Gandalf - geat or a joke of a wizard?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by blantyr

A lot of the unpublished work enhances and refines my feel for the Third Age, but I feel LotR is the master work.

Depends on how you look at it. JRRT has spent more time, and I daresay more devotion, on the First Age, even though it was never finished. He began with it, and ater added TH and LOTR. It just happened that the two were easier to polish, and more wanted by the public.

Some might dislike the Jackson movie version of LotR because the balrog has wings. I dislike it as it breaks basic themes.

Ditto. I heartily agree. (I'll spare you a rant here)

Sorry for the rant. Felt a need to rant.

We all do sometimes.