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Forum: The Books
12-01-2002, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 8,014
Posted By
Kalessin
Yes, here is my take ...
Gandalf = Mad ...Yes, here is my take ... Gandalf = Mad Sauron = Bad Frodo = Sad Sam = Glad Saruman = Cad Elrond = Dad Galadriel = Trad(itional) Legolas = Rad(ical, dude) |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
12-01-2002, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 215
Views: 140,253
Posted By
Kalessin
Estel, good to hear you smilies/smile.gif
...Estel, good to hear you smilies/smile.gif This is an excellent post and you have highlighted what I believe to be the core issues, that I will attempt to summarise thus - 1. Undoubtedly art... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
11-30-2002, 08:34 PM
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Replies: 422
Views: 76,316
Posted By
Kalessin
Some of the posts here are very witty ...Some of the posts here are very witty smilies/smile.gif Anyway ... I read The Hobbit about 28 years ago (1974-75 ish), and started reading Lord of the Rings soon after. I didn't make it... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
11-30-2002, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 12,265
Posted By
Kalessin
Several New Subsections Required By Cranky Old WindbagI am feeling particularly cranky tonight, and as Christmas approaches I expect a cloud of Scrooge-like brusqueness to settle semi-permanently around my head ... So can I suggest for purely selfish... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-30-2002, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 6,702
Posted By
Kalessin
Since the Fellowship of the Ring movie was,...Since the Fellowship of the Ring movie was, regardless of loyalty to the book, a genuinely epic piece crafted with skill and executed with cinematic vision, and maintained at least an attempt at... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
11-30-2002, 04:08 PM
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Replies: 488
Views: 217,551
Posted By
Kalessin
Ah, I am glad to see Gilthalion is still here, we...Ah, I am glad to see Gilthalion is still here, we have argued wholeheartedly about much in an articulate, persistent and civilised way, which is something to be treasured smilies/smile.gif. I... |
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Forum: The Books
11-30-2002, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,759
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Interesting subject - I will (very slightly)...Interesting subject - I will (very slightly) assume the role of devil's advocate here ... I would say that the aspect of the 'machine', perhaps most vividly reflected in The Scouring of the Shire,... |
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Forum: The Books
11-29-2002, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 16,649
Posted By
Kalessin
An interesting exchange smilies/smile.gif ......An interesting exchange smilies/smile.gif ... on a subject which has inescapably philosophical resonance - regarding the attempt to quantify external or objective truth, from Platonic essences to... |
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Forum: The Books
11-29-2002, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
Excellent points - Mr Underhill, I am compelled...Excellent points - Mr Underhill, I am compelled to reply in haste and admiration smilies/smile.gif All of your eminently sensible and rational factors by which banning (Tolkien or other) authors... |
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Forum: The Books
11-29-2002, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
Thanks for interesting responses everyone ...Thanks for interesting responses everyone smilies/smile.gif Littlemanpoet, I tend to both agree and disagree with your side point about particular branches of fundamentalism - all the major world... |
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Forum: The Books
11-28-2002, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 20,040
Posted By
Kalessin
Farenheit 451Whilst browsing here, I noticed a couple of entries in recent threads that rather jumped out of the screen at me ... Which seemed to magically juxtapose with this ... And later in... |
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Forum: The Books
11-27-2002, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,748
Posted By
Kalessin
Thenamir, some interesting reasoning, but - like...Thenamir, some interesting reasoning, but - like Tolkien - you do not resolve the essential contradictions that I outlined above. You said ... As I described earlier, this pretty much... |
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Forum: The Books
11-26-2002, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,748
Posted By
Kalessin
I think that the question of free will has...I think that the question of free will has represented a challenge to reasoning and insight on many levels over the ages - philosophical, religious, and scientific - and continues to do so. For... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
11-25-2002, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 167
Views: 55,703
Posted By
Kalessin
Hello everyone smilies/smile.gif
Am I...Hello everyone smilies/smile.gif Am I alone in seeing surreal similarities between this thread and the old Trilogy and Bible controversies? Then, it was "hey, Gandalf = Jesus!" ... now it's... |
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Forum: The Books
06-05-2002, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 29,522
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The canon in a literary sense is commonly...The canon in a literary sense is commonly understood to mean the body of (published) works by an author. In Tolkien's case this becomes a little confusing - The Silmarillion was put together, so to... |
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Forum: The Books
06-05-2002, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,368
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Fair question, but remember that the rational...Fair question, but remember that the rational sciences - including commonly accepted mechanisms of evolution or the differentiation of species - were not part of Tolkien's mythos, which is most... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
05-29-2002, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 731
Views: 119,689
Posted By
Kalessin
smilies/rolleyes.gif I see that my lateralised...smilies/rolleyes.gif I see that my lateralised left-brain spatial reasoning didn't convince anyone then ... Or perhaps you know more about me than I do myself smilies/eek.gif If you must... |
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Forum: The Books
05-29-2002, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 6,550
Posted By
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Thanks for clarifying where you are coming from...Thanks for clarifying where you are coming from ... I'm not sure the "does better" argument follows. He certainly had one particular grasp of concepts, but to suggest either that he had... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
05-29-2002, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 30,967
Posted By
Kalessin
I'm hesitant to comment, given that people are...I'm hesitant to comment, given that people are reflecting on personal experience here, but perhaps that is the point - It is my wish to be fully respectful and sensitive to the... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
05-29-2002, 03:35 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 42,866
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Kalessin
I think you are right that the "triumph of good...I think you are right that the "triumph of good over evil" is neither exactly ultimate or perhaps explicitly enough a measure of Christian sensibility. It arose in discussion on the Trilogy and... |
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Forum: The Books
05-29-2002, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 26,630
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I think a general point about chronological bias...I think a general point about chronological bias can be made (albeit as qualified by Maril), although I did at various times in my contribution try and stress the nobility and dignity with which... |
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Forum: Haudh-en-Ndengin
05-28-2002, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 42,866
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All my instincts are telling me to keep out of...All my instincts are telling me to keep out of this thread, but ... smilies/wink.gif The difficulty here is objectively identifying reflections of Christianity without recourse to... |
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Forum: The Books
05-28-2002, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,369
Posted By
Kalessin
Good stuff!
I think Amarinth is...Good stuff! I think Amarinth is correct. The One Ring has what I would call a 'narrative will', in that it acts as a catalyst or motivation for the development of many characters (along with... |
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Forum: The Books
05-28-2002, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 26,630
Posted By
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The analysis of the various characteristics of...The analysis of the various characteristics of Sam and Frodo in this thread is both complex and enlightening, and has certainly broadened my awareness of both figures smilies/smile.gif I would... |
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Forum: The Books
05-27-2002, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 16,908
Posted By
Kalessin
An interesting thread smilies/smile.gif
...An interesting thread smilies/smile.gif I agree, and that is in a way the basis of my point. Like any great work, Tolkien's LotR draws us in, and we feel both some kind of implicit and... |
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