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12-27-2002, 09:01 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: in a hole in the ground...there lived a hobbit....Too bad I'm not one of them
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What is your favorite thing about Middle Earth/LOTR/anything Tolkien related.
Hello, I just want to know what everyone thinks, me being newly deceased and all...
I don't think I could choose a single thing I like above anything else. Do any of you have the Extended FOTR DVD? I just got it for christmas, and I've watched it at least 3 or 4 times a day, and I stay up all night watching and reading, and looking @ lotr websites..... Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd are so funny! No wonder they played thier parts so well! All of the behind the scenes stuff, how a lot of the places were just models and not really that big, and how the Council of Elrond was really inside kind of- well, not ruined, but now that you know what it is, the movie is not that believable anymore, but it is still really good. Please, say what ever you want in here, I just want everyon's opinion. Thanxz!!!!!
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12-27-2002, 10:23 PM
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Faithful Spirit
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Oi....first of all, welcome. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] The "Oi" was that for me, that is a hard question. Sam is by far my favorite character, (I first read the books when I was 12), and so the first time I saw FOTR I was looking for Sean Astin, 'cause I was curious to know how he would play my "favorite little Hobbit." I thought he did splendidly.
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12-28-2002, 02:03 AM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Southern California
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The extended DVD is great! I loved Billy and Dom's little skit. I thought that was so fuuny. And how Dom is telling the camera how great Billy is, then they go to him and he says "Dom's an idiot." That was funny too/
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12-28-2002, 02:07 AM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Dec 2002
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What I like best about LotR? hmm. Well, um . .. gee, I never really though of what I liked BEST, because I've like just about everything! The books are written brilliantly, as they well should be, seeing how long it took to write them. Tolken is a very bright man, with his languages and all. And the movies are very well done. But I have to say I like the Silmarillion and the history of the Elves. THEY are probably my favorite thing/people . . . whatever, of Tolken's creations. I like how he thought of them. . . right. . Oh, by the way, welcome and yeah . .. enjoy. ((I'm new at this whole board thing))
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12-28-2002, 02:14 AM
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Delver in the Deep
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I haven't seen any of the extended DVD extras, but the movie itself is SO much better than the other cut! Totally different film, it's fantastic (moreso).
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12-28-2002, 08:53 AM
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My favourite thing about all this is that there is no hard evidence against Middle Earth being a reality. After all, we all believe... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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12-28-2002, 12:28 PM
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Denethor's True Love
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... *swoon*
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my fave thing about lotr is the endless background. question any small detail, and u can guarantee theres a 5 million page long book on it somewhere!
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12-28-2002, 01:06 PM
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Haunting Spirit
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Cottage Cheese near the Gap
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Oh Manwe, I can't choose a favorite part of LoTR. I can't even choose a favorite book! By the way, welcome all newbies! I've only been here a few months so I know how you feel. Peace to all!!
Cherie
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12-28-2002, 01:40 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Ask a broader question, would you? [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img] No, but that's hard...I don't know. I'd probably say Sam.
He's my favorite character--the perfect friend, the perfect companion, Bilbo's successor and the true hero of the books (both according to Tolkien, the former I saw firsthand and the latter I heard secondhand). Sean Astin was the best actor, IMHO. And he's just such a sweetheart--when I talk about falling in love, I always say finding "my Samwise Gamgee." And he's out there--oh yes, he's out there. ~*~Orual~*~
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12-28-2002, 01:52 PM
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Faithful Spirit
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Oh, and if Middle-Earth were to look anything like New Zealand....the landscape. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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12-28-2002, 02:09 PM
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Wight
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Rivendell
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I know what you mean. Dom and Bill are so funny! If anyone has the Extended DVD, check out the audio commentary. The part where Frodo and Sam see the elves headed for the Grey Havens. It's so funny!
Anyway, Smeagol has always been my fav character, but I love the elves and Rivendell as well. It such a beautiful place and PJ did a great job in his portrayal of it.
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12-28-2002, 03:48 PM
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Texas, USA
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The impression I get when I read the books or watch the movies is that there is no one hero. Everyone plays their part in the adventure. For example, without Sam, Frodo would not have gotten very far. Likewise, without Frodo, Sam would still be toiling in the garden and would never show his true courage. And all the other characters as well. Even Gollum is important but not exactly hero material! I like how they all have to depend on one another instead of single handedly saving the day. The best part though, in my mind, is the fact that you start to wonder if Hobbits/elves/dwarves do or did exist! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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12-28-2002, 03:55 PM
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Dec 2002
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My favorite thing about Middle Earth...well, I would have to say, that it's so large and adaptable. Middle Earth has so much to learn and discover, I am always finding myself reading about something new or old. The quest for knowledge never ends...just like middle earth.
