Just the notion of having the freedom to expand and let the ideas Blossom without worry of some producer telling you it needs to sound more like the temp score to be actionable.. and to be able to have no fear of some overzealous sound designer crushing all of your best cues under a weight of wet galoshes or something.... man this sounds like a dream project.

Thank you!

Loved this one. Great discussion. 😊

Thank you for this beautiful, respectful interview. Love your joyful enthusiasm!

How did you make the mountains for you books?

You cannot talk to Verlyn Flieger with having the tables turned on you, Christopher. Everyone who has the pleasure of talking to her learns that. She does it to me every time.

Thanks for the shoutout, James and Christopher. You are exanples of the kindness you discuss.

I love fantasy! And in fact, the fantasy is a hidden knowledge! "You cannot discuss what does not exist!" 💖

Exciting!

Ooooo noice

time to reread Hobbit and Lord of the Rings

Who are all of your favourite artists of Tolkien's work? I wish to be pointed in the right direction.

Yes, Sam is awesome

Congratulations! I'm so glad that you made this channel, Wonder

Such a positive take on escapism, love it!

Thank you for this, it really resonated with me and eloquently explained what I love about reading and fantasy in particular ❤

That is really true, it is so much more then a story ❤

What's in your pipe, bud? My favorite is Bold Dark Fired or Firestorm.

Christopher, I subscribed because you did such a good interview with one of my favorite Tolkien scholars, James Tauber, and I'm so glad I did because now you've got this excellent interview with the Great and Amazing Verlyn Flieger!! ❤

Eucatastrophe.... a new word crafted by the master. =)

Well said.

Loved the interview but man you said “wow” about 500 times 🤣

Thank you for interviewing with her! That’s a great initiative. I was already following you on Twitter, but this has been a wonderful surprise for your KZbin adventure👍🏻🔥

Great documentary! Thanks for uploading it 😊

Also love the Tolkien characters 🎉❤

I read the 5 main books every year for over a decade. D&D player during same period. Such a rich world. When I went to Hawaii on a family vacation as a kid, I kept imagining the main volcano as Mount Doom and that an orc patrol might appear at any moment. Thank Eru Illuvatar for the Tolkien family.

So beautiful.

Dame Judi Dench's voice is pure gold.

I've seen this video and read The Trilogy many times cover to cover. I'm also a longtime player of the MMO Lord of the Rugs Online now in its 19th year, a true phenomenon of the gaming world and a testament to the community and loyalty of Tolkien fans. The game is a lot more faithful to the books than the movies though there is content, obviously, added to make it a game. As to my favourite character, it's Samwise Gamgee. His experience during his part of the overall quest sees him become "among the greats" from a simple gentle-hobbit gardener. He was a ring bearer and felt its pull but was able to give it up.- He was intrinsically too good for The Ring to corrupt. He saw his part of the quest, knowing he would probably die, and dared to see it through as Frodo's companion to the end. He lived a long and rich life full of love for his wife and children and of the respect he gained simply by being good. He became Samwise Gardener, Master of Bag End and seven times Mayor of the Shire. In the end, after Mistress Rose died, he saw his firstborn Elanor one last time to give her The Red Book and was granted passage to the Undying Lands to be reunited with Frodo at last. To my mind, that's true heroism. Frodo, in the end, is a tragic hero. He played his part, bearing The One Ring all the way to Orodruin. He was consumed by The One Ring and it tore him apart. He was unable to finish the quest, and had it not been for Samwise's mercy to Gollum, things might not have gone as they did. He wasn't able to come back from either the Morgul knife in his shoulder or from being The Ring's Bearer for 20+ years though he tried to rebuild his life in The Shire. He could find no rest and like so many soldiers who suffered shell shock, what was best was for him to go to Valinor, having accepted Arwen's place in the passage to the Undying Lands. What makes Samwise Gardener so good and pure is that he took one day at a time, one task at a time, one step after another, and in the end carried Frodo on his back on Mount Doom; he returned and made a life for himself. He built a life with Rosie Cotton and lived.

to bad this is AI enhanced which makes the transitions between some scenes look bad

Great interview and amazing work

HappyHobbit day .🎉❤

Intriguing

"Magic is very close to the machine". Oh my.

Thank you!!!!

Have you heard of the high elves?

"Speech's involuted breath... faint echo and dim picture of the world." After listening to this I'm going to read in Return of the King.

I am reminded of a statement that goes "A pipe will give a Wise man time to think but for a Fool it is just something to stick in his mouth"!!! 🤠👍

Who is the Lady/Professor that appears @1:12:13 ?

Thanks for this interview!

Truth is, there was a Middle Earth where we have the asteroid belt. And the same parasites that ran it into the ground are in charge of this place! Stand by for the greatest theft in human history!

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It’s really not that rare

Many many thanks for uploading this. :-) I stumbled across it in a list of recommended videos after watching a video to do with Harry Potter actually. :-) I am a budding fantasy author who is blind and really enjoyed this jem. :-) it was really cool to be able to hear more of Priscilla's voice and John's who I never heard before. I wonder, are there any recordings of Edith Tolkien? Especially reading the audiobook of the letters of JRR Tolkien and he describes her voice at one point it would be pretty cool. Especially considering he based Luthien off her and singing etc.

This is beautiful. Modern Hollywood has taken Tolkeins' work and distorted it into pure perversion. The Rings of Power is a soap drama with tolekins work & name on it. I hope Amazon loses more than just money for what they've done. Thankfully the writings and books will always exist for us to enjoy.

I want an Actual Hobbit structured Calendar as in how the Hobbits describe a year!!! 🤠👍

the baby pictures of him wow. remarkable. truly amazing to see all this.