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ELbowloh-
Yes, I remember trying to read the Lord of the Rings books as a kid and it was just some people
hiking for a bit and then resting and eating. -
That is literally how the books are however....
Very true of The Silmarillion, partly true of Lord of the Rings, really not true of The Hobbit (children are a tough audience). This TV series is based on the Silmarillion, so it's being true to the source in that respect.
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itsbruce
Oh, it looks good, but it's a bit like getting an invitation to visit old uncle Bilbo, thinking he's going to take you along on one of his epic adventures, only to get there and find him setting up his slide projector. The photos are beautiful, but each one comes with him droning on for ten minutes about that nice couple in Laketown who gave him a chest ointment to help with his cold, or a "funny" story about a horse trying to eat his hair because he smelled of apples.
I'll watch it all anyway, now that I've started.