Speaking of when I mentioned JustSomeGuy- he shared about the letters his family had from Tolkien as an example to bring home other points. I think it was regarding ROP which his voice essentially is the same opinion regarding that series. His family were one of many who were correspondents with JRR Tolkien. - He often talks about LOTR stuff while playing really well known LOTR online war games, heck, you can even create your own character and immerse yourself in middle earth via LordOfTheRingsOnline where it’s free roaming. You can even interact with several people. Commence various role plays together if you wish, some have very unique dwellings and such from previous events and whatnot too. It’s been around for several decades now.

Good Morning Flo. I discovered LOR while at sea in the Navy 50 years ago. Imagine being stuck on a ship for months without trees or mountains, then stepping into this fantasy. It even gave me the best of dreams. I believe every crew member in my department read these. Anyway, I’m looking forward to this journey with you.❤

@Makkaru112

19 күн бұрын

You’d love to discover The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales, Phil Dragash audiobook also brings to life The LOTR trilogy big time! It also merges lovely ambience and matches certain scenes to Howard Shore’s LOTR Score!

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

Aww thank you for sticking with me for this BTS journey. I wasn't sure whether it would be interesting enough to keep the interests of others, but I'm having a blast! I find the fact that you were fortunate enough to discover the LOTR while at sea to be mind-blowing. I mean, my goodness gracious, what a way to be introduced to the LOTR realm. And the idea that it was a part of the collective consciousness of your entire crew at the same time in the same space is just beyond great. Thank you for sharing that with us. I'll be smiling at that thought for the rest of this week for sure 🥰❤️

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19 күн бұрын

Sounds good to me Makkaru. Thank you. :)

This Hobbit was published first, many of its references was to his 25 other books came first; compiled from writings still being discovered. Another book just got published within this last year or two called The Hoard. As it explains more and gives context to things like the fall of Doriath, the OG heart of middle earth and huge portion of the elvish population. And how the sons of Fëanor and their own armies even made it through all the terrain that was impossible for everyone else to even reach plus such a trek was also a very long and arduous one. The details of Doriath’s natural and enhanced defences were already known to us so this new book clears up many things including this. ❤️

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19 күн бұрын

The fact that they are still publishing his books is outrageous to me. Wow, just wow...

@Makkaru112

19 күн бұрын

@@flowstatereactions many things are found from notes and locating letters between Tolkien and we the people. Many of us post them online and or share about them as a sort of side story during other videos such as JustSomeGuy. ❤️ where he shared that these letters between his parents and grand parents back and forth with Tolkien were passed down through the generations.

The b-day was in the book and Gandalf's fireworks were there too, but without any involvement of Merry and Pippin :)

I'm not sure how entertaining it is to watch me sit and fangirl over every scene, but here's my edited reaction to the first 4 videos of the Lord Of The Rings Appendices. Talk about riveting! 💯🙌🏾 I'll see you sweet souls sometime next week, until then...Let's Flow! 🎬

@skinnyjax

19 күн бұрын

I love that you're watching this! Whenever we have a LOTR marathon, the Appendecis are always included. It is fascinating.

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

@@skinnyjax I must admit that I was hesitant to watch the BTS because I thought that it may be a bit drab and boring compared to the films. Boy was I wrong! So far, it's been just as captivating, so I can see why you still include it during your LOTR rewatches. It's all pure magic. :)

Thanks you for reacting to these BTS videos, it's mind boggling the attention to detail that these film makers went to in order to produce these movies.

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

Yes indeed! I was left speechless many times while watching this documentary. They really knew how to bring Middle Earth to life by putting so much love and attention into the details, even the tiny ones. Just splendid!

I dunno who else suggested the behind the scenes playlist but I definitely did. The shout outs channels have given me helps my 2 channels out a lot. Yet again I’m glad you’re enjoying my suggestions. ❤

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

Yes you were definitely one of the one's who suggested that I watch the APPENDICES. Thank you so much for that. :) Actually, I have received quite a few suggestions from you and other subscribers. I plan to do another shout out video to make sure that everyone gets credit. It's the least that I can do for so much encouragement and support. 🙏🏾❤️

I'm so glad you're reacting to these. For me, the extras were just about as exciting as the films. And I had never read the books when I saw Fellowship, but as soon as I got out of the theater I started, and three days later I finished the whole trilogy. Completely obsessed. And it's so gratifying to see how basically everyone working on these things were just as obsessed I was.

