Your laugh makes me creep.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 8:33 pm

.....Because ADULTS get Tolkien.

That's why people are watching the movies w/o reading the books. At least the Hobbit really WAS completely and utterly aimed at kids. Most people who read it did so as kids and not as adults.

Concerning the seperation into multiple books, he originally wanted to do the LOTR as one book. As many books are divided into seperate "sections" called books (w/in themselves), but because of its size each section became a book. The Hobbit just wasn't as big as the LOTR, which is why it wasn't split up. Consumerism had very little to do w/it.

Ben Plante · Post by **Ben Plante** » Mon Jul 05, 2004 10:08 pm

Just to clarify, are you countering ME, Dayspring? Because I agreed with everything you said in my last post.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:21 pm

Just disagreeing with how you said kids can't "get" the LOTR. The rest was an elaboration of what you said

Ben Plante · Post by **Ben Plante** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:41 pm

No no, I know kids can 'get' LOTR, but since the mythology is so damn dense, with all the people and places, I just meant it might not be as easy for them to keep track of. That's all I meant.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 7:47 pm

Yet adults can? There's still arguing being done as to whether or not it was Merry or Eowyn who was the one who killed the Witch Lord.

laserkid · Post by **laserkid** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:31 pm

Ah but now we're falling into DBZ kid lamer camp - just because theres stuff there that adults are more likely to appreciate doesnt make it for adults

Thats what I'm getitng at here even if theres soimet things meant for the adult viewer or reader to keep them there, does not change the audience.

Ben Plante · Post by **Ben Plante** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:31 pm

... That's a really good point.
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Eowyn. ::Runs::

Edit: I must clarify, I really don't feel LOTR is just for adults, I don't... I just think, as far as adults go, to them, it's more appealing than Harry Potter and the like. That's just my opinion based on what I've seen.

laserkid · Post by **laserkid** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 3:28 am

I find Harry Potter to have plenty of deep things within it too actually

havig gdepth does not make it nessesarily for adults. As Stan Lee once said, give children more credit.

Ben Plante · Post by **Ben Plante** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:52 am

But like I said, I'm only going by what 'I' have seen. If it's different elswhere, so be it.

Magica · Post by **Magica** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:48 pm

Man SlmShdy1 is a moron. I'm amazed at your patience to put up with somone who has an Eminem nickname(?) for a username.