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- Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:25 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 2, Chapter 3: The Ring Goes South
- Replies: 19
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- Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:51 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 2, Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond
- Replies: 38
- Views: 61006
- Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:30 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 2, Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond
- Replies: 38
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Frelga, my Eureka! moment from my thread: The dream is a test applied to both brothers . Not a test relating to the Ring Quest but a test relating to the King Quest. The first words of the dream are: Seek for the Sword that was broken In Imladris it dwells The words are a command to the sons of the ...
- Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:49 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 2, Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond
- Replies: 38
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I never associated the two poems before, but now it has been pointed out :D their similarities are obvious. And how appropriate that the dream-poem refers to the awakening of Isildur's Bane and the Halfling, and the halfling who brought Isildur's Bane back to the world should make that response. Ano...
- Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:22 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 2, Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond
- Replies: 38
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A few points: • A “council” scene is a trope of heroic fantasy/high epic literature. There is one in The Iliad ; one in Paradise Lost . The Council of Elrond though, is surely unique in not having the objective of aiming to win or maintain power, but to lose it – give it away, relinquish it. • The M...
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:06 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 2, Chapter 1: Many Meetings
- Replies: 40
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The pattern of danger and toil followed by respite continues. There is a huge difference though, between former houses where the hobbits have been welcomed and given succour - and Rivendell. Even Tom's house was rustic compared with Imladris. Tolkien here has the difficult job of presenting us, not ...
- Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:42 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chapter XII - Flight To The Ford!!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 91391
That part I always just took as luck (or fate). I always figured the flood was triggered the instant the Nazgûl entered the water, and just took some time to arrive at their position (by which point Frodo had reached the other side). I guess that would mean an especially canny spy could have beat t...
- Thu May 21, 2009 10:02 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chapter XII - Flight To The Ford!!
- Replies: 63
- Views: 91391
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:13 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chapter 11: A Knife in the Dark
- Replies: 67
- Views: 107632
A lot of the material in this chapter might unkindly be described as narrative fluff. Little is vital to the story or the plot. The hobbits leave Bree, meander through the Midgewater Marshes, sing and listen to a couple of songs/poems and then have a scary run in with the Enemy. Yet, as the author s...
- Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:06 am
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chapter 11: A Knife in the Dark
- Replies: 67
- Views: 107632
I always thought it was Billy Ferny too! Never mind. ;) Yes, the last hobbity residences are left behind now, and the Fab Four progress into a world new to them, save in stories (Bilbo's, mostly). I think it is in this chapter that we feel the full width and breadth of Middle-earth; it's depth we ha...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:22 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Religious Symbolism in LotR
- Replies: 61
- Views: 35218
Incidentally, having your finger bitten off is not the same as stigmata, if I understand the word. No. Frodo like several other Tolkien characters is hand-maimed: Beren, Sauron. Which is nothing like stigmata. If Tolkien's Catholic sensibility infuses LOTR (and I think it does) then so does his pas...
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:24 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chapter 10: Strider
- Replies: 67
- Views: 173453
Well both Strider and Hawkeye are great huntsmen and warriors. Both are associated with a particular weapon. Both have zillions of other/nick names: one of Hawkeye's is La Longue Carabine , also Deerslayer, Pathfinder and the trapper . Strider is known as Longshanks and.... well, you know the rest.....
- Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:19 pm
- Forum: The LOTR Discussion
- Topic: Book 1, Chapter 10: Strider
- Replies: 67
- Views: 173453
Mind if I join in? :) I'll avoid spoilers. ;) The character of Strider reminds me of Hawkeye, from The Last of the Mohicans . Tolkien is on record somewhere as having enjoyed reading westerns when young, and he could hardly have avoided the books of Fenimore Cooper. Some of us hoped that Daniel Day-...
- Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: "His Dark Materials" Movie News
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15696
- Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:40 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: "His Dark Materials" Movie News
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15696
There was an interview with Philp Pullman in The Sunday Times , which I can’t link to. Moderately interesting. Pullman damns Tom Stoppard’s initial script with faint praise: ”I thoroughly enjoyed reading [it]. However, it wasn’t what the studio wanted, so the process began again.” Probably too intel...
- Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:58 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: The Dylan Appreciation Thread
- Replies: 111
- Views: 77814
- Wed Dec 13, 2006 11:33 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: The Dylan Appreciation Thread
- Replies: 111
- Views: 77814
I don't know if anyone is interested (I am!) but they are making a film about Dylan - weirdie art-house stuff by the look of it:
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/news/comme ... yid=385994
Could be interesting.
Oh, and Masters of War is my personal favourite.
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/news/comme ... yid=385994
Could be interesting.
Oh, and Masters of War is my personal favourite.
- Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:16 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: "His Dark Materials" Movie News
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15696
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- Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Paths of the Dead
- Replies: 36
- Views: 17513
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Why did Frodo refuse to fight?
- Replies: 91
- Views: 40937