Popularity of LOTR... How sad...

[Lyta_Underhill]

I made this thread becuase I had an arguement with a so-called LOTR fan who insisted that Arwen was the spirit of the Ring. Ridiculous.

Good grief! So, like the Wicked Witch of the West, Arwen's spirit melted when the Ring perished in Mount Doom? Hmmm...I personally can't see it!

I imagine that, with patience and sufficient time, the crowd of "neo-geeks" that have latched onto Tolkien and Lord of the Rings simply because it is the 'in' thing will fall off and the die-hard fans will be arguing over "how they got it wrong" in those "old movies" long from now. One good thing about the movies, though, is that they no doubt brought in the new crop of die-hards, those whose life is irrevocably enriched by their exposure to Tolkien first through the movies and then through the books and perhaps on into the vortex of the entire Legendarium. Some will be assimilated, as the Borg might say, and we will be the richer for it.

Cheers!
Lyta