tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310068.post5567545343311262126..comments2024-01-15T04:18:47.270-06:00Comments on Odd Obsession: HEY LORD OF THE RINGS, WHY SO SERIOUS?ash966http://www.blogger.com/profile/02679473993507545052noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5310068.post-33974062203592992412011-08-29T10:56:09.443-05:002011-08-29T10:56:09.443-05:00Yeah I guess Tolkien's background as an Oxford...Yeah I guess Tolkien's background as an Oxford professor of dead languages might have made him a little stuffy. He was one of the foremost experts on the Anglo Saxon language of his day. I couldn't get into the Hobbit, it was much more dry and dense than CS Lewis, and I put it down quickly! From what I understand though, Tolkien was much more into building imaginary races and their languages (he wrote an Elven dictionary), than in the details of daily life that are more interesting to the average reader. I spent my youth with Narnia and Robert E. Howard's Conan books. I am glad the last cinematic interpretation of the later got through, being true to the writer's lurid focus on the seamier side of barbarian life, while still escaping an NC 17 rating!JethSeuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13073279403095477500noreply@blogger.com