Lord of the Rings discussion thread

[Svipdag]

The epilogue in the Shire at the end of "The Return of the King" may be necessary to tie up loose ends, but it is very much of an anticlimax.

[Proctor]

The epilogue in the Shire at the end of "The Return of the King" may be necessary to tie up loose ends, but it is very much of an anticlimax.

After the last movie comes the age of man. I think it was rather satisfying.

[Aodhan]

The birthday of a legend, Christopher Lee was the shit!

R.I.P
forever...

[Anglojew]

Does it bug anyone else that Samwell Tarly in Game of Thrones is such an obviously rip-off of Samwise Gamgee in LOTRs?

[Dzihadovic]

Does it bug anyone else that Samwell Tarly in Game of Thrones is such an obviously rip-off of Samwise Gamgee in LOTRs?

Did you know that apparently Tolkien based the dwarves on Jews?
There's a quote from about it and everything.
Not implying anything, just wanted to share that.

[Proctor]

Did you know that apparently Tolkien based the dwarves on Jews?
There's a quote from about it and everything.
Not implying anything, just wanted to share that.

Who were the elves based off of? Did Tolkien ever say?

[Dzihadovic]

Who were the elves based off of? Did Tolkien ever say?

Not sure but apparently Hobbits are English, lol.

"The dwarves of course are quite obviously - wouldn't you say that in many ways they remind you of the Jews? Their words are Semitic obviously, constructed to be Semitic. Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects (in general) the small reach of their imagination - not the small reach of their courage or latent power."

[Prism]

Truely one of the best trilogies out there, I have all three films on DVD and have watched them at least three times each. I've also got the Two Towers extended limited edition version with about 100 minutes of extra content. J.R.R. Tolkien really created such a rich universe with a fascinating storyline. I have read The Hobbit and The Two Towers.

My favourite character as a child was always Aragorn, I saw him as sort of rebel, mysterious yet a good guy, he is first introduced as the "lone ranger" and he gave off a vibe as bad guy seeking redemption, although he wasn't, but still it came off that way.

As a child I was a super nerd with LOTR, I mean I had seen all the films, had them on DVD, wouldn't shut up about the trilogy, plus I owned all the PS2 games made based on the films and I played them nearly every saturday morning between the ages of 8-12.

My favourite part, hmm that's a hard question, there are too many to count, for example the introduction of the fellowship, Frodo is sitting by a tree and Gandalf arrives and the LOTR Shire theme plays, man that just warms my heart, or the part where Gandalf fights Malrog and falls into the chasm, or when he returns for the first time as Gandalf The White, when Boromir dies, or when Gollum is first introduced to the Hobbits, there is too much to count .

[Proctor]

Truely one of the best trilogies out there, I have all three films on DVD and have watched them at least three times each. I've also got the Two Towers extended limited edition version with about 100 minutes of extra content. J.R.R. Tolkien really created such a rich universe with a fascinating storyline. I have read The Hobbit and The Two Towers.

My favourite character as a child was always Aragorn, I saw him as sort of rebel, mysterious yet a good guy, he is first introduced as the "lone ranger" and he gave off a vibe as bad guy seeking redemption, although he wasn't, but still it came off that way.

As a child I was a super nerd with LOTR, I mean I had seen all the films, had them on DVD, wouldn't shut up about the trilogy, plus I owned all the PS2 games made based on the films and I played them nearly every saturday morning between the ages of 8-12.

My favourite part, hmm that's a hard question, there are too many to count, for example the introduction of the fellowship, Frodo is sitting by a tree and Gandalf arrives and the LOTR Shire theme plays, man that just warms my heart, or the part where Gandalf fights Malrog and falls into the chasm, or when he returns for the first time as Gandalf The White, when Boromir dies, or when Gollum is first introduced to the Hobbits, there is too much to count .

You should read the silmarillion man! There is so much more to the story. Here's the audiobook:



and that video you posted made me laugh reminds me of some of the arguments I get into in real life sometimes

[Prism]

You should read the silmarillion man! There is so much more to the story. Here's the audiobook:



and that video you posted made me laugh reminds me of some of the arguments I get into in real life sometimes

Yeah I definitely will. I'm going to read the full trilogy when I have some time, I also got a book on my 13th birthday called the children of hurin, which I must read too.

Haha yes it's brilliant, I used get into arguments with my friends when I was younger Harry Potter vs LOTR . Now that he is older he admits Harry Potter cannot even be compared to "The Trilogy" as they call it in Clerks II.