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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 1195 Views
Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Legolas - 13/11/2017 08:51:39 PM 800 Views
What would you have them make instead? The Shrike - 13/11/2017 11:47:34 PM 764 Views
Uh, nothing, I guess? They've made movies of everything they could, and way too soon for remakes. *NM* Legolas - 14/11/2017 06:37:41 PM 501 Views
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Recites the Litany against Fear Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:38:42 PM 787 Views
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This worst that could happen is it would suck *NM* random thoughts - 15/11/2017 05:24:34 AM 463 Views
Probably. But that's how I see it. *NM* Legolas - 14/11/2017 08:49:47 PM 493 Views
So not looking forward to this Roland00 - 13/11/2017 09:11:32 PM 776 Views
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You're starting to become Joel-like in the length of your replies. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 07:01:24 PM 735 Views
Sorry I get quotey when I get sentimental Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:26:03 PM 775 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 789 Views
Oh gods. I had to stop watching that. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 08:28:39 PM 790 Views
Yes I am open to those. Roland00 - 14/11/2017 08:36:02 PM 709 Views
Six Feet Under then The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:04:14 PM 743 Views
I pulled a damookster. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 08:28:40 PM 759 Views
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Clips your Mookie card, only 7 more Mookies till you get a free Sub Sandwhich Roland00 - 14/11/2017 10:02:39 PM 752 Views
A Mook sandwich would be tastier. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:05:24 PM 778 Views
Please not be Mayo! *NM* Roland00 - 14/11/2017 11:21:34 PM 470 Views
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Well that's embarrassing. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 12:50:50 AM 769 Views
Shame Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:34:25 PM 732 Views
Literatedog likes it too. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 07:36:49 PM 753 Views
Evan Rachel Wood gets even better the further into the story you get Roland00 - 14/11/2017 07:41:31 PM 730 Views
Almost every recent breakout hit was a sequel random thoughts - 14/11/2017 03:25:20 PM 838 Views
I'm worried that they said Frodo is coming back random thoughts - 13/11/2017 09:37:49 PM 827 Views
I haven't seen anything about Frodo. The Shrike - 13/11/2017 11:49:50 PM 724 Views
The first paragraph of the article you linked random thoughts - 14/11/2017 02:04:13 AM 784 Views
Yeah, I see that now. Sloppy journalism. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:20:32 PM 747 Views
I was assuming they will ignore the Peter Jackson story line and cast random thoughts - 14/11/2017 03:30:12 PM 745 Views
Nooo AgentApple - 14/11/2017 06:26:01 PM 698 Views
there really isn't a scenario that doesn't have high a likelyhood of sucking random thoughts - 15/11/2017 03:14:46 AM 788 Views
You could go with Turin Turamber, And Beren and Luthien. *NM* AgentApple - 15/11/2017 02:34:16 PM 450 Views
Beren and Luthien would be great The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:31:33 PM 707 Views
There's not a lot of Tolkien that isn't sad, though. Ghavrel - 17/11/2017 11:16:17 AM 733 Views
Perhaps we can do a series about the EntWives The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:48:15 PM 736 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 437 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 821 Views
So essentially, The Shrike - 14/11/2017 12:24:29 PM 700 Views
possible theme music damookster - 14/11/2017 07:34:26 PM 754 Views
I feel I should know this. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:06:09 PM 714 Views
You got it damookster - 14/11/2017 11:39:46 PM 677 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 452 Views
Nicely done *NM* damookster - 15/11/2017 04:35:57 AM 419 Views
I heard it was going to be a musical Tom - 14/11/2017 10:28:28 PM 722 Views
I really do love that version of ROTK. The Shrike - 14/11/2017 10:53:50 PM 697 Views
It's a guilty pleasure, isn't it? Tom - 15/11/2017 04:25:23 AM 691 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 857 Views
I have to admit to being worried. nossy - 15/11/2017 08:46:57 AM 1343 Views
I think we all are. We have been with these characters for decades. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 01:15:12 PM 706 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 682 Views
Well, The Hobbit is a prequel. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:33:03 PM 749 Views
That is like calling the Fellowship a prequel to Two Towers random thoughts - 15/11/2017 07:09:51 PM 735 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 482 Views
So we have two separate entities here. The books and the movies. The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:49:45 PM 736 Views
I see your point ... but is it really a prequel without Jar-Jar? Tom - 17/11/2017 02:34:24 PM 725 Views
I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. Rebekah - 15/11/2017 03:33:46 PM 1045 Views
Re: I wish they'd make a Pern series instead. The Shrike - 15/11/2017 04:36:57 PM 703 Views
I want them to make 2112 into a movie *NM* random thoughts - 16/11/2017 01:10:23 AM 431 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 431 Views
Hmm, not sure what to think of this! Anonymous2000 - 17/11/2017 02:00:36 AM 770 Views
So will tens of millions of other people. The Shrike - 17/11/2017 01:50:36 PM 705 Views
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