LOTR: the nits and pickings thereof

January 31, 2004

The NitPicker’s Guide to the Lord of the Rings. Eighty-one points whereby the Jackson film differs from holy writ.

mike whybark. 20 words. Posted at January 31, 2004 10:15 PM

Comments

That's a lot of nits.

Posted by: Frankenstein at February 1, 2004 8:43 AM

Did you know the guy who wrote this lives in Bloomington, IN?

Posted by: Bart Everson at February 1, 2004 12:40 PM

No Bart, I did not notice that!

I thought it was a beautiful specimen of the nerdly urge, a triumph of obessiveness.

Posted by: mike whybark at February 1, 2004 12:47 PM

look! A ROX guest appearance:

Posted by: mike whybark at February 1, 2004 12:53 PM

ah, ob-S-essiveness, sorry.

Posted by: mike whybark at February 1, 2004 12:55 PM

He misses the whole thing about how the books didn't have closing credits.

Posted by: Ken Goldstein at February 1, 2004 11:54 PM

LOL! I've known Phil for many years. He's also a recent grad from the IU "School" of Library and Info Science. Apprently he has not yet found a job.

Posted by: holly at February 2, 2004 5:21 AM

That would be "apparently" (although "almost certainly" would suit as well).

Posted by: holly at February 2, 2004 5:24 AM