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Perhaps we can do a series about the EntWives The Shrike Send a noteboard - 17/11/2017 01:48:15 PM

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The light of the Trees fades, the Silmarilii are lost, Numenor is destroyed, the elves diminish and go into West...

The victories of his works are bittersweet in a way that not many other authors achieve. Guy Gavriel Kay probably comes closest.


And yes, there is a pervading sense of melancholy. I do love Tolkien's work though I wonder if he had read Spengler.

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Amazon Making a LOTR Universe Show (Prequel) The Shrike - 13/11/2017 08:17:44 PM 1456 Views
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This worst that could happen is it would suck *NM* random thoughts - 15/11/2017 05:24:34 AM 588 Views
Probably. But that's how I see it. *NM* Legolas - 14/11/2017 08:49:47 PM 611 Views
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Threadjacks in order to produce flexibility. American Gods 2017 next? Or should I wait and watch Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:44:04 PM 1006 Views
Oh gods. I had to stop watching that. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 08:28:39 PM 1027 Views
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A Mook sandwich would be tastier. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:05:24 PM 1017 Views
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Shame Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:34:25 PM 948 Views
Literatedog likes it too. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 07:36:49 PM 958 Views
Evan Rachel Wood gets even better the further into the story you get Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:41:31 PM 967 Views
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I haven't seen anything about Frodo. The Shrike - 13/11/2017 11:49:50 PM 932 Views
The first paragraph of the article you linked random thoughts - 14/11/2017 02:04:13 AM 1023 Views
Yeah, I see that now. Sloppy journalism. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:20:32 PM 992 Views
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Nooo AgentApple - 14/11/2017 06:26:01 PM 927 Views
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You could go with Turin Turamber, And Beren and Luthien. *NM* AgentApple - 15/11/2017 02:34:16 PM 583 Views
Beren and Luthien would be great The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:31:33 PM 917 Views
There's not a lot of Tolkien that isn't sad, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2017 11:16:17 AM 978 Views
Perhaps we can do a series about the EntWives The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:48:15 PM 968 Views
Also, if the network wants to go wild with Trump stand-ins they could do Numenor *NM* AgentApple - 15/11/2017 02:44:58 PM 569 Views
In related news, I shouted at the movie screen when a Black Panther preview came on Cannoli - 13/11/2017 11:57:58 PM 1076 Views
So essentially, The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:24:29 PM 957 Views
possible theme music damookster - 14/11/2017 07:34:26 PM 981 Views
I feel I should know this. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:06:09 PM 974 Views
You got it damookster - 14/11/2017 11:39:46 PM 894 Views
Whether you're a goblin or whether you're a hobbit you're tired of the rings, tired of the rings *NM* Tom - 15/11/2017 04:27:12 AM 571 Views
Nicely done *NM* damookster - 15/11/2017 04:35:57 AM 536 Views
I heard it was going to be a musical Tom - 14/11/2017 10:28:28 PM 944 Views
I really do love that version of ROTK. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:53:50 PM 968 Views
It's a guilty pleasure, isn't it? Tom - 15/11/2017 04:25:23 AM 905 Views
I have no guilt. I'm done with guilt over what I do like and don't like! The Shrike - 15/11/2017 01:12:50 PM 1095 Views
I have to admit to being worried. nossy - 15/11/2017 08:46:57 AM 1583 Views
I think we all are. We have been with these characters for decades. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 01:15:12 PM 943 Views
Everything I hgave seen says a LOTR not a Hobbit prequel so I don't think you will get any first age random thoughts - 15/11/2017 02:42:50 PM 901 Views
Well, The Hobbit is a prequel. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:33:03 PM 955 Views
That is like calling the Fellowship a prequel to Two Towers random thoughts - 15/11/2017 07:09:51 PM 984 Views
It's not really a prequel if it was written before the thing it's a prequel to, is it? *NM* Tom - 17/11/2017 04:19:35 AM 595 Views
So we have two separate entities here. The books and the movies. The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:49:45 PM 968 Views
I see your point ... but is it really a prequel without Jar-Jar? Tom - 17/11/2017 02:34:24 PM 956 Views
I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. Rebekah - 15/11/2017 03:33:46 PM 1279 Views
Re: I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:36:57 PM 925 Views
I want them to make 2112 into a movie *NM* random thoughts - 16/11/2017 01:10:23 AM 545 Views
A Temeraire series would seem easier to sell then "the main enemy is mindless space fungus". *NM* Dunstan - 16/11/2017 06:28:12 AM 566 Views
Hmm, not sure what to think of this! Anonymous2000 - 17/11/2017 02:00:36 AM 997 Views
So will tens of millions of other people. The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:50:36 PM 937 Views
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