When you put on disc one of the Appendices on Fellowship Of The Ring, you'll be waiting a long time untill the process moves beyond pre-production.At the start of each set is a feature on Tolkien these contain elements of biography, linguistics, history and the themes of the books (including some heavily personal elements). While both JRR Tolkien and Peter Jackson's approaches seems to be idiosyncratic and not averse to making things up as they go along, the sheer wealth of material on these discs shows you how much planning and effort goes into making a story. Less flippantly, it's a story of how films get made and how Lord Of The Rings happened. Essentially, it's an ideal shorthand for lazy people like me who have no time or inclination to read The Silmarillion.
On top of that, you're able to build up a clearer picture of Middle Earth than you might when involved with the films' narrative. Without them, I would have nothing to base that assumption on. This was my happy place, to the extent that I watched the extras before the film when we got Return Of The King.I can't help but think that Professor Tolkien would have tutted, but that's only because of the various documentaries about him across the discs. Fried things, a pint of tea and a documentary about horses.
There were not only two discs for the film, there were two discs for the extras.Once purchased, the films themselves became a staple of dementedly-involved drinking games, and these Appendices part of the hangover cure for the next day. The hall wardens could walk down the fire escape onto the roof above the entrance and have barbeques. When carrying the equipment back to the hall warden's room I discovered two things:1. While it is widely acknowledged that university is a place for experimentation and expansion of your experiences, in my case this consisted of volunteering (as The Tall One) to gaffer-tape two projector screens together so everyone in the common room could watch The Fellowship Of The Ring without a 1cm gap down the middle. I love the Lord Of The Rings Extended Edition Appendices more than I will ever love any human child (if any of my future children are reading this, try harder).It was in 2003 that I first became aware of their existence.
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