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Enorëiel · 11-16-2004, 09:02 PM

I am a Movie Recruit through and through, however, I am becoming a bit of a Edain. Only time will prove where i shall be led.

j/k but really... The only different thing is that instead of seeing FOTR in theaters I saw it one day on Starz and thought... hmmm that's not as bad as I thought it'd be!

So I went uber nuts and read all the books before I went and saw TTT two weeks later.

And well... I suppose the rest of my story is leaning towards Edain-ium.

~ Enny ~

airetari · 11-17-2004, 06:31 PM

I am of a rare breed, being one of the people who first read The Hobbit when I was about 5 in the 90's and loving it madly. Then reading all of the LOTR books when I was about eight and becoming completely obsessed, proceeding then to read the Silmarillion, The Unfinished Tales, The books of Lost Tales, The Lays of Beleriand, etc. when I was about 13. I am of the Harry Potter generation and I remember seeing the 1st Harry Potter movie in theaters and almost dying because of the sad mutilation that the directors and writers bestowed upon that poor book. I saw that movie and am so scared of it that I can't watch any of the LOTR movies. I know they won Oscars and stuff, but I'm just so scared that they will ruin my interpretation of LOTR, that I've refused to watch them. I think that if you met anyone my age(15) and heard me say "oh I love LOTR" you would probably classify me as the Orlando bloom LOTR fan (the type of fan that ritualistically watches them and fawns over Orlando and refers to him as "the precious"). So I don't realy know where I fit, I would be one of the Eldar, but what type since I haven't seen any of the movies? Maybe the Eldar should be broken into the Vanyar, Noldor and Telerin. The Vanyar being people like me who refuse to see the movies, the pure ones who haven't been exposed to Peter Jackson's Middle -earth. (not that I'm saying it's a bad thing, don't misunderstand me, I'm merely making a connection). The Noldor, people who were fans before the movies and since have seen the movies but aren't completely obsessed with them, and the Telerin, Eldar equally obsessed with the books and the movies. Just a suggestion, I'm just trying to find my place in the world.

Snowdog · 02-15-2005, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Enorëiel

I am a Movie Recruit through and through, however, I am becoming a bit of a Edain. Only time will prove where i shall be led.

j/k but really... The only different thing is that instead of seeing FOTR in theaters I saw it one day on Starz and thought... hmmm that's not as bad as I thought it'd be!

So I went uber nuts and read all the books before I went and saw TTT two weeks later.

And well... I suppose the rest of my story is leaning towards Edain-ium.

~ Enny ~

You read the books in two weeks? Wow!
I suggest you read them again for surely you will find stuff you missed the first time through, or may see things differently. I have yet to tire of reading them!

narfforc · 02-15-2005, 11:58 AM

I read The Hobbit in 1973( though I played Fili in a school play in 1969), LotR in 1975 and queued in Oxford St for the release of The Silmarillion in 1977, and I count not one second wasted.

aelithes · 02-15-2005, 05:00 PM

I would have to admit that I'm an Edain movie recruit, but in fact my first exposure to Tolkien was when I was in middle school about ten years ago and saw my older brother reading The Hobbit. I remember scoffing and thinking how only nerdy boys who play D&D read that kind of stuff. And now look at us! - he is a saavy, politically/socially-connected lawyer, whereas I'm whiling away my hours poring over Tolkien and ancient literature!

Shelob · 02-15-2005, 05:21 PM

First-Born for me...I first recall hearing the Hobbit because I went up to my dad (old school book fan) while he was reading it and bugged him until he went back to the begining and read it to me, though acording to my mom he had been reading it to me since I was in the cradle and I had just never realized. After that I made him read me The Lord of The Rings (though we only got as far as Shelob's Lair before I was too scared to continue--which is still pretty good for a 6 year old) I finally finished reading the Lord of the Rings a few years later (when I was about 9 years old).

And I liked the comic...I think I know all those people...

Milady Revenwyn · 02-16-2005, 02:38 AM

First-born here. My mom had read LOtR when she was around my age currently but has since forgotten everything about it. Thus, I discovered them by myself without the aid of any movie/cartoon version. I became a hardcore LOtR addict, having read the books 76 times since my first reading in 1998.
I have also read Silm, Unfinished Tales, HoME series.

