The Marquis de Leech Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Sadly, looking at the internet right now, about 95% of people seem to be overjoyed at the prospect of a Museum. Ser Drewy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurktan Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 On 12/5/2020 at 12:22 AM, The Marquis de Leech said: Sadly, looking at the internet right now, about 95% of people seem to be overjoyed at the prospect of a Museum. Why is there a problem with the prospect of a museum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Slurktan said: Why is there a problem with the prospect of a museum? There's no problem with the idea of a museum, but as people have noted, this group raising money is not intending to turn the house into a museum and does not intend to have it open to the public. But people believe otherwise. The Marquis de Leech and Ser Drewy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) I won't be donating. The project doesn't appear to have any real interest in advancing Tolkien literary appreciation and the 'connection' just looks to be a front for them to raise funds. That and the 'Smaug's Lair' in the garden or whatever makes it sound like a cheap and lame theme park. Edited December 8, 2020 by Ser Drewy spelling The Marquis de Leech 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 On 12/5/2020 at 5:22 AM, The Marquis de Leech said: Sadly, looking at the internet right now, about 95% of people seem to be overjoyed at the prospect of a Museum. I've seen the reality of the project being pointed out to people around the web and it doesn't seem to deter support for it at all. Most still seem to endorse it. Which is... odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 The Tolkien Society distances itself from the proposal, making some excellent points along the way: https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2020/12/statement-on-project-northmoor/ Hereward, Ser Scot A Ellison and Ser Drewy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Not exactly Tolkien, though related in a sense, but I came across a pretty cool live rendition of Beowulf: Beowulf: The Epic in Performance - Benjamin Bagby, voice and medieval harp - YouTube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Tolkien's Father Christmas letters in a new edition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/before-he-dreamed-up-frodo-jrr-tolkien-let-his-imagination-run-wild-as-father-christmas/2020/12/22/f967a93a-4399-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html Quote ....Tolkien aficionados will relish glimpses of the author’s hallmarks — not just those goblins but Tolkien’s love of what W.H. Auden termed “northernness”; an elf scribe named Ilbereth; invented languages and alphabets. Still, the greatest pleasure here comes from sharing in Tolkien’s love for and delight in his family at Christmastime. Parents may sigh with recognition as they read Father Christmas’s final letter, to Priscilla, at 14. -- Elizabeth Hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Six minutes from an aborted Soviet animated Hobbit: Treasures Under the Mountain: The Animated Soviet Hobbit (1991) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 A look at Rider Haggard's influence on Tolkien Prince of the North and Ser Drewy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Magia and Goeteia: Shippey, Lewis, and Tolkien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 10:19 PM, The Marquis de Leech said: Magia and Goeteia: Shippey, Lewis, and Tolkien There’s no clear distinction between magic and science in Middle Earth. The Rings of Power, Palantiri, silmarills, weapons bound with spells are both magical, and items produced with great technological skill. Aldarion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Popping here to ask a question: is there a correlation between the mythos of the knightly hero, like St George, killing a dragon, and that all the named dragons in Tolkien's writings were killed by Men (and not Elves, Dwarves, Maiar, etc)? Sure Eärendil was half-elf, but Ancalagon was OP, and took a magic ship and an army of eagles to take him dowm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Corvinus85 said: Popping here to ask a question: is there a correlation between the mythos of the knightly hero, like St George, killing a dragon, and that all the named dragons in Tolkien's writings were killed by Men (and not Elves, Dwarves, Maiar, etc)? Sure Eärendil was half-elf, but Ancalagon was OP, and took a magic ship and an army of eagles to take him dowm. Tolkien's source material was Fafnir and the Beowulf dragon, slain by Sigurd and Beowulf/Wiglaf respectively. Isolated heroes is where it's at. Corvinus85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The Project Northmoor campaign has failed. Can't say I feel particularly sorry for them. The Marquis de Leech 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 The lost Soviet Fellowship of the Ring is rediscovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) On 3/31/2021 at 6:57 AM, The Marquis de Leech said: The lost Soviet Fellowship of the Ring is rediscovered. That is trippy, to say the least. Edited April 3, 2021 by Ser Drewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) An interesting interview with an author of a new book on Tolkien's reputation as a luddite and her findings that he did engage with more contemporary works of fiction. Edited April 4, 2021 by Ser Drewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marquis de Leech Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 The biggest point of interest there is the demolition job on Humphrey Carpenter (and really raises so many questions about the Letters). I actually disagree with her conclusion that Rider Haggard does not influence Tolkien at the plot level. The Mirror of Galadriel and the Bridge of Khazad-dum are both clearly influenced by She, quite apart from Tolkien originally naming the city of Tirion as Kor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Drewy Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, The Marquis de Leech said: The biggest point of interest there is the demolition job on Humphrey Carpenter (and really raises so many questions about the Letters). I actually disagree with her conclusion that Rider Haggard does not influence Tolkien at the plot level. The Mirror of Galadriel and the Bridge of Khazad-dum are both clearly influenced by She, quite apart from Tolkien originally naming the city of Tirion as Kor. Yeah, Carpenter does not come out of it looking good. I had never heard that Christopher was enraged by the first draft, or that Carpenter had said he wanted to portray Tolkien as a slapstick fuddy duddy. Really gives you a lot to think about. Edited April 4, 2021 by Ser Drewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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