@flowstatereactions

17 күн бұрын

Wait...you read the entire trilogy in 3 days? 😮 Surely that's a typo lol Maybe you meant 3 weeks? But either way, that's pretty impressive, and I now get the obsession. The movies were off the charts mind-blowing!! Even the BTS Appendices is phenomenal. Looks like my first journey through Middle Earth is going to continue for quite some time. Thanks for joining me.

❤❤❤

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! 😊❤️

It's a tribute to Peter Jackson and his crew that his film adaptation of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" (LOTR) has nearly as great an impact and is touching so many viewers as the books do. I've read the books about half a dozen times from the mid-1970's through the early 1990's. I always find something new. I was actually forced to start "Fellowship" because it was required reading in my Freshman English Class (High School). I wasn't interested in reading it at first - some book about hobbits & elves & wizards - who wants to read about that? But I got swept away almost immediately by the story and the charm of Tolkien's way of writing. It's hard to explain the warm feeling I'd get just reading the book, especially at the beginning and the start of Frodo's journey. So many unknowns at that point, and potential terror. A whole new world to discover that was ancient and fully developed. And Sauron was everywhere and nowhere. The only way I can explain the beginning is: it was like the warm feeling you'd get reading an old Christmas tale, or looking at a beautiful Christmas tree with presents next to a glowing fireplace. Since we'd started reading "Fellowship" in the fall semester, we matched the timeframe of the Unexpected Party, and the start of Frodo's journey in late September. So, for re-readings, I'd always start on Sept. 22 so I could experience them at the same time of year as Frodo's travels. Reading the books is almost a biblical experience. And when "The Silmarillion" came out in 1977, it went to #1 with over a million hard copies sold immediately, and I snatched up a copy as soon as I could find one. If you're really into Tolkien, it's a wonderful book - sort of like the Bible of Middle-Earth. It's not a novel, although there are some very good (and tragic) individual stories - of the Creation, the Valar and Maiar (Gandalf was a Maia), the holy Two Trees, the Silmarils which forever captured the light of the Two Trees, Beren and Luthien (story similar to Aragorn and Arwen only 6-7,000 years earlier!), the Fall of Gondolin, Earendil the Mariner (remember the Phial of Galadrial? "May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out." It had some of the light of the Silmarils, although even IT wouldn't shine in Mt. Doom, Sauron's mountain), the story of Numenor in the Second Age, and its downfall due to Sauron's influence, and more backstory Of The Rings of Power And The Third Age. One other interesting thing: Tolkien's world of Middle-Earth is so fully fleshed out with its many languages, races, geography, geology, botany, and history, that when the books were released and at various times afterwards Tolkien would say that he didn't actually write LOTR, he'd just transcribed the story from an unearthed copy of an ancient book discovered at some archeological site in England. The book was called The Red Book of Westmarch. I think most people knew he was kidding, but given the huge depth of information and history of Middle-Earth, it gave some pause to wonder at his statement. He obviously had a sense of humor!

@flowstatereactions

16 күн бұрын

Omg...thank you so much for leaving this comment. I'm growing quite fond of hearing other people's stories of their first encounters with the LOTR. The fact that "Fellowship of the Ring" was required reading for you is just priceless. I wish it was required reading for me in High School. I could've gotten on the LOTR bandwagon much, much, much sooner. Also, let me just say the fact that Tolkien himself "joked" that he found an archeological site in England where he found an ancient book has me smiling from ear to ear. I keep saying it feels like the vivid memory of an actual past life or something. I appreciate you sharing that with me. I feel like even Tolkien knows that what he has created was just too off-the-charts extraordinary so he has humbled his contribution in the funniest way. I just keep loving him more and more. Thanks again and have a good evening. 😊

WOO HOO! Can't believe I didn't find this until tonight, but it is good timing because I had a rather crappy day. Look at me now.... I'm doing my happy dance! So glad you're doing this and I assure you will love watching these. And I will love watching them with you!

@flowstatereactions

14 күн бұрын

The fact that my delight can help boost your mood, even in the slightest, is music to my ears. I'm so glad I decided to watch the BTS on camera so that I can share my joy with others like you. Your comment makes me want to do a happy dance too. Thanks for joining me on the couch yet again. Have a blessed day. ❤️

@RoboSteave

13 күн бұрын

@@flowstatereactions Wow, did you ever boost my mood! Watched your video right before bed, got up Tuesday and had a great day! Thanks, I assume that was your doing? LOL Hope you watch the extra about the horses. They really had to deal with a whole lot of horses and their owners on these movies. Great stuff!

