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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 1, 2014 16:57:41 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Jan 8, 2015 3:23:29 GMT -6
For general interest: I posted my AD&D rules for Middle-earth here. Some of you have seen it already. Critiques are still welcome.
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Post by tkdco2 on Feb 18, 2015 19:59:43 GMT -6
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premmy
Level 5 Thaumaturgist
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Post by premmy on Feb 19, 2015 13:34:48 GMT -6
For general interest: I posted my AD&D rules for Middle-earth here. Some of you have seen it already. Critiques are still welcome. "Blog has been removed."
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Post by tkdco2 on Feb 19, 2015 22:19:48 GMT -6
Actually, it looks like I posted the wrong link. Here's the right one, on Dragonsfoot. And for 2nd Edition, my rules for specialty priests are here.
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Post by tkdco2 on Mar 19, 2015 3:45:14 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Mar 19, 2015 3:47:43 GMT -6
And while I couldn't find a review of the Rankin/Bass Hobbit film, here are some reactions to the depiction of Thranduil.
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Post by geoffrey on Mar 19, 2015 10:12:56 GMT -6
There is Timothy Kask's review of the Rankin/Bass Hobbit cartoon, published in The Dragon #11 (Dec. 1977). He panned it:
"They failed miserably."
"Tolkien buffs (among whose numbers I sometimes place myself) were sure to be horrified to see what had been done."
"In summary, what we got was an inaccurate, poorly developed rehash of one of the finest fantasy novels ever written."
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Post by tkdco2 on Mar 19, 2015 16:30:29 GMT -6
Long before I saw the Bakshi film someone told me about it. I kept pointing out how the movie got the details wrong, and he replied that maybe it was the books that were wrong.
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 24, 2018 23:09:26 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Feb 27, 2020 14:34:31 GMT -6
The Valar had their own language. Here's an article on Valarin and its effect on other languages.
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Post by tkdco2 on Mar 23, 2020 21:55:34 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Mar 23, 2020 22:02:43 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Mar 23, 2020 22:34:26 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Apr 5, 2020 1:42:15 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Apr 13, 2020 1:41:30 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Apr 14, 2020 22:06:45 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Apr 20, 2020 20:41:12 GMT -6
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Post by cometaryorbit on Apr 21, 2020 18:56:47 GMT -6
In an essay "Notes on motives in the Silmarillion", published in History of Middle Earth vol. 10 Morgoth's Ring, Tolkien talks about this at some length. (Some of the other essays there such as "Melkor Morgoth" also touch on the topic.)
Essentially, Morgoth didn't immediately see himself as evil, during the primeval era of creation, but certainly by the time we get to the Flight of the Noldor, his only interests were in destruction and in conquest, the domination of the material universe and incarnate mortals. He definitely didn't have self-deceiving "falsely good" motives during the First Age.
Sauron, on the other hand, since his original interests were in "ordering" the world and since he originally worked for Morgoth's victory rather than for his own supremacy, seems to have had self-deceiving, "falsely good" motives far longer -- maybe even a mixture of good and evil motives during a portion of the Second Age. (Tolkien seems to imply that his repentance at the end of the First Age was partially genuine, though induced by fear, and he fell further into evil later, rather than purely dissembling.)
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Post by tkdco2 on May 8, 2020 1:36:16 GMT -6
If you've watched videos from the History of Middle Earth channel on YouTube, you may be interested to know that the folks behind that series now have their own website.
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Post by tkdco2 on May 14, 2020 3:44:10 GMT -6
How do elves in LOTR differ from the ones in the Silmarillion? It's like this.
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Post by tkdco2 on May 16, 2020 0:48:35 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Jun 4, 2020 3:01:02 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Jun 8, 2020 0:34:45 GMT -6
I've always thought this piece would work well as the intro/outro music. for a Silmarillion TV series. True, it's more Spanish than Elvish, but it's got that sad vibe that fits the tragedy of the Noldor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzEFQW9CXGc
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Post by tkdco2 on Jun 22, 2020 4:57:11 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Jul 4, 2020 0:21:35 GMT -6
This video is a bit long, almost 40 minutes. But it is pretty comprehensive. It discusses the races in Middle-earth and how Tolkien's ideas evolved. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZvH4wIKGCM
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Post by tkdco2 on Aug 14, 2020 13:46:44 GMT -6
While Tolkien isn't mentioned in this video, there's a lot of Middle-earth imagery to justify posting this video. Feel free to skip the first five minutes, as that part is mostly chat/background info. www.youtube.com/watch?v=moxn_PK3RXQ
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Post by tkdco2 on Aug 27, 2020 16:46:44 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 3, 2020 22:34:52 GMT -6
Instead of making a map of Middle-earth to hang on your wall, consider turning your wall into a map of Middle-earth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_6w4NIR0qkI, on the other hand, can't even copy the map on a regular sheet of paper without messing it up. Not fair!
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Post by tkdco2 on Sept 3, 2020 22:48:00 GMT -6
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