# "Warning..!!" Big time LOTR “Return of the King” spoiler. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198 "2004-02-09T00:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198/21 "2004-02-10T06:05:04Z")
> [@UnclePoo](#): > > Damn!! I’m happy that the ending wasn’t ambiguous or anything! > > It’s unreal how many people (I included) take this story as serious as they do. > I never watched a movie that transported me into it’s world as this one did. > I’m just very dismayed that it’s all over being I have now watched the final part of the trilogy. I really wish I had read the book so that I could add my imagination to the story as well as all of you have obviously done!! > > Is there any other Tolkien writings on the same tip?? > > Peace As **Qadgop** says, no, there isn’t really. Still, you seem to be putting the cart before the horse. You still have the original work to read. Feel free to begin with _The Hobbit_, if you wish. Or not. Under the circumstances (a passing familiarity with the overall story), interposing **The Hobbit** might hamper your momentum. It could make an interesting topic for discussion. Look for another thread on it in this forum. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198/22 "2004-02-21T05:10:03Z")
I just finished watching the DVD of LOTRTT ( having watched the video of the first one when it first came out whenever that was.) and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have only one nagging question: Does anyone actually wash their hair in this book or what? ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198/23 "2004-02-21T14:01:33Z")
In response to **Shirley** ’s spoiler: Heck, after watching the first movie, my wife said to me, “Looks like shampoo hasn’t been invented in Middle-Earth.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198/24 "2004-02-21T14:14:06Z")
And here I am thinking that Frodo left the Shire because, well, the Shire was _boring_, especially after all that he’s seen and been through, a sort of “you can’t go home again” ending. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198/25 "2004-02-21T16:55:03Z")
I think the best answer to this might be found in the writings of that great Tolkien scholar Ozzy Ozbourne: > [@](#): > > Times have changed and times are strange > Here I come, but I ain’t the same > > You took me in and you drove me out > Yeah, you had me hypnotized > Lost and found and turned around > By the fire in your eyes ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198/26 "2004-02-21T19:55:51Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > I just finished watching the DVD of LOTRTT ( having watched the video of the first one when it first came out whenever that was.) and thoroughly enjoyed it. > > I have only one nagging question: > > Does anyone actually wash their hair in this book or what? The chapter “A Conspiracy Unmasked” contains a reference to Frodo drying his hair after a bath. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-big-time-lotr-return-of-the-king-spoiler/228198.md?page=1)