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today thirty years ago September 2, 1973 John Ronald Reul Tolkien passed away

Perhaps his carcass will rise from the dead to strangle Gygax.

Tosho wrote:today thirty years ago September 2, 1973 John Ronald Reul Tolkien passed away

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it says 71 on the stone not 73

Shrykull wrote:it says 71 on the stone not 73

Maybe that's Edith.

Yes. Edith died in 71, while Tolkien died in 73.

71?!?!?! Douglas Adams died too young.

Earlier this year would have been his eleventy first birthday too.

GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:Perhaps his carcass will rise from the dead to strangle Gygax.

I'd rather like to see him strangle Terry Goodkind.

And, for that matter, Edgar Rice Burrough's carcass do something really nasty to John Norman.

anarchistbunny wrote:71?!?!?! Douglas Adams died too young.

That much is obvious as I finally get around to reading The Salmon Of Doubt.

I wonder if Tolkien would approve of the latest incarnation of his famous fantasy tale.

Admiral Valdemar wrote:

anarchistbunny wrote:71?!?!?! Douglas Adams died too young.

That much is obvious as I finally get around to reading The Salmon Of Doubt.

I wonder if Tolkien would approve of the latest incarnation of his famous fantasy tale.

I suspect Tolkien would not have approved of the emasculation of King Theoden, and the transformation of the noble and strong-willed Faramir into just two more weak-willed men. The whole point was to show that though men might be weaker and more corruptible than elves, there were yet some truly noble ones among them, who were fit to stand beside the greatest elven heroes, and thus that men could be truly worthy heirs of Middle Earth. That's why it really pissed me off that Faramir became just another warrior greedy for the Ring. I can't for the life of me see why Peter Jackson made that change. It certainly doesn't improve the story any.

Tolkien commented when the first radio adaptation of The Hobbit was made that his work was "eminently unsuitable" for adaptation.

As for the movie, I can hear him whirling in his grave from here,

Vendetta wrote:Tolkien commented when the first radio adaptation of The Hobbit was made that his work was "eminently unsuitable" for adaptation.

As for the movie, I can hear him whirling in his grave from here,

That's probably just because of all the hacks ripping him off.