tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post4610481213580453894..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: In Praise of Tolkien Anastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-61466669249553964442013-01-15T15:55:28.650-08:002013-01-15T15:55:28.650-08:00No all, believe me. :-)No all, believe me. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32079186793317444612013-01-14T16:15:21.355-08:002013-01-14T16:15:21.355-08:00Englishmen.Englishmen.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42716444005972123232013-01-14T15:42:55.563-08:002013-01-14T15:42:55.563-08:00Thanks, Calvin. I'll have a look.Thanks, Calvin. I'll have a look. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-77400670174070230652013-01-14T15:42:27.718-08:002013-01-14T15:42:27.718-08:00I'm not sure Tolkien cared that much for women...I'm not sure Tolkien cared that much for women...even elven women. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-90147098046628386352013-01-13T17:55:55.315-08:002013-01-13T17:55:55.315-08:00You might give the Conan stories of Robert E. Howa...You might give the Conan stories of Robert E. Howard a try sometime. There is more to them than you might imagine.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16968659047161523372013-01-13T17:06:58.582-08:002013-01-13T17:06:58.582-08:00 Yes, that Elven women are most desirable. Yes, that Elven women are most desirable.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-53222643444680429782013-01-13T16:15:25.547-08:002013-01-13T16:15:25.547-08:00Calvin, that was one of my early thoughts also! I...Calvin, that was one of my early thoughts also! I also wondered if there were any orc or dwarf females. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-77782360533017093412013-01-13T16:14:02.485-08:002013-01-13T16:14:02.485-08:00Ah, Antisthenes, I suspect it was always thus! Ah, Antisthenes, I suspect it was always thus! Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-1045961728621262452013-01-13T16:11:31.266-08:002013-01-13T16:11:31.266-08:00Great escapist fun, Anthony, but there is also a d...Great escapist fun, Anthony, but there is also a deeper moral. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-13821097197188708652013-01-13T16:10:47.004-08:002013-01-13T16:10:47.004-08:00Jolly good. :-)Jolly good. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-72497217089845321072013-01-13T16:10:17.916-08:002013-01-13T16:10:17.916-08:00Dennis, thanks. Yes, I only describe it as a post...Dennis, thanks. Yes, I only describe it as a postscript because it comes after the destruction of the Ring, the main event of the trilogy.<br /><br />Thank you for linking that article. I left a comment. Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-37379818461523866952013-01-11T19:56:31.670-08:002013-01-11T19:56:31.670-08:00Outside the Shire, I always wondered who was produ...Outside the Shire, I always wondered who was producing all the food for Elves, and Dwarves, and Men. Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-32116551737437835082013-01-11T06:43:48.765-08:002013-01-11T06:43:48.765-08:00I enjoyed "Lord of the rings" very much ...I enjoyed "Lord of the rings" very much "The hobbit" so far not so much but still look forward to the next instalment. I recognise fantasy for what it is but that does not detach me from revelling in enjoyment of reading or watching films that contain fantasy and science fiction.It is after all merely escapism a means of shutting out the real world for a few hours. A world that is to me in crises then is it not always in one way another. I love historical novels and films but I do not hanker to return to some perceived golden age that in reality is no better or worse than the present. I do not have the intellect to recognise subliminal messages unless they are blatantly obvious in books and films. I did not for example see any political messages in Tolkien's writings but then I was not looking for them. That you have and have pointed them out is interesting your interpretation of that message is a bit difficult for me to grasp (above my pay grade). For me from what you say I understood only that he was fearful of socialism and feminism. As it turns out he had every reason to be so. No doubt at some point(not in my lifetime but perhaps in yours) extremes of socialism and feminism will be ditched and a new more rational path will be tread. Then in some distant future time no doubt there will be those who will look back at our time with nostalgia. Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55732147658683331432013-01-10T20:57:43.419-08:002013-01-10T20:57:43.419-08:00Good entertainment for the masses, a temporary mea...Good entertainment for the masses, a temporary means of escaping reality, at least for a few hours anyway. By the way, I have the DVDs.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-18855986781008297732013-01-10T18:39:11.457-08:002013-01-10T18:39:11.457-08:00Nice interesting post
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www.facebook...Nice interesting post<br /><br />Follow me on :<br />www.facebook.com/JournalistOnDutySetyo-Utomo Saidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03495818066711275644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36537523041938326142013-01-10T17:45:31.600-08:002013-01-10T17:45:31.600-08:00I won't be watching any of the Hobbit films. J...I won't be watching any of the Hobbit films. Jackson's <i>Lord of the Rings</i> films were little more than a New Zealand travelogue, and you are absolutely spot-on to draw attention to his omission of the scouring of the Shire, although I've never seen it as a "postscript". It is integral to the entire story.<br /><br />You might be interested in <a href="http://petergshilstonsblog.blogspot.hk/2010/03/some-themes-in-books-of-jrr-tolkien.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a> by an old school friend (and Cambridge history graduate) about Tolkien and his work.<br /><br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.com