Oh No, Not Again! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 12-31-2004, 12:38 PM

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"DON'T PANIC!" (at least until this May, when a certain movie is due out).

What movie?

Hookbill the Goomba · 12-31-2004, 12:45 PM

Oh dear, that movie, I believe would be the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. I, personally will not be looking forward to it. As a fan of the Books and radio series, it looks to me to be quite a grotesque malformation of the original story and characters.

I would ramble on about how I don’t like who they’ve chosen to play whom and why they should not do certain things. I'll just say I feel that most of the comedy will be lost.

Back on topic;

My personal opinion of Bombadill is that he was probably not a Vallar. If i recall, the valar came to Ea after it had been, created. Unless Tom is lying, which I doubt, if he was a valar he could not have been there before the dark lord came from the out side, if he is referring to Morgoth. Of course, I will probably be proven to the contrary, and I welcome any one who wishes to do so.

Neithan · 01-03-2005, 07:24 AM

There are other reasons he could not be a Vala. For one, none of the Valar have the same personallity. Also the Valar, at this time, would not interfere with Middle Earth directly, they sent the Istari and even they had restrictions, and I don't think any of the Valar are going to spend so much of their time there. He could also not be a Maia because "he is his own master" and the Maiar serve the Valar. I gave some reasons above why he could not be an Ainu of any kind, but I will add that Frodo said that the joy in Bombadil's house was like the joy of the Elves but "nearer to the mortal heart". Somehow I think that the Ainur would be even further from the mortal heart.

12-31-2004, 12:45 PM	#2
Hookbill the Goomba Alive without breath Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla Posts: 5,912	Oh dear, that movie, I believe would be the Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. I, personally will not be looking forward to it. As a fan of the Books and radio series, it looks to me to be quite a grotesque malformation of the original story and characters. I would ramble on about how I don’t like who they’ve chosen to play whom and why they should not do certain things. I'll just say I feel that most of the comedy will be lost. Back on topic; My personal opinion of Bombadill is that he was probably not a Vallar. If i recall, the valar came to Ea after it had been, created. Unless Tom is lying, which I doubt, if he was a valar he could not have been there before the dark lord came from the out side, if he is referring to Morgoth. Of course, I will probably be proven to the contrary, and I welcome any one who wishes to do so. __________________ I think that if you want facts, then The Downer Newspaper is probably the place to go. I know! I read it once. THE PHANTOM AND ALIEN: The Legend of the Golden Bus Ticket...

01-03-2005, 07:24 AM	#3
Neithan Wight Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 126	There are other reasons he could not be a Vala. For one, none of the Valar have the same personallity. Also the Valar, at this time, would not interfere with Middle Earth directly, they sent the Istari and even they had restrictions, and I don't think any of the Valar are going to spend so much of their time there. He could also not be a Maia because "he is his own master" and the Maiar serve the Valar. I gave some reasons above why he could not be an Ainu of any kind, but I will add that Frodo said that the joy in Bombadil's house was like the joy of the Elves but "nearer to the mortal heart". Somehow I think that the Ainur would be even further from the mortal heart. __________________ If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.~Henry David Thoreau

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