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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.
Features, Tolkien 101
Tolkien 101: Gandalf
06.02.09 | Kunochan | Permalink | 2 Comments

Although Tolkien’s fantasy novels are tales told by Hobbits, and tell the adventures of Hobbits, a case can be made that the real protagonist of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is the wizard Gandalf. Except for Elrond Half-elven, Gandalf is the only character who plays a key part in the events of both those novels and The Silmarillion.