Will the films change fans' relationship with the books? - Page 4

The Gaffer · 10-11-2003, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dúnedain
I have to respectfully disagree again, because in the books it is made apparent that Smeagol came from Hobbitt descendency. Gandalf actually talks about it.

I meant in the film.

Nice script, BB!

***Valandil*** · 10-11-2003, 11:34 PM

BB - that WAS quite funny!

On your profile I note your profession: something like "Tolkien Purist Re-Hab Counselor"... if I may ask, what's that pay? And, er... what are the qualifications??

Black Breathalizer · 10-12-2003, 07:58 AM

The pay sucks, Valandil, but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

When I first heard that some guy named Peter Jackson was doing a live-action version of the LOTR, I was extremely skeptical. I had grown so accustomed to being disappointed by sequels of great films or adaptations of great books that I'd conditioned myself to assume the worst. Like most people here, I would have said at the time, "it can't be done, PJ and company can't do justice to my favorite books. It's impossible."

Thankfully, I was wrong.

Gamigar · 10-12-2003, 10:05 PM

I haven't read the books since is saw the movies, so I forget things that were in the book, for example, when thinking of LotR in general, old man willow doesn't usually come to my mind, and the cool barrow whight* part often slips from my memory.

*spelling?

Wayfarer · 10-13-2003, 05:35 AM

Not if they're true Fans. *glare at BB*

kiwi52291 · 10-14-2003, 12:32 AM

The thing I remember from the movie most when I reread the books is the music. I get it stuck in my head whenever I read them.

Gwaimir Windgem · 10-14-2003, 03:13 PM

Gamigar;

Re: the question of spelling you brought up; the accurate spelling is "wight".

10-12-2003, 10:05 PM	#64
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10-13-2003, 05:35 AM	#65
Wayfarer The Insufferable Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,333	Not if they're true Fans. glare at BB __________________ Disgraced he may be, yet is not dethroned, and keeps the rags of lordship once he owned

10-14-2003, 03:13 PM	#67
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Gamigar; Re: the question of spelling you brought up; the accurate spelling is "wight". __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

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10-11-2003, 11:34 PM	#62
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	BB - that WAS quite funny! On your profile I note your profession: something like "Tolkien Purist Re-Hab Counselor"... if I may ask, what's that pay? And, er... what are the qualifications??

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Black Breathalizer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 828	The pay sucks, Valandil, but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. When I first heard that some guy named Peter Jackson was doing a live-action version of the LOTR, I was extremely skeptical. I had grown so accustomed to being disappointed by sequels of great films or adaptations of great books that I'd conditioned myself to assume the worst. Like most people here, I would have said at the time, "it can't be done, PJ and company can't do justice to my favorite books. It's impossible." Thankfully, I was wrong.

10-14-2003, 12:32 AM	#66
kiwi52291 Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 43	The thing I remember from the movie most when I reread the books is the music. I get it stuck in my head whenever I read them.