*snicker* Censorship

[azurelunatic]

I can *just* see a censored, kids version of the Lord of the Rings books.

Everything intact, except for most of the pipeweed. Smoking sucks, kids!

Comments

[amberfox.livejournal.com]

Ah, the stupidity of censorship. <G>

[azurelunatic]

Yep.

Though, reading it to LF, I would probably skip those bits myself.

[mojo-iv.livejournal.com]

Actually, I thought it was funny that back when I was a kid, when smoking was more acceptable, the pipeweed in the "Lord of the Rings" was obviously tobacco. However, in the modern film versions, it seems implied that the pipeweed is more like marijuana.

--m4

[azurelunatic]

It was just as obviously tobacco to me, too.

Re:

[mojo-iv.livejournal.com]

Saruman made a reference to Gandalf's mind having been slowed down by smoking too much Hobbit "leaf". Tobacco doesn't have that kind of an affect on people.

--m4

[azurelunatic]

I utterly missed that.