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Posted by Everett on 06-06-04
The following was e-mailed to Jonah Goldberg, Editor At-Large of National Review Online (www.nationalreview.com) and he posted it on their mass...
When's the Poll Changing?
Posted by Bergil on 06-07-04
I just wanted to see if anyone knew when Tolkienmovies.com's poll is going to chang. "Where should Peter Jackson film the Hobbit?" has been on...
Re: Ashleigh
Posted by kat on 06-07-04
Ashleigh, I've never understood it when people argue the "truth is relative" stance. Isn't the definition of truth the very meaning of the word...
Re: Curious
Posted by Elendur on 06-07-04
To Ashleigh: I am not a philosopher, but I understand one of the principle rules of philosophy: Two contradicting statements can never both be true.
Oops
Posted by Ashleigh on 06-09-04
Sorry, I knew I should have done this, but I should have put truth in quotation marks as so: "truth." You are right Kat, because somewhere out...
Point of View
Posted by Annatar on 06-09-04
Truth can depend on view point. Perhaps not all the time, but alot of the time it is. E.g. A religion that "send" volunteers to meet the Gods...
Re: Oops!
Posted by kat on 06-09-04
HA, HA! I hope that's not true! I think the only thing we disagree on is that I believe you CAN find truth before you die.
Truth What is That...
Posted by Annatar on 06-10-04
Yeah Kat I gotta agree with you, there are no mysteries in life. When People say its a mystery its just because they dont have all the facts and/or...
Re: Point of View
Posted by Elendur on 06-11-04
Annatar: In your example of religions that have human sacrifice, both the people who say the action of volunteering for sacrifice is a selfless act...
Troy
Posted by Sirindu on 06-11-04
Annatar, My friend has seen Troy, he was not impressed. He said that it was really fake, like when two armies charged at each other the camera...
Hey Peoples
Posted by Pip on 06-11-04
Ack, all this talk about truth! When will it end? Come on peoples! It is summer! Let's try to stop thinking so hard :P Who wants to argue about the...
Re: Balrog's Wings
Posted by Lem on 06-11-04
sorry, I haven't posted in a while (exams..urgh.) and so I can't remember who it was who said that the Balrog most likely had wings. Thanks for...
The Silmarillion, and Bloom
Posted by Frodo_Lives on 06-14-04
Hello all! I have finished the Silmarillion (actually I finished a long time ago I just haven't posted in a while). And I loved it! After I had...
A Few Answers
Posted by Bob Praz on 06-14-04
To answer your questions Pip, the theatrical ROTK DVD is the same as the others, save that there's no EE preview and, of course, no preview for the...
Question
Posted by Thorongil on 06-14-04
Hypothetical question: if Sauron had won the Battle of the Pellanor Fields, what would his next move have been? Would he have waited, or tried to...
Contradiction
Posted by Annatar on 06-14-04
Elendur, yes my second argument - the views doesnt contradict each other. My first one does however. A thing cannot be Evil and of Love, it cannot...
Cinema
Posted by Eonwe on 06-14-04
Hello everyone! This is the first time I've been to good old tolkien-movies.com in a while, and I have been missing it. I have squeezed in a...
To Buy Or Not to Buy RotK DVD
Posted by Eonwe on 06-14-04
Pip, you asked whether buying the shorter RotK DVD is worth it. Although I didn't buy the theatrical versions of FotR or TTT, I did buy the RotK...
Victory on Pelennor
Posted by Annatar on 06-15-04
What would happen after Pelennor would depend on what happened to individuals in the battle. Aragorn, Eomer... dead? Gandalf, could he be killed,...
Re: Contradiction
Posted by Elendur on 06-15-04
Annatar: You say the truths in your example contradict each other. They don't, except in one case, and in that case one side is right and the other...
Re: Annatar
Posted by kat on 06-15-04
You said that "the atheist is truly unselfish when he does such deeds," referring to sacrificial deeds done in love for others, while a believer...
Nicely Done
Posted by Strider on 06-15-04
i just have to say to Annatar...very well done. i very much enjoyed reading ur response to what would have happened if the Pellenor had been lost.
Short Thought
Posted by - on 06-16-04
Well, I am very much enjoying the intellectual and interesting debate about 'truth', 'religion' and the like going on right now! I won't...
Answering To...
Posted by Annatar on 06-16-04
Kat you said we all have to answer to someone. Not neccesarily so, a person can if such is his/her disposition do good, or bad, without...
Hi I'm Back With Questions
Posted by Pippin on 06-16-04
Hi sorry been busy lately so couldnt post. Any way the big qustion is WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LOTR MOVIE mine would have to be the FOTR. I dont know...
