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Forum: The Movies
06-18-2005, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 13,641
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Dininziliel
19 months to 3 years and I still can't get over . . .I just watched my RotK EE this morning for the first time in about 3 months. When it was done, I had to ask myself, "Why?" Well, because I guess I was hoping the Maia had come and changed all the... |
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Forum: The Books
06-07-2005, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 23,921
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Dininziliel
I have to toss a couple of things into this...I have to toss a couple of things into this thread even though they're mooshy and patchily expressed. This is my first time back after a long absence, and I couldn't leave without saying something!... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-20-2004, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,472
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Dininziliel
Just saw Polar Express last night and couldn't...Just saw Polar Express last night and couldn't help thinking what Weta could've done with that. In some ways, I think it could have been even better in the sense that the visual suspension of... |
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Forum: The Books
05-10-2004, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,477
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Dininziliel
More Fertile DirectionsSaucepan Man--points taken about Sam and Bilbo. I think it's still debatable, but is definitely more illuminated now! SM: This is a good point. Which is why I think the question that ended... |
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Forum: The Books
05-10-2004, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 21,837
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Dininziliel
LMP: I was trying to state this idea in the form...LMP: I was trying to state this idea in the form of others’ perception—aka “popular opinion” of a great many people. While I understand its logic, it is not a precept or perception under which I... |
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Forum: The Books
05-06-2004, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,477
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Dininziliel
Olorin_TLA comes closest to the mark that this...Olorin_TLA comes closest to the mark that this thread aims for. This is not about how one comes by the Ring, or qualifications for bearing the Ring. This has all been discussed before. This is... |
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Forum: The Books
05-05-2004, 11:48 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 5,477
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Dininziliel
Have Elf, Will TravelA bit of left over business from another thread left me wondering why Frodo was the one who carried the Ring to Mt. Doom. At first I thought it might be some unique link to Elves that qualified him... |
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Forum: The Books
05-04-2004, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 13,035
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Dininziliel
Guinivere's post contained the key information...Guinivere's post contained the key information for me. Given that Denethor had had years to perfect & enrich his distrust, jealousy, pride, and covetousness, he would have had a difficult time... |
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Forum: The Books
05-04-2004, 01:35 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 21,837
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Dininziliel
I gave up on the idea of trying to compose a...I gave up on the idea of trying to compose a full-fledged post after it took me two hours to compile what follows. I’m simply going to let it stand as a draft of excerpted quotes & responses that... |
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Forum: The Books
05-03-2004, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 6,210
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Dininziliel
Every time I re-read LotR, I take a bit more time...Every time I re-read LotR, I take a bit more time for longer looks at trees. I have to entertain the notion that perhaps one of them is a descendant of the Fangorn Ents. After awhile, since I get... |
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Forum: The Books
05-03-2004, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 140
Views: 35,051
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Dininziliel
doug*platypus--ahem . . . [shakes her head...doug*platypus--ahem . . . [shakes her head slowly, still trying to recall the iron-clad, sterling logic that had added up to a sum that turned out to be far less than its parts] um, gosh . . . having... |
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Forum: Elvenhome
05-02-2004, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 152
Views: 40,455
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Dininziliel
The tarts & toffee bits scattered upon the ground...The tarts & toffee bits scattered upon the ground were briefly revealed by moonlight as clouds passed across the silver face above. The first day of celebration had ended. All were resting... |
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Forum: The Movies
04-12-2004, 09:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,979
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Dininziliel
Bamboozled By My Book-Based BrainWell, I think I'm gonna have to turn in my Junior Scholar badge and get a Wannabe button . . . I am so shocked at myself that, for some mildly perverse reason, I have to share it. :eek: I think... |
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Forum: The Books
04-12-2004, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 140
Views: 35,051
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Dininziliel
1. Frodo & Gollum
2. Beleg & Gwindor
I...1. Frodo & Gollum 2. Beleg & Gwindor I did a quick & dirty reconnaisance of my previous (and very dusty) classical literature training--which means I did a quick search on the internet & in my... |
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Forum: The Books
04-10-2004, 12:13 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 21,837
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Dininziliel
Davem,
I think if Eru/God/Love/The Universe...Davem, I think if Eru/God/Love/The Universe could be held accountable for doing wrong, and thus eligible to be sued for pardon, Jesus would have come down from the cross, else he was a most insane... |
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Forum: The Books
04-09-2004, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 17,686
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Dininziliel
Saucepan--
I'm nearing the 3/4 mark in The...Saucepan-- I'm nearing the 3/4 mark in The Letters of . . . and had just gone back earlier this evening and made a note on one that I think will add to your last post. It is Letter #194 and... |
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Forum: The Books
04-02-2004, 10:51 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 17,686
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Dininziliel
Essex, I am still rooting among the truffles in...Essex, I am still rooting among the truffles in The Letters of JRR Tolkien and recently came across the following--it speaks to your wondering about the appeal minor characters as "plot devices" ... |
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Forum: The Books
04-02-2004, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 7,035
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Dininziliel
I have an American 1st edition of The...I have an American 1st edition of The Silmarillion. At least I think it is. I remember seeing it in the university bookstore and thinking, "Oh, wow! It's a Tolkien book! I think it's time I got... |
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Forum: The Books
03-30-2004, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 21,837
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Dininziliel
Davem, I will offer again part of the quote...Davem, I will offer again part of the quote posted earlier from Letter #181: Clearly, Tolkien is saying that there are circumstances which take us beyond our breaking point and do so against... |
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Forum: The Books
03-27-2004, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 21,837
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Dininziliel
"What if they'd known what would happen" type..."What if they'd known what would happen" type questions are ultimately only an intellectual exercise that lead to Nietzschian voids if one does not pull out in time! At any rate, if it were possible... |
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Forum: The Books
03-26-2004, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 21,837
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Dininziliel
Quickly, addressing hope vs. despair and what...Quickly, addressing hope vs. despair and what happened to Frodo after departing ME—Letter # 154: Frodo, Bilbo, Sam (and Gimli?) would heal, find peace, and then willingly leave the world. This... |
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Forum: The Books
03-23-2004, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 82
Views: 21,837
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Dininziliel
Nebulous "It" and AbsolutesIn spring of 1420, post-Shire scouring, Frodo became ill in early March. In "The Grey Havens" we are told that Farmer Cotton While it seems obvious that the "it" for which Frodo mourned was the... |
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Forum: The Books
03-23-2004, 09:53 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 17,686
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Dininziliel
Gil Galad & Kransha, Merry & Pippin are still...Gil Galad & Kransha, Merry & Pippin are still prime movers in Treebeard's/Ents moving against Isengard. Gandalf makes reference in the book to their part: (From "The White Rider") And,... |
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Forum: The Books
03-03-2004, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 14,921
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Dininziliel
Woo, Kransha . . . for the first 2/3 of your...Woo, Kransha . . . for the first 2/3 of your latest post in this thiread I was thinking, "Um hmmm . . . yeh . . . yeh . . . surely Kransha doesn't think "Speak friend and enter" is a new discovery on... |
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Forum: The Books
02-26-2004, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 12,827
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Dininziliel
Child of the 7th Age:
This put me in mind of...Child of the 7th Age: This put me in mind of what's different at 20 than at 50 (besides . . . ;) ) Somehow, it's not quite the big deal at 20 that it is at 50 to be going off into the great... |
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