It started all when I first saw the Bakshi Movies when I was a little Kid, later I read literally all of Tolkiens Works right through the entire History of Middle-Earth after I got into Middle-Earth Roleplaying...
I quit Gaming some time ago but I still do a fan-Wiki for Roleplayers, though it has now become somewhat more of a sub-creation/fan-work Wiki for non-canonical Middle-Earth.
I've followed The Tolkien Professors Podcasts for quite a while and gave long considerations if i should take active part of discussions about a hypothetical Silmarillion picturization... but alas... i couldn't restrain any longer.