Tolkienland
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve lived in Middle-earth. Yeah,
I know. You may have seen me around. You may have talked to me
on the phone. A keen observer would notice that I’ve posted
a couple of blogs during that time. No matter – that’s where I’ve
been. The commute has been killing me.
The long distance charges are starting to pile up. You wouldn’t
believe how hard it is to find a decent internet connection in
the Shire. All these Hobbits want to do is eat. Their furry
little feet scuffle here and there, off to fetch a morning meal or
afternoon tea. No I don’t want a pipe or early supper.
All I want is an ethernet port.
Maybe I’ll talk to Gandalf. He should be able to help.
The world of Middle-earth has me enthralled.
I’ve spent some time with Mr. Tolkien’s creations directly.
I’ve begun to read the series once again, starting with
The Hobbit.
Bilbo has had quite a journey thus far.
I’ve also spent some time peering at Middle-earth through the
keen camera lens of Peter Jackson.
The 4 disk set of The Fellowship of
the Ring has to be the best DVD set I own. I’ve spent weeks
sifting through the extra material available on disks 3 and 4.
Each disk contains about 3 1/2 hours of footage, along with
galleries of art and photos. Somehow, it’s all quite interesting
and worth the time to watch. All future DVD sets
will be judged by this one. It is the new standard.
This weekend, I finally got around
to watching the extended version of the film, introducing
my stepfather to it in the process. One day I’ll try to tackle
the four included full-length commentaries.
Thursday, I returned to the theater to drink in the Two Towers once
again. I’ve already
gushed about this movie once. I have
no need to do so again except to say get to the movie theater now.
Right now!
To be honest, no one is more surprised than me that I’m not totally
sick of Middle-earth. To say that I’m overexposed is certainly not
an understatement. Heck, I even got giddy to find out that one
of my favorite bloggers, was
recently exposed
to the world of Orcs and Goblins and, much to his chagrin,
loved it. It’s fun to experience the world once again for the first time
through another’s
eyes.
The only sad thing is that one day I’ll have to leave. I must
return to the “real” world and my everyday problems. I’ll leave
that to the future. I can’t go anywhere until Frodo finally rids
the world of that ring – that darn ring.
Laura
January 31st, 2003 at 9:43 am #
The first time I read The Hobbit, I cried for 2 days because Thorin died. My folks couldn’t figure what on earth was wrong with me!
Too bad we can’t stay there.