Author Topic: 'The Hobbit' turns 80 (Read 1622 times)

ThatRandomGuy · September 21, 2017, 05:11:53 AM

Today in 1937, J.R.R Tolkien released The Hobbit. Arguably one of my favorite books and part of my favorite series. The films and playing TES: Oblivion was what got me into the fantasy world, I took the time to read the books and loved them (LoTR however was a bit slower imo...)

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Magus · September 21, 2017, 05:16:32 AM

I guess rereading it is a bit hobbit forming.

Drydess · September 21, 2017, 06:02:41 AM

old hobbits die hard

Marios · September 21, 2017, 06:05:31 AM

Quote from: Magus on September 21, 2017, 05:16:32 AM

I guess rereading it is a bit hobbit forming.

Quote from: Drydess on September 21, 2017, 06:02:41 AM

old hobbits die hard

Aren't you two hobbitual problem users...

Mega-Bear · September 21, 2017, 09:08:12 AM

very fun little book :D habby birthday hobbit

Nonnel · September 21, 2017, 10:49:20 AM

nerds have plagued our planet for 80 years

SWAT One · September 21, 2017, 11:24:59 AM

Quote from: Marios on September 21, 2017, 06:05:31 AM

Aren't you two hobbitual problem users...

Hey, those puns are not as bad as some users'.

Kumquat · September 21, 2017, 11:27:19 AM

Xbox, play, the hobbit

torin� · September 21, 2017, 11:53:44 AM

i had no clue that book was this old what in the god dam

|Orange| · September 21, 2017, 01:21:40 PM

I bet the hobbit will be be one of the old classics like beowulf or the odyssey in a thousand years or so.

Riot · September 21, 2017, 03:47:59 PM

A beautiful story too, probably one of my favorite reads during a stormy cold day.

otto-san · September 21, 2017, 04:53:44 PM

i like the funny little men:) in the book

McZealot · September 21, 2017, 05:42:26 PM

I loved the Hobbit as a book. I also loved the first 2 Hobbit films and didn't like the 3rd much. First 2 felt a lot like a long slow-paced adventure film and the 3rd felt like a Marvel Movie. I know the Hobbit films got a lot of stuff and they have obvious flaws (Legolas and the stuffty romance didn't need to be in it) but I still loved them. I feel like a lot of people wanted them to be LOTR 2 but that just wasn't what the book was and I thought that it was really great.

Anyway, I'm watching the Tolkien Hobbit edit. It's basically an edit that combined them all into a 2 hour movie. It's really fun and follows the plot of the book much more closely. I love the long films but I don't really want to invest the time lol

best scene from the Hobbit: https://youtu.be/c0_yi2p6OgI

Khaz · September 21, 2017, 05:48:37 PM

Quote from: McZealot on September 21, 2017, 05:42:26 PM

I loved the Hobbit as a book. I also loved the first 2 Hobbit films and didn't like the 3rd much. First 2 felt a lot like a long slow-paced adventure film and the 3rd felt like a Marvel Movie. I know the Hobbit films got a lot of stuff and they have obvious flaws (Legolas and the stuffty romance didn't need to be in it) but I still loved them. I feel like a lot of people wanted them to be LOTR 2 but that just wasn't what the book was and I thought that it was really great.

Anyway, I'm watching the Tolkien Hobbit edit. It's basically an edit that combined them all into a 2 hour movie. It's really fun and follows the plot of the book much more closely. I love the long films but I don't really want to invest the time lol

best scene from the Hobbit: https://youtu.be/c0_yi2p6OgI

yeah despite jackson's alterations in his adaptations both trilogies are 100% without a doubt masterpieces. i was extra sad when the last goodbye played at the end of the hobbit because i really wanted a silmarillion movie or something that goes back into the days of morgoth. i guess it wouldnt be AS interesting as lotr or the hobbit but holy forget id pay all the moneys to see some more middle earth history made into an epic film

Drydess · September 21, 2017, 06:50:37 PM

silmarillion movie would be great but no way in hell would it break a profit