{"id":55576,"date":"2012-05-01T19:43:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T00:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=55576"},"modified":"2012-05-01T19:46:42","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T00:46:42","slug":"j-w-brauns-bookshelf-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2012\/05\/01\/55576-j-w-brauns-bookshelf-may\/","title":{"rendered":"J.W. Braun&#8217;s Bookshelf &#8211; May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">This month, \u00a0J.W. Braun reviews the new fantasy book, <em><a title=\"Order Deep Into the Heart of a Rose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Deep-into-Heart-Rose-Denny\/dp\/0615451551\">Deep Into the Heart of a Rose<\/a>,<\/em> by G.T. Denny and gives away another prize. Also, he answers your questions (including a couple about the upcoming Hobbit movies) in his new mailbag section below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHF9QEOaylc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>J.W. Braun&#8217;s Mailbag<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><em>Are there plans for extended editions of The Hobbit films? \u2013 Mattie<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>If I were to take your question literally, my guess is the answer is no. Some years back, Peter Jackson mentioned that he couldn\u2019t have planned the extended editions for <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> because it would have been maddeningly difficult to manage two scripts (and shoot two different versions) for each film. What happened, however, was that the natural process of preparing the films for the theater (where pacing and running times are critical issues) led to the possibility of alternate versions for home viewing (where momentum and time matter less, because the viewer has the option of using the pause or stop button on their remote control.)\u00a0 So even if extended editions for <em>The Hobbit<\/em> aren\u2019t in the works right now, it\u2019s possible we could still see one sometime next year. &#8211; JW<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Mr. Braun: \u00a0In response to your recent post about the continuity problems: if memory serves, Sam is wearing the Ring when he throws himself at the doors which separate him from his master Frodo at the close of Book IV of LotR. At the beginning of Book VI, the next mention of a change<\/em><br \/>\n<em> in the disposition of The Ring is when Sam puts it back on. No reference is made to Sam having taking the Ring off between the time he puts it on near the end of Book IV and<\/em><br \/>\n<em> the time he puts it on near the beginning of Book VI.\u00a0 \u2013 Bert<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It \u2018s true that Tolkien does not mention that either the Ring has slipped off Sam\u2019s finger or has been taken off by Sam some time between the end of Book IV and when Sam puts it back on at the beginning of Book VI. While we can infer that this must have happened, it would have been better for Tolkien to have included in the story. Then again, Tolkien puts ten chapters between Books IV and VI, and so most people will never know the difference!\u00a0 (Actually, on a sidenote, I have actually read <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em> a few times by skipping Book IV at first, going straight from Book III to Book V &#8211; before then reading Books IV and Book VI one after another. It\u2019s not something I\u2019d ever recommend to a first time reader, because there\u2019s a reason Tolkien wrote the story in the order he did; but if you\u2019ve already read <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>, and you want to reread the books with a new twist, I\u2019d give it a try. \u00a0It\u2019s really interesting to read the story told in Books III and V without having the momentum broken in the middle, and the same is true of Books IV and VI.\u00a0 Also, by reading Frodo and Sam\u2019s adventures without breaking away to read about other characters, I feel I\u2019m able to understand even more how they feel about their isolated journey.) &#8211; JW<\/p>\n<p><em>JW, do you think the creatures in The Hobbit films will talk, unlike the trolls, eagles, and Shelob in Jackson\u2019s Lord of the Rings? &#8211; Doug<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Spoiler Alert!) It\u2019s a pretty good bet that Smaug will talk, and probably some goblins too! As for the spiders and eagles, no voice actors have been announced, and it could be that Peter Jackson has decided it would be more consistent with his <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> films for these creatures to remain silent in the hobbit movies. Of course, if we\u2019re talking about consistency, then the trolls in<em> The Hobbit<\/em> should be speaking, right? In the first <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> film, Bilbo says the trolls \u201cwere all arguing amongst themselves about how they were going to cook us.\u201d And as my TORN colleague Quickbeam has recently reported, that\u2019s exactly what will happen in the first hobbit film! &#8211; JW<\/p>\n<p><em>J.W. Braun is a Tolkien scholar and author of <a href=\"http:\/\/jwbraun.com\">The Lord of the Films<\/a>, published by ECW Press in 2009. If you have a question for him, simply drop him a line at <a href=\"mailto:lordofthefilms@gmail.com\">lordofthefilms@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can find out more about J.W. at <a title=\"J.W. Braun's Website\" href=\"http:\/\/jwbraun.com\">jwbraun.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month, \u00a0J.W. 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