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12-28-2002, 04:06 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Indiana
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My favorite thing is probably trees. Trees are everywhere, and play important roles. Hiding underneath the gnarley tree roots, Old Man Willow, Lothlorien flets, Ents and Huorns. I really liked the "tree sounds" in the movie. The sounds when the orcs are pulling the trees down into the firepits in Orthanc match the sound of Fangorn. Of course the two trees in the Sil, and the tree in Gondor. The Mallorn that takes root in the Shire, the Party Tree, well, you get my jist! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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12-28-2002, 05:09 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Completely lost track, sorry!
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People will start to think I'm hogging the computer I've been pondering this for so long, I agree with all the people here (except for the ones about the extended DVD extras, I haven't seen them, oh, and Ar-Gilien's second post) so that is basically everything, especially it's depth, it makes RPGing so much easier (believe me, I've tried other things)
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12-28-2002, 06:42 PM
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Beholder of the Mists
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Somewhere in the Northwest... for now
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I love everything, the books are wonderful, the movies are wonderful.
The books are so in depth that they are wonderful, if I had to choose a favorite book it would be TTT, but I love them all. I Also love all the different people, and the amazing themes that apply to everyone in the stories. Oh and I also love the movies, because they are so beautiful [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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12-29-2002, 04:31 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Feb 2002
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what kind of extras does the dvd have?just wondering if there's any behind the scene stuff with the actors,could someone give me a description?
I've got a dvd,it doesn't have any extra scenes or anything on it,it does have a couple of documenteries though btw,I like how things seem simpler(at least with a hobbits life)although an elf's life would really be worth living(immortality and all)there's more magic and less machines(I like computers,but other than that,I'm not much of a technology fan) [ December 29, 2002: Message edited by: cheeto ] |
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12-29-2002, 07:22 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Rivendell
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Favourites...
LotR Character: Eowyn, Sam, Galadriel Sil Character: Luthien, Turin, Galadriel Valar: Yavanna Song: Galadriel´s Song of Eldamar, Lamet for Boromir Movie Character: Aragorn LotR Book: TTT LotR Scene: the whole Eowyn/Aragorn thing, in "The passing of the Grey Company" Creature: Balrog, Gollum SilStory: Luthien&Beren, Turin Turambar Weapon: Anduril Non-ME-related Work: The father Christmas Letters ...these are a few of my favourite things....
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12-29-2002, 10:56 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: in a hole in the ground...there lived a hobbit....Too bad I'm not one of them
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Dominic Monaghan is really good at doing imitations!! I love when he does the thing about John Rhys-Davies, and about Sean Astin's scale-double.
I look like a hobbit, kinda. I'm only 5 feet tall, sadly, but oh,well. I think it would be fun to live under a hill! Gollum is really coolie in the TTT movie, but I got all sad and depressed at the end of ROTK book, how he did...you know.....with the finger... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] Oh, yeah, you guys!!! Has anyone ever read any of the books by Gerald Morris?? If you haven't, you should!!! I really couldn't choose anything that I like more that anything else in M/E. My favorite part of the extended DVD is the "At The Green Dragon" scene, its so funny! Anyway, I'm starting to get my friend into LOTR. Yesterday in the car, she started writing all this stuff like "Forever Frodo" and "Save the Hobbits" all over her.It was really funny. Anyway......My fingers are getting tired from all this typing..... Keep telling me all the stuff you like about...well...anything... thanxz!!!! [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
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12-30-2002, 04:34 AM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Nov 2002
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The enchantment of it all, the complexity and unexplained parts that keep you curious. I love the escapism and the realism in it. Pippin, Gimli, the 13 dwarves, Gollum, Strider/Aragorn, Gandalf, Boromir, Faramir, and all the other characters I love so much, and for that case, the characters you all love too. The ring; it reminds me of drugs. Middle-earth. I like way it is; swords, armor,sheilds, towers, wars...all that medival stuff. Wizards, dragons, elves, dwarves, hobbits...all the paople that never existed but seem so real. The history; it feels like it somehow existed. The barrow downs, the old forest, tom bombadil...untouchable; no movie, animated or real, ever attempted them. They are ours to keep, untainted by others visions. The drama of it all; the way it makes you feel. It gets you excited, stunned, sad, happy, and many more feelings. The way it takes war; as sad and horrible, yet beautiful and glorious at the some time. The themes it portrays. The characters you can relate to. And the fact that it was created by one man, J.R.R. Tolkien. And much much much more that I cannot recall at the moment I'm sure and much much much more that I don't even know or realize.
