02-27-2002, 09:14 PM | #1 |
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Mt. Doom?
ok, this is something that my friends and i were discussing, and i want to know what people think. tolkien has all these cool names, he even came up with various different entire languages. and then he goes and names the mountain "Mount Doom". How obvious can you get? maybe he thought frodo was slow and needed the extra help? (nothing against tolkien or frodo here: tolkien's my favourite author and frodo is frankly hot). the other mountains too: the Lonely Mountain, the Misty Mountains...ok, those weren't so bad. but still!...
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02-27-2002, 10:32 PM | #2 |
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I never found "Mount Doom" cheesy. I think it is a translation of Sindarin Amon Amarth, but I'm not sure (I don't really have a mind for Sindarin words). Amon Amarth sounds better than Mount Doom in my opinion, but I think that's because it belongs to a language more beautiful (than English). Tolkien could have called it Fire Mountain, which is much worse than Mount Doom. Orodruin means "Mountain of Fire".
I should like to know why the place was called Mount Doom. Was it because the Ring was made there, the act of which was a matter of high fate and doom? I mean there had to be a reason for "Mount Doom" to become a common name of the place.
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02-27-2002, 11:05 PM | #3 |
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I found it kind of cheesy too...::shrug:: Oh well, a lot of the stuff in my older and current stories was cheesy, and that's the only thing I don't like so far
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02-27-2002, 11:24 PM | #4 |
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Doom=fate
Its not THAT cheesy
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02-27-2002, 11:26 PM | #5 |
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I must admit that I found it rather refreshing to have at least one or two place names that were simple, easy to remember and most of all easy to pronounce!
You want to try discussing Tolkien's books with your friends when you can't pronounce half the character names and places!
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02-27-2002, 11:42 PM | #6 |
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I admit that it could have been more creative, but like Nolendil said, it could have been much worse. I think that overall Tolkien did a really good job with names, and it isn't really right to critisize over one thing when compared to all of the rest. I guess the name does seem a bit average in comparasin to all of the rest of the wonderful names.
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02-27-2002, 11:59 PM | #7 |
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oh, see, it wasn't that i found it cheesy, just a little odd, that's all. yeah, some of the quenya and sindarin names are a little hard to pronounce, but they are all supremely cool.
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02-28-2002, 08:00 AM | #8 | |
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But think about it this way: not all of Middle-earth called it "Mount Doom." Some folk called it other things. The name 'Mount Doom' could have been a version to simplify it to people like the hobbits, who liked things simple, cheesiness aside. I don't think it's cheesy, myself.
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02-28-2002, 08:28 AM | #9 |
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I have played this through my mind more than once since reading LotR. I think though that it is short and to the point. It definitely describes the mountain quite well. I think that if a Tolkien-Language name was giving to it all the time, it wouldn't have the fear and suspence given with Mount Doom.
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02-28-2002, 09:51 AM | #11 |
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Thats an interesting thought. Tolkien has always gone very in depth with his names and languages, but there are some that aren't. I like Mt. Doom. Just because its simple doesn't mean its cheesy. Simple things can be profound.
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02-28-2002, 01:24 PM | #12 |
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Yeah it used to be called Orodruin
and well, i did find Mt.Doom kinda cheesy when i first picked up FOTR, but i got used to it quite quickly, especially if u say it like Ian.McKellen (Gandlaf) did in bag end near the start of the film. andy
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02-28-2002, 05:57 PM | #14 |
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Its simplicity makes it stand out. And think how plain it is as a place: a tall mountain in the middle of an empty land. Somehow the name sounds as desolate as the mountain itself.
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02-28-2002, 06:13 PM | #15 |
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Tolkien took care when choosing character and place names. He would have given the same careful consideration in choosing the different names for 'Mt. Doom'. After all, this becomes a central place in the story. In a way it is the focus of the quest. Perhaps he thought that the word 'Doom' would re-enforce to readers just how important this place was. A subtle (or maybe a not so subtle!) reminder that the fate of all the free people of Middle Earth will be decided there.
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02-28-2002, 06:58 PM | #17 |
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Als Mount doom is the translation from the Westron. I don't know what mount doom in westron is but it could sound really cool.
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I like it...simple yet profound. It doesn't have to be long and complicated to be a good name.
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03-04-2002, 09:42 PM | #20 |
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who was the first person to mention 'cheesiness'? cuz it wasn't me! the reason i made this post originally was cuz three of my semi-hardcore tolkien fan friends were discussing it and none of them had discovered entmoot yet. so...personally, i agree with whoever it was that said that if it had a different name, it wouldn't have the same fear and suspense (i think it was emplynx?).
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