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Humor
If Glorfindel Had Appeared in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’
01.25.10 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

Another screencap web comic, featuring Glorfindel, Arwen Undomiel and Radagast the Brown.
Collectibles
From the Bargain Bin: The Movie Collectible of a Character Not In the Movie
10.26.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

If you have only seen the films, but never read the books, you have no idea who Tom Bombadil is. I love the idea of a collectible of a character who didn’t even make it into the first draft of the screenplay for the movie trilogy.

Both Peter Jackson’s trilogy and Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 “animated” adaptation dispensed with Bombadil entirely. This was particularly important in Jackson’s case, as he spared us an incredibly annoying Robin Williams cameo.
Tolkien 101
Tolkien 101: Ringwraiths
09.30.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 1 Comment

…Men were the perfect victims for the rings. Nine heroes, sorcerers and kings of Men accepted the rings, gaining seeming power and unnaturally long life. But after a few centuries, it became clear the rings were a curse rather than a gift. The nine Men were enslaved by the rings, and by the Dark Lord wearing the One Ring. Their bodies faded away, until the Men were nothing but invisible, undead shades enslaved by Sauron. They became the Nazgûl or “Ringwraiths,” the greatest of Sauron’s servants.