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Diamond18 · 01-06-2003, 10:24 PM

Oh, I doubt things are really that dire. At any rate, you shouldn't desert LotR just because the average movie goer has got ahold of it. I may be repeating myself, but I really think that you shouldn't let other people's perceptions of something you love cause you to stop loving it. Of course you shouldn't wrap your life around LotR, but that would be true even if there were no movies and no movie-fans and people who ridicule book/movie fans.Seriously, do not worry yourself so much over how other people view LotR. It doesn't matter, as long as you know the truth. Do you think the books are great works of literature?I'm not trying to be inspirational, really. I'm being realistic. Like Christopher Lee said, the movie-makers didn't go out and burn every copy of LotR. Unless you think that the public at large's current or future perception of LotR really changes what LotR is and what it has been since WWI when Tolkien began working the whole shebang, you should not care so much.[ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Diamond18 ]

01-06-2003, 10:24 PM	#10
Diamond18 Eidolon of a Took Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: my own private fantasy world Posts: 3,460	Oh, I doubt things are really that dire. At any rate, you shouldn't desert LotR just because the average movie goer has got ahold of it. I may be repeating myself, but I really think that you shouldn't let other people's perceptions of something you love cause you to stop loving it. Of course you shouldn't wrap your life around LotR, but that would be true even if there were no movies and no movie-fans and people who ridicule book/movie fans.<P>Seriously, <I>do not</I> worry yourself so much over how other people view LotR. It doesn't matter, as long as you know the truth. Do <I>you</I> think the books are great works of literature?<P>I'm not trying to be inspirational, really. I'm being realistic. Like Christopher Lee said, the movie-makers didn't go out and burn every copy of LotR. Unless you think that the public at large's current or future perception of LotR really changes what LotR is and what it has been since WWI when Tolkien began working the whole shebang, you should not care so much.<p>[ January 06, 2003: Message edited by: Diamond18 ] __________________ All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression.