Beginning my biannual saga through Middle Earth via the extended DVDs of the trilogy. In my opinion the most profound series of movies ever made.
Lord of the Rings
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I will need to get those audio books. I have an hour commute to work. Perfec way to pass the time along with a pipe.
Next time I get on a reading binge, I'm gonna do LOTR and smoke a Warden. Right now, it's guitar and the pipe of the day, though.
I've had mine for awhile now. I just thought my beard was perfect for a silly picture. I still need a monocle.
Tolkien was a gifted genius. I read the books as a boy, and then again prior to the movies. I think the movies were just about as good as was possible to make them...very well done.
As a mythologist, Tolkien knew deep truths he was writing about, both in an esoteric/symbolic sense as well as actual real, hidden (occult) history. He definitely did not just conjur it all out of his imagination.
And, of course, you just gotta love the prominent place pipe smoking has in the stories. :
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As a mythologist, Tolkien knew deep truths he was writing about, both in an esoteric/symbolic sense as well as actual real, hidden (occult) history. He definitely did not just conjur it all out of his imagination.
And, of course, you just gotta love the prominent place pipe smoking has in the stories. :
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I bought the extended version box set for my brother for his birthday one year. I have to say I love the extended versions better. Definitely would have preferred the movies done that way with a twenty minute intermission. So much of what was left out ended up being my favorite scenes.
Tolkien was definitely a great writer.
Tolkien was definitely a great writer.
@barkar: HA! Tolkien in a brown wrapper...how insane. As far as I know, I don't think that ever happened anywhere in these formerly united states. I guess it shouldn't surprise me though...the "powers that be" are certainly under the spell of the ring of power, and would react very Gollumishly to any suggestion of tossing their precious back into the cracks of doom from whence it was forged.
It must be remembered that although LOTR became very popular during the conscious awakening period of the '60s, Tolkien wrote them long before that. The Hobbit goes all the way back to 1937.
It must be remembered that although LOTR became very popular during the conscious awakening period of the '60s, Tolkien wrote them long before that. The Hobbit goes all the way back to 1937.
I just finished re-reading those books,for the first time in perhaps 25 years. (I have probably read the saga a dozen times.)
I noticed with great amusement in The Hobbit that, although Bilbo smokes a churchwarden,Gandalf smokes a short clay. Much more practical for a wandering wizard.
I noticed with great amusement in The Hobbit that, although Bilbo smokes a churchwarden,Gandalf smokes a short clay. Much more practical for a wandering wizard.
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