Lucas Blogs About Books

This book cover is doubly dishonest: 1) it implies that these works are Tolkien originals rather than translations, and B) it implies a totally awesome scene in which Sir Gawain and the Green Knight must join forces to fight a more powerful foe (no such scene exists). Some people like to complain about the inevitable changes that occur when a story is adapted from one medium to another. But let's be honest, sometimes, the less faithful an adaptation is, the more memorable it is. So, in this series I'll be taking a look at adaptations where creators took one look at the source material and said, "FUCK THAT NOISE!" to see how that turned out. Today's Oddaptation: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight  (13XX) by ‾\_(ツ)_/‾, trans. J.R.R. Tolkien into Adventure Time, "Seventeen" (season 10, episode 5) (2017) dir. Cole Sanchez, written and storyboarded by Seo Kim and Somvilay Xayaphone Oddapta-tions, c'mon grab yer friends! We'll blog 'bout ...

Where's The Silmarillion ? You might ask. Do you think I'm made of time? My feverish pursuit of MOAR content brought forth this feature: Simplified Series. Here's the pitch: quick synopses (I'll try and keep them spoiler-free, but you know, most of these are past the statute of limitations on spoilers) of the entries in a series followed by the reasons you should or shouldn't read it. This week: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings  by JRR Tolkien Background Info: I mean, you know what these are. Anyway, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was a philologist, which is what a linguist was called before the academic underpinnings of modern linguistics were developed in the early 20th century. Ever since his youth, one of his hobbies was inventing constructed languages  (conlangs). And really, it was this hobby that lead him to begin writing his Middle-Earth novels and stories. After all, what good is a conlang without anyone to speak it? So, he started working on The Si...