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Group read?
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L.Y.
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May 02, 2013 09:13AM
Does anyone want to read The Hobbit and LotR as a group read? Lots of groups do group reads, and since this is a LotR fan club, I thought it sounded like fun. Any thoughts?
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We should do The Similarion, or The Children of Húrin, something to change it up a little, and something that the members may not have read by J.R.R. Tolkien.
I would, but I'm currently reading other books right now. Of course The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are great, but I usually don't read the same books twice. At least, not in a row.
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It's just a suggestion for now.
The Silmarillion would be a great idea, Lote ... though I don't think I'd be able to read it as fast as you lot, so we might have to read it over a longer amount of time :) But great suggestion, L.Y.! :D
Reading the similarion is a good idea. but i would say that the group reading is optional.
True ^ Some members might not want to.
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It is certainly optional. Not everyone has to participate. It's only if you want to.
Thanks! :DI'm glad everyone seems to like the idea. And I don't see why we'd make it required, lol. It wouldn't be as much fun if we had to. xD
I don't have The Children of Húrin, but I would enjoy reading The Silmarillion again. The last time I read it, I was sick, so half of it has disappeared into the fog that my mind was at the time, and I can't find it. xD
L.Y. wrote: "Thanks! :DI'm glad everyone seems to like the idea. And I don't see why we'd make it required, lol. It wouldn't be as much fun if we had to. xD
I don't have The Children of Húrin, but I would en..."
Aw, lol.
I'm reading The book of Lost Tales right now, it's a pretty good read, but I'm disappointed that hobbits aren't in it. I guess I could get through it, I just love hobbits so it's going to be hard to get through.
I'm currently reading the first Lord of the Rings
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Awesome.
mountainmist wrote: "I'm currently reading the first Lord of the Rings"Woohoo! *high five* Have you read it before? :D
mountainmist wrote: "I'm currently reading the first Lord of the Rings":D Awesome book.
mountainmist wrote: "Nope! First time reading it!! :)"You'll enjoy it :) I know I did. Let us know your thoughts about it when you're done
mountainmist wrote: "Nope! First time reading it!! :)"Wow. Enjoy it!
I certainly will! I just finished reading The Hobbit!! :D
mountainmist wrote: "I certainly will! I just finished reading The Hobbit!! :D"Awesome :D
That's awesome. Have you seen the movie?
Yup! Can't wait for the other two to come out!!
mountainmist wrote: "Yup! Can't wait for the other two to come out!!"Same here :) What was your favorite part?
Oh, my goodness! Did either of you watch the production videos/video blogs? You can see sneak peeks of Mirkwood. :D
The whole movie! I can't pick a favourite part!! I did rather like them singing though! ;)What about you?
L.Y. wrote: "Oh, my goodness! Did either of you watch the production videos/video blogs? You can see sneak peeks of Mirkwood. :D"I watched some of them! Saw them in barrels!! :D
mountainmist wrote: "L.Y. wrote: "Oh, my goodness! Did either of you watch the production videos/video blogs? You can see sneak peeks of Mirkwood. :D"I watched some of them! Saw them in barrels!! :D"
If you get the two-disc DVD, you can see all ten. :D Did you see the one with Beorn's house and the set for Dale?
*gasps* no!! I've got to find that one!
mountainmist wrote: "The whole movie! I can't pick a favourite part!! I did rather like them singing though! ;)What about you?"
I really like the scene where the dwarves are introduced, but the whole movie is great
O.o I just watched a bit with Beorn's house!
mountainmist wrote: "O.o I just watched a bit with Beorn's house!"It looks amazing. :D Can't wait to see it. Maybe I can go to the midnight premier of the second one...missed it on the first, lol.
I missed it too! My dad thinks I'm crazy by reading Lord of the Rings!! He thinks I have to read them for school!
I know some people who look at me weird or think that I only read them because I have to when I tell them I enjoy reading especially reading J.R.R. Tolkien's books. I just ignore that because they're awesome
L.Y. wrote: "mountainmist wrote: "O.o I just watched a bit with Beorn's house!"It looks amazing. :D Can't wait to see it. Maybe I can go to the midnight premier of the second one...missed it on the first, lol."
Did any of you buy the Blue-ray edition? Apparently you get a preview for the Desolation of Smaug - my friend showed me some snapshots of it and I died ... I'm so excited! :D
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If so, I've only seen the DVD versions.
Lótë (Iris) wrote: "You mean the Blue-ray of Lord of the Rings?If so, I've only seen the DVD versions."
Sorry for not being clear xD I meant The Hobbit :)
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Oh, all right. No, I haven't seen the Blue-ray version. I don't have a Blue-ray player :(
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I can't keep up with all these new modern gadgets.
I'm too old fashioned.
Lótë (Iris) wrote: ":,(I can't keep up with all these new modern gadgets.
I'm too old fashioned."
Haha!
I own a blu ray player :D My sister bought it as a present for the whole family. When I get the extended editons I'll be sure to play them on there.
Yep :) I love how the action, sound quality and picture quality are more improved with blu ray. It certainly makes all the difference.
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Lótë (Iris) wrote: "And they have all The Lord of the Rings on Blue-ray?"Are you talking about my family owning them
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Lótë (Iris) wrote: "No, I mean do they sell them on Blue-ray? :)"Oh, ha ha! Okay. Yes, they do still sell all of them on blu-ray.
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See, I only have a DVD player, and that's what I use to watch all my movies on. I've had it for years, and I'm so used to it that I don't think about using all these newer gadgets and stuff.
But Blue-rays sound really interesting.
They are. I've looked into a lot of movie and t.v show stores lately, and almost every movie is available on blu ray now. I'm looking to own The Lion King on blu ray.
