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Doomforge
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posted May 15, 2011 11:03 PM |
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well in case you don't remember I don't think highly of LoTR mainly because the characters were bland and one dimensional.. 
LoTR however didn't have a storyline that was bad. For most parts it was quite well-thought. I must admit that
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DagothGares
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posted May 15, 2011 11:08 PM |
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Oh, well, at least now we have an understanding of each other.
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markkur
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posted May 16, 2011 03:24 AM |
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Edited by markkur at 03:26, 16 May 2011.
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wll in case you don't remember I don't think highly of LoTR mainly because the characters were bland and one dimensional
You're right but something that most readers do not know is that writing a modern book was not JRRT's purpose. Except for the Ents, Black-riders (I think) and his version of what Elves are like (they were little sprites before him)."all that he wrote was rehash' because he was putting the many story-telling ideas he had learned from historic fantasy and also the study of "word-origins" into his myth. His main purpose was to have a place to use his two invented Elvin languages. Years ago I thought it "all" came out of his imagination and cussed him because he took all the "good stuff". Btw, many writers have thought the very same.
<imo>One great result of his vague characters and not writing great details about them: people create in their minds their own images of each. Sort of like olde scary movies when you were really scared but only imagining what the monster looked like.
But I know that since 1954, folks have either loved or hated the book and that will not change. Hope you have better luck with yours.
Good topic Doom...<IMO> QP
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