Comments | cereko: Lord of the Ringworms

cereko

Lord of the Ringworms

Jan 13, 2004 00:04

I checked out the following from the library:

-The Hobbit (VHS)
-Fellowship of the Ring (DVD)
-Two Towers (DVD)
-Return of the King (VHS)

The funny thing is that both The Hobbit and Return of the King are both animated versions, while Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers are both the recent film versions. I plan on watching them consecutively, ( Read more... )

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Re: fellowship of the ring cereko January 16 2004, 22:07:48 UTC

"you often write about things that just don't measure up in your estimation. i'd be curious as to a few examples of what books/movies/whatever you consider superlative. wanna share?I really liked the first Matrix movie. When I first saw it, it was almost a life changing experience. It's still my favorite movie despite how much I dislike its two sequels ( ... )

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Re: fellowship of the ring cereko January 17 2004, 17:35:15 UTC

"hey,thanks. interesting stuff. you read a lot of sci fi?"

No more than anything else, really. If they were all like All of an Instant, that would be all I'd read. Unfortunately, a lot of it is like those cheesy star trek novels.

13 of which I've read : )

I think maybe I should read more sci fi though. When done right, they take on the big issues, which I dig.

"at the time i saw it i was really interested in gnosticism and saw much of that in it."

What is gnosticism exactly? I've heard it mentioned a lot, but whenever I find a definition of it, it's always a fuzzy type of thing that doesn't tell you much. Kind of like looking for a concrete definition of postmodernism, I suppose.

anonymous January 16 2004, 18:08:32 UTC

What's the RotK cartoon? Is that the Ralph Bakshi one? Because I think that was actually everything but RotK.

cereko January 16 2004, 22:26:14 UTC

I didn't see that name on the jacket cover anywhere, so I hope it's not the same one. It's a Warner Bros version from 1996. Here's a snippet from the back cover:

"Frodo, the Hobbit, the remarkable hero of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is back to battle the evil forces that beset Middle Earth in The Return of the King, continuing the wondrous animated adventures first seen in The Hobbit...

The Magic Ring of The Hobbit has now become the Ring of Doom -- and to restore peace it must be destroyed in the raging fires in which it was made. Chosen by the wizard Gandalf as "ring bearer," Frodo and his faithful servant Samwise face grave perils on their journey to destroy the ring. Phantoms, goblins, demons, a slimy Gollum and enemy armies are bad enough, but the ring's terrible power to possess its wearer is the worst of all. Will Frodo give in to the madness of the ring... or will he fulfill his quest?"