Thank to Ringer Rick for sending in this link to this Lord of the Rings themed Strange Brew cartoon. [View]
Category: LotR Books
TORN readers certainly are fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendary literary work The Lord Of The Rings as well as Peter Jackson’s cinematic version of the story. Many grew up with Tolkien’s masterpiece as young adults. And it’s interesting to learn even famous actresses like Cameron Diaz were entranced along with us.
During a session for her new movie Shrek Forever After, Hollywood Life happened to ask Diaz for a comment on what she read when she was a child. And the answer? “When I was 11, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings was my thing”.
Perhaps the next question should have been whether she is a TORN message board poster? If not, we would happily extend an invitation to join us anytime. Read the entire interview at Hollywood Life .
Join the discussion board regulars as they consider the latest Middle-earth Conspiracy Theory:
What was Saruman’s real reason for wanting to get his hands on the One Ring?
[Discuss]
Gollum is an addict of the One Ring. Gollum identifies with the Ring, calling both himself and the Ring “my precious”. Gollum’s personality has been nearly destroyed by possessing and being possessed by the Ring for hundreds of years.
I think most readers of The Lord of the Rings would agree with these characteristic statements about Gollum. They explain his extraordinary behavior and bizarre speech patterns. The identity of Gollum with the Ring is one of the driving forces behind the primary plot of the book: Frodo’s quest of Mt. Doom to destroy the Ring, in which he is guided for much of the way by Gollum, who treacherously hopes to recover it for himself. Gollum’s degradation and tendency to evil also shows us the danger that Frodo is in. If he succumbs to the Ring, he will become another Gollum – who was, originally, a hobbit!
But who remembers Gollum from the good old days? Back when the Ring was just a ring. Back when Gollum was just a scary but funny ghoul who ate passers-by, but loved riddles. Back when he would abjectly apologize for breaking a promise, and ever so politely show his guest the way out of his cavern. Who now has read the first edition of The Hobbit, written years before The Lord of the Rings was even thought of? In that quaint book, Bilbo’s ring is truly just a ring of invisibility, introduced into the story to better his chances of success as the world’s most unlikely burglar. And Gollum, as described above, was a lot more innocent – a mere figure of passing comic-horror in the same league as the three Cockney trolls, and the cattily hissing spiders. Continue reading ““It likes riddles, praps it does, does it?””
Just why do the Dwarves not teach their language to other races? Join us on the discussion boards to see what theories the members come up with! [Discuss]
Come join the discussion board members as they suggest wild answers to this week’s Middle-earth Conspiracy Theory: Just why did Fatty Bolger remain in Crickhollow when Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin went on their adventure?