The new trailer (well, new to me, anyway) shows Thror's map for about three seconds near the beginning; is that the authentic Tolkien you were referring to? In...
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WendellWag@...
wendell_wagner
Sep 20, 2012 4:09 am
I think the people at WETA largely stole the visual side of the Peter Jackson movies of The Lord of the Rings from the 40-year tradition of fan art which...
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Bill West
lunacy2us
Sep 20, 2012 4:24 am
Actually, the at work is from Alan Lee and John Howe who are professional artists who've done the artwork for editions of the books and the calendars. I 'm...
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Mich
michv@...
Sep 20, 2012 4:28 am
when I whent to the Gathering of The Fellowship back in 2006 I almost got to meet Alan Lee. I to am looking forwerd to the Hobbett Movies. from Mich. ... From:...
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WendellWag@...
wendell_wagner
Sep 20, 2012 4:31 am
Which is what I said. They compensated some of the artists whose artistic visions of Tolkien they used. Others they didn't. Wendell Wagner In a message...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Sep 20, 2012 5:03 am
Wow, you guys are really determined to turn me into a Jackson-defender. Alan Lee and John Howe (besides being professionals and not fan artists, which is...
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John D Rateliff
sacnoth32
Sep 20, 2012 9:07 am
Hi Wendell Certainly there's a long tradition of both fan and professional art, w plenty good and bad on both sides of that divide. Can you suggest some...
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James Curcio
agent139
Sep 20, 2012 9:58 am
Life's tough in the aluminum siding business....
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Westermeyer GS11 Paul W
paul_westerm...
Sep 20, 2012 1:00 pm
... I was employing a rhetorical technique, I didn't actually freeze frame or count seconds. I was referring to the fact that almost none of the dialogue in...
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James Curcio
agent139
Sep 20, 2012 2:23 pm
As I'm sure you knew, Jackson didn't want to direct the Hobbit. But he did jump in when it was clear the production might be endangered if he didn't. I don't...
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David Bratman
dbratman1
Sep 20, 2012 2:45 pm
... That was true of the LOTR films as well. Chunks of dialogue actually from the book, as opposed to loosely paraphrased, stood out like little nuggets. ... ...
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not_thou
Sep 20, 2012 9:22 pm
... There's a web page, apparently dating to early in 2006, that is devoted to the proposition that Jackson's movies borrowed some of Ted Nasmith's images...
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Joan.Marie.Verba@...
ftl_publicat...
Sep 21, 2012 1:25 am
My fantasy novel, Sword of Queens, can be downloaded for no charge on the Kindle today and tomorrow (September 21-22) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098SC634 I do,...
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Linda DeMars
linda@...
Sep 21, 2012 1:30 am
Sounds wonderful. Again, alas, I have a nook. Linda DeMars May I recommend this to my local Tolkien meet-up group and give them the link?...
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icelofangeln
Sep 21, 2012 2:28 am
... Little nuggets of gold in a matrix of iron pyrite (and a fair amount of mylar) It's absolutely amazing how much everything elevates in those moments where...
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Joan.Marie.Verba@...
ftl_publicat...
Sep 21, 2012 3:13 am
... From: Linda DeMars <linda@...> ... Feel free to share or repost, Linda (and anyone else reading this!). Sword of Queens by Joan Marie Verba ...
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James Curcio
agent139
Sep 21, 2012 4:52 am
Yes, it can be quite noticeable...
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Jo Foster
joanne.foster43
Sep 21, 2012 11:09 am
Got it from Amazon. Thank you. Jo Foster From: Joan.Marie.Verba@... Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:13 PM To: mythsoc@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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jef.murray
Sep 21, 2012 12:54 pm
Greetings! Pieter Collier, of The Tolkien Library, has just published an interview we conducted this last week on Seer, on J.R.R. Tolkien, on C.S. Lewis, and...
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Paula Bergstrom
paula_bergstrom
Sep 21, 2012 1:56 pm
Hi Linda, If you have a PC, Amazon has a free app for downloading (and reading) their Kindle books on a PC. Maybe has one for a Mac also. PaulaTo:...
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Mich
michv@...
Sep 21, 2012 1:57 pm
that was a very nice interview. I was at the first Gathering of The Fellowship back in 2003 in Toronto and I wanted to go to the second but never made it do to...
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Jason Fisher
visualweasel
Sep 21, 2012 5:46 pm
Thanks for the news, Joan. I hope somebody will submit a review of it to Mythprint. Hint, hint! :) ... Thanks for the news, Joan. I hope somebody will submit a...
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Jef Murray
jef.murray
Sep 22, 2012 9:48 pm
Mich and all, Â Â Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the interview! Â Â I know "Seer" is available in two different eBook formats; one optimized for iBooks and one for...
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Linda DeMars
linda@...
Sep 23, 2012 2:23 am
What a delightful book and thanks to all who advised me how to download it to my MAC. I am really enjoying it - I have stopped reading only to express my...
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Joan.Marie.Verba@...
ftl_publicat...
Sep 23, 2012 2:47 am
... From: Linda DeMars <linda@...> ... Thanks very much, Linda! I've been very touched and very pleased by the people who downloaded it for free and...
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icelofangeln
Sep 24, 2012 1:48 am
Does anyone know if the complete text of JRRT's commentary on Morton Grady Zimmerman's proposed film treatment, published in part as Letter no. 210, is...
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Jason Fisher
visualweasel
Sep 24, 2012 3:29 am
Yes and no. If you mean available online or reprinted in a book you can buy, then no, I don't think so. But Marquette University has a copy of the treatment...
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lord_of_the_teleri
lord_of_the_...
Sep 24, 2012 1:32 pm
Hi everyone, I haven't had the time to have a closer look at the links provided for this discussion but off the top off my head Ted Nasmith' images do very...
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Croft, Janet B.
jbcroft73019
Sep 24, 2012 1:52 pm
Thanks for the plug, Jason. Yes, I don’t believe that the letters or the script annotations have ever been published in their entirety. There’s a lot of...
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icelofangeln
Sep 26, 2012 3:32 am
Jason, Janet, thanks very much. Unfortunately I doubt I'll be in Milwaukee any time soon. But Janet, your article was fascinating....
