tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post3460155617572772947..comments2024-01-21T05:00:45.737-06:00Comments on PowerOfBabel: A Column On Gollum: Portraits Of A Fallen HobbitBrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-56527487543347639862012-03-13T22:51:34.741-05:002012-03-13T22:51:34.741-05:00A wonderful collection. I have enjoyed looking thr...A wonderful collection. I have enjoyed looking through the various interpretations, pre-movies. Thank you.Cindyhttp://schoollibrarybeyondsurvival.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-29884356174305573942011-12-15T06:30:48.623-06:002011-12-15T06:30:48.623-06:00It was Tolkien himself who said Gollum was never n...It was Tolkien himself who said Gollum was never naked, that he could steal his clothes, and that the Elves would clothe him.Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-21375719006709407322011-05-27T10:58:09.825-05:002011-05-27T10:58:09.825-05:00It struck me that Gollum is probably the most uniq...It struck me that Gollum is probably the most unique of Tolkien's creations: after all, wizards, halflings, etc. have long populated imaginative tales. But Smeagol-his voice, character and characteristics-so instantly recognizable, so universally embraced by culture, is quite singular. Any literary precursors that you know of?Babelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747544542335195389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-38731648805995468712011-05-25T14:25:11.507-05:002011-05-25T14:25:11.507-05:00Oh, yes indeedy. Even in The Hobbit, Gollum think...Oh, yes indeedy. Even in The Hobbit, Gollum thinks of what he keeps in his own pockets, and in The Lord of the Rings Tolkien mentions that an Eagle seeing Gollum from above would think him an emaciated child of Men, covered in rag.<br /><br />Someone comments somewhere that Gollum would have plenty of opportunity to steal new clothes from his victims (whether goblins or children) and that during his captivity in Mirkwood the Elves would almost certainly have clothed him (perhaps in less potently Elvish cloth than that of Lorien; maybe got from the Men of Lake Town).Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-58493264452312885782011-05-25T14:13:07.496-05:002011-05-25T14:13:07.496-05:00A nice collection of images. I was interested to ...A nice collection of images. I was interested to note the different takes not only on Gollum's physical appearance, but on his apparel as well, from nekked to not too badly worn pants, to the most common, a sort of loin cloth, probably all that is left of his hobbit pants. did Tolkien ever specify anything regarding Gollum's clothes, or the lack of them?Babelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747544542335195389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-88351973355279103172011-05-24T21:34:14.389-05:002011-05-24T21:34:14.389-05:00To be fair the Jannsen (that's Tove Jannsen, t...To be fair the Jannsen (that's Tove Jannsen, the author and illustrator of the Moomin books) came pretty early, I think 1947.<br /><br />I know what you mean about the Sweet Bilbo; I think it's because he's so lanky and long-legged.Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5620095083359609940.post-5607888471976666372011-05-24T14:45:54.790-05:002011-05-24T14:45:54.790-05:00The Janssen graphic looks completely wrong, like h...The Janssen graphic looks completely wrong, like he's some kind of aquatic ent.<br /><br />I've always thought the Sweet interpretation was okay for Gollum, but made Bilbo look far too human.AlanDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.com