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I often see the 2 film series, The Hobbit and LOTR (and sometimes The LOTR books) referred to as Trilogies, my understanding and the term Trilogy in storytelling is of 3. Distinct stories each with a beginning, middle and ending, linked by characters, place, plot, theme or other device, whereas both The Hobbit (the film) and LOTR are one continuous story split into 3 parts, and therefore not Trilogies. | I often see the 2 film series, The Hobbit and LOTR (and sometimes The LOTR books) referred to as Trilogies, my understanding and the term Trilogy in storytelling is of 3. Distinct stories each with a beginning, middle and ending, linked by characters, place, plot, theme or other device, whereas both The Hobbit (the film) and LOTR are one continuous story split into 3 parts, and therefore not Trilogies. | ||
This is just me musing and maybe being pedantic. | This is just me musing and maybe being pedantic. {{unsigned|Peteall2757}} | ||
:This is definitely you being pedantic. I could know, I'm a pedant myself. However, language belongs to the users, and over time, anything that comes in threes has been referred to as a trilogy. In the case of LotR and tH, it's a hypercorrection. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 12:39, 19 March 2019 (UTC) |
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I often see the 2 film series, The Hobbit and LOTR (and sometimes The LOTR books) referred to as Trilogies, my understanding and the term Trilogy in storytelling is of 3. Distinct stories each with a beginning, middle and ending, linked by characters, place, plot, theme or other device, whereas both The Hobbit (the film) and LOTR are one continuous story split into 3 parts, and therefore not Trilogies. This is just me musing and maybe being pedantic. —Unsigned comment by Peteall2757 (talk • contribs).
- This is definitely you being pedantic. I could know, I'm a pedant myself. However, language belongs to the users, and over time, anything that comes in threes has been referred to as a trilogy. In the case of LotR and tH, it's a hypercorrection. --Ederchil (Talk/Contribs/Edits) 12:39, 19 March 2019 (UTC)