Why I Love JRR Tolkien

I must say that you, Thomas, are the Englishest man I’ve ever seen

The enthusiasm was a pleasure to watch

I am really happy to see someone appreciating Turkish translations of Tolkien's works. There is a big community of Tolkien fans in Turkey and most of them monolingual or at the very least know very little English, yet love for Tolkien and his works are unprecedented even among them thanks to the skilled translators. Also if you can understand spoken Turkish, the original Turkish dubs of Jackson's triology are the best Turkish dubs I've ever listened so far; I can't recommend it enough honestly.

Tolkien loved England and I've heard that he felt English people needed their own central folklore or mythical, unifying story which is why he wrote LOTR (and committed so thoroughly to the background lore)

Lord of the Rings was one of the first books I ever read, along with Moby Dick and Robinson Crusoe.

It wasn't until a good 20 years later I tackled The Hobbit. Tolkien was always a bit of a hero and a national treasure to me.

Hello, I love Tolkien's books. But I am hungarian, and not speak english, so I can't write a long comment, why. But the book is very good in hungarian, the translator was clever and perfect, and the poems are good. The Lord of the rings in Hungarian: A Gyűrűk ura. 😃

Interesting translaters from the Gyűrűk ura:
Samwise Gamgee - Csavardi Samu
Baggins - Zsákos
Isengard - Vasudvard
Merry Brandybuck - Borbak Trufiádok (Merry - Trufa)
Shelob - Banyapók
Farmer Maggot - Zsizsik gazda
Shire - Megye
Baranduin river - Borbuggyan folyó

I see you are an intelligent man, and I am happy. Thank you the video, and I hope, you like my comment, and it was interesting.

The liliburlello march/song was a very nice touch! Got my Catholic soul into square formation and shivering, but anyways lol.

I have a real problem watching certain videos; I get to something like "I'm very happy to have it in this special 50th Anniversary Edition because it's a big red _book_", I realise exactly what the speaker is referring to and that's so damn smart and lovely I hit the Like button without even thinking, a mere thirteen seconds in, damn me.

I love that poem too! I'm a voiceover artist so a couple years ago I recorded a narration of it with all the verses from both The Hobbit and LOTR together. Quite an enjoyable little project to work on!

I discovered Tolkien through an odd coincidence. It was on a Friday when school had just finished, and I was a little late getting all my things together to leave. Departing, I spied a coverless, dog-eared paperback in the hallway. I brought it home, curious as to what it was. I could not believe anyone had written such a great story, and read it that weekend. I've had similar coincidences, but Tolkien was who brought me through some very lonely and tough times.

That is a truly stellar outfit.

Big fan of the films, I have only read The Hobbit so far though.
My daughter asked me to read it to her at bedtime, took a while but we got through it…and yes, all the Dwarfes had strong Yorkshire accents

I used to devour LotR when I was a kid, and it was love of that series that got me into Dungeons and Dragons. I re-read LotR for the first time in many years this year and enjoyed getting back to the series. I had forgotten how much poetry was in the series, so I'm glad you pointed that out in your video!

Omg a Tolkien fan who knows about the Turkish translations of LOTR! I grew up with those books, then picked up the English version after the first movie was released, read them twice in English. But the Turkish translations still hold a precious place in my heart as my introduction to the Tolkien world.

I've read The Lord of the Rings 21 times - finding something new in it at every reread. Now I'm reading it again and I'm just as thrilled about as I was when I read the English original for the first time at the age of 13 after getting hooked by the Swedish edition at 12.

I grew up in rural Australia and The Lord of the Rings was one of the first "proper" books I read. I could barely understand it but it gave me a great love of nature, and after reading a chapter or so I would wander through our nearby forest and creek and enjoy nature. The irony that a fantasy novel could give one such a love of the natural world. What a great writer! I must read it again.

Wow, it was an absolute pleasure to watch this video. Thanks for making it and sharing it with us!

This is a man of class. The very British definition of a Gentleman (research Gentleman culture, there's more to it than just the name itself!)

I hope you have a fine collection of quality fountain pens sir, no true Inkling is without one!

I love that in the German version of the book, the translator was in touch with Tolkien himself and doublechecked, that she would also translate the meaning and not only the words correct 👍

I think many people living in rural Britain, especially up to 3 or 4 decades ago, before things started to get built up quickly again, could look around and envisage that 'this' spot or 'this' view was what Tolkien had seen and wanted to preserve in his books when he wrote of his heroes' travels, Hobbiton, Rohan or the Elvish lands and woods.
To either watch the films or read the books is to evoke memories of what has gone for those of us old enough to remember them, and wise enough to move to those remaining pockets of unspoilt countryside before they are criss-crossed by another motorway, or are drowned by the noise of even more aircraft, farm machinery, or idiots racing around on quad bikes for 'sport.'
That is what Tolkien means for me, a remembrance of a quieter, cleaner, greener, pleasanter, less populated Britain.
However, in my view, unlike the heroes of the novel, we who lived in the real world lost to Sauron.