THE AFTERMATH - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

04-30-2002, 06:33 AM

I'm just wondering but what will happen after the excitement has died down? After the third movie has long gone..... will people still want to visit this site? I certainly will but I don't know about everyone else. After a while, LOTR won't be such a big issue.... so what happens then? Will all these sites go forgotten?

Tigerlily Gamgee · 04-30-2002, 09:06 AM

Well, many of the Lord of the Rings and Tolkien sites were around long before the movies were made. Many people just didn't find them until they saw the movie. I imagine that some sites which are based solely on the movie may get less notice, but sites such as this one will still thrive. The books will always be in people's minds because new generations will keep reading them.

Nufaciel · 04-30-2002, 09:13 AM

I don't know about the movie sites, but sites like this one will, especially now that so many have found the brilliance of Tolkien's works. This won't leave once the movie is done. Think about it. How many are learning the languages, and are getting into discussions about the works that have nothing to do with the movies. Look on the books boards. I don't think we have anything to worry about!

Voronwen Amatiriel Cuile · 04-30-2002, 09:19 AM

i agree completely. long live LOTR!!!!!!! the books, however awesome the movies are/are going to be, are still and always will be better. besides- the movies are going to become cult classics, any way. they'll be kind of like monty python movies(etc.)- everyone will still be watching them decades after they come out.

piosenniel · 04-30-2002, 10:42 AM

i'll still be here - long after the furor of the cinema has died down. my first love for tolkien was through his writings, and they continue to be refreshing to me year after year.

Eärendil · 04-30-2002, 02:07 PM

Yep, the same with me, no doubt. I have been living with the books for some time now (nearly 8 years), and now when I´ve finally found a site where I can discuss the books(and also the films) with others like me, would I leave it after a while? No way! Long live LOTR and Barrow Downs!

Celebmundoiel · 04-30-2002, 02:12 PM

It will todally suck when all the movies are done but you can not forget about video and DVD. They will last for a long time. I wish J.R.R Tolkien wrote more than just three.

Arwen Imladris · 04-30-2002, 02:27 PM

I am sad to say that I think that it will die down to a certain extent. After you have memorized the movie and the book, there is not much else you can do. I think it will be slow though.

Enedhil · 04-30-2002, 02:48 PM

The books were around for, what, nearly 45 years before PJ probably even thought of making the movies. Aye, I believe the best of them (like the Downs here) will stick around after the films have left the cinemas....And so will I! The movie is creating a whole new batch of Tolkien fans, young and old, and after reading the books, you can pretty much guarantee that they will remain life-long fans. There is so much stuff to soak up even after you've read all the books: if you're after more there's the history and background and langauges, etc to keep you going for a while. And of course re-reading all the books again!Do you think Tolkien will become/is becoming even more popular around the globe...??[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: Enedhil ]

Luinsewiel · 05-01-2002, 04:55 PM

It'll probly die down somewhat but then in another 20 years or so they'll remake the movies againand dare-that-i-hope make and anime version that i can collect and watch over and over. Hopefully most of the newly generated fans or tolkien will stick arond after the movies are all out and like someone said there's always the dvd.

Daisy Sandybanks · 05-01-2002, 05:44 PM

Well, let me just say that I too will certiantly be here after all the hula balu dies down. But, like everyone has mainly already said, some sites may lose a great many members, and some, sadly, might just overall disapear. I do beleive though, like you kind people have aready mentioned, that Tolkiens work will not go unforgotten just because a silly litte movie is no longer in theaters anymore, heh, then again, there are probley those people who just went to see the movie for its action scenes, and never really had any intention on actually thinking that the movie was based off of a fantasticly well written book.

Celebmundoiel · 05-01-2002, 06:46 PM

I never ever ever want the thrill and excitment of LOTR to die down. and if it does that will suck. but I will always be hear talking to people like you because you all love the movie like me.

ilon · 05-02-2002, 03:19 AM

i hope they'd make another movie adaptation of JRRTolkien's works, like what goerge lucas did to his own STAR WARS. maybe Silmarillion would be good although i've not read it,only the TLOTR books. or maybe a movie about the third age or the first age. if i'm right the LOTR trilogy was set in the second age.[ May 07, 2002: Message edited by: ilon ]

Midgardsormen · 05-02-2002, 03:36 AM

Ilon The Lord of the Rings is set in the Third Age - the end of the Third Age. The Silmarillion is set in the First and Second Age...it has some great stories, but they are rather condensed so it would not be possible to make a movie of the book, but a movie of one of the stories in the book would be great. (if it was done well, that is) I had loved LotR for many many years, but it was only after I found out about the movie AND we got a cable for the computer that I went searching for sites. I do think things will slow down, and we will certainly not have 2000 girls squealing about how sexy Legolas is , but for those of us who love both the books and the movie(s), places like The Barrow Downs offer us the opportunity to discuss our obsession with other people. I certainly do not plan to suddenly disappear around say Feb. 2004! (There is nothing wrong with liking how Legolas looks....he is one very good looking Elv, but wading through some sites.....!!)

