The Hall of Fire

Ax wrote: Elen--It's still within the space of a chapter, so as Prim notes, it's going to feel fast even if they skip twenty years in that chapter Fair enough point, it's just that it's never felt rushed to me...it just felt right (ok, I know, the feel-good ending syndrome ;) ) Actually, just re-rea...

St. Andrew's, West Tarring in W. Sussex

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Primula Baggins wrote: It happens awfully fast, though. I can understand the plot reasons why it had to. But it has always felt a little convenient to me—not that it happened, but that her mind changed so much so quickly. If we are talking about the film, then yes, it does happen awfully fast - that...

And still she thristed, and going to the Pants of Varda she drank them dry :rotfl: or should that be :puke: ? "Well, er, I thought, don't you know," said Bilbo rather confused, "that, er, some little return should be made for your, er, pants. I mean even a burglar has his feelings......

Voronwë the Faithful wrote: You are quite right, Elen (can I call you "Elen"?). Sure thing, V, it saves having to type those pesky "accents" ;) It may have been an afterthought, Ax, but to me it worked out perfectly - two emotionally wounded characters that healed each other. :lo...

Come on, Folks, don't give up yet, there's load more fun to be had! This is a subtle one... "Pardon me," he said, "if I have overheard words that you were saying. I don't pretend to understand what you are talking about, or your reference to pants, but I think I am right in believing&...

I hope to God they have burned any footage of Arwen at Helm's Deep - why on earth would we want to torture ourselves with that?

On the other hand, any footage of Viggo from ten years ago would be gratefully received!

Axordil wrote: It's Tolkien playing "pair the spares" with Éowyn, who was a late add. It reads to me like fan fiction: very well-written, but an addition to the actual story. I hardly think she was a late add. I understood that originally Tolkien intended for Éowyn to marry Aragorn. Later,...

I wish I had been in on the beginning of this thread, but, alas, as I am a newbie I'll just creep in quietly now.... For me, the problem with TTT was the effect it had on RotK. By this I mean that PJ's decision to try to synchronize the 3 storylines chronologically left him with padding needed for T...

Crucifer - he is a pupil at the Prebendal School which educates the choristers as well as being a co-ed independent school. Glad to hear you've got a female director too!. And, would you believe it, my own church choir (which is led by a director of the RSCM) is planning a week over in Dublin, possi...

Crucifer - sorry I didn't join in time to catch your broadcast. Hope there will be another opportunity sometime. Are you a Lay Vicar at Christ Church Cathedral? My youngest son is a probationer at Chichester Cathedral, and we are so proud and excited

Tosh wrote:

Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending and the Tallis Fantasia are musts if you haven't tried 'em yet.

I would add to that "Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus" - one of my all time faves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ4bx4r1VeQ

River also wrote: Playing the orchestra parts of concertos is fun. You kick back, do your thing, watch the soloist and think "Better you than me, sucka!!" I know what you mean, and since Sibelius was mentioned earlier, I should say I once played "The Swan of Tuonela" and although...

Crucifer - well met, fellow horn player (although I started with the clarinet!) :) River wrote: Getting an earful of trombone was almost enough to make me cry sometimes. I agree, I had the same problem in our wind band. When they placed the timpani behind us as well I got the horn section moved to t...

Al said: I think anything that suggests Denethor's use of a palantír would be an addition and I could happily live with Aragorn using his, rather than the Orthanc stone if it gave extra depth to Movie Denethor. Without the influence of the unmentioned palantír (apart from that one obscure reference ...

Did you follow the link, sf? If you keep with the discussion for long enough they do reveal the script in a fair bit of detail!

Boy, did we have a lucky escape!

Me too! Great point, Voronwë!

Voronwë_the_Faithful wrote: Curiously, they don't say anything about the name Bree itself, but in the Nomenclature, Tolkien states "Retain, since it was an old name, of obsolete meaning in an older language." The "Retain" is a direction to translators (which was the purpose of t...

Thank you for contributing to my first thread - and such great pictures too. Di- well met! :) it seems our worlds are not so far apart! I particularly enjoyed your photos of Dartmoor - my husband's family hails from Devon and I know it well. I also agree with you about Norway, I have enjoyed holiday...

LOL!


"Well, it is the first time that even a mouse has crept along carefully and quietly under my very nose and not been spotted," said Balin, "and I take off my pants to you." Which he did.