lord of the rings

Title says it all. Every few year I wish to repeat the experience of reading the Lord of the Rings with some new book I never heard off, but everything stops at start as there is no decent suggestion. Only once did I find something that was like LOTR, and it wasn't even the same genre, but it...

I have it on DVD, i recorded it in HDMI with capture card. Theatrical release. And thats what i am sticking with :) But. Whats people's views on 4k versions? Ever since i got Terminator 2 2017 Bluray, i have now... glared at 4k with scepticism. Since James Cameron movies have bad rumors of poor...

Two months ago, for my writing class final, I did a project on lotr! My project was mainly about differences between the books and the Peter Jackson films' representation of the Eye of Sauron. personally, I find that the films' depiction of the Eye has made it even more confusing than in the...

The title is a little off from what I mean but was the best I could think of. I am referring specifically to some peoples views on the relationships of Legolas and Gimli/Frodo and Sam. Many fans in the community have long pointed out how some of the male friendships in the story border on...

I actually can’t stand The Lord of the Rings anymore. And it’s not because of Amazon. I can’t stand Sam anymore. He’s not the humble gardener i remember. The one that makes mistakes. People darn near worship Sam and that is the whole lie of the One Ring. That’s the seduction it gives. That’s the...

I love both, but I definitely prefer the Silmarillion. For once, it is a lot more epic, the elves and men of the first age fought an enemy that made Sauron look like a naughty child. Glorfindel in LOTR is shown as probably the most formidable elf warrior, but in the Silmarillion, they were...

Now the thing about LOTR is, its not the fantasy that makes it good. Its how it constructs the story. (Although fantasy for sure is fun) But what other fantasy books or stories does poorly on often, this is even partly true in "Eragon" book i read when i was a teen. Is. They focus too much on...

I am currently writing a compare and contrast essay on Frodo and Bilbo and I need some good professional sources ( not wiki) I was wondering if y’all have any suggestions? I have been looking and am having some troubles so if y’all have any tips that would be most appreciated =) thanks!

Being a huge LOTR and Hobbit fan, can anyone recommend games that are similar to the PS2 LOTR The Two Towers and Return of the King for PC or PS4? I am also playing Battle for Middle Earth on PC, back when EA was making excellent games. Thank you!

Today I was approached by a person I know. I hadn't seen them in a while, and told them that I had recently been really interested in Tolkien's works. They proposed an interesting theory behind the inspiration of some of the different races of Arda: They said that they believed Elves were...

So, for school, I recently had to read Beowulf. I'd already read it, but this second time a lot more things stood out to me and it's become one of my greatest interests, particularly the parallels between it and LotR. I've done quite a bit of research and reading on this topic and have...

Link Rather amateurish article, judging by the author's frequent failure to use apostrophes, as in the paragraph above; odd for an MSN article, imho (way to promote literacy, msn). I don't how if I have an opinion about which movie is the most book-accurate but in case anyone is curious and...

Just watched the lotr for the umpteenth time. Extended versions of course. I have the books on order. I'm an avid reader so don't know myself why I have yet to read them. Anyway, just wondered what peoples thoughts were on Gandalf, being as powerful as he is.....why does he not use magic in the...

Hi, Does anyone out there have a spare disc 7, The King of the Golden Hall, from the BBC Radio Collection adaptation of the Lord of the Rings please? Mine has been scratched heavily.

Oddly enough it has just struck me that Theoden R (i.e. Theoden Rex) is an anagram of Denethor. Is this mere coincidence? I can't think immediately of other such wordplays but istr Tolkien noted in one of his letters that he wasted too much time doing crosswords. Doctor H enjoys his martini...

Hey! These last few months, my family and I have been playing a ton of board games like Ticket to ride and Trekking. I had an idea recently to blend my love for these games and all things Tolkien, and create a custom made LOTR edition. I wanted to do everything from scratch so used Photoshop to...

Not exactly a Hero (who by no means needs to be someone doing heroic things) but someone who you think the Book is all about? I've always thought that the story was too big just to have one central character, and have narrowed my field of heroes/leading characters to the following, based on...

I noticed while watching the LOTR movies that there are several references to Aragorn's elvish name "Estel" which means "hope". For instance, when Elrond is speaking to Arwen about Aragorn in TTT he says "Hope is gone. Hope is not coming back" (or something along those lines). I thought that...

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I decided to post here, as it's an "artsy" sort of topic, but mods can move it elsewhere if they feel like there is a better place for the topic. One of my sons discovered that there is a Lord of the Rings musical. It's hitting Chicago for a month or so and my family (wife, sister, daughter...