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It is so jolly cold that I am back to using a bungee cord on the bookcase (hooked around The Collins Book of Best-Loved Verse, which is conveniently slender but rigid) in an attempt to keep the bathroom door shut, given that the bathroom window lives *open*...)
On the other hand I have managed to complete my third chapter, and just need to write the final epilogue snippet, for which I have some ideas bubbling away -- though I'm not quite sure how I'm going to actually end it, plus I need to check some dates on French foreign policy first :-)
I am still listening to the BBC Lord of the Rings and still trying to catch up with the washing up; the big problem with this incredibly impressive adaptation, as I remember from my original hearing of it, at a point when it was years since I'd read the book, is that the 'action' scenes are most of them not at all clear. Most of the sound effects and general ambient noises are beautifully done (e.g. Moria versus Lothlorien, which actually *sounds* magical), but when you've got moments like Gandalf confronting the Balrog on the bridge or Frodo being stabbed by an Orc (or even Aragorn and Boromir charging through the opposition to reach the outer gate, although at least for that one you get a hobbit comment of "They're running away!" coupled to the Orc-noises), an ambient grunt or crackle of magic simply doesn't give any idea of what is supposed to be happening. I'm afraid the dialogue adaptation is a little too faithful in this respect; we really needed someone at least to say "He is falling off the bridge" or "Look out for his whip" or something, rather than just "*crackle* Fly, you fools"....
On the other hand I have managed to complete my third chapter, and just need to write the final epilogue snippet, for which I have some ideas bubbling away -- though I'm not quite sure how I'm going to actually end it, plus I need to check some dates on French foreign policy first :-)
I am still listening to the BBC Lord of the Rings and still trying to catch up with the washing up; the big problem with this incredibly impressive adaptation, as I remember from my original hearing of it, at a point when it was years since I'd read the book, is that the 'action' scenes are most of them not at all clear. Most of the sound effects and general ambient noises are beautifully done (e.g. Moria versus Lothlorien, which actually *sounds* magical), but when you've got moments like Gandalf confronting the Balrog on the bridge or Frodo being stabbed by an Orc (or even Aragorn and Boromir charging through the opposition to reach the outer gate, although at least for that one you get a hobbit comment of "They're running away!" coupled to the Orc-noises), an ambient grunt or crackle of magic simply doesn't give any idea of what is supposed to be happening. I'm afraid the dialogue adaptation is a little too faithful in this respect; we really needed someone at least to say "He is falling off the bridge" or "Look out for his whip" or something, rather than just "*crackle* Fly, you fools"....