My father has been a lotr obsesser for quite a few many years, I remember him hunting around second hand book stores trying to find a copy of the hobbit, back when lotr wasnt insanley popular. Probably about 15 years ago now (I'm 20 btw)

Alot of you might be too young to remember a time where lotr wasnt a major motion picture, or in the making to be a major motion picture.

I know that a few of you had read the books before the movies and had loved it for a few years.

I find it strange, I remember having to search through at least 50 second hand book stores to find a copy of the hobbit, but since the movie was released, theres millions of copies everywhere. Even the unfinished tales are as easy as pie to find now.

I remember when lotr was mentioned, people went 'huh?' Gollum wasnt used as a derogatory word in general conversation and short people wern't described as 'hobbits'


Do you remember things from before the movies were released that have drastically changed now? (apart from your bedroom poster collection)

*can't help but laugh at JF*

My parents were both acting kind of like teenagers. They were both excited and nervous. I hadn't had all that much exposure to LotR before (though I grew up on the Hobbit) but then they got the whole family to watch a program on TV on the making of FotR, and I decided that I really wanted to watch the movies.