I m so glad that you would like to read the books :) I hope they would give you as much joy, food for thought, inspiration to create, and good memories of time spent in fans company (over a pint too) :) as they gave me through the years. I m sure there are many Tolkien fans with whom I can share a feeling that I got after finishing the book (not once, but between 1993 and 2003 I've read it like 12 times), it was a kind of feeling of uttermost but silent joy (Tolkien calls it the effect of 'eucatastrophe' - which is a special kind of "happy end" in fearytales - eucatastrophe has big part in his "theory of literature") and feel of ensurety that I m on the Light Side of Force lets say it that way :) and that those who could be united by sharing this world, those who were able to weep with Frodo and to fight with Gandalf and to love with Beren and Luthien, and to stand with Finrod Felagund who stood against Dark Lord singing about endurance - you know we are friends forever, we are kind of spiritual friends and there are hundreds of milions of us around this darkened, barbaric world. And though "Our kingdom - a distant light" :) thanks to old J. R. R. T. we can always share a common dream of homeland, and this homeland is the Shire. :) And it was a moment of clarity, like oh, so its already all granted, and we are in a God's fanfic (we are sub-creators of fanfics from God's creation - this was Tolkien's explanaition about human need for creating fictional worlds) so nothing to fear, for this world is only a mundane shadow of the other, real world, the world of joy, adventure, honor and splendor :) I never was a particular happy person but to this day I can re-create this first feeling I got that day when I finished the book as this stupid, lonely, pampered, living without goal, egocentric teenage girl who at this moment understood, that was the thing I m going to serve (or rather the ideals Tolkien put in his stories) and after P. Jackson (as some critics said - "Pete Jackson - a madman with a torch") movies came Tolkien fans became my people and the books and movies are "the songs of my people". Through this fantasy universum I want to serve the Light - despite my ethical and theoretical, and political problems with any and all of institutional religions. :) Thats my very personal story - as one of milions of us, forever in debt to the Professor :)

Great reaction and great info thank you

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

Thank you and you're quite welcome. Watching this was so much fun :)

Loved the video, the way you edited this one is good, keep it coming like this. I'm here to follow along with the ride. :) Happy you're enjoying them so much.

@flowstatereactions

18 күн бұрын

Thank you! I was having a ball, so I'm glad you enjoyed it along with me. This has to be one of the most entertaining BTS documentary I have ever seen. Just wonderful! I'll see you again next week Sir Prince :)

@SirPrinceBo

18 күн бұрын

@@flowstatereactions Awesome can't wait. And I agree, for me it has been THE best one, so much detail and passion that goes into all the process is dumbounding to me. I've seen the appendices probably like 3 times already lol.

My response to your latest reply to my comment - more writings are found from notes & locating letters between Tolkien & we the people. Many of us post them online and or share about them as a sort of side story during other videos such as JustSomeGuy. ❤️ where he shared that these letters between his parents and grand parents back and forth with Tolkien were passed down through the generations.

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

It's fascinating to me that Tolkien still lives on in so many people's hearts. It makes sense. This man was magical. ❤️

@Makkaru112

19 күн бұрын

@@flowstatereactions JustSomeGuy only used it for an example to bring home other points. I think it was regarding ROP which his voice essentially is the same opinion regarding that series but yeah. He often talks about LOTR stuff while playing really well known LOTR online war games, heck, you can even create your own character and immerse yourself in middle earth via LordOfTheRingsOnline where it’s free roaming. You can even interact with several people. Commence various role plays together if you wish, some have very unique dwellings and such from previous events and whatnot too. It’s been around for several decades now.

@flowstatereactions

19 күн бұрын

😳 There is a LOTR role play game? OMG...I did not need to know that. If I start playing that, no one will ever see me again lol

@Makkaru112

19 күн бұрын

@@flowstatereactions you can record yourself playing. Showing the gameplay and your commentary while you’re on video beside the side of the screen that shows the gameplay. There is also super fun ones also called shadow of Mordor and the sequel shadow of war. There is also an awesome turn based and free roaming one for the xbox

@Makkaru112

19 күн бұрын

@@flowstatereactions there is also a very famous LOTR game series for the PlayStation 2 as well