The Hobbit
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107 Votes in Poll
Hey guys! I just wanted to share my collection of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion material. Feel free to post your own! I currently have The History of Middle-Earth box set, a hard cover set of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion with custom dust covers, and six books pertaining to the grammar, syntax, writing, spelling, conjugation, and composition of Quenya and Sindarin (two of which are elvish to English dictionaries). The four additional marble notebooks contain meticulous notes on the entire Silmarillion, the Appendix of The Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien linguistics. While The History of Middle-Earth is the most comprehensive, detailed, and complete account of Tolkien’s life work (that I’ve ever seen), there are still a few novels edited by Christopher Tolkien (J.R.R.’s literary heir) that I haven’t collected yet (i.e. The Fall of Gondolin, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, and The Unfinished Tales etc.). Each of those stories are already contained in The History of Middle-Earth, but I imagine the narratives are different and more detailed. What are your favorite Tales of Middle-Earth and why? Let me know in the comments!
118 Votes in Poll
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After watching all of the Lego versions of LoTR and The Hobbit, I now prefer them compared to any of the other film versions in the franchise. The animation style is super fun, and they even managed to use authentic audio from the "official" LoTR movies. Plus, they're great for younger kids because the movies tend to be pretty graphic. (Not to mention, Lego IS Awesome!)
One of the most compelling reasons, however, is the amount of humor in the Lego versions. Tolkien's books actually had a lot of really good jokes and humorous scenes, but the movies removed almost all of that. In The Hobbit book, the troll scene is lighthearted and playful. The troll's bickering, instigated by Bilbo, is hilarious. And it's comical listening to them talk about how to cook the dwarves. Their bumbling discussion buys enough time for Gandalf to intervene.
In Peter Jackson’s film, however, this scene is far more serious, focusing on the action and near-death experience. The dialogue between the trolls is much shorter, and much of the humorous banter about how they should cook the dwarves is reduced. The shift in tone makes the scene more suspenseful than funny, so it loses a lot of the charm and wit that Tolkien put into the original scene. There are also other scenes where this happened as well.
As another example from a different franchise, the Avatar the Last Airbender tv show was hilarious, but the Shyamalan version sucked all of the humor out of the show, making it dull and lifeless. While the effect wasn't so bad in the LoTR movies, it's refreshing that the Lego team added plenty of humor back in.
Second Age:
500–1500~
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S1
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2
Third Age:
2835~
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2941–2942
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2999–3017~
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
3012
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
3018
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3019
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Fourth Age:
1–1000~
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
I have read the revised edition of The Hobbit, and there is not a single mention of orcs. On the wiki page of The Hobbit, it alternates between saying goblins and orcs for the different roles they played in the book. The movie has orcs and goblins. In the prologue and the first chapter of The Lord of the Rings, it only says orcs, not goblins. My question is, in The Hobbit, where they orcs or goblins? If both, then which parts were they orcs and which parts were they goblins? If J.R.R. Tolkien changed the story himself, then I am asking about the latest version. If someone else changed the story, then I am asking about Tolkien's version. Additionally, I tried tagging a wiki page titled "Goblins," but I couldn't find a page with that title. I just started reading The Lord of the Rings, so can you please not give me spoilers?
Y'know, this one
So the animation was pretty good, the backgrounds were beautful, dwarves looked kinda weird
Gollum was a frog creature for some reason? Everything else was understandable, but why was Gollum a frog creature? I do like how he was colored, though, since he's described as black and white in the books. That one part in LOTR that describes him as looking like a skeletal child(or something) would make sense if this version of him were lying on his back, except for the fact that HE'S A GIANT FROG???
Anyway, they skipped some jokes, big sad. Probably it would've been way longer without the less serious parts. The wood-elves part doesn't make much sense if you haven't read the book. I liked how they made Smaug a cat/lizard thing, I don't know if it's canon but it's very creative.
I think my favorite part of the movie was the songs, I got really excited and started pointing to the screen like an idiot every time I recognized the lyrics.
This movie basically felt like a summary of The Hobbit.
(also the animation that played every time a spider died was really goofy)
56 Votes in Poll
I've read The Hobbit (10/10 read, would recommend) and am currently reading The Fellowship. So far my favorite characters have been Bilbo, Sam, and maybe the slimy cave creature. Bill the pony has been the saddest death so far.
I am on page 366 I think.
It's the part where Galadriel is freaking out over being offered the Ring.
As Gandalf held aloft the piping hot pizza, all who beheld it were struck by its beauty and fragrance. The crust was golden and crisp, the cheese melted to perfection, and the toppings arranged with the utmost care. It was, without question, the greatest pizza ever created.
Ladies and Gentle-elves, hobbits and dwarves, gather around for a tale of culinary wizardry and philosophical pizza musings! Read my blog on whether Gandalf is fit to open a pizza joint in Middle-earth!
Make sure to consider how this character not dieing would affect the story! (e.g: if Boromir was never killed he may have been able to stop Merry and Pippin from being carried of by the Uruk-Hai, so they never would have met Treebeard)
It’s a general consensus that Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy was very different and inaccurate to Tolkien’s source material in his books. The production process of the films was a big mess, and it ultimately led to three stretched out films meant to portray a 300 page book (compared to the three LOTR movies portraying about 1100 pages).
Now, my main question for discussion is if you were the director; the person leading the production of The Hobbit, how would you make the films? Would you split them into a duology? A trilogy? Or even one singular film? What content would you add and where?
Wow, what is this? It seems that TheOneRing.net is getting a chance to purchase rights to LOTR and The Hobbit, and fans can get to be a part of it as well!
https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2022/04/01/112683-torn-afforded-right-to-bid-on-lotr-and-hobbit/
I'm reading the Hobbit now, and I'm loving it! I'm on Chapter 7 at the moment.
My favorite character is Thorin II Oakenshield.
So.... I tried LOTR once, but couldn't finish Fellowship. I need tips on how to read it. The part I stopped at was The Council of Elrond, I think
EDIT: Also, are the movies on any streaming service?
Today is Tolkien reading day! Let us all celebrate and read Tolkien´s fantastic books and remember him with honour and love. I wish you all a wonderful day full of Tolkien vibes and reading!
Books, a fascinating thing, you dive into another world and find yourself like you really are. Reading is dreaming with open eyes!
Here are some LOTR, Hobbit etc. quotes:
It is a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don´t keep your feet, there´s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
It simply isn´t an adventure worth telling if there aren´t any dragons.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
Not all those who wander are lost.
Happy Tolkien reading again dear Tolkienists!
I have all the Lotr, the hobbit, the sillmarilion, the unfinished tales, beren and luthien and the children of hurin. Must I buy the History of Middle-earth, and what is it talking about?
Is it weird that i listen to The Hobbit and LOTR themes daily?