tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post7776217759704917029..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: OC HobbitLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-61089205872279413532008-04-10T17:02:00.000-04:002008-04-10T17:02:00.000-04:00Oh.My.God. This post and its comments are so enter...Oh.My.God. This post and its comments are so entertaining...I just had to join in the fun!! Firstly, I love TLOTR the book, and TLOTR the movie, both for their own merits. The book has always been one of my favourite reads ever; I have also read my paperback copies to tatters. I now have the complete trilogy in a mammoth illustrated hardback tome. If you read that in bed and it drops on your head you know it!! <BR/><BR/>Aragorn is my fab chacacter in the book and the film, Viggo is complete and utter eye-candy. My daughter, now 15, has been in love with old Orly Bloom since she first saw him as Legolas.<BR/><BR/>The two downfalls of the film, I thought, was the omission of Tom Bombadil - such an excellent character should have been included in the movie - and Elijah Wood (what a milksop!)was completely miscast as Frodo.<BR/><BR/>But most everything else I loved...especially the visuals.<BR/><BR/>:DAkasha Savage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13482147165827577180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-36115050882836342742008-04-05T17:23:00.000-04:002008-04-05T17:23:00.000-04:00Felicia,Really, watch the movies. Lots of hot men,...Felicia,<BR/>Really, watch the movies. Lots of hot men, young and old, being manly. Really. My wife loves it. She thinks Viggo's well, hot.<BR/><BR/>And by the way, I was at the gym yesterday watching "Witness" on AMC while I was running on the treadmill, and that's one of Viggo Mortensen's first movies--he's an Amish guy.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-7869836219721955242008-04-05T10:20:00.000-04:002008-04-05T10:20:00.000-04:00Felicia, you can be banished and hot, and then unb...Felicia, you can be banished and hot, and then unbanished, because I wouldn't want to be responsible for banishing hot.<BR/><BR/>And Sue Ann, I'm glad you came along to lift up the boys. If I was a girl, Viggo would be my dreamboat.<BR/><BR/>But, in all seriousness, Paul makes an excellent point with which I wholeheartedly agree. I was having fun with LOTR in movie vs. book form, but your point stands. And I'd forgotten about The Ghost Writer, which is a book I'd once upon a time read many times and now want to read again. Thanks for the reminder!<BR/><BR/>And To Kill A Mockingbird? What. A. Book.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-83487406803351270392008-04-05T09:14:00.000-04:002008-04-05T09:14:00.000-04:00Both read and watched LOTR... once ... loved them ...Both read and watched LOTR... once ... loved them both. Love you, too, Bill, even though you're certifiable.<BR/><BR/>You guys can keep Cate and Liv and Orlando. Viggo makes my heart throb in every movie he's in, and I'm not even partial to blonds.<BR/><BR/>The book I've read into tatters is To Kill a Mockingbird. In fact, I have a signed copy on my book shelf that NO ONE is allowed to touch. Not even me.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-91482807083816979812008-04-05T07:05:00.000-04:002008-04-05T07:05:00.000-04:00All right, true confession time. I had no idea who...All right, true confession time. I had no idea who Peter Jackson was. Never saw the movies, any of them. Never read the books, any of them. Not my genre, not my cup of tea.<BR/><BR/>Am I banished now? I'd rather be hot, but if I'm banished, maybe I could be hot because I'm banished?Felicia Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556232226152556397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-67624388343856280092008-04-05T06:34:00.000-04:002008-04-05T06:34:00.000-04:00A professor I had in college warned us all that bo...A professor I had in college warned us all that books and movies were two different media, and story telling was going to be different in each. I think Tolkein's version and Jackson's version each stand as successes of their media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-5032627979539324092008-04-04T17:15:00.000-04:002008-04-04T17:15:00.000-04:00You guys are too much fun. Or too much something....You guys are too much fun. Or too much something. I wouldn't mind being judged by the great British minds of mystery I keep on my bookshelf (Sayers, Christie, James, Rendell, et. al.), but I equally enjoy Elmore Leonard!Salomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578903212425203560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-37389249125025470692008-04-04T17:10:00.000-04:002008-04-04T17:10:00.000-04:00As to your question (and not the phantasy lives of...As to your question (and not the phantasy lives of your readers) I've read Philip Roth's novel <I>The Ghost Writer</I> at least 15 times, and it's getting to be time to do it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-27419166432443274812008-04-04T16:05:00.000-04:002008-04-04T16:05:00.000-04:00Orlando Bloom is hot....Okay, one too many times t...Orlando Bloom is hot....<BR/><BR/>Okay, one too many times to the well....<BR/><BR/>TGIF 'cause I'm a little punchy...Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-11708051296753666422008-04-04T15:49:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:49:00.000-04:00Mark 1 and Mark 2, yes and yes.Mark 1 and Mark 2, yes and yes.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-37367394895051266602008-04-04T15:39:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:39:00.000-04:00I think Cate Blanchette is hot, too. But I thought...I think Cate Blanchette is hot, too. But I thought everyone agreed that Orlando Bloom was the prettiest elf in LOTR.