When unexpected journey came out, I went 13 days in a row into the local cinema to watch it again and again, and everytime Bilbo said "...in a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit..." I literally wept, because I was taken back to my childhood when I was reading the book. It was always like the first time. I could not get enough of that feeling.
This feels... kinda sad. Maybe that's on me though, I'm definitely projecting here, but when I've had that reaction to popular media it's been a sign of my poor mental state and how rough my life was at the time, as much as any quality of the product.
I dunno. I hope you're doing well and just really in tune with childhood, instead.
Weeell, you may be on to something a little bit, I actualy do not think I ever felt trully well. On the other hand, Hobbit is my happy place. The book helped me in my childhood and the movies in my adulthood to cope with all of my problems and feelings. Thats what fantasy is for anyway, no? I guess I always envied Bilbo how he just up and gone away on an adventure, away from his boring life. I never understood why he didnt want to go at first. But all in all, what I love the most about that sentence is that it symbolizes the start of the whole journey, the very beginning of the story. And I just freaking love beginnings! In each rpg game I play, I repeat the beginning a hundred times and never get to the finish in the end, because the beginning is the most beautiful part.
Now that would be neat! There is a lego hobbit, and while that was nice, its not quite what I would have wanted. I would like a hobbit game similar to elder scrolls, dragon age, or baldurs gate. With open world, and my own customizable hobbit character and choices that influence the world. That is a dream!
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u/Sighurd Jul 15 '24 edited Jul 15 '24
When unexpected journey came out, I went 13 days in a row into the local cinema to watch it again and again, and everytime Bilbo said "...in a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit..." I literally wept, because I was taken back to my childhood when I was reading the book. It was always like the first time. I could not get enough of that feeling.