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askye at 06:39pm on 03/01/2003
askye at 06:39pm on 03/01/2003Still nothing really fannish to say.
Except I'm really looking forward to new Buffy and new Angel. And I'm rereading LoTR and making notes on Sam. I'm a terrible essay writer but I do want to write up my feelings about Sam, so that's in the works. I love Sam. Plus his relationship with Frodo is different in the movies than in the book.
I know that people are upset about the changes that Peter Jackson has made in TTT. Whether it's with the Ents or with Faramir. Some of it Jackson did for pacing, some of it he did to avoid confusing people who haven't read the book (that would be the changes to Faramir).
Tolkein wrote LoTR as if he were recording an actual historcial event. This is what happened,and here's the research (the Appendices), etc. Which is great and one reason that people love Tolkein, but there are lots of details in there.
Peter Jackson's adapation of the book, the way I see it, is more folklore of an actual historical event. PJ's version is a very well crafted story, but a story that's been told and retold down through the ages, by storytellers and by parents to their children. And in the retellings facts have been changed. That's what happens in an oral tradition, someone starts telling the story and enlivens it.
In more presonal news---I got my library fine waived. I didn't ask, they offered so I'll start checking out books at some point. Although I really shouldn't because my current To Be Read stack is so large. That and I'm starting school on TUESDAY. Very excited about that.
Except I'm really looking forward to new Buffy and new Angel. And I'm rereading LoTR and making notes on Sam. I'm a terrible essay writer but I do want to write up my feelings about Sam, so that's in the works. I love Sam. Plus his relationship with Frodo is different in the movies than in the book.
I know that people are upset about the changes that Peter Jackson has made in TTT. Whether it's with the Ents or with Faramir. Some of it Jackson did for pacing, some of it he did to avoid confusing people who haven't read the book (that would be the changes to Faramir).
Tolkein wrote LoTR as if he were recording an actual historcial event. This is what happened,and here's the research (the Appendices), etc. Which is great and one reason that people love Tolkein, but there are lots of details in there.
Peter Jackson's adapation of the book, the way I see it, is more folklore of an actual historical event. PJ's version is a very well crafted story, but a story that's been told and retold down through the ages, by storytellers and by parents to their children. And in the retellings facts have been changed. That's what happens in an oral tradition, someone starts telling the story and enlivens it.
In more presonal news---I got my library fine waived. I didn't ask, they offered so I'll start checking out books at some point. Although I really shouldn't because my current To Be Read stack is so large. That and I'm starting school on TUESDAY. Very excited about that.