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TVB wrote:Just curious, but did it take you more or less time than the 8-hour running time of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit Plus? :/Syd wrote:Just for fun I re-read "The Hobbit" over Christmas....
Good question! I'm no purist, but I knew something was up way back when my son came home from the first movie and said, "Where the Hell is the rest of the movie?" I guess they mined the appendices of The Trilogy books for material and I think they even picked up some material from The Silmarillion, too? That's what I heard, anyway. I'm looking forward to seeing it, though. I wanted to do one of those epic viewing of all three movies in one show, but I couldn't muster any support for that idea. Lol.TVB wrote:Just curious, but did it take you more or less time than the 8-hour running time of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit Plus? :/Syd wrote:Just for fun I re-read "The Hobbit" over Christmas....
Have you read Lois McMasters Bujold's stuff yet? Multiple Hugo and Nebula award winner. For sci-fi start with "Shards of Honor" or the first two combined in "Cordelia's Honor", and go on through the Vorkosigan saga. Her two fantasy series, one starting with "Curse of Chalion" and the other one "The Sharing Knife, Beguilement" are exceptional as well. My all time favorite author in the genres.pugbuddy wrote:. Need to find some good Sci-Fi or Fantasy and enjoy some relaxing, mind-numbing action.
They didn't just dig through Tolkien's notes, they invented new characters and subplots (e.g. the elf Tauriel, trying to make up for the absence of any female characters in the book). Also, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings were different kinds of stories (a little person's big adventure vs. the epic end of an age), but Jackson made the same kind of movies out of them. I'll watch LotR again, but unless someone makes an unauthorized edit that brings The Hobbit down to two hours (about y'know ... the hobbit), probably not.jrsjr wrote:Good question! I'm no purist, but I knew something was up way back when my son came home from the first movie and said, "Where the Hell is the rest of the movie?" I guess they mined the appendices of The Trilogy books for material and I think they even picked up some material from The Silmarillion, too? That's what I heard, anyway. I'm looking forward to seeing it, though. I wanted to do one of those epic viewing of all three movies in one show, but I couldn't muster any support for that idea. Lol.
I first read LOTR in highschool and every couple of years UI get the urge to reread them (except The Silmarillion, it's as dry as a box of saltine crackers).jrsjr wrote:Good question! I'm no purist, but I knew something was up way back when my son came home from the first movie and said, "Where the Hell is the rest of the movie?" I guess they mined the appendices of The Trilogy books for material and I think they even picked up some material from The Silmarillion, too? That's what I heard, anyway. I'm looking forward to seeing it, though. I wanted to do one of those epic viewing of all three movies in one show, but I couldn't muster any support for that idea. Lol.TVB wrote:Just curious, but did it take you more or less time than the 8-hour running time of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit Plus? :/Syd wrote:Just for fun I re-read "The Hobbit" over Christmas....
Agreed. "The Hobbit" is a movie for people who haven't read the book, at least not recently. They made up characters, they introduced characters from LOTR that weren't in TH, they redesigned the war, ... Color me disappointed.TVB wrote:They didn't just dig through Tolkien's notes, they invented new characters and subplots (e.g. the elf Tauriel, trying to make up for the absence of any female characters in the book). Also, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings were different kinds of stories (a little person's big adventure vs. the epic end of an age), but Jackson made the same kind of movies out of them. I'll watch LotR again, but unless someone makes an unauthorized edit that brings The Hobbit down to two hours (about y'know ... the hobbit), probably not.jrsjr wrote:Good question! I'm no purist, but I knew something was up way back when my son came home from the first movie and said, "Where the Hell is the rest of the movie?" I guess they mined the appendices of The Trilogy books for material and I think they even picked up some material from The Silmarillion, too? That's what I heard, anyway. I'm looking forward to seeing it, though. I wanted to do one of those epic viewing of all three movies in one show, but I couldn't muster any support for that idea. Lol.
I think this is my third attempt. Close to the end now. And coincidentally, this came up on my radar recently, and I was glad I listened to it: https://soundcloud.com/kings-college-lo ... ne-enrightBuddyRaton wrote:I need to give that one another try. About 25 years ago I just wasn't able to get through it.hackett wrote:Working my way through Gravity's Rainbow.
It's worth it.PeteH wrote:Perhaps I'll have another go at his "Foucault's Pendulum", which is another challenging read.
sorry to hear that...I had high expectations.Syd wrote:Agreed. "The Hobbit" is a movie for people who haven't read the book, at least not recently. They made up characters, they introduced characters from LOTR that weren't in TH, they redesigned the war, ... Color me disappointed.TVB wrote:They didn't just dig through Tolkien's notes, they invented new characters and subplots (e.g. the elf Tauriel, trying to make up for the absence of any female characters in the book). Also, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings were different kinds of stories (a little person's big adventure vs. the epic end of an age), but Jackson made the same kind of movies out of them. I'll watch LotR again, but unless someone makes an unauthorized edit that brings The Hobbit down to two hours (about y'know ... the hobbit), probably not.jrsjr wrote:Good question! I'm no purist, but I knew something was up way back when my son came home from the first movie and said, "Where the Hell is the rest of the movie?" I guess they mined the appendices of The Trilogy books for material and I think they even picked up some material from The Silmarillion, too? That's what I heard, anyway. I'm looking forward to seeing it, though. I wanted to do one of those epic viewing of all three movies in one show, but I couldn't muster any support for that idea. Lol.
I will take a look. I just bought another copy of Silverlock by John Myers Myers that includes The Silverlock Companion (a read through of most of the literary characters and references in the book) as well as copious amounts of information on the author, how the book came about and a section on the songs! I began reading it again but loaned it to my sister since she has never read it. Great book; I cannot wait to read it again.Dage'sVew wrote:Have you read Lois McMasters Bujold's stuff yet? Multiple Hugo and Nebula award winner. For sci-fi start with "Shards of Honor" or the first two combined in "Cordelia's Honor", and go on through the Vorkosigan saga. Her two fantasy series, one starting with "Curse of Chalion" and the other one "The Sharing Knife, Beguilement" are exceptional as well. My all time favorite author in the genres.pugbuddy wrote:. Need to find some good Sci-Fi or Fantasy and enjoy some relaxing, mind-numbing action.
I've got a box with all the original D&D books in it, as well as all the characters I created and played "back in the day". A friend also gave me the 3.5 books and I updated my characters to that. But I actually just love the original stuff and revisit it every now and then (I have an art degree so I tend to go back and draw my characters from time to time). If I could find a group that wanted to do it, I'd play it again in a heartbeat.The new 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons core books....
I've been playing and DM'ing since high school ('77 when the 'white box' came out) and got sooooooo burned out by 3.5 I gave it all up.
Now I'm feeling the fire again...
Finally trudged through it. One of the best American novels of all time? Not in my book it isn't. Guess I'm not literary enough.Syd wrote:... am now in the middle of Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian". It's kinda weird, the way it's written.
