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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Pettytyrant101 Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:00 pm
Thanyou for that Chris. Highly enjoyable watch. Shame they only thought to get the ideas of those at Oxford (that lot are running this country now!!) and one angry working class guy. And Tolkien himself comes across as a rather loveable old eccentirc don, funny how some people seem suited to their role in life.
And nice to see even Tolkien can make mistakes trying to write in elvish.
And nice to see even Tolkien can make mistakes trying to write in elvish.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Eldorion Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:03 pm
That was really wild Thanks for posting it, chris!
What made you think he was working class? I assumed they included him to show the intellectual anti-escapism response to Tolkien that cropped up at Oxford and elsewhere when the books became popular (and that is still carried on today by people who think art or entertainment should serve some greater "purpose").
Thanks for posting it, chris!Pettytyrant101 wrote:and one angry working class guy
What made you think he was working class? I assumed they included him to show the intellectual anti-escapism response to Tolkien that cropped up at Oxford and elsewhere when the books became popular (and that is still carried on today by people who think art or entertainment should serve some greater "purpose").
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Pettytyrant101 Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:10 pm
Time period mainly. His manner of speaking, his stance on Tolkien's work are all very common of a working class leftwing intillectual type that was prolific during the 60' and especially the 70's in the UK (asuming we are talking about the same guy, with the moustache -if that narrows it down much). If he wasn't of that class himself then he was using their language.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Eldorion Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:15 pm
I think we're talking about the same guy, and you would certainly no more about that than me. 
I suppose I was a bit hasty in associating him with the modern American (faux-)intellectual/entertainment snobbery-ists who I'm used to. 
I suppose I was a bit hasty in associating him with the modern American (faux-)intellectual/entertainment snobbery-ists who I'm used to.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Pettytyrant101 Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:20 pm
Well he was better than the upper class sympathisar who managed to miss the point and see the peoples of Mordor as the repressed masses whilt the elitist hobbits live the good life. (bit of class guilt seeping out there! )
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Tinuviel Sun Jul 31, 2011 5:43 am
That was awesome!!! He even mentioned my quote below! I love how quirky he was; he seemed to be in his head the whole time. And that guy with the glasses seemed scared of an escape to me. I laughed at the Gandalf for president pin 
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Saradoc Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:22 pm
Watched this a while back on the BBC archive. Here's a link for anyone interested- obviously you won't be interested in the Tolkien video as Chris has put the video up- but they have quite a lot of videos and stuff on other authors who you may be interested in!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/12237.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/writers/12237.shtml
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Orwell Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:17 am
chris63 wrote:With video
http://vimeo.com/27000381
Wow! I say: WOW! How do I miss these things? (All through the joy of watching this I had a sick feeling in my stomach thinking about what PJ did to Lord of the Rings - and what he's going to do to The Hobbit).
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by chris63 Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:49 pm
http://wayneandchristina.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/oxford-may-2012/
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Orwell Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:27 am
Nice article.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Bluebottle Fri Apr 04, 2014 12:40 pm
This is Tolkien somewhere. Though I'm not sure it's in Oxford. 
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Mrs Figg Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:20 pm
Pettytyrant101 wrote:Thanyou for that Chris. Highly enjoyable watch. Shame they only thought to get the ideas of those at Oxford (that lot are running this country now!!) and one angry working class guy. And Tolkien himself comes across as a rather loveable old eccentirc don, funny how some people seem suited to their role in life.
And nice to see even Tolkien can make mistakes trying to write in elvish.
hmm I think it was one angry lower middle class guy pretending to be working class. I think now he probably cringes when he watches himself.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Pettytyrant101 Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:38 pm
Someone over on ToRN posted this looked interesting-
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by halfwise Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:43 am
Cool! I've tried to get that on netflix with no luck.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Pettytyrant101 Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:07 am
I just watched the Two Towers one- apart from some of the illustrative artwork being horrific- weird pig faced orcs and the like, the actual content is surprisingly good for its obvious cheapness.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Eldorion Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:33 am
That's pretty funny. Who knew Graham McTavish hosted Tolkien docs in his pre-Hobbit days?
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by chris63 Fri May 15, 2015 9:13 am
Oxford's Influential Inklings
http://chronicle.com/article/Oxfords-Influential-Inklings/229967?cid=megamenu&utm_content=buffer5cf1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
http://chronicle.com/article/Oxfords-Influential-Inklings/229967?cid=megamenu&utm_content=buffer5cf1f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Eldorion Fri May 15, 2015 3:26 pm
That was a very interesting article, Chris. Thanks for posting it. It's been a while since I've done any serious reading on the Inklings.
It's been a while since I've done any serious reading on the Inklings.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Pettytyrant101 Fri May 15, 2015 9:42 pm
Agreed- that was a good and interesting read- cheers Chris. 
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by chris63 Wed Jul 15, 2015 4:03 am
Peter Jackson comes to Tolkien’s Oxford
In his first-ever visit to the University where Tolkien first conceived Middle-earth a century ago, the acclaimed director tells how he’d feel if the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings author could see his blockbusting movie adaptations.
http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/culture/events/peter-jackson-comes-tolkien’s-oxford
In his first-ever visit to the University where Tolkien first conceived Middle-earth a century ago, the acclaimed director tells how he’d feel if the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings author could see his blockbusting movie adaptations.
http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/culture/events/peter-jackson-comes-tolkien’s-oxford
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by chris63 Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:26 am
Not sure if i'v posted this before.
Myth Makers
The long reach of a famous circle of Oxford scholars.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/myth-makers_996457.html?nopager=1&utm_content=19377354&utm_medium=social&utm_source=googleplus
Myth Makers
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/myth-makers_996457.html?nopager=1&utm_content=19377354&utm_medium=social&utm_source=googleplus
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by azriel Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:02 pm
Dont know if you did Chris but, it was still interesting to read it After all, you can get a bit fed up with dessert & no meat pie
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by Eldorion Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:05 pm
Reading that this was taken at Tolkien's home on Northmoor Road in Oxford but I can't confirm that offhand.
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Re: Tolkien in Oxford
by azriel Tue Sep 29, 2015 7:14 pm
Everyone's granddad I do love these warm, personal photo's. Puts your feet back on the ground.
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