Thinlómien · 02-16-2005, 12:26 PM

I don't really understand this classification, can someone help me?
What am I? To which class do I belong?:
- I was born after The Sil was published
- My father read me aloud the Hobbit, LotR, The Sil and The UT, beginnig from when I was 6 years old
- I saw the Ralph Bakshi's animation when I was small, but I don't remember was it before or after my first touch with the book
- When I was 8 years old I read LotR by myself and fell in love with it. Since that I've been a fan.
- since then I've read the books mentioned before many times by myself
- the movies had no influence on me

11-16-2004, 09:02 PM	#1
Enorëiel Wight Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hobbiton, U.S.A. Posts: 165	I am a Movie Recruit through and through, however, I am becoming a bit of a Edain. Only time will prove where i shall be led. j/k but really... The only different thing is that instead of seeing FOTR in theaters I saw it one day on Starz and thought... hmmm that's not as bad as I thought it'd be! So I went uber nuts and read all the books before I went and saw TTT two weeks later. And well... I suppose the rest of my story is leaning towards Edain-ium. ~ Enny ~ __________________ You can take a hobbit out of the Shire but you can't take the Shire out of a hobbit. Whoever said "Nothing is impossible" never tried to slam a revolving door.

11-17-2004, 06:31 PM	#2
airetari Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: massachusetts Posts: 10	new category I am of a rare breed, being one of the people who first read The Hobbit when I was about 5 in the 90's and loving it madly. Then reading all of the LOTR books when I was about eight and becoming completely obsessed, proceeding then to read the Silmarillion, The Unfinished Tales, The books of Lost Tales, The Lays of Beleriand, etc. when I was about 13. I am of the Harry Potter generation and I remember seeing the 1st Harry Potter movie in theaters and almost dying because of the sad mutilation that the directors and writers bestowed upon that poor book. I saw that movie and am so scared of it that I can't watch any of the LOTR movies. I know they won Oscars and stuff, but I'm just so scared that they will ruin my interpretation of LOTR, that I've refused to watch them. I think that if you met anyone my age(15) and heard me say "oh I love LOTR" you would probably classify me as the Orlando bloom LOTR fan (the type of fan that ritualistically watches them and fawns over Orlando and refers to him as "the precious"). So I don't realy know where I fit, I would be one of the Eldar, but what type since I haven't seen any of the movies? Maybe the Eldar should be broken into the Vanyar, Noldor and Telerin. The Vanyar being people like me who refuse to see the movies, the pure ones who haven't been exposed to Peter Jackson's Middle -earth. (not that I'm saying it's a bad thing, don't misunderstand me, I'm merely making a connection). The Noldor, people who were fans before the movies and since have seen the movies but aren't completely obsessed with them, and the Telerin, Eldar equally obsessed with the books and the movies. Just a suggestion, I'm just trying to find my place in the world.

02-15-2005, 05:00 PM	#5
aelithes Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 19	I would have to admit that I'm an Edain movie recruit, but in fact my first exposure to Tolkien was when I was in middle school about ten years ago and saw my older brother reading The Hobbit. I remember scoffing and thinking how only nerdy boys who play D&D read that kind of stuff. And now look at us! - he is a saavy, politically/socially-connected lawyer, whereas I'm whiling away my hours poring over Tolkien and ancient literature! __________________ Caelum videre iussit et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus.

02-15-2005, 05:21 PM	#6
Shelob Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: At the abysmal Abyss Mall. Posts: 276	First-Born for me...I first recall hearing the Hobbit because I went up to my dad (old school book fan) while he was reading it and bugged him until he went back to the begining and read it to me, though acording to my mom he had been reading it to me since I was in the cradle and I had just never realized. After that I made him read me The Lord of The Rings (though we only got as far as Shelob's Lair before I was too scared to continue--which is still pretty good for a 6 year old) I finally finished reading the Lord of the Rings a few years later (when I was about 9 years old). And I liked the comic...I think I know all those people... __________________ A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name ~Evan Esar. Pan for Everyone!

02-15-2005, 11:58 AM	#4
narfforc Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Muddy-earth Posts: 1,297	I read The Hobbit in 1973( though I played Fili in a school play in 1969), LotR in 1975 and queued in Oxford St for the release of The Silmarillion in 1977, and I count not one second wasted.

02-16-2005, 02:38 AM	#7
Milady Revenwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Racine, WI Posts: 29	First-born here. My mom had read LOtR when she was around my age currently but has since forgotten everything about it. Thus, I discovered them by myself without the aid of any movie/cartoon version. I became a hardcore LOtR addict, having read the books 76 times since my first reading in 1998. I have also read Silm, Unfinished Tales, HoME series.

02-16-2005, 12:26 PM	#8
Thinlómien Shady She-Penguin Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a far land beyond the Sea Posts: 8,093	I don't really understand this classification, can someone help me? What am I? To which class do I belong?: - I was born after The Sil was published - My father read me aloud the Hobbit, LotR, The Sil and The UT, beginnig from when I was 6 years old - I saw the Ralph Bakshi's animation when I was small, but I don't remember was it before or after my first touch with the book - When I was 8 years old I read LotR by myself and fell in love with it. Since that I've been a fan. - since then I've read the books mentioned before many times by myself - the movies had no influence on me