[Iris Alantiel]

Just as there were always people who loved Tolkien before, there will still be people who love him now - except maybe the movies will bring some more people who wouldn't have been exposed to the books before, so there will be more of us. I think for a while we'll probably have what we have now, the conflicting "book people" and "movie people" - sort of like cat and dog people. <P>Once the hype sort of dies out, I think a lot of the people who don't really really love Tolkien or LotR will get bored of the movies, b/c that's how it often seems to go. The really hot, hyped-up movies of, say, five years ago, are probably mostly forgotten now. Those who really really love Tolkien, however, will continue on as we always have even before the movies.