Auriel Haevasawen · 05-06-2002, 04:13 PM

I will probably still be here because I was a book fan first. I'd have come to the site sooner if I'd owned a computer sooner (well one with net access anyway)and don't intend to leave until I'm asked. I've been a fan of Tolkien for about 16 years, why change that habit just because of three movies?

ilon · 05-07-2002, 05:04 AM

Midgardsormen i thought t'was the end of the second age when Gandalf and company sailed out off ME and was the third age the domination of humans in ME?

Cimmerian · 05-07-2002, 07:00 AM

The movies generated awareness in the people of all walks of life cause more people watch movies than there are people who read and can read.This site is dedicated mostly to and by the kinds who read, especially fantasy and tolkien, so there's no question of it being abandoned by it's fans.And as long as the RPG and Quiz threads function, I'm here to stay.

Lush · 05-07-2002, 01:53 PM

I think I'll definitely be popping in and out of here for sure. I like this site. I love this forum. It has a definite atmosphere (and how many other cyberspace hang-outs out there actually have an "atmosphere"?) of Tolkien-appreciation, as well as a great group of witty people. Long live, er, die the Downs!

04-30-2002, 06:33 AM	#1
angel_atlantica Guest Posts: n/a	THE AFTERMATH I'm just wondering but what will happen after the excitement has died down? After the third movie has long gone..... will people still want to visit this site? I certainly will but I don't know about everyone else. After a while, LOTR won't be such a big issue.... so what happens then? Will all these sites go forgotten?

04-30-2002, 09:06 AM	#2
Tigerlily Gamgee Hostess of Spirits Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Meduseld Posts: 1,055	Well, many of the Lord of the Rings and Tolkien sites were around long before the movies were made. Many people just didn't find them until they saw the movie.<BR>I imagine that some sites which are based solely on the movie may get less notice, but sites such as this one will still thrive. The books will always be in people's minds because new generations will keep reading them. __________________ ~ ExerciseJunky.com (Hobbits fitness of choice!)~ ~Lady of Rohan: An Eowyn Fansite ~ ~The NEW/OLD Barrow Downs Photo Page~

04-30-2002, 09:13 AM	#3
Nufaciel Wight Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 133	I don't know about the movie sites, but sites like this one will, especially now that so many have found the brilliance of Tolkien's works. This won't leave once the movie is done. Think about it. How many are learning the languages, and are getting into discussions about the works that have nothing to do with the movies. Look on the books boards. I don't think we have anything to worry about! __________________ Member of Pervy Elf Fanciers Anonymous...I need professional help.

04-30-2002, 09:19 AM	#4
Voronwen Amatiriel Cuile Pile O'Bones Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: No-where-ville: trust me, you dont care:-) Posts: 17	i agree completely. long live LOTR!!!!!!! the books, however awesome the movies are/are going to be, are still and always will be better. besides- the movies are going to become cult classics, any way. they'll be kind of like monty python movies(etc.)- everyone will still be watching them decades after they come out. __________________ "Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West, for your King shall come again, and he shall dwell amoung you all the days of your life."

04-30-2002, 10:42 AM	#5
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	i'll still be here - long after the furor of the cinema has died down. my first love for tolkien was through his writings, and they continue to be refreshing to me year after year. __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

04-30-2002, 02:07 PM	#6
Eärendil Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor (RtL: 1220 miles) Posts: 562	Yep, the same with me, no doubt. I have been living with the books for some time now (nearly 8 years), and now when I´ve finally found a site where I can discuss the books(and also the films) with others like me, would I leave it after a while? No way! <BR>Long live LOTR and Barrow Downs! __________________ Jag ska aldrig göra dig illa. Inte igen. Åtminstone inte mycket, åtminstone inte hårt. Kommer du ihåg? Då vi fortfarande kunde skratta, le på ett äkta vis. Jag tänker på det ibland. Det smärtar. För aldrig har du väl varit. Längre bort. Från mig.

04-30-2002, 02:12 PM	#7
Celebmundoiel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 32	It will todally suck when all the movies are done but you can not forget about video and DVD. They will last for a long time. I wish J.R.R Tolkien wrote more than just three. __________________ Roaming in the night through the shadows. You cannot hear me, you cannot see me. I am as agile as a cat. As I run I am low to the ground. I climb trees in a second and run on the branches as if they were the earth’s surface. My appearance is deceitful, I can take life as well as spare. I am Celebmundoiel.

