[F2F Book Discussions] June 2012: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring. Moderator: Maria

[Maria]

Papa Ace: June 23 po, it's a Saturday :)

[Ace]

Mama Maria: Sige. mag fifile na ako ng leave next week. May pasok kami ng sat :)

[Louize]

Love mo talaga kami, Ace. Inuubus mo ang leave mo para sa F2F. :)

[Tricia]

Grabe? Parang ang tanda ni Monique, ah hahaha!

Sino si Kidlat?

[Tricia]

Maria, may location na ba for June23?

[Ace]

Louize wrote: "Love mo talaga kami, Ace. Inuubus mo ang leave mo para sa F2F. :)"

Love na love ko kayo :)

[Angus]

The Hobbit pa lang yung nabasa ko. So kung masusustain ni Tolkien ang ganung entertainment sa LOTR 1, magugustuhan ko ito. Will start reading over the weekend, may tatapusin pa ako, hehe. It's still May, so may excuse pa ako. :D

[Maria]

Yey! ramdam na ramdam natin c Papa Ace! Thank you :)

Tricia: Abangan! LOL pero within Makati or Ortigas Area lang sya. Sorry, no can do for Alabang area (too far in general). :)

[Tricia]

It's okay! Masyadong malapit pag Alabang, ayoko din nun hahaha

[Tina]

Ortigas~! Haha pero okay lang Makati...in certain parts haha.

[Ace]

Yes for Ortigas!

[K.D.]

Kala ko pa naman makakapasyal ako sa ATC! hak hak

[Monique]

Grabe? Parang ang tanda ni Monique, ah hahaha!

Haha. Matanda na naman talaga ako, di lang halata. :P :))

Yay for Ortigas or Makati! ;)

[Tricia]

Haha! Patandaan? Elf fellows? :P

[K.D.]

Ayan na naman ang salitang yan hak hak.

[Tricia]

KD, I'm not pertaining to anyone. Hahaha kasi nga di ba, 'middle age' ka haha

[Christine]

Dami LOTR books sa SM South Mall kaya lang missing lahat ng Book #1 in any edition. :|

[Tuklas Pahina (TP)]

Thank you!...Chami sisters-Angus and Maria for a Legolasian! at Hawk-Eyeian! experience. Lumelevel-up na ang hobby ko..."Iyong baso nga dito tatlo at tubig oh! hahaha!"..."Laki ng problema ko" hahaha!...Hello world lahat tayo may problema?...hahaha!

About the experience,sarap niya hawakan kapag first timer talaga! Magaan! at nagpapatanggal ng stress!...

"Time does not tarry ever,' he said; 'but change and growth is not in all things and places alike. Yet beneath the Sun all things must wear to an end at last."-Legolas

[kwesi 章英狮]

I saw the same edition, yung white book na book 1 dalawa sa Gaisano Iloilo for 300 plus. Anyone wanted a copy of the white edition?

[Tricia]

I saw that HBO is airing the LOTR trilogy this month. Grabe, dininig ni Elbereth ang aking panalangin! Hindi ko na kailangan bumili ng DVD or magdownload ng torrents :))))

[Louize]

Tricia wrote: "I saw that HBO is airing the LOTR trilogy this month. Grabe, dininig ni Elbereth ang aking panalangin! Hindi ko na kailangan bumili ng DVD or magdownload ng torrents :))))"

Hehehe, Elbereth devotee!

[Maria]

Hey guys!
Our venue for this F2F. Is it cool or what? :D

[Louize]

Maria wrote: "Hey guys!
Our venue for this F2F. Is it cool or what? :D"

Yay!
Love it!!!
Where is this?

[kwesi 章英狮]

Ay gusto ko yan! Magkano naman yan? Haha.

[Angus]

Please visit http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9... to discuss the activities. :D

[Tricia]

It's so sosyal! Nakakaexcite naman :)

[K.D.]

Wow! Feeling Legolas tayo!

[Angus]

Kwesi: Pakilagyan naman daw ng apostrophe yung "J.R.R. Tolkiens" sa poster. (Tolkien's). May nagreact kasi, hahaha.

[K.D.]

Ay, may grammar Nazi! :)

[Apokripos]

Angus wrote: "Kwesi: Pakilagyan naman daw ng apostrophe yung "J.R.R. Tolkiens" sa poster. (Tolkien's). May nagreact kasi, hahaha."

For me it's no biggie. Di naman publicize to the whole madlang people ang discussion. Pagbigyan na lang natin si Kwesi.

To err is human,
To ngargh is for Mordor's trolls. :)

[kwesi 章英狮]

Haha. Sorry, okay lang kasi nakasave naman ang draft sa PC ko. Wait lang, i-PM ko na lang kay Jzhun.

[Apokripos]

All right, folks! The grammatically correct F2F-6 LoTR poster is now on our group home page.

Enjoy! :)

[Angus]

Thanks! Actually, gusto ko na i-point out dati iyan, kaso nahihiya naman ako. But what can we do, grammar Nazis are everywhere. :D

[kwesi 章英狮]

Haha. Bakit di niyo pa sinabi, hindi ko talaga napansin. Bwahaha!

[Tricia]

Haha! Nakita ko kung sino yung grammar Nazi haha

BTW, book 2 na ako and bakit parang iba ang narration? Parang iba? Dahil ba ilang years sinulat ni Tolkien (Toll-keen) yung trilogy? Or dahil revised edition yung copy ko? Basta parang iba talaga eh.

