I tried reading the Silmarillion, but OMG! The first part of it is names upon names upon names. It truly does read like the bible with all the lineages being explained.
I had no idea there was actually some stories buried in there. Maybe I'll have to attempt reading it again. On May 10, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > problem is that the Silmarillion is a completely different narrative, more > like the Bible. Now some of the sections in there would kick butt, like the > story of Hurin, or Turin Turmbar, or even better the Lay of Beren and > Lúthien, that would make an amazing movie. Or best yet the Fall of > Gondolin, but that would be such a depressing movie. > > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Agreed. I was just pointing out this difference, in case Gel forgot. >> >> The books were still better, but that is true of every book/movie except >> the James Bond/Ian Fleming pairing (where the movies were much, much better >> than the books) >> >> >> >> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] >>> wrote: >> >>> >>> It would have been interesting but again, I thought that the movie lost >>> nothing for not including it. I thought it was quite powerful the >>> collective sigh they expressed when they sat down in the pub. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> In the book, when the hobbits return home, they find Saruman and a >> bunch >>> of >>>> ruffians are bothering the hobbits and humans, and they kick them out >> in >>> a >>>> battle (a very small battle compared to the others). >>>> >>>> The movie skipped that whole part. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> What real ending... What you talking about? >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, May 10, 2013, Jerry Barnes wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Soooooo boring!" >>>>>> >>>>>> Jackson could always add the real ending of the Lord of the Rings >>>> trilogy >>>>>> to the series: The Scouring of the Shire. >>>>>> >>>>>> Probably step on a lot of political toes with that one. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> J >>>>>> >>>>>> - >>>>>> >>>>>> Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad >>>>> reputation. >>>>>> - Henry Kissinger >>>>>> >>>>>> Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the >>>> tunnel, >>>>>> go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363516 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
