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Legendarium, Tolkien 101
Tolkien 101: Aragorn
07.01.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | 5 Comments

If your sole familiarity with The Lord of the Rings is with the Peter Jackson film trilogy, then you probably only know Aragorn son of Arathorn as the handsome, brooding, scruffy loner with the broken sword who looked so dorky in that crown at the end of the third movie, of which he is the titular character. But there’s a huge backstory behind Aragorn, and this article will fill you in on the basics.
Legendarium, News
This week in Middle-earth history: April 4th – 10th
04.12.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

This week in Middle-earth history: Samwise Gamgee is born, the Gondorians praise the periannath, and Hugo Weaving is born.
Legendarium
This week in Middle-earth history: March 27th – April 3rd
03.29.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

This week in Middle-earth history: Gollum arrives in the Woodland Realm; Dol Guldur is razed; the mallorn at Bag End flowers.
Legendarium
This week in Middle-earth history: March 7-13
03.08.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

This week in Middle-earth history: Frodo and Sam are taken prisoner by Faramir; Aragorn travels the Paths of the Dead, and defeats the Corsairs of Umbar.
Legendarium
This week in Middle-earth history: February 28 – March 6
03.02.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

This week in Middle-earth history: Frodo and Sam capture Gollum in the Emyn Muil; Aragorn is born; the Second Battle of the Fords of Isen; Isengard destroyed.
Features, Opinion
Which Characters from the Lord of the Rings Movies Will Appear in The Hobbit?
06.22.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

What characters from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy could or should appear in the The Hobbit? Let’s run down the list…
News
Warner Bros announces LOTR: Aragorn’s Quest video game
06.02.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | Speak, friend and comment!

At next month’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will debut Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, its new youth- and family-oriented Lord of the Rings video game. Aragorn’s Quest is the first Tolkien game to be announced since Electronic Arts lost its franchise license in 2008.
Features, Opinion
Jackson versus Tolkien – a long-overdue list of gripes
02.16.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 7 Comments

Let me be clear — I love the movies. Love them. I genuinely do not believe that any other filmmaker on the planet would have done as good a job as Mr. Jackson… But here are my major gripes, as far as changes from the books.