[Monique]

Haha, Tricia, may paboritong pituhan si Grammar Nazi/Pulis. :P

[Maria Ella]

Dear all,

Tolkien's way of describing landscapes kills me. Literally. Is it advisable to watch the movie first? Nade-demotivate kasi akong magbasa. Nahahabaan ata ako siguro. Hay.

[Tricia]

@Ella: haha! You'll get used to it. There's a map naman. Very useful pero get a better version of the map. Yung sakin kasi kulang-kulang kaya nalito ako. Pero challenging ha! Puro pencil marks na yung map ko sa book1.
@attymonique haha! Lurker din siya no? Haha sana umattend siya ng F2F kahit malayo siya!

[Charles]

Maria Ella wrote: "Dear all,

Tolkien's way of describing landscapes kills me. Literally. Is it advisable to watch the movie first? Nade-demotivate kasi akong magbasa. Nahahabaan ata ako siguro. Hay."

Mas nagustuhan ko yung movie kaysa sa libro.

Pero iba ang libro sa pelikula.

Halimbawa: si Strider. Mukhang kaaway siya sa nobela, kaya tumakbo si Frodo.

[Joyzi]

Been lurking pero participate na rin ako. Disappointed lang ako sa slowed pace ng first part pero pag dating sa Rivendell part maganda na yung pace nya. Nakakaantok lang yung umpisa.

[Christine]

Joyzi wrote: "Been lurking pero participate na rin ako. Disappointed lang ako sa slowed pace ng first part pero pag dating sa Rivendell part maganda na yung pace nya. Nakakaantok lang yung umpisa."

True, nung binasa ko yung first 10 pages natulugan ko bawat isa. :))

[K.D.]

Di naman ako inaantok. Siguro kasi napanood ko na noon ang movie kaya nai-imagine ko ba yong mga scenes.

Tricia: yong Book 2 medyo jarring ang first few pages. Kasi nga di designed na gawing 3 libro itong LOTR so walang "Ang nakaraan" (parang teleserye lang). Ituloy mo lang pagbabasa. Kapag andoon na sina Legolas at Glimli at naghahanap kina Merry at Pippin, balik na sa normal ang narration.

Ella: To answer your question kasi naguguluhan ka o naiinip ka, watch the movie first lalo na kung di ka naman particular sa spoilers. Kasi mas madali syang basahin. Although, iba-iba ang order ng events sa libro at may mga nawalang characters like si Tom Bobadil parang di ko natandaan na nasa movie.

[Joyzi]

Walang Tom Bobadil sa movie...pero maganda din yung book na explain talaga ng detalye yung story at yung ring

[Rollie]

Yan din ba si grammar pulis sa twitter? :D

[Maria]

Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past

(view spoiler)["What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had the chance!" (hide spoiler)]

Pity? It was pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need.

Question: If you were Bilbo, would you have done the same thing? Why or why not?

[Maria]

Joyzi wrote: "Been lurking pero participate na rin ako. Disappointed lang ako sa slowed pace ng first part pero pag dating sa Rivendell part maganda na yung pace nya. Nakakaantok lang yung umpisa."

Siguro sa Prologue, oo. pero nung birthday party na ni Bilbo, mabilis na ang reading ko onwards.

[K.D.]

Maria wrote: "Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past

[spoilers removed]Pity? It was pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need.
Question: If you were Bilbo, would you have done the same t..."

Ay no. Hobbits are generally good natured. Di sila agad pumapatay ng tao kahit pa si Gollum yan.

So, if I were Bilbo (meaning I am a hobbit), would I have done the same thing? Yes. I believe in the saying "you reap what you sow" or kung anong tinamim, syang aaninhin so kung ginawa nya yon, (view spoiler)[wala nang maghahatid kina Frodo at Sam sa Mordor sa Book 3. (hide spoiler)]

[Louize]

Maria wrote: "Question: If you were Bilbo, would you have done the same thing? Why or why not? "

Yes.

[Tricia]

@KD: napansin ko nga! Balik narration na ulit yung account ni Pippin at Merry.

Anyway, I'll watch the film sa weekends. Pinanood ko yung trailer, naexcite ako. Napanood ko na siya before pero nakatulugan ko sa sinehan haha

[K.D.]

Tricia: Ito yong sabi ng Wiki sa first chapter ng Two Towers:
Because The Two Towers is the central portion of a longer work, its structure differs from that of a conventional novel. It begins and ends abruptly, without introduction to the characters, explanations of major plot elements, or a strict conclusion. This is characteristic of the technical classification novel sequence, not a book series — though it and the other two volumes are not individual novels themselves. The first section follows the divergent paths of several important figures from The Fellowship of the Ring, but tells nothing of its central character, on whose fate so much depends, enabling the reader to share in the suspense and uncertainty of the characters. The narrative of the second part returns to Frodo's quest to destroy the evil that threatens the world.

Kaya ituloy mo lang. Parang "Jellicoe" lang yan. At least first chapter lang ang magulo, hindi 100 pages :)

Onga. Nakakaantok sa haba. Natatandaan ko yan. Wala namang subtitles sa sinehan so di ko naintindihan lahat. Ngayon may subtitles na so I'm sure maiintindihan ko na. Tatapusin ko na lang muna hanggang "The Return" bago ko panoorin ulit. Dapat daw movie marathon. Kung extended version ang pirated DVD mo, allow 4 hrs each so 12 hrs ka sa harap ng TV! Baon ka ng popcorn! :)