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LOTR Fans
2003-12-16, 9:14 AM #1
I'm just curious what kind of Lord of the Rings fans do we have at Massassi? Rate yourself 1 - 10

1 - Never heard of Lord of the Rings

2 - Never bothered to see the Movies.

3 - I've seen the first movie.

4 - I've seen all the movies and read a chapter of the FOTR.

5 - Read the books, seen the Movies.

6 - Read the books multiple times, I quote Lord of the Rings in everyday conversation.

7 - I've read all the books more than once.

8 - I dabble in elvish and have read the entire works of Tolkein.

9 - I speak fluent Elvish and I watch the movies every day.

10 - I speak every Tolkienian Languages fluently, read everything with the word Ring in it, and can rattle off the names of every obscure character in alphabetical order.

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2003-12-16, 9:18 AM #2
7

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2003-12-16, 9:19 AM #3
I would be about a 3. I've seen the movies, but still haven't read the books. I would like to read em though.

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2003-12-16, 9:21 AM #4
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2003-12-16, 9:21 AM #5
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2003-12-16, 9:24 AM #6
Well, I wasn't much of a fan before because I really hate reading, so I never bothered to check out the books. But I really loved the movies, and have been a fan ever since. So I'd rate myself a 7 or so even though I haven't read the original books.

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2003-12-16, 9:25 AM #7
I'm about an 7.14.

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2003-12-16, 9:26 AM #8
7.5 - I DON'T DABBLE IN ELVISH but I've read the entire works of Tolkien.
2003-12-16, 9:29 AM #9
5. Going to see ROTK tonight at 12:01 actually. and i have to be at work at 8am tomorrow too [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]

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2003-12-16, 9:30 AM #10


Hmmm I'd be a 5
2003-12-16, 9:32 AM #11
Remember Tolkeins Complete works include:

The Hobbit
Lord of the Rings
The Silmarillion
Unfinished Stories
History of Middle Earth (Volumes...)
Farmer Giles of Ham
The Adventure of Tom Bombadil

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2003-12-16, 9:39 AM #12
Uhh... 4.5 I guess (seen the movies, read some of the books)

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2003-12-16, 9:40 AM #13
You're forgetting Farmer Giles of Ham / The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
2003-12-16, 9:43 AM #14
uhh abut 9.5 I dont know all names yet [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif] [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif] [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2003-12-16, 9:46 AM #15
4.5

Got up to Galadriel's gift-giving scene, and then gave up on Tolkien's writing style.

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2003-12-16, 9:46 AM #16
I've read the books multiple times, seen the movies... and I hate everything about them.

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2003-12-16, 9:51 AM #17
4.5

Ive read FOTR and some of the two towers.. but then.. meh

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2003-12-16, 9:59 AM #18
I'd have to say 4.5 also.

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2003-12-16, 10:14 AM #19
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by fishstickz:
4.5

Ive read FOTR and some of the two towers.. but then.. meh

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I'm working on Two Towers now. I've seen all the movies including ROTK.
2003-12-16, 10:29 AM #20
8.

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2003-12-16, 10:34 AM #21
7

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2003-12-16, 10:37 AM #22
contently 7, and proud of it.
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2003-12-16, 10:40 AM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Wolfy:
4.5

Got up to Galadriel's gift-giving scene, and then gave up on Tolkien's writing style.

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i love Tolkien's writing style, because I rarely read anything before I read those

oh and I'd say I'm an 8 or so

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2003-12-16, 10:46 AM #24
Your right about Farmer Giles of Ham, to be honest, I never read it.

And the adventures of Tom Bombadil was "different" to say the least. I like this review on Amazon.com, it pretty much sums up the book.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">It occured to me that Tom Bombadil is a psychopath who sings about himself in the third person throughout the entire book</font>


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2003-12-16, 10:47 AM #25
Between 5 and 6 - Read all the books, reading them again now, will have seen all the movies as of Thursday, Dec. 18th ay 9:30 pm.

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2003-12-16, 10:49 AM #26
5.5 or 7, depending by what you mean be "all the books".
2003-12-16, 11:14 AM #27
6, I would be more, but I don't go for the whole Elvish stuff

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2003-12-16, 11:25 AM #28
5 - Read the LotR trilogy, and the hobbit. Yeh. Whatever. Prefered the films - less songs!

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2003-12-16, 11:34 AM #29
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Prefered the films - less songs!</font>


Yah, reading songs written in a language that you don't understand is kind of strange.

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2003-12-16, 12:30 PM #30
7.7 or so. There's a couple of the "complete works of Tolkien" that I haven't read.

Tolkien also wrote a commentary on Beowulf (and probably some other academic things), but I don't know if you'd include that in this, since we seem to be mostly talking about his Middle Earth stuff here.

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2003-12-16, 2:19 PM #31
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Bobbert006:
I would be about a 3. I've seen the movies, but still haven't read the books. I would like to read em though.

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Same here.
2003-12-16, 2:26 PM #32
8 or so.
2003-12-16, 2:28 PM #33
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Freyr:
Yah, reading songs written in a language that you don't understand is kind of strange.

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It proves he was a bit of a loon.. I love the guy, but a man who lives solitarily his entire life thinking up stories about short people and wizards while making up new languages is ALWAYS a loon in my book

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2003-12-16, 2:30 PM #34
I fit 4, perfectly. Seen the movies, and a few years ago tried to start one of the books but Tolkien's style just bores the crap out of me. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]

I think I dozed off two or three times in like the first 5 chapters... I got to the part where they met the elves and then quit.

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2003-12-16, 3:03 PM #35
I think I'm a 3.5 because I've only seen the first two movies and have never read any of the books. My mother has read all three books so she is a good source of spoilers for me, hehe [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2003-12-16, 3:12 PM #36
4.5, read about half of Two Towers.

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2003-12-16, 3:13 PM #37
7.5
I've yet to get past The Silmarillion. I got half way but it was...hard to read. I'm trying to find my dad's copy somewhere in the house. But I can read and write Tengwar.

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2003-12-16, 3:20 PM #38
6

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2003-12-16, 6:01 PM #39
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2003-12-16, 6:14 PM #40
4.5

Read up to the end of The Two Towers.

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