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Connie, was the Tolkien Scholar credited as Lee?
I'm sure that would make him very happy.
The stories from the set, back in the day, included Lee carrying his first edition around, correcting things in the script. There were apparently a few, "Yes, we know, but for the _movie_ " arguments.
Honestly, after today's viewing, I really need to go back and reread the Hobbit. There was a lot I did not remember.
He rereads Tolkein every year and once met the man himself, so I can see him being a purist about the works.
No, the Tolkien Scholar was a woman. I was thinking I'd be very pleased to put that on my resume.
Oh, me too, but I'd never qualify.
I am daunted. Daunted I say. Any book, like the Silmarillion, that _begins_ with a glossary, is destined to be my undoing.
We it not for the Rob Inglis read audiobooks, I might not have gotten through the Fellowship at all. After listening, I was able to read.
Janet Brennan Croft: [link]
Interesting
Hey she's my age! Cool.
Christian Kane is going to be playing Mark Allen - co-owner of Mine that Bird in a movie about the Kentucky Derby winner.
Skeet Ulrich will be playing his trainer Chip Woolley.
Went to Olympus Has Fallen last night and it pretty much SUCKED.
Oh, really? The review in the SF Chronicle was pretty good. Huh.
Javi's review:
"olympus has fallen" is like a slasher flick where the camp is the white house, the teens are terrorists and gerard butler is jason voorhees
I've been in a state of tears or near tears for the last hour thanks to Moon.