Has anyone seen the "Sword of Truth" tv series

"Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo!/ Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!"

Tolkien invented Tom Bombadil in honour of a Dutch doll who had been flushed down a lavatory.[

Just DVR'd it, I can't over the fact that Richard looks like Nathan Fillon's lil brother and in some shots the Confessor looks a bit like Kate from Lost.

All of this filler talk makes me think one chapter that never needed to be written ' The House of Tom Bombadil'

Good gods, it's true.  I personally can't read Lord of the Rings again, 'cause when I get to Tom Bombadil, it's like such a brick wall in the middle of the story that I just... can't... climb over.  Somehow, a dozen years ago, I could do it, but today, I guess I just don't have the patience for the complete non-sequitor.

The last time I reread the book I just skipped that part.  I always hopped that him, and his overly detailed wife and tabled died in a fire.

When I reached him, I stopped reading the book - period.  One of the few, if only, of the classics I skipped.

WOW!!!  You guys really don't like Tom Bombadil?  I loved it and was very disappointed that it was left out of the movie...  Though I knew it would be the first thing cut for time.  Tom Bombadil is probably one of my favorite parts of the Fellowship.  I loved the woderful detail and actually take my time and read that part closely every time I read the books (have read the LoTR 15 times).  But to each their own.

As for Starship Troopers I loved the book and the movie.  Have read the book a couple of times and own the movie.