The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Steve · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

So I guess its cool that Tolkien was a linguist and created these usable languages and wrote a story about it. My problem is there is too much walking in between events. I get it! They walked so much and for so long that events changed while they were doing so, That doesn't mean he had to write about what they did and what they talked about while there were walking! Damnit! Its boring!

Parsifal · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:34 am Post subject:

Its kind of "down time" of sorts. Like you said, he set out to write a hypothetical linguistic study and created a classic work of fantasy literature on which many books and money-leeching MMO's were to be based as a sort of byproduct. That was probably him trying to get as much talking and use of his languages into the story, and perhaps give a deeper look into the characters. Maybe.

Of course, what do I know? I'm one of those mongrel heathens that never actually read the thing Twisted Evil

Dave · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject:

You should. It's a great book.

And the movie's great too, even if it's not "by the book". I'm okay with that because the movie's great. Did I mention the movie is great? It's a great movie.

trebuchet · Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:26 am Post subject: hey steve!

d00d! So sorry I haven't replied to your last email. I only check that account once in a blue moon. You can reach me at calvinstulip@gmail.com, I check that account on a daily basis. I'm going to go read your characters list and send you some feedback. Ciao.
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