On 3/22/2019 6:55 PM, songbird wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Gary wrote:
>>> Terry Coombs wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Sam never said that - in the only true representation of the tale of
>>>> Frodo Nine-Fingers and the Ring of Doom . The writers of those movies
>>>> were "inventive" to say the least . I've read the covers off
>>>> (literally!) at least 3 sets of the Trilogy of the Ring over the last 50
>>>> or so years , and ferdamshure Sam never said that . Poetic license my
>>>> dyin' ass . Frodo Lives !
>>>
>>>
>>> I read "The Hobbit" and then the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy back
>>> in the 1970's. I still have the books on my bookshelf. Amazing
>>> story but the only thing I hated was how several separate events
>>> happened all through that trilogy. You would just get into and
>>> enjoy one story then next chapter is....meanwhile...and an
>>> entirely different story started or continued. Kind of like a tv
>>> soap opera. Make you wait. At least at the end, all stories come
>>> together.
>>>
>>> Anyway...I've never bothered to watch the movies. They always
>>> change things from the books.
>>> Same thing with any movie made from any book.
>>>
>> Seems like in the 1970's the thing to read was 'The Hobbit' and then the
>> 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. I still have those books on my shelves.
>
> i read through them usually at least once a year,
> often more than that if i can't get out in a storm
> and want something to read. each time i find a
> different perspective on something that i hadn't
> noticed before.
>
> i read them first in the early 70s too, along with
> Dune they were books that stuck with me that i've
> often gone back to for more re-reads than any other.
>
>
>> At least teens were reading books back then! What do they do now, tap
>> on smart phones?
>>
>> I heard (and it's probably a Tolkien legend) J.R.R. wrote the books for
>> his son. Sent the trilogy off in chapters while he was away at war.
>> The timing in the 1940's works. <shrug> Likely a legend.
>
> uh, no it isn't a legend, they've published his letters
> and large chunks of the process and how it all came about.
> amazing when you think what it ended up as.
>
Thanks for clarifying! I knew I'd heard it somewhere but wasn't sure
how true it was.

>> Did you know 'The Hobbit' was originally written as a children's book?
>
> yes and that's why it is so much different
> than the longer story which comes after.
>
It's definitely different from the trilogy.

>> And I agree, most movies made from books suck.
>
> i like the imagination that books allow your own
> mind to create - i think that is a loss for children
> if they never have either the time or the space to
> create things themselves any more.
>
>
> songbird
>
Yep, I prefer to conjur up the images myself rather than have some movie
producer's take on how a character should look. Movies have their
place, of course. I just love to read!

Jill