The Hobbit, Tolkien-geekery, and RIchard Armitage
OMG, has it been *that* long since I posted here...!?
'The Hobbit' (part one) opens next week! YAY!
I've been having a bit of a Tolkien-inspired geek-gasm in the past few days, and the movie hasn't even opened yet. *g*
I'd read all the books ages ago, and had very much been a Tolkien nerd when I was in my teens/twenties.
Over the years, though, that part of my nerdy-ness waned from time to time, to the point I almost (gasp!) gave away the books.
Thankfully I didn't, because when the LOTR movies came out, I was back to full-on nerdy Tolkien geekery again.
LOTR, The Hobbit, and The Unfinished Tales have been gathering dust again the past few years, but now they're off the shelf once more, since I feel the need to brush up on my dwarvish history!
I must confess I never paid much attention to the dwarves in Middle Earth... possibly because they've never been portrayed by such a sexy actor before...!
Yes, I've discovered the amazingness of Richard Armitage! If you're in the UK, you've known about him for years, but (until a few days ago) I'd never seen 'North and South'. ... John Thornton... oh, MY! *swoon*
Thus, I'm SO looking forward to seeing Thorin Oakenshield brought to life on the screen.
From my re-reads of Tolkien, I realized that Thorin is a lot like Aragorn (my favorite in the books) -- a son of kings trying to reclaim the throne of his forefathers, and struggling with the weight of responsibility that task entails...
Is it the 14th yet!?
'The Hobbit' (part one) opens next week! YAY!
I've been having a bit of a Tolkien-inspired geek-gasm in the past few days, and the movie hasn't even opened yet. *g*
I'd read all the books ages ago, and had very much been a Tolkien nerd when I was in my teens/twenties.
Over the years, though, that part of my nerdy-ness waned from time to time, to the point I almost (gasp!) gave away the books.
Thankfully I didn't, because when the LOTR movies came out, I was back to full-on nerdy Tolkien geekery again.
LOTR, The Hobbit, and The Unfinished Tales have been gathering dust again the past few years, but now they're off the shelf once more, since I feel the need to brush up on my dwarvish history!
I must confess I never paid much attention to the dwarves in Middle Earth... possibly because they've never been portrayed by such a sexy actor before...!
Yes, I've discovered the amazingness of Richard Armitage! If you're in the UK, you've known about him for years, but (until a few days ago) I'd never seen 'North and South'. ... John Thornton... oh, MY! *swoon*
Thus, I'm SO looking forward to seeing Thorin Oakenshield brought to life on the screen.
From my re-reads of Tolkien, I realized that Thorin is a lot like Aragorn (my favorite in the books) -- a son of kings trying to reclaim the throne of his forefathers, and struggling with the weight of responsibility that task entails...
Is it the 14th yet!?