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[Minuel Lasgalas]

Hello folks, after wandering past the door for several months, I decided to come inside. And, if Elf Friend is from Middle Earth - then so am I - though from a more Eryn Lasgalen/Lorien-looking part of Central Florida.

I have been reading the Hobbit, the trilogy and the Silmarillion since the late '70s and I always seem to end up reading it in full everyother year.

When LoTR came out I was initially irritated [laughs], but after the second viewing I set it in it's own catagory and have been entralled ever since with each of the others. I look at the differences this way... the movie is the movie and the book is the book and if one page translates to one minute on the screen - Jackson had to pick and chose what was important for the movie to work... and he did a wonderful job of it. If he missed pieces that I thought were important, oh well [though I still wish he had done the scouring of the Shire for closure's sake]. Overall, if I had to chose one favorite 'Jackson scene' of all the movies it was Gandalf describing death to Pippen during the assault on Minas Tirith.

Other than that, I will visit often though I may not say much unless exceeding thought-provoked :)

[Niniel]

Hi and welcome! Nice to see someone here who has been a Tolkien fan for so long (longer than I have lived... man that's scary...)

[Minuel Lasgalas]

Hi and welcome! Nice to see someone here who has been a Tolkien fan for so long (longer than I have lived... man that's scary...)

Well [laughing]... he did write them before I was born :)

[smeagol444]

tis enough to make a feeble 14 year old feel highly insignificant. :eek:

[Arvedui]

Most welcome to the forum, MelianLasgalas.

Always happy to see a new face.:)

[Minuel Lasgalas]

tis enough to make a feeble 14 year old feel highly insignificant. :eek:

Insignificant? :confused: No, I believe everyone has value - though I will readily admit - some more than others [some people in my past for example] :) If you have read the books by now, you have done more than I did at your age.

Your potential lies in front of you like a path - be sure to use it.

[kiwani]

Insignificant? :confused: No, I believe everyone has value - though I will readily admit - some more than others [some people in my past for example] :) If you have read the books by now, you have done more than I did at your age.

Your potential lies in front of you like a path - be sure to use it.

yes but if not for you and those like you, smeagol and i [im 15 by the way] probably never would have read the books so i must thank you! and by the way welcome! and i LOVE your quote

[Supernita]

wow I didn't realize there were so many younger people here. I'm 19 and I thought I was young. Heh I guess not! And welcome :)

[Minuel Lasgalas]

yes but if not for you and those like you, smeagol and i [im 15 by the way] probably never would have read the books so i must thank you! and by the way welcome! and i LOVE your quote

Hannon le :)

It wasn't a quote actually... it was what I was thinking at the time when I wrote back to Smeagol and was part of the reply,,, but I think I'll keep it around.

[smeagol444]

its very inspiring :) thankyou for your kind words. and kiwani is right, if not for the older generation i wouldn't have been exposed to such wonders! wecome to the forum. yes you'll find some youths galavanting about the forum, we are very tolerated. i appreciate that. i like learning from all the elders! :p

[arat_ithil_mir]

wow I didn't realize there were so many younger people here. I'm 19 and I thought I was young. Heh I guess not! And welcome :)
I'm only 13 and I read the LotR books about a year before the movie came out so I was 10 when I read them :eek:! I just finished reading every book by JRRT and some of them still go over my head (well actually not anymore since I have read them so many times :)).

[Isthir]

Mae Govannen MelianLasgalas!

It is indeed nice to see one that has been a fan for so long. Welcome to the boards!

-Isthir


wow I didn't realize there were so many younger people here. I'm 19 and I thought I was young. Heh I guess not! And welcome :)I too am 19, and feel much older now. The question that remains: Is that a good thing? Shall my hair begin to fall out now that I know I'm getting older?

-Isthir