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The New Hobbit Hole

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

Welcome to The New Hobbit Hole

Concerning Hobbits

The New Hobbit Chronicles

This is a continuation of the infamous thread New Zealander Builds Hobbit Hole originally posted on January 26, 2001 by John Farson, who at the time undoubtedly thought he had found a rather obscure article that would elicit a few replies and die out. Without knowing it, he became the founder of the Hobbit Hole. For reasons incomprehensible to some, the thread grew to over 4100 replies. It became the place for hobbits and friends of hobbits to chit chat and share LoTR news and views, hang out, and talk amongst ourselves in the comfort of familiar surroundings.

In keeping with the new posting guidelines, the thread idea is continuing here, as will the Green Dragon Inn, our more structured spin-off thread, as soon as we figure out how to move all the good discussion that has been had there. As for the Hobbit Hole, we will just start fresh, bringing only a few mathoms such as the picture above with us to make it feel like home, and perhaps a walk down memory lane:

Our discussion has been light:

It very well may be that a thread named "New Zealander builds Hobbit hole" will end up being the longest Tolkien thread of them all, with some of the best heartfelt content... Sorry John, but I would have rather it had been one with a more distinguished title!… post 252 - HairOfTheDog

However, I can still celebrate, with quiet dignity, the fact that what started as a laugh about some wacko in New Zealand has mutated and grown into a multifaceted discussion of the art, literature, and philosophy that is Tolkien. And now that I've managed to write the most pompous sentence of my entire life, I agree, Rosie… post 506 - JenB

Hah! I was number 1000!! (Elvish victory dance... wait, no; that would be too flitty) … post 1001 - BibChr

Real men don't have to be afraid of being flitty! Go for it. – post 1011 – HairOfTheDog

Seventeen years to research one mystical object seems a bit excessive… post 1007 - JenB

Okay...who's the wise guy who didn't renew Gandalf's research grant?… post 1024 – Overtaxed

To the very philosophical:

…Judas Iscariot obviously was a good man, or he wouldn't have been chosen to be one of the Apostles. He loved Jesus, like all of the Apostles, but he betrayed him. Yet without his betrayal, the Passion and Crucifixion would never have occurred, and mankind would not have been redeemed. So without his self-destruction infinite good would not have been accomplished. I certainly do not mean this to be irreverant but it seems to me that this describes the character of Gollum, in the scenes so movingly portrayed above… Lucius Cornelius Sulla

To fun but heartfelt debates about the integrity and worth of some of the characters…

…Anyone else notice how Boromir treats the hobbits? He's very fond of them but he seems to think of them as children - ruffling Frodo's hair, calls them all 'little ones'. He likes them, but I don't think he really respects them… post 1536 - JenB

Yes... Tolkien told us not to trust Boromir right off the bat when he began to laugh at Bilbo, until he realized that the Council obviously held this hobbit in high esteem. What a pompous dolt… post 1538 - HairOfTheDog

…I think almost every fault of his can be traced directly back to his blindness to anything spiritual or unseen. He considers the halflings as children, because that is what they look like. He considers the only hope of the ring to be in taking it and using it for a victory in the physical realm. He cannot see what the hobbits are truly made of, he cannot see the unseen hope of what the destruction of the ring might mean--the destruction of Sauron himself, and he cannot see the unseen danger that lies in the use of the ring itself… I just feel sorry for Boromir--he is like a blind but honorable man, trying to take the right path on the road but missing the right path entirely because he simply cannot see it… post 1548 - Penny1

Boromir isn't a jerk, he's a jock… post 2401 – Overtaxed

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Oh, I think by the time Frodo reaches the Cracks, he's not even himself anymore! I think he's not only on the brink of a dangerous place physically, he's on the brink of losing himself completely during the exchange with Gollum. But for some reason, the take-over isn't complete till he actually has to throw the Ring in. The person speaking to Gollum is not Frodo, but the "Wheel of Fire" that Sam sees. After the Ring is destroyed, Frodo not only comes back to himself, but comes back with the unbearable (to him) knowledge of what it's like to be completely without compassion. I think that's why it's so important to him to be compassionate in the Shire… post 2506 - 2Jedismom

…Regarding Frodo's compassion... it's a little too much at the end. Even Merry tells him that he's going to have to quit being so darn nice. But you're right. He's learned a lesson about evil that very few ever learn since it wasn't an external lesson but an internal one. (Those kinds of lessons have the greatest impact) Not only did he totally succumb to it, but he was rather ruthless to my little Smeagol… post 2516 - carton253

Well that Frodo was a big mean bully! (to Smeagol)… post 2519 – Overtaxed

So as you can see, everything JRR Tolkien (and Peter Jackson) is welcome here in our New Row, our soon-to-be familiar New Hobbit Hole…; philosophy, opinion, good talk and frequent silliness.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Poetry; TV/Movies; The Hobbit Hole
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To: Overtaxed
pc camera software? Hmmm....so how does one acquire such software, and how expensive is it?

And thanks for the link! I will bookmark it this time!

1,481 posted on 04/01/2002 8:53:15 AM PST by Penny1
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To: Penny1
I got Intel's "Create and Share" software with a cheap PC camera that came as a throw-in with my Dell Inspiron (dude.) Wonder if CNET has anything you could download.
1,482 posted on 04/01/2002 8:56:08 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Penny1
I'm trying hard to figure out a way to go this evening. The boys are going to be at Tiger Cubs...
1,483 posted on 04/01/2002 8:58:12 AM PST by 2Jedismom
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To: Overtaxed
Ohhhh, good thinking!

