Old Bill would have loved movies, but he would have agreed you give away a lot for the same of brevity. The movies are very good, but I would say they are a pale comparison to the books. Whole characters and plot lines are trimmed away. The trilogy is around a thousand pages, without the indexes. There is a primer for two languages built in and all sorts of background information. The movies are great, but you can't get a grip on the true evil and glory of Tolkien's characters from the silver screen. The story is reduced from awesome to a damn good yarn. Still, even the movie is a dmaned good yarn.
My daughter and I are going to see the next one as soon it comes out. We started reading the books together when she was five. We probably read them three times before she got to be too old to hang out that much with daddy. She's old enough now that it isn't mortifying to go to a flick with daddy again. Enjoy the movie. The one you can rent is the first of three. --- Alvaro Zuniga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's it! I am renting it. > > I dunno about reading it, I have never read more than 5 pages of a > non-technical book and I am not sure that is ever going to change > for as > much as I have tried; bores me to death. Nothing like bits and > bytes as > high quality literature. I bet Shakespeare would have agreed. > > ;-) > > I will not even sign this bold statement > > On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 13:49, Doug Riddle wrote: > > You have GOT to read Lord Of the Rings. It is the foundation of > all > > other fantasy. > > > > Doug > > --- Alvaro_Zúñiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Stargate is a movie about space travel. There is a movie and a > TV > > > series. > > > This show is filled with ancient gerogliphics and encryptions. > > > Anyway, it > > > was late :-) > > > > > > I have not yet seen Lornd of Rings :-( > > > > > > Alvaro > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Chopin Cusachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 11:55 AM > > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Espionage > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I didn't write it, but when I saw it, I thought Lord of > > > > the Rings. Hadn't heard of Stargate. > > > > > > > > Choppy > > > > > > > > At 09:49 AM 10/4/02 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >Do you mean Lord of the Rings? > > > > > > > > > >At 11:32 PM 10/3/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >>You must really like Stargate ;-) > > > > >> > > > > >>On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 22:06, Chopin Cusachs wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > From our secret agent: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Recently one of my friends, a computer wizard, paid > me > > > a > > > > >> > visit. As we were talking I mentioned that I had > > > recently > > > > >> > installed Windows on my PC, I told him how happy I > was > > > with > > > > >> > this operating system and showed him the Windows > CD. > > > Too my > > > > >> > astonishment and distress he threw it into my > > > micro-wave oven > > > > >> > and turned it on. I was upset because the CD had > > > become > > > > >> > precious to me, but he said 'Do not worry, it is > > > unharmed.' > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > ===== > > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > > http://www.dougriddle.com > > > > ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; > they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > > http://faith.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
