Eä Tolkien Society Meeting Notes for February 19th, 2022

Brian reads Jan notes 

Hawke gives update on Community center www.rpgcc.org  

Brian shows The One Ring 2nd edition role-playing game, just arrived. 

Discussion of Rings of Power trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7v1hIkYH24  

Sara appreciated posters more than trailer. A bit disappointed. 

Gary—it depends on what the series is like. Controversy: races of people, bigotry, social justice oh my. “Evil can create anything new… it can only pervert what is already made.” Get woke, get broke. 

Chris—has mixed feelings. Cinematography of an ad 

Hawke—big and expansive for 2nd age, bigger than 3rd age LOTR and hobbit. Disappointing no meat. None the wiser. Told us nothing. A lot of CGI. Wished they gave snippets of story. 

Brian quoting from Vanity Fair interview. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/10-burning-questions-about-amazons-the-rings-of-power  

“Is it true to the spirit of Tolkien’s story?” 

Discussion of fantasy author Ursula LeGuin & JRRT  

https://johngarth.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/ursula-le-guin-the-language-of-earthsea-and-tolkien/  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rule_of_Names 

Read Letter 197 

Discussion of income from LOTR 

Read Letter 198  

Next month C.J. Cherryh otherwise Michael Moorcock https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/anti-tolkien  

Talking about Tolkienmoot in July. 

Next month: March 19, 1-3 pm.