could no longer talk or even recognize me"--he was soon to die from torture. And that would have to be told in a flashback. WOW.
It is great fun, so far, to be able to fill in the blanks when Tolkine gives references to the other Stories of ME, "Goblins" "Princesses and widows' sons", Evil castles" "men of the North" etc. We are on the window looking in, but we know more than Bilbo does. I am very glad, for the first time, that LOTR was filmed first---as well as the fact that LOTR was what I read first. To this day I recommend LOTR first, the Hobbit 3rd. Difficult as it will be to write a credible script LOTR this (and it WILL be hard), we can all thank God that LOTR was done first. It makes TH at once all the more easier and more difficult to do.
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'There’s more than hope' - Michael Lynne comment on The Hobbit
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calisuri
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Oct 10 2007, 3:25pm
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laughs out loud with delight!
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Magpie
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Oct 10 2007, 3:35pm
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Wow, thanks Calisuri! Here's another little something....
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Patty
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Oct 10 2007, 3:40pm
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Hey, great find!
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calisuri
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Oct 10 2007, 3:46pm
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Will do. Incidentally, I hope it's not presumptious of me to say...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2007, 4:26pm
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Thanks! Glad to be here!
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calisuri
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Oct 10 2007, 4:41pm
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yay!
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BuckyUnderbelly
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Oct 11 2007, 5:45pm
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And it would be easy to shoot ...
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BuckyUnderbelly
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Oct 11 2007, 5:51pm
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I love your way of thinking..
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Patty
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Oct 11 2007, 6:00pm
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Thanks!
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BuckyUnderbelly
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Oct 11 2007, 6:28pm
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I'd like very much to hope you were PJ in disguise, this idea is so good...
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Patty
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Oct 11 2007, 6:36pm
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Sadly ...
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BuckyUnderbelly
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Oct 11 2007, 7:28pm
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Heck, my last theatre-viewing of FOTR
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Ataahua
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Oct 11 2007, 11:20pm
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LOL
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Sunflower
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Oct 12 2007, 12:47am
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Another Tolkien on board!!!
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grammaboodawg
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Oct 11 2007, 1:23am
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In the words of Napoleon Dynamite
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deej
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Oct 10 2007, 5:03pm
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Script?
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SandWitch King
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Oct 10 2007, 7:13pm
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no...
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deej
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Oct 10 2007, 7:24pm
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Theres got to be a draft script lying around somewhere ... :D
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Elven
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Oct 10 2007, 7:42pm
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I don't see why not...
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JRandomRohirrim
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Oct 10 2007, 8:16pm
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Agreed!!
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Elven
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Oct 10 2007, 8:21pm
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Good point
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deej
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Oct 10 2007, 8:25pm
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well
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luxman
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Oct 10 2007, 7:32pm
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No script? No problem!!
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Darkstone
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Oct 10 2007, 7:47pm
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Ok...
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Elizabeth
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Oct 10 2007, 9:08pm
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Oh, so you want a *good* movie?
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Darkstone
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Oct 10 2007, 9:23pm
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Script? We don't need no steenking script!
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Idril Celebrindal
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Oct 11 2007, 1:21am
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Bless book-a-minute. :) /
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Ataahua
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Oct 11 2007, 3:21am
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I agree....
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Sunflower
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Oct 11 2007, 5:58am
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I've been seeing the idea of...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2007, 5:19pm
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:(
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hasufel
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Oct 10 2007, 6:27pm
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Patty Patty Patty
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SandWitch King
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Oct 10 2007, 7:10pm
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I know, Mr. C, but...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2007, 8:10pm
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A cow can only reguritate something 3 times before it becomes unpalatable .. :D
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Elven
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Oct 10 2007, 8:17pm
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I think we'll hear something after The Golden Compass has been out for a while...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2007, 8:51pm
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And
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Darkstone
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Oct 10 2007, 8:54pm
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Well
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Darkstone
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Oct 10 2007, 7:52pm
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Yeah but
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Ataahua
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Oct 10 2007, 9:19pm
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As Harrison Ford said...
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Darkstone
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Oct 10 2007, 9:31pm
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hmmmm
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drhawks
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Oct 10 2007, 5:52pm
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LOL!
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Lith
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Oct 10 2007, 5:54pm
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I thought it was about you, too!!
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greendragon
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Oct 10 2007, 7:36pm
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u really think they dare?
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luxman
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Oct 10 2007, 6:50pm
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PJ must direct the Hobbit !!!!
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Rogash
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Oct 10 2007, 8:00pm
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Dangling carrots !!
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Elven
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Oct 10 2007, 8:12pm
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Morwen's poll on the home page is great. Vote what you think...
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Patty
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Oct 10 2007, 10:48pm
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Oops!
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Morwen
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Oct 11 2007, 12:14am
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For some reason I can't view the video..hmmmm ..very annoyed
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TonyStarks
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Oct 11 2007, 12:38am
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Welcome to TORn, Tony
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Altaira
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Oct 11 2007, 1:35am
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Very cool screen name, and a little IRONic man. {NT}
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SandWitch King
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Oct 11 2007, 4:53pm
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It's going to happen!!!!
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grammaboodawg
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Oct 11 2007, 1:25am
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"Just a fool's hope"
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Finding Frodo
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Oct 11 2007, 2:07am
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I Think that
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Rogash
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Oct 11 2007, 6:19am
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Folks, hate to say it, but.....
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Sunflower
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Oct 11 2007, 9:32am
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Peter's shown he can
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grammaboodawg
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Oct 11 2007, 11:49am
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doesnt play the video correctly
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BigBear
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Oct 13 2007, 12:47am
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This is just...wow.
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Sunflower
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Oct 15 2007, 9:00am
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