Book Fans vs. Movie Fans - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Purple Monkey · 01-30-2003, 02:22 PM

Right… Sorry. Didn’t mean to cause such a hullabaloo. Be quiet again, please. Thanks for pointing out what I actually meant, as I think I insulted half the population of Tolkien-dom in that little paragraph. Also, to the best of my knowledge, a hypocrite is one who says one thing and does the other. I don’t know, though. I’m only twelve, soooo…can anyone set me right? Personally, I don’t think that it matters what the introduction to the Books are, and I don’t think that it matters if you read outside the trilogy or not, but to see the movies (animated or live-action) proclaim yourself as a Tolkienite and not read the books is, quite invariably, wrong. As I leave, may I thank you all for frightening me thoroughly, and also may I applaud “The Saucepan Man” not only for his points, but also for his rather excellent name. Enid Blyton forever, eh? I also try to make it a point to avoid film-based books, but I did love “About a Boy” and “A Beautiful Mind”. I’d advise to see both movies and read the books, as they are all truly fascinating, ABM more so than Nick Hornby’s tale, but, hey.

01-30-2003, 02:22 PM	#35
Purple Monkey Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Monkey Island, of course! Posts: 30	Right… Sorry. Didn’t mean to cause such a hullabaloo. Be quiet again, please.<BR><p><BR>Thanks for pointing out what I actually meant, as I think I insulted half the population of Tolkien-dom in that little paragraph. Also, to the best of my knowledge, a hypocrite is one who says one thing and does the other. I don’t know, though. I’m only twelve, soooo…can anyone set me right? <BR><p><BR>Personally, I don’t think that it matters what the introduction to the Books are, and I don’t think that it matters if you read outside the trilogy or not, but to see the movies (animated or live-action) proclaim yourself as a Tolkienite and not read the books is, quite invariably, wrong. <BR><p><BR>As I leave, may I thank you all for frightening me thoroughly, and also may I applaud “The Saucepan Man” not only for his points, but also for his rather excellent name. Enid Blyton forever, eh? I also try to make it a point to avoid film-based books, but I did love “About a Boy” and “A Beautiful Mind”. I’d advise to see both movies and read the books, as they are all truly fascinating, ABM more so than Nick Hornby’s tale, but, hey. __________________ "Nothing that actually occurs is of the slightest importance."