New Tolkien book discovered

News.com.au ^ | 12/30/02

[Samwise]

Thanks for the link. You've put a lot of wqork into the site. I'm sure I will visit often.

[Bob Ireland]

***You've put a lot of wqork into the site***

Is that Sindarin or Rohirric? ;-)

[Samwise]

Fat fingers, can't type. Old eyes, can't see.

[maquiladora]

Peter Jackson should film this instead of King Kong.

I've read his screenplay for King Kong.

[Rocko]

Can you elaborate?

[maquiladora]

Well, it was the 1996 draft presented to Universal Pictures. He may have changed it from then, but it seemed quite entertaining. Typical dynamic Jackson action, very quick, lots of comedy (Indiana Jones type) some of which was hilarious.

From the WWI fighter duel at the beginning to the tip of the hat to the original Kong at the end, it's typical Peter Jackson. Though is does smack of Jurassic Park at times.

[Rocko]

Jackson shouldn't try to remake it. No matter how technically brilliant it may turn out to be, it will never have the resonance or impact of the original. This is true for any remake of a classic.

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from 1/02/2003. Thanks John Farson.

Got started on this while listening to Michael Wood -- In search of Beowulf playing in the next room.

[SunkenCiv]

> The story of Edith May Pretty has been told in varying forms. Certainly her active interests in spiritualism provided a source of inspiration. It is also said that she became convinced that there was treasure in Mound One on the basis of a vivid dream, in which she saw and heard the funeral procession. Another account tells how one evening she saw the figure of an armed warrior standing on the mound in the twilight. Finally, she is said to have employed a dowser who divined gold beneath Mound One. So convinced was she that there was treasure in the mound that she wrote to Mr Guy Maynard of Ipswich Museum, requesting the services of an archaeologist. He sent her Mr Basil Brown, a Suffolk man who had learned his trade the hard way through practical experience. He was without doubt the best man for the job, as he was very familiar with Suffolk soils and Suffolk sites, having worked and ridden all over the county on his bicycle.

http://www.wuffings.co.uk/MySHPages/SHTreasure/SHDiscovery.htm
http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/the_woman_who_gave_us_sutton_hoo_1_78723
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_Hoo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Pretty#Archaeology