Replies
Posted by Elendur on 06-17-04
To -: Actually, Christopher Tolkien seems to think the Glorfindals are the same: "He returned from Mandos during the second age" ("The Return of...
Oh, Gosh!
Posted by Ashleigh on 06-17-04
Oh my gosh, I don't know if I should post again! To Kat- I've found a truth that is right to me, but who's to say its right to you, or even...
New Poll is Missing the Best Answer
Posted by Danny on 06-17-04
The Poll is missing the two best answers in my opinon. I say that because the question seems to me to imply that an answer other than Frodo is...
Favorite Movie
Posted by Pip on 06-17-04
Definitively FOTR. I'm sorry, but the CG is getting to me, and I really was sorely dissapointed with ROTK. I loved Fellowship, because it seemed...
Fav. Movie
Posted by kat on 06-17-04
Up until recently I would say FOTR, however I'm liking ROTK more and more. As far as the poll...FRODO, DUH!
To -
Posted by RaggedyAnndy on 06-17-04
About the two Glorfindels...it was actually (according to JRR) a rare case of an elf being reincarnated. Peace and love,...
Favorite Movie
Posted by Danny on 06-17-04
For me my favorite movie is a real toss up. Fellowship is always going to be a very special one because it was first. That was the first time I got...
Replies
Posted by Lem on 06-17-04
To Danny: About "New Poll is Missing the Best Answer" I really enjoyed that article (although it was lengthly) and it explained Frodo's heroism...
Concerning Topics
Posted by - on 06-18-04
Hello to all again! I was so pleased to have so much to read, after only a day or so - To Elendur and RaggedyAnndy, thank you for your...
Serious Stuff...
Posted by Annatar on 06-18-04
Yeah Pip, I know what you mean about all the serious posts I do at times. Kind of just got caught up writing them. At the end I see what I write and...
Dumb Question
Posted by Artanis on 06-18-04
So, lately I've been spending a lot of time in the car listening to the radio and CD's and I was wondering, if you were to make a LOTR tribute...
adil and the 'Great Debate'
Posted by Elendur on 06-18-04
To Danny: I think Tom is untouched by the Ring because he does not care about the outside world. He does not care about power, wealth, or (sadly)...
Re: Elendur, and Annatar
Posted by Danny on 06-20-04
That is a very good idea as to why Bombadil wasn't effected by the ring. It does ring in perfectly with some of my ideas. At least we agree that...
To Elendur
Posted by Lem on 06-21-04
I don't think a trilogy where evil prevails would be a waste of time! If Sauron won at the end of LotR it would have been terrible, but in another...
Bombadil and Fav
Posted by Tuor on 06-21-04
One theory about Bombadil, though maybe a little out there, could be that the Ring has no power over him because he is already the master of what he...
Wisdom Etc
Posted by Annatar on 06-21-04
Danny, what you say is true, Sauron could have placed one Nazgul at Mt Doom. I never said he was perfect, nearly but not totally. As for enjoying...
Re: Danny
Posted by Elendur on 06-21-04
I thought of the idea that Tom would want the Ring to protect Goldberry with it, but becuase his power in his borders was so complete and he rarely...
To Lem and Annatar
Posted by Elendur on 06-21-04
Lem: Danny was the one who made the comment about a series where the evil wins, not me. Annatar: Thanks for giving us Saurons viewpoint. Must be...
Only Supporter?
Posted by Annatar on 06-22-04
Elendur, nope I'm not the only one to support Sauron. Once upon a time there were, and prob still are, people who wanted golden trinklets on this...
Re: All the Cool Posts
Posted by Danny on 06-22-04
The latest waves of posts have been great. Thanks to all the responses to get us on a Tolkien related discussion again. To Annatar, yes I enjoy your...
Bombadil
Posted by Bergil on 06-22-04
About this whole Bombadil thing, I personally think that he is Illuvatar. He says that he is came before the elves and that he is eldest. Who would...
The Truth About Bombadil
Posted by Lilly on 06-22-04
"At last, the mystery of Tom Bombadil's identity has been solved. Ready? Tom Bombadil and the Witch-king of Angmar are the same person.
Re: the Truth About Bombadil
Posted by Lem on 06-23-04
Great article (even though it wasn't yours)! Just one question: what about...
C.s Lewis' World and Delayed Responce
Posted by Frodo_Lives on 06-23-04
I have a quick question..... are any of you fans of the Chronicles of Narnia (TCON)? As for me, I actually read TCON before I heard about LOTR.
Options
Posted by Annatar on 06-23-04
There was really only one option for goody-two-shoes-Gandalf if you wanted to stop evil. However, it wasnt the only one available. Sauron was right...
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