s I said the structural narrative is like the bible. Ever try reading that as literature? Its painfully boring.
But the stories within the Silmarilion are amazing. I'm glad that Christopher Tolkien released the Children of Hurin. another one that could make a very good movie, but again a depressing one. What Tolkien was trying to do was create or recreate a mythos for Britain. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Marlon Moyer <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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:363518 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
