You Know Nothing
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The Tolkien estate probably won't let that happen. Tolkien's son apparently hated the LotR adaptations.
I thought he managed to make boring books entertaining which is no small feat.
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The Tolkien estate probably won't let that happen. Tolkien's son apparently hated the LotR adaptations.
I thought he managed to make boring books entertaining which is no small feat.
Professor Beef
Banned
These last few pages, wow. Glad I got my Taco Bell, at least. Also getting back my copy of Hyrule Warriors today, yisssss
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
Legends?
my review
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Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
This is true. They wanted to make a series based on the Silmarillion but Tolkein's people were all "fuck you!"
Yeah, I consider Jackson's real feat with the LotR films is making movies that vastly transcended their source material.
(He'd disagree, of course but man, those books are a slog.)
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Braindead/Dead Alive is the best Jackson film
Now that sucks...I would be glad about anything that keeps the universe alive in any form. For example, I actually liked Shadows of Mordor. It was fun to play and explore and I hope WB allows Monolith to be more experimental with the next one.
Typing this I realize how much I miss a good epic fantasy movie with unrealistically huge battles. But hey, let's have another boring superhero flick!
I doubt anyone who has seen it will forget the lawn mower scene.
You Know Nothing
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Going by the books absolutely.
I'm not even averse to high fantasy and I realize LotR seems so cliche because it literally started the cliches, but it's just all dry and meandering and not worth my time.
I prefer "grim dark" fantasy like Joe Abercrombie, GRRM, Mark Lawrence, et al. Fantasy where politics are at the fore and magic is kept in the background or doesn't really exist at all. Although, GRRM's getting pretty close to going full magic when The Winds of Winter releases in 2030.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Or the sex scene
Or the scene where he takes the baby to the park
Man that's such a great film
I would include the films
I just don't care about any of it
liliththepale
Banned
The extended version of the hobbit movies add a bit of context to help flesh out the extraneous crap but it doesn't necessarily improve the movies. It's more of slightly less bad cinema, so it kind of evens out in the end.
Yeah but you also like wrestling.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Good wrestling has better pacing and is also fun
CITATION NEEDED
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
It's fun if you like terrible things. Like wasp bites, chlamydia and filing for bankruptcy
Professor Beef
Banned
Nah, Wii U version. Getting the new Season Pass once I get my disc back, too.
This isn't the hill you wanna die on, brother
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
*faps furiously*
Record it and send me the video.
do you SEE a camera on that computer? please pay attention.
Maybe he could record audio and send it
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
U2 are one of the greatest bands of all time, but the era between Achtung Baby and All That You Can't Leave Behind is very meh.
That makes a lot of sense
No I haven't. After checking it seems I'm actually towards the end of season 4. Like 3 episodes left
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
The thing about wrestling is that it's like a live action film to me (as in an action film that's live, not live action). People don't complain about action films being dumb and fake, why is wrestling different?
Thanks throat
But I'm already dead
Thanks throat
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Sauron was a legit Final Fantasy villain before he became a big scary suit of armor, and then a giant flaming eye.
Ah, okay! Then yeah, you have some good Kira material coming up. Another thing that hurt her was Worf. Especially in the fourth season, they hadn't figured out entirely how to integrate him into the ensemble so duties that she would normally handle were often give to him.
do you SEE a camera on that computer? please pay attention.
Maybe he could record audio and send it
He better moan loudly and sloppy lube heavy handjob
I love Lord of the Rings. Tolkien is more interested in his make up language and its world than in storytelling. And he's more of a linguist than a stylist. And it all shows. But despite that I think there are some genuine moments when his writing is beautiful and Lord of the Rings works well as a fantastical meditation on war. Frodo, Gollum, and Sam are great characters. (Even if the first two are not exactly likable.)
I also wrote an illustrated essay analyzing it with Campbell's Hero Cycle and it was really fun.
I also wrote an illustrated essay analyzing it with Campbell's Hero Cycle and it was really fun.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
My mother taught Tolkien/LotR classes at a university level and my brother is currently taking several, so I've heard a lot of scholarly debate about it recently. I also now know much more about Tolkien than I ever asked to.
Ceallach
Smells like fresh rosebuds
What a tremendous waste of resources
That made me think "what other tng characters could they have brought over instead of worf?" the only one I could think of that wouldn't be boring or redundant would be data so I tried to imagine how he'd work on ds9. I'm not sure that would go so well. Quark would constantly be trying to take advantage of his naivety
Data's a great character but I can't see him on DS9. It's a show that basically thrives on conflict, both external and internal and an emotionless android doesn't seem like a good fit.
(I guess they could have turned his emotion chip on but the movies don't really give me a great deal of hope that concept would be handled well...)
AND MY DICK
It would be like the O'Brien's wedding episode except every single episode
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liliththepale
Banned
It's not particularly productive but it can be quite entertaining and enriching. One of my favorite college courses I took was a study in Shakespeare.
But also I'm a college dropout who works at daddy's company, so I'm not really the poster child for academic success.
Sounds like a great way to get yourself castrated.
liliththepale
Banned
Not really. Mine is a good weapon that has gotten no complains.
Do you ever intend to go back and finish?
Only reserved for sexy people tho. Aragorn can get it.
Josh with a J
Member
Shit I have a date in 2 1/2 hours
liliththepale
Banned
There would be almost no point for me to. I already have enough connections and experience to get work at a lot of different places, not to mention my passion is creative work and I don't need an overpriced education to teach me how to art better.
I think it's dangerous to put a blanket yes or no on college but in my case I already got everything out of it that I needed to.
Yeah, some people seem to really love it and that's cool, I'll stick to the albums I like
Lemme guess, you think Bono is a dick head and U2 are a dad band? both are true, but they used to be amazing and by reputation, records sold and how much money they pull in they are still the greatest rock and roll band ever.
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