DISQUS

Hooloovoo · 7 years ago

LOL - that's my favorite character too.

ekoostik · 7 years ago

bwahaha..

oh man, not another comic to read. this one looks good too. thanks for the link, mate.

Lilith · 7 years ago

ROFL!!! I am NOT a fan of Tolkien but I have read him for general cultural education purposes... eheheheeeeee!!!

Shual · 7 years ago

Tom who?

*hasn't read the book yet*

Carlo Zottmann · 7 years ago

Hail, fellow lemming.

Lilith · 7 years ago

Don't (read the book). It's C*R*A*P.

Lilith · 7 years ago

(looks up) ... don't beat me so hard!!!

ekoostik · 7 years ago

*gasp*

Carlo Zottmann · 7 years ago

There's a book?

Odiche · 7 years ago

*Quickly starts swinging a nerf bat at those who don't appreciate Tolkien's work.

Lilith · 7 years ago

Tolkien's plagiarism of various myths and legends (without giving credit), you mean? :P

ekoostik · 7 years ago

Forget the nerf, i'm gonna get the real deal pretty soon ;P

Mulligan · 7 years ago

I just stumbled across this comment-fest. Yet more evidence that Lilith is the Devil sent to torment us with false statements such as the LotR being C*R*A*P; get thee to a nunnery, foul wench!

Actually, I agree - Tolkien did borrow a lot from myth and folklore, but I don't see it as a problem. I'd hardly call is plagiarism, given that most of these legends are based on the "experiences" of rural communities over the centuries; who holds copyright on oral tradition?

[edit] speling ;)

Edited on Mar 28th 2002, 08:36 by Mulligan

Odiche · 7 years ago

I would assume Microsoft is vigorously trying to obtain the copyrights to those said oral mythologies.....

Yes I was being sarcastic about Microvirus.

Edited on Mar 28th 2002, 12:42 by Odiche

Mulligan · 7 years ago

Hahahaha. Noooooo, I can see it now "Tristram and Isolde v1.2 SP 3" - and of course, you have to accept the EULA before you can even consider reading/narrating/watching the story...

[edit] And before Lilith jumps on me (wayhay!) about "Tristram..." I *know* it's a work of fiction written by an author and therefore probably does fall under some copyright, but IIRC it was based on one of the tales from The Mabinogion or some such which is about as rooted in oral tradition as you can get.

Edited on Mar 28th 2002, 12:58 by Mulligan

Lilith · 7 years ago

Mull, are we the only two people here who know what Mabinogion is? :P

*not talking about trash reading known as Tolkien anymore*

Istvan · 7 years ago

No, I was busy elsewhere. :-)

But Bombadil is a ludicrous annoyance prancing about in yellow boots to anyone who hasn't thoroughly explored The Silmarillion and realizes just who and what he is. Just as no one who has not read The Silmarillion is likely to grasp exactly why the scene with Galadriel at her gazing-pool is in any way significant or relevant.

And for crying out loud, it's not plagiarism. If you look at Tolkien's creation of an epic fantasy from the rich fabric of myth and legend as plagiarism, then 75% to 90% of all fantasy on the shelves is equally conceptual theft from Tolkien's effort. Where does it end?

Is the Noah chapter in scripture theft of the Mesopotamian story of Utnapishtim?

ekoostik · 7 years ago

what?

ok, i now file quite inadequate in the realm of literature.

Istvan · 7 years ago

You are not l33t.

...

(Damn you, ekoo! I wouldn't ever have used l33tsp34k for a cheap joke except that you got us reading MT!)

ekoostik · 7 years ago

lmao! the l33t is strong with this one.

i posted that JK2 "review", btw, it's in my blog.

Istvan · 7 years ago

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Shual · 7 years ago

Yeah, that Galadriel thing had me confused. I really should read these things before seeing the movie.

ekoostik · 7 years ago

to read it is to love it.

and damn., the movie actually did justice.

serious justice, imho.