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For comparing the adaptations of a particular work to each other, or comparing a work's adaptations to the source work. Always use in conjunction with the relevant work tag/s.
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What is the difference between The Lay of the Children of Hurin found in The Lays of Beleria...
The most obvious difference is that one is written in verse and the other in prose.
To Thangorodrim was the Thalion bome,
that mountain that meets the misty skies
on high over the …
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Does Legolas perform such deft feats in the novel as he does in the movies?
Most of the specific feats you listed are movie inventions, but Tolkien's elves were able to move faster than the human eye could often follow
This all comes from a c.1959 text later titled by Tolkie …
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Did the Harry Potter movies influence JKR's later HP books?
According to set director Stephenie McMillan, the description of Grimmauld Place in book seven was based on the way it appeared in the fifth movie.
J. K. Rowling visited the studio when the set for G …
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What was the first official film adaptation made of J.R.R. Tolkien's work?
The first official film adaptation of Tolkien's work was an adaptation of The Hobbit in 1967.
Tolkien was previously approached twice about film adaptation rights to The Lord of the Rings in the late …
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How did the Witch King of Angmar get his sword back?
Gandalf took it into Dol Guldur with him and it was taken from him.
Peter Jackson: So Philippa, in the commentary on the first of the Hobbit movies, we said that we were going to talk about how the M …
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Why is Tom Bombadil not included in the films?
According to an unsourced interview found on Yahoo! Answers:
Originally Bombadil was going to be in the movie, but had to be cut out. Peter Jackson actually explained this on a televised intervi …
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What was Azog's role in canon?
Azog's role in canon was the murder of Thorin's grandfather Thrór (which was the catalyst of a long Dwarf-Goblin war), and the father of Bolg (the goblin leader at the end of The Hobbit). He was kille …
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Was Gollum completely naked in the books?
No
In one of the unpublished Tolkien essays sitting around in the Bodleian library, Tolkien went into some depth about Gollum.
Gollum was according to Gandalf one of a riverside hobbit people – and t …
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Why did Gandalf change from blue to grey?
Tolkien did not envision his wizards as wearing monochromatic outfits.
Towards the end of his life, circa 1970, Tolkien wrote an essay describing the appearance of the fellowship, in response to seein …
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