Tolkien 911

**SovietDooM** · 12-15-12, 11:43 PM

Okay so how is it... 60 years before Bilbo's 111th birthday we hear a story about the mines of moria being lost many years ago to this white Orc. Yet Gimli, many many many years later is shocked to find out the place is over run with Goblins and the king is dead?

**SourceSkills** · 12-15-12, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by SovietDooM

Okay so how is it... 60 years before Bilbo's 111th birthday we hear a story about the mines of moria being lost many years ago to this white Orc. Yet Gimli, many many many years later is shocked to find out the place is over run with Goblins and the king is dead?

Don't question it. It just is. Just like the sun and the moon just is. It's Tolkien don't worry about it :P.

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**Cojiro** · 12-15-12, 11:52 PM

Gimlis been out of town

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**SovietDooM** · 12-16-12, 12:08 AM

I feels like the films stumbles on itself a number of times with the time frame.

**iLLusioN** · 12-16-12, 03:14 AM

Originally Posted by SovietDooM

I feels like the films stumbles on itself a number of times with the time frame.

So did Tolkiens books...the Simillarion straightens out most of it(and IMO is far more interesting to read than The Hobbit and LOTR)

**SovietDooM** · 12-16-12, 03:54 AM

I got half way through the fellowship but was done with college before I finished. I'll end up getting the books some day. Never read the hobbit. But after watching the first movie, I kind hope Jackson will dip into the additional text to try and make another film. They may not be 100 video format of every detail from the books but they are dam epic films. I enjoyed them all, and like the fact that there are 2 more films coming out because its a great story and setting.

**iLLusioN** · 12-16-12, 04:45 AM

They are a pretty good story. There are other books by different authors that I think would make far more epic movies...but I doubt anyone has the budget to do them justice...and none of them would have the following that the Tolkien books do, simply because he is the originator of modern day fantasy. Not to knock Tolkien...I like his books, great stories...but his writing style drives me fucking insane...many authors I think had better, more engaging stories, that weren't a headache to read.

**SovietDooM** · 12-16-12, 04:59 PM

Mmm, when I was reading the the Fellowship, I was glad the movie didn't use the book as a script. I don't think I could deal with Frodo going on and on about how he wish the ring never came to him again and again.

**Glitch** · 12-17-12, 07:41 AM

I was introduced to the Hobbit and Trilogy when I was 13 in the mid 80's. I read all 4 8 or 9 times that summer. There is a lot of back story and things mentioned but never expanded upon. I would love to see more books/movies covering times and adventures the originals missed.

**Kanati** · 12-17-12, 11:35 PM

There's no way the hobbit requires 3 movies to tell... and 2 movies is kind of stretching it if you are talking movies going on 3 hours long.

Personally I'd rather see Shanara books dramatized.