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-12563716527793971062008-04-04T15:28:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:28:00.000-04:00Multiple dimensions are hot.....Multiple dimensions are hot.....Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-1927981872855429142008-04-04T15:05:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:05:00.000-04:00Keith = winKeith = winBill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-19965184094262873822008-04-04T15:00:00.000-04:002008-04-04T15:00:00.000-04:00I've been doing some research on physics for a boo...I've been doing some research on physics for a book I'm writing. Many, in fact most, theoretical physicists believe there are five or more dimensions. You guys must be living in one of those dimensions I don't.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-56084542147936428442008-04-04T13:23:00.000-04:002008-04-04T13:23:00.000-04:00Someone just came in my office an pushed me down, ...Someone just came in my office an pushed me down, then ran out again.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-72308661150490784562008-04-04T13:07:00.000-04:002008-04-04T13:07:00.000-04:00Cate Blanchett is hot. All of you shut up....Sorry...Cate Blanchett is hot. All of you shut up....<BR/><BR/>Sorry, Tourettes again....Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-6914366081844766322008-04-04T12:17:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:17:00.000-04:00I'm so gay that I was salivating over Cate Blanche...I'm so gay that I was salivating over Cate Blanchett.Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-56472935691121273892008-04-04T12:08:00.000-04:002008-04-04T12:08:00.000-04:00Didnt like/get Liv Tyler! How gay are you? She c...Didnt like/get Liv Tyler! How gay are you? She could read me the New York telephone directory in Elvish and I would still have a cucumber in my pants ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-19274551635650586762008-04-04T11:24:00.000-04:002008-04-04T11:24:00.000-04:00I have a friend who has two bookshelves. One is in...I have a friend who has two bookshelves. One is in her living room and has the books she wants to be known for. It includes Lord of the Rings, by the way. It also includes a book about the Shakers and some boring philosophy stuff that I never understand. The other bookshelf is in her bedroom and has the books she is currently enjoying reading. Woe to the book she likes -- it gets trapped out there in the living room! The others are passed on to discerning readers like myself. :)<BR/><BR/>I vaguely remember The Mystery of the Witches' Bridge, so will definitely find it and re-read it again.<BR/><BR/>Personally I was thankful for anything female in TLOTR. The books are so very full of men and men and many more men (mostly talking a lot). It is a story about war, however, which is more a man's domain, so I forgive the absence of women. Also the writing is just so darn good.<BR/><BR/>As for reading a book until it falls apart, for me it is the little bit in Return of the King when Eowyn finally has a great line and kills the worst dragon. I destroy that book over and over from reading that one section!Holly Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008045552115170802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-69044693694629270202008-04-04T11:12:00.000-04:002008-04-04T11:12:00.000-04:00Liv Tyler is hot. All of you shut up or I will co...Liv Tyler is hot. All of you shut up or I will come to your house and push you down.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, my tourettes kicked in there.<BR/><BR/>"Far Tortuga" by Peter Mattheissen. Not for the faint of heart...Mark Combeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01270361794228887282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-60708869189939618132008-04-04T10:56:00.000-04:002008-04-04T10:56:00.000-04:00I liked the young Aerosmith maiden. But beyond tha...I liked the young Aerosmith maiden. But beyond that, Bill, you're starting to scare us here.Joe Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028401465567502250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-38258644024889763132008-04-04T09:50:00.000-04:002008-04-04T09:50:00.000-04:00Mmmm, Bushmill's.But wait. You are WRONG!No, to be...Mmmm, Bushmill's.<BR/><BR/>But wait. You are WRONG!<BR/><BR/>No, to be fair, Jackson would have been WRONG to make the movie like the book. So you are RIGHT in that regard. But about something else. Um.<BR/><BR/>What were we talking about?Bill Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04796321136771189464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-69055168977862959032008-04-04T09:31:00.000-04:002008-04-04T09:31:00.000-04:00Dude,I am in awe of you (even, if, frankly, I thin...Dude,<BR/>I am in awe of you (even, if, frankly, I think you're completely WRONG, because I, you know, happen to think that Peter Jackson's TLOTR is BETTER, MUCH BETTER, than the books)...<BR/><BR/>I am in awe of you because you've read The Silmarillion more than once. Once was significantly more times than I wanted to read it, and was plenty. You, you, you're a madman, my friend.<BR/><BR/>Movies, after all, are the director's vision of something, and have different constraints than books. I bought Jackson's TLOTR is brilliant. That said, I could have lived w/out Liv Tyler as well, although I think she made a decent elf; that whole love affair is a footnote in the books and I suppose King Aragorn needed a wife at the end.<BR/><BR/>And really, have you gone back to read TLOTR since seeing the movies? What's with Aragorn, anyway? Doesn't this guy ever shut up? Pages and pages of expository dialogue, as if Aragorn (and just about every other character) is an earnest Oxford don who's been sipping too much Bushmills between lectures? Gimme a break. Jackson made some definite improvement.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.com