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An Interview with JRR Tolkien and Other Tomfoolery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-tomfoolery-always-welcome dept.

Lord of the Links writes: "These wackjobs pretend to interview JRR Tolkien with a ouija board as well as slapping together other nonsense, like photoshopped Ringwraiths from the movie doing bizarre things. I laughed once or twice, especially the diary by Gollum. The girls side left something to be desired, but the script revisions were kinda funny. If you feel like feeding into the Lord of the Rings hype, check it out."

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  1. About the movie... by Leeji · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder how they're going to deal with the transition between the first two books (at the end of the first movie.)

    I had a mild feeling of resolution at the end of the first book, but it felt a little more like a pause in the tension, not an end of it.

    When it comes to a movie, however, we'll have to see if they gimmick it up to make it more bite-sized.

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    1. Re:About the movie... by Skipio · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Actually, I did find the ending to be quite good (yes, I've seen the movie). The ending is very similar to the one in the book but some material from the beginning of the Two Towers has been moved to the first movie. The ending is still a bit of a non ending but I found it to be done most tastefully.
      My friend, who hasn't read the books, found the ending to be a very much of a cliffhanger and he couldn't wait to find out what would happen next.

  2. "phtoshopped" by TheFrood · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Mod me down for being OT if you must, but...

    ...other nonsense, like photoshopped Ringwraiths...

    Is "photoshop" falling into common usage as a word meaning "to digitally modify [an image]" similar to the way "xerox" is now synonymous with "photocopy"? (Even if you're using, say, a Canon copier.)

    Personally I'd rather hear them referred to as "gimped Ringwraiths".

    TheFrood

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  3. Re:Hah! by Exmet+Paff+Daxx · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Speaking of which, you have to wonder what Tolkien would have said about the recent criticism of the LoTR movie that it is a way for Americans to act out racist tendencies in a politically correct way. Given current events, this might be a very satisfying and even cathartic outlet for such feelings, but it is no replacement for introspection.

    All in all the whole "Tolkien as a web-saavy ghost" schtick was pretty funny, and definitely worth the link.

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