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The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!
Posted on 12/17/2002 7:32:02 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Journey to the Cross-roads
The Two Towers Edition
Come on! Come in! -if you would like to have some seedcakes and a pint and relax a while. (If it is a special occasion, we still have a few bottles of the old wineyards left!)
Our first thread ( New Zealander builds Hobbit hole ) reached 4,100 posts, and we thought that was big. Our second thread (The New Hobbit Hole ) held us for over 48,000 posts, and we loved it dearly. We talked about moving to a new thread for the last 38,000 posts, but we are really slow to muster! Finally, the time has come. Tomorrow (at 12:01 am, to be precise!) The Two Towers comes out, and we start a new chapter.
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To: HairOfTheDog
Well, here is a lighter moment for you... Merry and Pippin find the storerooms at Isenguard... I am SO looking forward to that scene. And the "under new management" schtick when the "big folks" show up later.
To: g'nad
Don't the Marines have rules about this kind of conduct? Have they no standards?
To: 300winmag
Yes... I hope they are sitting there having a grande old time when the others ride up! - That is a classic moment!
To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands; ksen
yuh gotta have skivvies in yer wall locker... it don't say nuthin' in the regs about wearin' 'em...
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posted on
01/06/2003 10:27:02 AM PST
by
g'nad
To: Penny1
Thanks Penny!
One good thing, my birthday is at the start of a new year - so every year I get to start fresh both in calendar year and birth year!
To: 300winmag
"Well, here is a lighter moment for you... Merry and Pippin find the storerooms at Isenguard... ""I am SO looking forward to that scene. And the "under new management" schtick when the "big folks" show up later. "
Dang it! There's so much from those tapes I forgot! All I remember is how it ends. How soon until December? *sigh*
I'm actually in a debate with myself as to whether to read the books before ROTK is released or afterwards. I don't want to sit there being distracted by the changes. I'm reading The Hobbit right now, but don't know if I dare continue or not. But then I'm dying to know what happens next too. argh...
To: g'nad
A loop-hole no doubt. They probably assumed they had covered the bases.
To: HairOfTheDog; g'nad
They probably assumed they had covered the bases. Or at least covered the Marine's "bases".....
To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom; Overtaxed; Corin Stormhands; Lucius Cornelius Sulla; Sam Cree; ...
Hurry up and bid on Lord of the Rings props and stuff from New Line
here.
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posted on
01/06/2003 10:32:01 AM PST
by
ksen
To: ksen
You should buy the Hobbit Hole for Entmoot...
To: Dawntreader; HairOfTheDog
Well, personally, I think it helps to have read the books because you can fill in the blanks for yourself in the film.
PJ said that he allowed certain things to have had time to happen, but just didn't show them (ie, Tom Bombadil). In other words, it doesn't mean it didn't happen, it just means it wasn't shown in the film. ;)
I think Hair mentioned that we would be starting a discussion on The Two Towers shortly. You can always just read our notes as we post them to get more detail, but it's nothing like reading it for yourself.
To: ksen; Ramius
Hurry up and bid on Lord of the Rings props and stuff from New Line here. HA! I want the:
| Nine Foot Tall Gandalf and Shadofax Statue Based On The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
Current Bid
$299.00 |
Number of Bids
4 |
Auction Ends
1/20/2003 7:00 PM |
It would look lovely at the gate of my boarding stable! Ah well, I am gonna guess the shipping alone would bankrupt me, no matter how high the bidding goes! |
To: Dawntreader
I would recommend reading it too....
I re-read Fellowship before I saw it the first time, and then read the whole thing a couple more times as I went back to see it again. It really made the movie that much more enriching. There are disappointments, yes, but as Ruthie said, you can "fill in" moments that you wish they had included in the movie. Also, in a lot of cases I noticed people complaining about certain things in the movie of Fellowship that they thought were changes that were in fact in the book. They had simply forgotten.
I think, too, that TTT was the one that was most changed from the book. I think RotK will probably be pretty close to the original.
Besides, the book is just so wonderful...you will love the final part of the story!
To: HairOfTheDog
Yup. The shipping costs are incurred by the buyer and they will be approx. $1000-1500!!! YIKES!
But you have to admit, it's a real beauty!
To: Corin Stormhands; g'nad
Who would have thought a Marine wouldn't want his Base covered?
To: HairOfTheDog; Corin Stormhands
I'll face the peril...
besides, skivvies would cover only the base...
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posted on
01/06/2003 10:42:43 AM PST
by
g'nad
To: HairOfTheDog
Here is a thought for when you get ready to begin out
Two Towers reading again. How about skipping between books three and four?
You know, cover chapters one & two of book three (The Departure of Boromir and The Riders of Rohan) and then start alternating chapters between books three and four. That way we don't have to wait so long to talk about Sam and Frodo.
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posted on
01/06/2003 10:43:18 AM PST
by
ksen
To: ksen; Sam Cree
Can't wait for mini moot! I'm practically giddy!
To: ksen; HairOfTheDog
I guess it depends on how many are reading it for the first time.
Do we have a certain date on TTT reading yet, Hair?
To: ksen
Not a bad idea I 'spose! What does everyone else think?
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