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Originally Posted by FilmBuff
I think the biggest problem with LOTR and the Dune novels is that, from a modern perspective at least, they feel excruciatingly patriarchal.
I think the biggest problem with LOTR and the Dune novels is that, from a modern perspective at least, they feel excruciatingly patriarchal.
Originally Posted by FilmBuff
I have very little interest in reading either LOTR or Dune books, I feel life is too short as it is.... 
Originally Posted by John McClane
you know, fun fact, Tolkien didn’t even want to write LOTR and his publisher basically forced him to do it
Originally Posted by I_Wear_Pants
It can be tough to start. I don't pretend that it's the easiest thing to do. I have a lot of practice.
in the first edition of The Hobbit, the character Gollum freely bets the ring in the Riddles in the Dark chapter. he had to rewrite it to make everything work.
you know, fun fact, Tolkien didn’t even want to write LOTR and his publisher basically forced him to do it
It can be tough to start. I don't pretend that it's the easiest thing to do. I have a lot of practice.
Originally Posted by I_Wear_Pants
Originally Posted by FilmBuff
Originally Posted by I_Wear_Pants
When does a three-hour movie feel like a six-hour movie?
When Peter Jackson makes a Lord of the Rings movie.
I really don't like his version of the story.
When Peter Jackson makes a Lord of the Rings movie.
I really don't like his version of the story.
my feet are cold. they never write. 