Digital Fortress

I’m planning to dump all my Lord of the Rings files in my hard drive. Not all, actually. Yung mga movies lang, the whole trilogy. It’s consuming 5.6GB. Sayang lang di ba? Di ko naman ginagalaw pero kuntento lang ako na nasa PC ko yun. Kaya lang naman nandito yung mga file na ‘to dahil may sentimental value na ito. Para rin tong kasing sentimental ng “Unang-love-letter-na-binigay-sa-akin” kind of thing.  

Syempre, alangan namang i-store ko to sa PC ko ng habambuhay, maybe it’s just time to erase those files. Meron naman akong DVDs, extended edition pa. Bibili muna ako ng 9 CDs para back-up para in case na gusto ko ibalik or biglang naging 120GB yung hard drive ko, pwede ko pa ibalik. I’ve already done this with LOTR trailers. Nagtira lang ako ng iba. Pero hindi ko pa rin buburahin sa PC yung libo-libo kung collection ng pictures, wallpapers, screenshots at soundtrack ng LOTR. Yung movies lang. It’s just a way of letting things go.

Feeling ko tuloy ako si Frodo (at the end of Return of the King).
“How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep?that have taken hold.”

I’m gonna leave Middle-Earth for a while. I’m gonna go to the Grey Havens. Magbabakasyon muna ako sa Valinor. I’m deliberately doing this para once na panoorin ko uli. Parang bago na uli. Andun uli yung excitement. Kasi pag pinapanood ko, nauunahan ko pa yung mga artista sa dialogue nila e. Parang na-a-anticipate ko na lahat. Sana after 1 year nakalimutan ko na. Pa-hypnotize kaya ako? Kunyari hindi ko pa napapanood yung movie para andun uli yung adventure at goosebumps. Sabi nga sa article from Guardian Unlimited:

Research reveals spiritual journey of Tolkien fans

Tolkien fans do not just watch the films and read the books again and again - they are on a spiritual journey and doing their best to forget the ending, says an international study that voyaged to many lands to bring back wisdom and understanding.They found devotees reread the books, but tried to convince themselves they were seeing the story for the first time…“Not knowing the plot or the ending means they can experience as much of the full emotions and tension as possible and their pleasure is increased….And we found that the highest levels of enjoyment and importance came from those who saw watching it as going on a spiritual journey. It was not just ‘entertainment’, but a source of inspiration. It offered a sense of moral lessons that they want to apply to their own lives, if they can,” said Prof Barker.

“However, our findings that audiences make such conscious efforts to reread the books and watch the film again as if they had not done so before, was completely unexpected. We are now exploring its significance,” he added.

That article is very true. Kahit naman alisin ko ‘to, it’ll be forever in my heart. (Drama no?) “Good luck” na lang sa akin…

That article is very true. Kahit naman alisin ko ‘to, it’ll be forever in my heart. (Drama no?) “Good luck” na lang sa akin…