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12-30-2002, 06:39 AM
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Delver in the Deep
Join Date: Dec 2002
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It's Fantastic (in the literal sense), but it's oh so real. It's believable - a history, not an alternative reality. It exists very much according to the rules of our own world, and fits in quite nicely with our collective cultural heritage. It's much more mythical than fictional.
On a more concrete level, I'd have to say the Noldorin Elves of the First Age that fought against Morgoth.
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12-30-2002, 03:09 PM
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I
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12-30-2002, 03:36 PM
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i luv orlando bloom and he is very hot! that is my favorite thing about the two towers! legolas is fine!(and mine)
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12-30-2002, 03:39 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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This is a discussion, 'Orlando Bloom is HOT' - please tell us why Legolas is your favorite character. Two words and a smiley are a rather meager post!
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12-30-2002, 03:42 PM
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Orlando Bloom is the best thing b/c he is just a wonderful actor, u know? He really brings a nice quality to the fellowship and to Rohan! His bow was of much use during the battle of Helms Deep! [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]
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12-30-2002, 05:32 PM
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I've just become *completely addicted* to LOTR in the past week ,after renting the extended version of the FOTR. I stayed up until I saw double watching it...saw the flat-out movie three times, all the commentaries and the two "making of" discs. Then I saw the Two Towers, am going to see it again, bought the FOTR, extended version, read The Hobbit, and have begun the FOTR. All in the past week and a half. I'm holding off on reading The Return of the King, though, until I see the movie next year, my mind can't create the drama I see in the movies. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Okay, sorry for that little introduction up there, my favorite part of The Lord of the Rings is the Elve,s and I think Rivendell in the movie is so beautiful. And, of course, as already stated, Legolas is quite beautiful too (although I'm not too attracted to Orlando bloom in real life, I don't know what i is about those pointy elf ears and that long blond hair...). [ December 30, 2002: Message edited by: Nurvilya ] |
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12-30-2002, 09:55 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: in a hole in the ground...there lived a hobbit....Too bad I'm not one of them
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I'd have to say that another thing I like is the humour. Especially in The Hobbit, and how Bilbo always seems to confuse the other hobbits with what he says."I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve". And the part in the hobbit with the trolls "Please don't cook me kind sirs!I am a good cook myself, and I cook better than I cook,if you see what I mean.".
All day today, I've been reading all my favorite parts of The Hobbit today, and I started FOTR again, so I'm a bit...wierd right now..... I also really like the whole medieval theme of some of the palces and people. I though Rohan in TTT was really cool, the kind of Norse feel to it. I also like how the hobbits always seem really happy and carefree. It would be nice if I was really a hobbit....living under a nice hill....eating 7 meals a day....lol Being an elf would be fun, too. Being really tall, beautiful, having pointy ears... Anyway, I've probably bored you all to death.....Sooooo.....I'll shut up now. Thanxz for being patient and listening to all my rambling!! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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01-01-2003, 10:24 AM
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My fav character is any of the elves. (Mainly Legolas cuz he is cute, and Orlando Bloom is cute too!!) I am reading the books now for the first time because I really had never heard of LOTR before. But yeah I like the two movies so far, and I can't wait to see the third one! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I LOVE LOTR!!!
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01-01-2003, 04:35 PM
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I could no sooner pick a favorite part than.......well......anything! The books are great and so are the movies! I love anything Tolkien-related.
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01-01-2003, 05:49 PM
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Oooh, good question.
About the movie, that's easy enough- I liked the scenery best. The movies were worth going to just for that . . . As for the books, I liked Tom Bombadil and Goldberry best, even though I didn't notice until the end of Fellowship of the Rings that they had left them out [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
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01-04-2003, 10:36 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Jan 2004
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I absolutely love the books for thier epic quality, the great characters(aragorn is my favorite) The Silmarillion is awesome for its history book quality(beren+luthien, turin turambar, and hurin are my favorite characters, Ulmo is my favorite god.) These books have me on a roll of fantasy and medieval epic poetry, aww its some good business.
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01-05-2003, 05:20 PM
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Pile O'Bones
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: in a hole in the ground...there lived a hobbit....Too bad I'm not one of them
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Thank you all for actually replying!! This was my first topic on this site, and I was just wondering how it would go. It's nice to see that there are some people like me out there. Now I have to work on getting my friend Haylie to come here..... Well, thank you all anyway. Just tell me anything else that you want to, I like reading everyone's opinions. Sorry for setting such a broad topic, I just couldn't really think of anything else at the moment. Well, C-ya later!!!!
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01-05-2003, 05:23 PM
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Animated Skeleton
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Fight scenes, you can't beat 'em.
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