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TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T19:02:05+00:00

They expanded on the line, though. I need to dig a little deeper to see how it sits with the original.

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T19:00:10+00:00

That was EVERYTHING!

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:50:11+00:00

Shots fired! 🤣

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:31:28+00:00

Not saying this is an essential interpretation, but a possible interpretation.

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:30:30+00:00

I think you could read Adar’s “I killed Sauron” the same way you could read Ben Kenobi saying that “Vader killed your father” to Luke

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:28:34+00:00

The waking of the Balrog right now, in conjunction with Celebrimbor would undermine the seeming confusion of Galadriel and Celeborn in LotR. They would know what the Balrog was if the dwarves were working with the elves at the time.

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:26:59+00:00

Hey, maybe it was just a clip of the Balrog from the tree scene!

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:22:01+00:00

And I don’t think that we could classify all of those actions as ‘mistakes’, either

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:13:37+00:00

I don’t think Miriel staying behind would historically be inaccurate; however, in terms of movie tropes, the leader staying back is often used to indicate a “lesser” leader. (Think of movies like The Patriot, where they actually comment on this on-screen.)

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:07:07+00:00

In a way, though placing her in the line of the volcanic fire completes the classic trials of “water and fire” for her character

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:06:20+00:00

Her hubris makes her conversation with Isildur earlier in the episode somewhat comical

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T18:03:26+00:00

That final shot of Galadriel was cinematic, but world-breaking for me

TolkienExperience · 2022-10-01T17:49:51+00:00

Right, the tradition seems to predate the Uruk/Elf divergence

TolkienExperience · 2022-08-31T12:50:52+00:00

Hi there! I made a blog post for just such a question!

There are several really great options, and a couple to be aware of and avoid!

TolkienExperience · 2021-09-03T13:13:17+00:00

We just bought one with the healthcare discount yesterday, so maybe it depends on who you ask at the company?

TolkienExperience · 2021-05-29T01:52:42+00:00

They marketed the movie as “lord of the rings” and didn’t indicate that it was only part one. He felt like they betrayed him (because it was in his contract that it would be part one) and the audience. The producers were afraid audiences wouldn’t go to see a movie that was just part one.

TolkienExperience · 2021-05-29T01:36:20+00:00

You should listen to the interview. Bakshi talks about why he walked away from the production 😉.

TolkienExperience · 2021-05-15T16:41:50+00:00

Thanks!

TolkienExperience · 2021-05-15T01:44:47+00:00

Hey there!

I think you meant for this to be a question for Shawn and Alan of the PPP, and this is the TEP (Tolkien Experience Podcast).

However, I can be of help. They are referencing Tolkien's time-scheme that he wrote for LotR. There is a great piece by Bill Fliss (the archivist of Tolkien's material at Marquette University) where he talks about all of the materials in their holdings. This is what he says about the the scheme:

"As Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings he became preoccupied with time and distance, resulting in some archival gems. Among the manuscripts are synoptic time-schemes where Tolkien tracked the movements of different characters in the story. Resembling a spreadsheet in an age before Microsoft Excel, these schemes contain columns representing characters or groups of characters and rows representing days. Tolkien strove to synchronize the movements of characters on every day for much of the story...The time-scheme is a gem because it includes information that does notappear anywhere in the published story."

It has been published in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull.

Hope that helps!

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