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- Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:18 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 3: Three Is Company
- Replies: 45
- Views: 68842
Well, I quite like the fox. :) But its inclusion, I think, adds to the perception that in the first chapters of LOTR we're just biding our time, treading water if you will, before hitting the rapids of this great river of a tale. There are many, it seems, who love LOTR with great passion and who wil...
- Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:26 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Life-Giving Ladies: Women in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
- Replies: 31
- Views: 17790
I agree that Meisel's essay is pretty solid, although I don't really see much more depth to her assertions than can be found in any reasonably knowledgeable discussion of Tolkien's themes. It really is a more of a surface overview of the topic as opposed to a detailed and substantive examination. Fo...
- Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:38 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 2: The Shadow of the Past
- Replies: 124
- Views: 125928
This is a good indication of how Tolkien fully intended that people would read his work multiple times, and find new connections each time. Perhaps. Or perhaps a clear demonstration of the depth of his love for this world. It had to have depth and meaning for him and so he lovingly returned and ret...
- Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:41 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 2: The Shadow of the Past
- Replies: 124
- Views: 125928
- Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:16 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 2: The Shadow of the Past
- Replies: 124
- Views: 125928
Sheesh......it's like we're having some kind of two-for-one special in this thread. Double posts galore! :suspicious: Choice of POV is a crucial one for an author, and with a good one, never accidental. This is something that is worth watching throughout LOTR. Yes! I very much think that Tolkien kne...
- Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:18 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 2: The Shadow of the Past
- Replies: 124
- Views: 125928
- Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:17 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 2: The Shadow of the Past
- Replies: 124
- Views: 125928
- Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:50 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chap. 2: The Shadow of the Past
- Replies: 124
- Views: 125928
- Fri May 16, 2008 2:15 am
- Forum: 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
- Topic: The Obama Phenomenon and the 2008 Presidential Campaign
- Replies: 3736
- Views: 932574
It doesn't take much digging, Voronwë. What Rumsfeld said on Sept. 11th, 2001: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/04/september11/main520830.shtml Independent verification of what Rumsfeld said: http://www.outragedmoderates.org/2006/02/dod-staffers-notes-from-911-obtained.html A Sept./Oct. 2001 t...
- Mon May 12, 2008 7:51 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Omar Khadr: vicious terrorist or child soldier?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 27742
Before I even attempt to add any comments about the thread topic at this point, I'd like to request some clarification from solicitr on his last two posts. Solicitr, you said: Either civilization or Islam will survive the 21st century; not both. And then: Who on earth is advocating the extermination...
- Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:07 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Foreword, Prologue, etc.
- Replies: 56
- Views: 76490
- Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:22 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Best battle scene ever filmed
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16359
Speaking of the LotR films, I think there’s a simple formula for the quality of the battle scenes – are Legolas and Gimli present? If not, they’re often great. If so, they’re usually absurd. An excellent observation! :D I don't get Bogart and I guess at this late date I never will. Since this seems...
- Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:43 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Foreword, Prologue, etc.
- Replies: 56
- Views: 76490
I love the Forward because I love reading Tolkien's voice. I think I knew that forty years ago, when I read it for the first time, even though I had no idea who this man was. I liked him, the stuffy old codger. I had just turned sixteen, and during the same week that I began reading LOTR, I had watc...
- Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:40 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Best battle scene ever filmed
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16359
- Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:31 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Best battle scene ever filmed
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16359
Yes, yes. War is Hell. But the Seven Samurai isn't really about war . It's about a little village that hires a rather scruffy bunch of ronin to protect their crops (and their women) from being pillaged by an even more scruffy bunch of bandits. I think we're supposed to empathize with the villagers,...
- Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:59 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Best battle scene ever filmed
- Replies: 54
- Views: 16359
I do remember being totally uninvested in any of the characters and actively disliking some . Well, to be fair, a lot of the main characters were supposed to be rather dislikable. I thought that added a real dimension of believability to the story. In all honesty, the whole warrior/honour/killing p...
- Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:38 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Preliminary Thoughts
- Replies: 83
- Views: 137293
- Wed Apr 02, 2008 1:15 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Tolkien's Mythology and Your Own Spirituality
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16456
- Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:18 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Fitna (updated to discuss the Wilders trial)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11220
From what I understand, a fatwa is any legal declaration made by a qualified mufti (Muslim jurist). Although specific training and qualifications differ between Shia and Sunni sects, traditionally, a mufti has been a clerical scholar who has spent several years studying Islamic law until deemed qual...
- Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:06 pm
- Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
- Topic: If Arwen had been cut from the films
- Replies: 107
- Views: 48300
and so she is the physical embodiment of the fading of the Three That's perilously close to ALITTTFOTR, you know. ;) Not that close. The Three, not the One; and she is an Elf, so naturally her existence in Middle-earth is tied to the fate of the Three. It fits, where ALINTTTFOTR does not. Ah, but f...