Although Peter Jackson might take a somewhat free hand with plot and characterization (or at least, "not entirely faithful to the books" which obviously has some canon purists up in arms) his vision of Middle-Earth -- the production values -- is just without peer. Casting! Costuming! Etc. (Well, I didn't think Celeborn and Haldir felt too Elf-like to me, but anyway.) I disagree with some of his choices but that is what Middle-Earth looks like to me. Which is also why I'd kind of love to see PJ do a Silmarillion thing -- I know that the plot would be impossible to make a movie out of, and it would certainly get bastardized in any adaptation, but it would be so pretty and tragic! (I harbor vague hopes maybe of someday a Game of Thrones type show. maybe.)
I'm sure there's some deep meaning to be had in the "Strider" title, something about how that was what his line-of-unbroken-descent-from-Isildur actually ended up doing, but even so. He had all the lineages of the First Age, ALL the fancy titles, and that's what he comes up with? (Is Arwen now "Arwen Telcontar"? or "Arwen Telcontári"?)
I may compromise and just look at the bits of things that people tend to cite a lot. Apparently there are certain essays and things that have large amounts of information and lists of things. I want to do the research, I think things are fun that way, but... how?!
I swear some Wiki said that there was mithril in Valinor? Though of course that was Valinor and this is Middle-Earth. Though id the Elves just not have a ready source of mithril until Moria happened? Though of course apparently Khazad-dum has been around since the First Age or something, according to something else I read (which may or may not be true), so I guess the Elves would have had some source of mithril even then. Do we ever see the stuff mentioned in the Silmarillion? Or I'm sure we do, but in what context?
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Date: 2013-01-13 11:19 am (UTC)From:I'm sure there's some deep meaning to be had in the "Strider" title, something about how that was what his line-of-unbroken-descent-from-Isildur actually ended up doing, but even so. He had all the lineages of the First Age, ALL the fancy titles, and that's what he comes up with? (Is Arwen now "Arwen Telcontar"? or "Arwen Telcontári"?)
I may compromise and just look at the bits of things that people tend to cite a lot. Apparently there are certain essays and things that have large amounts of information and lists of things. I want to do the research, I think things are fun that way, but... how?!
I swear some Wiki said that there was mithril in Valinor? Though of course that was Valinor and this is Middle-Earth. Though id the Elves just not have a ready source of mithril until Moria happened? Though of course apparently Khazad-dum has been around since the First Age or something, according to something else I read (which may or may not be true), so I guess the Elves would have had some source of mithril even then. Do we ever see the stuff mentioned in the Silmarillion? Or I'm sure we do, but in what context?
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