The problem, of course, is that it needs to somehow work within Windows MP, because that's the only software that will play the Divx video that I have.

:: sigh::

Why are things like this always so much harder to do than you think they'll be?

1,484 posted on 04/01/2002 8:58:54 AM PST by Penny1
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To: 2Jedismom
Ohhh, I hope you get to!

I thought it wouldn't be as exciting to see it again, but I was still blown away by it. And more images from it are sticking in my brain this time.

1,485 posted on 04/01/2002 9:03:50 AM PST by Penny1
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To: MozartLover
Tell your brother in law that I also have read the books too many times to count over the past 27 years and that I also had doubts about whether or not the movie would match up to my imagination. Tell him that I burst into tears when Gandalf rode into the Shire with Frodo. Tell him the only thing I can equate it with is having Jesus walk into the room! I've known Jesus for 30 years and I know he's real, although I've never seen him. I've known the Trilogy for 27 years and now I've seen it even though I know it isn't real.

He has got to see the movie. Let me know what he thinks when he does. I'm sure he'll love it just as we do. I will always appreciate how PJ maintained that purity.

1,486 posted on 04/01/2002 9:05:24 AM PST by 2Jedismom
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To: Penny1
Here's a page that I pulled up from a CNET search. Maybe there's anything you could use here (but then again, maybe not.)

CNET search-AVI

1,487 posted on 04/01/2002 9:05:41 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Penny1
Here's a page that I pulled up from a CNET search. Maybe there's anything you could use here (but then again, maybe not.)

CNET search-AVI

1,488 posted on 04/01/2002 9:05:42 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: MozartLover
Yes, keep encouraging him to go. It is silly to not want to hear how others would tell a great tale, and believe me... Everyone who participated in it loves the story as much as he does.

But let him know that he may enjoy it the second time better than he did the first time.

My first time through I enjoyed it, but was nerve-wracked worrying whether every scene would be right. And noting every difference in the story.

The second time, of them all, was my favorite view. Gone was my worry that Jackson wouldn't do it right. I could sit back and let him tell the story his way, and marvel in the beauty of it - and he really does a beautifull job telling the story in just three hours.

Are there changes? - yes. Are lines moved around and characters omitted and events changed slightly? - Yes. But only to make the story fit onto film. And changes were done with caution and care. Do I love all of it equally? - No I suppose not, but parts of it are so perfect I am still brought to tears.

Trust me, brother of MozartLover, if you don't trust your sister, which you should. This movie will captivate you, it will do justice to your story, the movie loves the book, and it will draw you in and break your heart the way the book does.

For Pete's sake, in the time you spent yesterday arguing about it with you sister, you could have just let her take you to see it. You would have wanted to go again by today.

ML - go to ecurbh's trailer page and download some of the trailers. (best is Theatrical Trailer 3) but all of them show different scenes that will convince him. Let him watch those!

1,489 posted on 04/01/2002 9:07:11 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: MozartLover
Oh, you could mention that I haven't seen a movie at all in at least 14 years, probably longer...and that I've seen this movie 15 times since Dec. 22nd!
1,490 posted on 04/01/2002 9:13:55 AM PST by 2Jedismom
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To: Overtaxed
Thanks! There are a couple of possibles there...

I downloaded a Divx player, but it says I don't have enough RAM, and then when I opened it, it crashes my system. So I'm thinking about picking up some RAM for my computer. If the player works, maybe it will have a image-capture utility.

...and it's not like I couldn't use more RAM, I only have 48 MB...

1,491 posted on 04/01/2002 9:17:16 AM PST by Penny1
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To: HairOfTheDog, penny1, 2Jedismom
Thanks for the input! Will share it with him.
1,492 posted on 04/01/2002 9:20:49 AM PST by MozartLover
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To: MozartLover
Replace brother and sister with brother-in-law and sister-in-law....
1,493 posted on 04/01/2002 9:21:53 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Understood.:)
1,494 posted on 04/01/2002 9:27:20 AM PST by MozartLover
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To: 2Jedismom
I'm trying hard to figure out a way to go this evening.

Three and a half hours and counting.....

1,495 posted on 04/01/2002 9:39:07 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Penny1
...and it's not like I couldn't use more RAM, I only have 48 MB...

If you're shopping for RAM and don't mind waiting for it to be shipped, try http://www.pricewatch.com

1,496 posted on 04/01/2002 9:59:33 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Penny1
...and it's not like I couldn't use more RAM, I only have 48 MB...

If you're shopping for RAM and don't mind waiting for it to be shipped, try http://www.pricewatch.com

1,497 posted on 04/01/2002 9:59:33 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
stupid network...mutter, mutter, mutter
1,498 posted on 04/01/2002 10:00:37 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: MozartLover
Well, I'm an LotR fanatic, have been since I was eleven. I've read the books at least two dozen times. The movie is not perfect, but it's very very close. Tell him also that I've seen the movie ten times and it hasn't changed my perception of the book at all - except that I can see the details of armor, swords, landscapes etcetera much better now. If this thread doesn't convince him, nothing will, but ask him to give it a shot (two shots, as others have said). It's worth it.
1,499 posted on 04/01/2002 10:35:27 AM PST by JenB
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To: JenB
1500 is a lot of posts.
1,500 posted on 04/01/2002 10:36:38 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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