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Gollum 'not evil' say Turkish experts, over Erdogan comparison controversy.

A court-appointed panel of Turkish experts has ruled that the character Gollum from the literary and film classic Lord of the Rings is not evil but just an innocent victim ( Read more... )

Life is full of small regrets and missed opportunities. I'd like to have seen an LotR film trilogy co-directed by Zhang Yimou and John Woo, filmed in China, with a score by Tan Dun, and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai as Aragorn. I'm fairly certain that I've voiced that last wish before. And Takeshi Kaneshiro could be Elrond.

I glanced through this article yesterday evening but it wasn't until I was lying awake in bed for what seemed like hours, and probably was, that one paragraph percolated through the fog ( Read more... )

2. How did The Lord of the Rings (the book) change your life? I was going to ask about the films as well but I see that claudia603 has just asked that question. Feel free to answer it a second time, if you like. A good thing bears repeating. If neither the book nor the films changed your life then you can tell me about your favourite body moisturiser ( Read more... )

I was going to construct a Tolkien 20 questions meme but I'd rather post the questions one by one.

1. Name one scene in the films (or more than one if you get carried away) that Tolkien would like, name one scene that he'd hate, name one scene he might prefer to the book version ( Read more... )