How did you get involved with LOTR book?

[Verto]

Originally posted by Tiamat
I saw the animated version when it came out in the 70's and it really piqued my interest and took me on to the books. In fact I found that original on dvd of that animated version and gave it to my husband for chirstmas......we just got through watching it today.

Those are the best.

[Q Classic]

my gf suggested it a long time ago. i forgot about it. then i saw a nice box set which i got, and was going to give someone, started reading, and then kept it. and yes, this box set was purchased long before the movie.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Verto


Hm..The Hobbit...juvenile?

Duh! It's a childrens book!

Well, that would explain it then. I assume the other books aren't pretentious?

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
my gf suggested it a long time ago. i forgot about it. then i saw a nice box set which i got, and was going to give someone, started reading, and then kept it. and yes, this box set was purchased long before the movie.

good cuz otherwise u would definitely not be a cool nerd.

[Verto]

Originally posted by JohnT


Well, that would explain it then. I assume the other books aren't pretentious?

I didn't find them to be so; then again, I didn't find The Hobbit to be pretentious, so..

[yavoon]

what I didnt like about LOTR

the saruman wormtongue terrorizing the shire.
legolas
gimli
the killing of the witch king
galadriel
relative invincibility of hero characters
songs



hrrm thats all I can remember now

[Imran Siddiqui]

what I didnt like about LOTR

So... like, everything?

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

what I didnt like about LOTR

So... like, everything?

yes because the entire book was made up of less than 10 things.

[Pekka]

I also didn't like the songs the first time I read it. I couldn't understand it so good anyway, and had little appreciation for it. But as I read it older, I grew to like them also.

[Q Classic]

i didn't mind most of the songs. the only character which ever really stuck in my craw and whose part i skip over every single time is that fvckwit tomfvck bombafvckdil.

[Imran Siddiqui]

yes because the entire book was made up of less than 10 things.

Legolas and Gimli were in a substantial portion of the book. If you don't like them, then you don't like the Fellowship... and with that the entire book. So, nyeh .

[yavoon]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

yes because the entire book was made up of less than 10 things.

Legolas and Gimli were in a substantial portion of the book. If you don't like them, then you don't like the Fellowship... and with that the entire book. So, nyeh .

they are in it, but they don't do nething. they're nearly entirely superfluous to the telling of the story.

on the other hand, gimli roxored in the movie version. which was definitely helped by his line delivery.

on another note. u might wna jump off my **** there a lil boy.

[Agathon]

Picked it up from the school library when I was 13. Never been without a copy since.

[Imran Siddiqui]

they're nearly entirely superfluous to the telling of the story.

Of course they aren't! They show the power of the Fellowship, where an elf and dwarf, two members of antognistic races work together and become close friends. Its part of the main story that the evil of Sauron brings all sort of people together.

u might wna jump off my **** there a lil boy.

Now if you spoke English, I may be able to understand this another note better .

[Q Classic]

i have a feeling imran's a bit older than you, yavoon.