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I hope your brother is right, AmeriGirl! Does he happen to have inside information?
Otter is right about Tolkien's view on environment. I think Jackson included this tactfully in the trilogy (the destruction of the gardens and forests around Isengard).
As I wrote in my OP, I sincerely hope that the series won't succumb to modern day political correctness. That being said, Tolkien was a great humanitarian and I love the following:
<blockquote> Berlin publisher Rรผtten & Loening wrote to Tolkien's publishers to express its interest in a German edition. The company had previously been owned by German Jews, but in 1936 Wilhelm Ernst Oswalt and Adolf Neumann were forced to sell to an "Aryan" citizen as per the anti-Semitic and racist Nuremberg Laws, designed to isolate, dispossess and intimidate the country's Jewish population.
New owner Albert Hachfeld fired all Jewish staff and dropped all Jewish writers. In the letter to Tolkien, his firm explained that before it could start work on a German version of The Hobbit, they had to ensure Tolkien's "Aryan descent," i.e., make sure he had no Jewish ancestry.
In a letter to his friend and publisher Stanley Unwin, Tolkien said the letter from Berlin was "a bit stiff." He questioned whether "I suffer this impertinence because of the possession of a German name, or do their lunatic laws require a certificate of arisch [Aryan] origin from all persons of all countries?"
"I should be inclined to refuse to give any Bestรคtigung [confirmation] (although it happens that I can), and let a German translation go hang," Tolkien added. "In any case I should object strongly to any such declaration appearing in print."
Tolkien submitted two draft replies to the German. The first simply ignored the request. But the second demonstrates the author's opinion on the Nazi stateโand its misunderstanding of the word "Aryan"โin no uncertain terms. It reads as follows:</blockquote>
I heard rumours about that too.
There's a fan-made movie on YouTube about Aragorn's hunt for Gollum. I wonder if it might have created those rumours.
The Shawshank Redemption 2: Hangover in Zihuatenejo
Back To The Future (2023).
I'm a time traveller and I'm sorry to tell you that this is going to happen. ๐
Well... no. Also Ray Sawyer died in 2018.
That's impressive, Otter! You really know your Tolkien! That's definitely a trilogy that I would watch.
I guess they'll expect a call back! ๐คญ
You and me both, Otter!
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He won't be missed!
It's a good idea, actionkamen, but certain aspects of the concert experience will be missed.
I went to a Ray Sawyer (of Dr. Hook fame) concert in the 90's. Ray delivered a decent first half, had a healthy amount of Carlsbergs in the bar during the break (I got his autograph on a beer coaster), went on stage with a huge joint in his hand. He got halfway through "Silvias Mother" before he puked and passed out. All in all a brilliant concert and hardly an experience you'd get via a smartphone.
This!: https://youtu.be/JNwNXF9Y6kY
This?
https://youtu.be/iNwC0sp-uA4
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https://youtu.be/rblt2EtFfC4
We never really got our teeth into this subject! ๐ค
Yup! ๐
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Aye, indeed! ๐
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