Dean Anderson asked this question about The Lord of the Rings:
Is "History became legend. Legend became myth" from the books or did they add it for the movie? If it's in the books, can someone give me a page number; I don't see it. “And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.”
Dean Anderson Thanks! Yeah, the extended version is the best if you are a JRRT lover.

That's also true for the Hobbit although, I wasn't overly fond of it. I went ba…more
Thanks! Yeah, the extended version is the best if you are a JRRT lover.

That's also true for the Hobbit although, I wasn't overly fond of it. I went back and watched the extended version by fast-forwarding up to the additional Elvish material and other lore, etc.(less)
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