On the subject of The Hobbit movies, it's looking more and more likely that Jackson will direct not only the first but also the second part:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/06/urgent- ... bit-films/
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by tnjrp » Apr 15, 2011 12:02 pm
After much ado & to-and-froing about who does what and when, here's Jackson's first video blog from his The Hobbit shoot:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2m2x8qJcGQ[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2m2x8qJcGQ[/youtube]
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#84 by Wiðercora » Apr 15, 2011 4:30 pm
The Hobbit was the only Tolkien book that I've ever really gotten into. I tried LotR, when I was...I think I was 15 or so, but it didn't really grab me. Picked up a second-hand boxset of the trilogy earlier in the year (£10 for all three - not in bad nick, either 
), so I may start on it again over Summer, or I might take them with me to Spain next year.
), so I may start on it again over Summer, or I might take them with me to Spain next year.If the unemployed learned to be better managers they would be visibly better off, and I fancy it would not be long before the dole was docked correspondingly.
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#85 by Varangian » Apr 15, 2011 8:23 pm
SPMaximus wrote:Fuck yeah
+1!
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#86 by j.mills » Apr 15, 2011 11:36 pm
That blog's gotten me all hot and bothered now, but the bloody thing's still two years away! Bah.
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#87 by The Plc » Apr 15, 2011 11:43 pm
Used to be quite a fan, I haven't read any of his work in years though. The movies were exquisitely good, classic cinema. Has anyone here ever read the published notes edited by his son Christopher.
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#88 by SPMaximus » Apr 16, 2011 12:02 am
ive read The Children of Hurin, it was pretty good, quite a bit darker than The Hobbit and LotR
theres some incest and stuff like that in it
theres some incest and stuff like that in it
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#89 by David M » Apr 16, 2011 3:41 am
Read the books about a dozen times.
Listened to the BBC Radio play many more times, probably about once a year since it was broadcast in 81. Good for long commutes as its 13 hours of awesome, it has Bilbo as Frodo (Ian Holm).
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#90 by tnjrp » Apr 18, 2011 3:54 am
I've actually forgotten how many times exactly I've read LOTR, but I think it may be around the same, certainly less than 20 timesDavid M wrote:Read the books about a dozen times.
Read it only once in English tho, just before the Jackson movies came out.
The Hobbit I think I've read about three or four times, in the old Finnish translation which was not in line with LOTR translations and was illustrated by Tove Jansson of the Moomintrolls fame. I think I'll read it in English too sometime before the movies come out.
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#91 by j.mills » Apr 18, 2011 8:44 pm
^ I expect you'll have plenty of time...
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#92 by Jumbo » Apr 19, 2011 2:04 am
The Plc wrote:Used to be quite a fan, I haven't read any of his work in years though. The movies were exquisitely good, classic cinema. Has anyone here ever read the published notes edited by his son Christopher.
Do you mean the History of Middle Earth series? Those contain many of the notes and fragments that made up many of the Middle earth works and some alternate versions of some of the stories.
I am starting them at the moment but i think, since they are not one narrative and contain a lot of information about the actual writing process, that they are going to be hard work.
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#93 by divagreen » Apr 19, 2011 2:37 am
Jumbo wrote:The Plc wrote:Used to be quite a fan, I haven't read any of his work in years though. The movies were exquisitely good, classic cinema. Has anyone here ever read the published notes edited by his son Christopher.
Do you mean the History of Middle Earth series? Those contain many of the notes and fragments that made up many of the Middle earth works and some alternate versions of some of the stories.
I am starting them at the moment but i think, since they are not one narrative and contain a lot of information about the actual writing process, that they are going to be hard work.
Are you talking about The Similarion?
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#94 by Jumbo » Apr 19, 2011 3:10 am
No. The History of Middle Earth is a 12 volume set of books containing notes and fragments of stories and earlier drafts of many of Tolkiens works. It was put together by Christopher Tolkien from his fathers notes. Some of the elements within contain chapters from the Silmarillion often with quite different conceptions of plot and the characters.
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#95 by tnjrp » May 31, 2011 7:43 am
The titles and the dates for The Hobbit duology (of movies to state the bleedingly obvious) have been announced:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/05 ... confirmed/
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2011/05 ... confirmed/
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#96 by j.mills » May 31, 2011 12:19 pm
Cast includes Stephen Fry, Sylvester McCoy..?! Mind boggles.
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#97 by Mitts » Jun 12, 2011 10:18 pm
j.mills wrote:Cast includes Stephen Fry, Sylvester McCoy..?! Mind boggles.
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#98 by Nostalgia » Jun 12, 2011 10:53 pm
Mitts wrote:j.mills wrote:Cast includes Stephen Fry, Sylvester McCoy..?! Mind boggles.
Coolness!
I have read LOTR and also loved the BBC radio production of it with Ian Holm as Bilbo and Sir Michael Horden as Gandalf. Marvellous! 13 hours of perfect listening.
Am I right in thinking that Tolkien had a brother who was a priest? I ask because there is a street not far from where I live called 'Tolkien Way' and it's supposedly named after him.
That seems to sound familiar. I know JRR was quite the bible basher.
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#99 by Mitts » Jun 12, 2011 10:58 pm
Hmm... I will have to look into that...
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#100 by Jumbo » Jun 13, 2011 1:17 am
Am I right in thinking that Tolkien had a brother who was a priest? I ask because there is a street not far from where I live called 'Tolkien Way' and it's supposedly named after him.
Tolkien had a younger brother Hilary. I haven't heard of him being a priest though. He seems to have either been a farmer or earned a living off of the land.
Both Tolkien brothers were devout Roman Catholics, JRR being a very conservative one.
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