The Hobbit

[58kcfan89]

Originally Posted by Amnorix

So at :51-:53, the man (clearly not a Dwarf) on the far right -- who the hell is that? Aragorn isn't on the list of cast members.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/fullcredits


Meanwhile, noted that the cast list includes both King Thror and King Thrain, and Azog. VERY NICE. I don't necessarily know how they work it into the story arc well, but I'd love to see some of Appendix A to LoTR in the movies. Christ that would rule....

Alright, I gotta ask...

I've read The Hobbit as well as FotR, TTT & RotK (although the last 3 have been awhile ago, re-reading them now) and have heard those names before, but don't know much about them.

Basically, what the hell is Appendix A and where can I get more of my LOTR fix? TIA.

[HolyHandgernade]

Here's my private hope:

You know how the FoTR opens with the Great War against Sauron on cutting the ring from him. My hope is that they do something similar, but with this story:

The story of how a hobbit invented the game of golf starts with a reference in "The Hobbit" book in chapter one "An Unexpected Party" relating to an ancestor of Bilbo Baggin's by the name of Bullroarer.

Bullroarer finds himself in the "Battle of the Green Fields" against the goblins of Mount Gram. Armed with a wooden club he charges against the goblin king Golfimbul. The blow from Bullroarer's wooden club knocks Golfimbul's head through the air for a hundred yards until it falls down into a rabbit hole.

The tale certainly explains some good origins on the beginnings of golf. Named after the goblin king "Golf"imbul, played with a wooden club, and the object of game to get a hole in one!

I imagine the movie starts out with Bilbo telling Frodo about the history of his own adventure, but it could easily incorporate an early history of Hobbits as well.

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by 58kcfan89

Alright, I gotta ask...

I've read The Hobbit as well as FotR, TTT & RotK (although the last 3 have been awhile ago, re-reading them now) and have heard those names before, but don't know much about them.

Basically, what the hell is Appendix A and where can I get more of my LOTR fix? TIA.

I know nothing about Tolkien, but a fellow projectionist and big Tolkien fan said something about after "Hobbit" and "LOTR" Tolkien wrote short stories to fill in some of the gaps, and that Peter Jackson liberally included a lot of stuff from those to better the continuity between the films. Apparently, from what I'm told, "Hobbit" as a stand-alone book isn't very good (e.g. characters wander in and out, like Gandalf saying "I have something to take care of" and vanishing for half the book or something like that).

[Amnorix]

Originally Posted by 58kcfan89

Alright, I gotta ask...

I've read The Hobbit as well as FotR, TTT & RotK (although the last 3 have been awhile ago, re-reading them now) and have heard those names before, but don't know much about them.

Basically, what the hell is Appendix A and where can I get more of my LOTR fix? TIA.

I'm sorry, I hadn't seen this post until now.

After Return of the King there are a number of appendices. Some of them are boring stuff that you'd not likely want to read (proper pronounciation of Elvish words is for the hard-core Tolkien fan indeed), but some actually provide additional details/background for the characters and races. One of them goes into substantial detail regarding how the orcs mightily offended the dwarves and what ensued. I dont' want to spoil it for you, so I'll end it there.

Bottom line -- go to Return of the King, go to Appendices, and start reading whatever interests you.