04-30-2002, 02:27 PM	#8
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	I am sad to say that I think that it will die down to a certain extent. After you have memorized the movie and the book, there is not much else you can do. I think it will be slow though. __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

04-30-2002, 02:48 PM	#9
Enedhil Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 102	The books were around for, what, nearly 45 years before PJ probably even thought of making the movies. Aye, I believe the best of them (like the Downs here) will stick around after the films have left the cinemas....And so will I! <P>The movie is creating a whole new batch of Tolkien fans, young and old, and after reading the books, you can pretty much guarantee that they will remain life-long fans. There is so much stuff to soak up even after you've read all the books: if you're after more there's the history and background and langauges, etc to keep you going for a while. And of course re-reading all the books again!<P>Do you think Tolkien will become/is becoming even more popular around the globe...??<p>[ April 30, 2002: Message edited by: Enedhil ] __________________ Meanwhile these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. And the greatest of these is Love.

05-01-2002, 04:55 PM	#10
Luinsewiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Great Grey-Green Greasy Limpopo River, All Set About With Fever Trees Posts: 57	It'll probly die down somewhat but then in another 20 years or so they'll remake the movies againand dare-that-i-hope make and anime version that i can collect and watch over and over. Hopefully most of the newly generated fans or tolkien will stick arond after the movies are all out and like someone said there's always the dvd. __________________ Take David Suzuki's nature challenge today ---> www.davidsuzuki.org

05-01-2002, 05:44 PM	#11
Daisy Sandybanks Wight Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 101	Well, let me just say that I too will certiantly be here after all the hula balu dies down. But, like everyone has mainly already said, some sites may lose a great many members, and some, sadly, might just overall disapear. I do beleive though, like you kind people have aready mentioned, that Tolkiens work will not go unforgotten just because a silly litte movie is no longer in theaters anymore, heh, then again, there are probley those people who just went to see the movie for its action scenes, and never really had any intention on actually thinking that the movie was based off of a fantasticly well written book. __________________ Knowlege is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

05-01-2002, 06:46 PM	#12
Celebmundoiel Animated Skeleton Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lothlorien Posts: 32	I never ever ever want the thrill and excitment of LOTR to die down. and if it does that will suck. but I will always be hear talking to people like you because you all love the movie like me. __________________ Roaming in the night through the shadows. You cannot hear me, you cannot see me. I am as agile as a cat. As I run I am low to the ground. I climb trees in a second and run on the branches as if they were the earth’s surface. My appearance is deceitful, I can take life as well as spare. I am Celebmundoiel.

05-02-2002, 03:19 AM	#13
ilon Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: lothlorien Posts: 31	i hope they'd make another movie adaptation of JRRTolkien's works, like what goerge lucas did to his own STAR WARS. maybe Silmarillion would be good although i've not <BR>read it,only the TLOTR books. or maybe a movie about the third age or the first age. if i'm right the LOTR trilogy was set in the second age.<p>[ May 07, 2002: Message edited by: ilon ] __________________ "Not all those who wander are lost."

05-02-2002, 03:36 AM	#14
Midgardsormen Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 29	Ilon The Lord of the Rings is set in the Third Age - the end of the Third Age. The Silmarillion is set in the First and Second Age...it has some great stories, but they are rather condensed so it would not be possible to make a movie of the book, but a movie of one of the stories in the book would be great. (if it was done well, that is)<BR>I had loved LotR for many many years, but it was only after I found out about the movie AND we got a cable for the computer that I went searching for sites. I do think things will slow down, and we will certainly not have 2000 girls squealing about how sexy Legolas is , but for those of us who love both the books and the movie(s), places like The Barrow Downs offer us the opportunity to discuss our obsession with other people. I certainly do not plan to suddenly disappear around say Feb. 2004!<BR>(There is nothing wrong with liking how Legolas looks....he is one very good looking Elv, but wading through some sites.....!!) __________________ Midgardsormen

05-06-2002, 04:13 PM	#15
Auriel Haevasawen Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nowhere of importance Posts: 240	I will probably still be here because I was a book fan first. I'd have come to the site sooner if I'd owned a computer sooner (well one with net access anyway)and don't intend to leave until I'm asked. I've been a fan of Tolkien for about 16 years, why change that habit just because of three movies? __________________ Auriel

05-07-2002, 05:04 AM	#16
ilon Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: lothlorien Posts: 31	Midgardsormen <P>i thought t'was the end of the second age when Gandalf and company sailed out off ME<BR> and was the third age the domination of humans in ME? __________________ "Not all those who wander are lost."

05-07-2002, 07:00 AM	#17
Cimmerian Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Aquilonia Posts: 382	The movies generated awareness in the people of all walks of life cause more people watch movies than there are people who read and can read.<P>This site is dedicated mostly to and by the kinds who read, especially fantasy and tolkien, so there's no question of it being abandoned by it's fans.<P>And as long as the RPG and Quiz threads function, I'm here to stay.<P> __________________ IN STEEL I TRUST, BY CROM!

05-07-2002, 01:53 PM	#18
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	I think I'll definitely be popping in and out of here for sure. I like this site. I <I>love</I> this forum. It has a definite atmosphere (and how many other cyberspace hang-outs out there actually have an "atmosphere"?) of Tolkien-appreciation, as well as a great group of witty people. Long live, er, die the Downs! __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~