The Hall of Fire

From what I've read, perhaps old J.R.R. may be joining old Herodotus to drown his sorrows in drink... but then again they're not "modern".

Now you probably know there's a lot of the above on Youtube. These include "fanvids", clips of the man himself, fake Hobbit trailers, the entirety of The Return of the King (1980), and amateur re-enactments of the Fingolfin/Morgoth duel. I'd like to share this oddity - The Tale of the Chil...

http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/fanq/l/u/ ... 2.jpg.html

Funny and sad.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purist#Purism_in_entertainment again: # Comic book and manga purists sometimes vocalize their dislike of conversion of material into television or films, which is allegedly often modified to appeal to a more mainstream audience to varying degrees of skill. I guess t...

Vintage TORC song parodies from http://forums.theonering.com/viewtopic.php?t=33138 : Mine (slightly changed, circa 2003) :oops: : SARUMAN Based on "Candyman" from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" Who can breed an Uruk, Make him go for you? Also breeding half-orcs and a go...

Ironically, his films led me to the books. I guess I'm the dog that bit the hand that fed it. :P From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purist#Purism_in_entertainment The Lord of the Rings purists, sometimes known as Tolkienists, :scratch: were mostly dedicated fans of the novel before the film trilogy a...

To repeat myself at TORC, I wonder if the voters actually read LOTR; and I wonder how they read it.

- First, an old article: Tolkien scholar stings 'Rings' films Found at http://www.countingdown.com/movies/456544/board?viewpost=2841964&folder=0 - Reaction found there: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...