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LoTR-The Two Towers: Book discussion (The Green Dragon Inn) III
Posted on 07/26/2002 11:29:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Green Dragon Inn
This is a chapter discussion of The Two Towers, volume two of the Lord of the Rings. It is a continuation of our discussion of Lord of the Rings that started with Fellowship of the Ring and finished a few weeks back. FoTR discussion thread.
We will cover one section of the book per week. Sometimes short, related chapters may be combined, and the process may evolve as we go to keep everybody happy! If you are joining late, jump right in, but please stick to the chapter currently being discussed. We should be a bit careful with topic and spoilers (especially if we are joined by some reading for the first time) but feel free to draw lines related to other events in the story. If you do misbehave too much you will be sent to Took's Corner. As always, if you want to chit-chat or share other news… I would probably be best to post that in The Hobbit Hole thread.
It is OK this time to share images from the Two Towers (that illustrate the current chapter of course!) They are fun snapshots that show our story coming to life. Use your head, we don't want to slow down the thread too much, but most of us love a few pics in the thread.
Every week I will ping you to the new chapter or section …. Let me know if you would like to be on - or off - this list. I will serve as the Thain of the list.
So lets read, listen and become inspired by the many aspects of The Lord of the Rings that touch us deeply and reconnect us to the values we aspire to. Many great discussions have already been had, and I hope that this thread will produce even more. Many FReepers have wonderful things to say about LoTR, whether the fantasy reconnects them with their faith, with their relationships with friends and family, or simply illustrates the splendor of great acts of heroism and sacrifice in the constant battle of virtue versus corruption.
Besides, we Tolkien fans need something to keep us busy while we wait for the film to come out December 19. This thread will adjust the schedule as necessary to be finished before the film comes out!
TOPICS: Books/Literature; The Hobbit Hole
KEYWORDS: lordoftherings; lotr; thetwotowers; tolkien; ttt
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To: LinnieBeth
Till the lightning falls- - - got any ideas? Ummm.....hmmmm....lightning falls. Could he mean until the War of the Ring is upon them, or could he mean the end of time? Wonder if there is anything written about the eschatology of Middle Earth some place.
I think there's a lot of good spiritual stuff about the healing of Theoden. For example:
He heard Gandalf, Stood up, and his eyes were opening.
Well I'm not about to put Gandalf in God's place, but this shows that Theoden couldn't come out of his dark night by his own efforts.
That's just one thing. I'm at work now and I'll have more time to write further when I get home. :)
To: LinnieBeth
Now that I think about it Gandalf doesn't go in God's place. He truly
is an angel in Theoden's case. Someone sent to heal Theoden.
Okay...back to work!
To: Overtaxed
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUNDAY SEPT 01, 2002 20:37:49 ET XXXXX
NEW LORD OF THE RINGS 'LEAKS' ON INTERNET -- 4 MONTHS BEFORE RELEASE
The new fuss film LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS has been leaked on to the Internet, it was claimed on Sunday -- more than 4 months before its release.
In a stunning slap at Hollywood and its ongoing copyright battle with digital swappers, Internet users boldly began trading copies of the latest RINGS on Sunday.
But one AOLTIMEWARNER executive expressed serious doubt that a file is in play.
"I have serious question about this, I am not sure we even have a finished product yet!" said the executive from New York. "I don't know what this is, but if it is the movie, or any portion of the movie, we will impose strict criminal penalties against anyone and everyone that downloads it!"
While the movie's distributor has no legitimate report of a leak, file traders were convinced they had the real movie, which is set for release in December.
Some prereleases that have hit the net recently include the first 3 episodes of the new SOPRANOS season and DVD rips of STAR WARS Episode 2 and SPIDERMAN.
Developing...
Okay, Okay, Where DO you find these files!!...
To: Overtaxed
Or representative of the Holy Spirit.....
To: LinnieBeth
I am actually willing to wait and see it on the big screen. I rarely go to the theater to see movies, but these are always worth it.
To: ican'tbelieveit
Of course, that works too!
To: ican'tbelieveit
You sound like me, RE going to the theater, I saw one film in 01- LotR, and will probably see two LotR and TTT this year- but I am curious about where people find this stuff.
Lin
To: LinnieBeth
I know that I got to see a trailer online for TTT that was filmed and then posted on the web. It was really poor quality. Just didn't make up for seeing the real thing. I will eventually invest in a huge screened tv just to get the feeling on these movies at home.
And when I watch them at home, I can take all of the time I want to watch and rewatch and memorize lines. I love subtitles, hehe.
To: LinnieBeth
To: ican'tbelieveit
I love subtitles, hehe. Stop! you made me laugh.
There are so few films that my husband and I would go see----even free---that we started going to some really wonderful foreign films, and that is just about all we've really seen for several years, and not too many of those!
I tried to get my kids to watch some- like Babbette's Feast and Manon of the Spring- and they just poo-poohed me, saying "I don't want to read my movies." Then one of them watch Babbette's Feast with me on the TV and thought it was pretty good.
To: LinnieBeth
Oh no, my kids love subtitles. When I had satellite, we regularly watched the foreign films on IFC and Sundance (i think). From time to time I can convince them to rent one at block buster. But we never watch a regular movie anymore without subtitles on. I love DVD.
To: LinnieBeth; HairOfTheDog
Just saw the new teaser for TTT. Has a little of gollum in there, and I swear I saw an Oliphant.
To: ican'tbelieveit; LinnieBeth
You did see an Oliphant! We have been discussing it all morning! - It looks wonderful! Two places have good discussion:
Maquiladora posted a thread a few days ago for the Entertainment Tonight clip, and it has continued into this:
Two Towers Video Clips Online
And of course we have been discussing it, and I have posted some screen captures this morning in the Hobbit Hole, starting around 28330
To: HairOfTheDog
Oh cool. I hadn't thought to check back into the other thread. I was so thrilled, after hearing that there would be no oliphant in the movie. I just love that part of the story. Ok, I just love every single word in all of the books, LOL.
To: ican'tbelieveit; ecurbh
To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh
Ok, add me to whatever you have.
To: HairOfTheDog
Can you add me to the Spoilers list too?
To: LinnieBeth; ican'tbelieveit
You betcha! - added! - I don't add people to that spoiler list unless they ask, because not everyone likes spoilers!
To: ican'tbelieveit
I've added you to my ping list. Welcome! Only 78 days to go...
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09/30/2002 5:28:30 PM PDT
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ecurbh
To: ecurbh
ecurbh, the URL I had for your site keeps getting
'Errors',
how do we get to your site?
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