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Forum: The Movies 05-29-2024, 04:17 PM |
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I have a feeling we are about to learn that the...
I have a feeling we are about to learn that the only adaptational sin more egregious than leaving Tom Bombadil out of an LotR adaption is putting him IN one. |
Forum: The Books 04-17-2024, 04:12 PM |
Replies: 12
Views: 2,167
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I like the idea that the Dwarves are just stuffed...
I like the idea that the Dwarves are just stuffed in a bunch of utility closets. I suppose it makes sense that the guy with all the keys is the butler--i.e. the chief of the servant staff. |
Forum: The Books 03-13-2024, 04:37 PM |
Replies: 7
Views: 1,690
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I am sure my bookshelves groan at the thought!...
I am sure my bookshelves groan at the thought! Hopefully, there's a table of contents released at some point, because I'm curious what will end up in here (the titles of the unpublished poems,... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 02-11-2024, 02:45 PM |
Replies: 4,530
Views: 993,691
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Thanks! I've now had more of them as a Downer...
Thanks! I've now had more of them as a Downer than I accumulated before I joined, so I'm starting to get close to my Númenórean age of majority. I feel quite old this year. |
Forum: The Books 11-06-2023, 05:07 PM |
Replies: 30
Views: 11,811
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I appreciate the link, but apparently cannot bear...
I appreciate the link, but apparently cannot bear to read it in any detail! I want to go in--of all things--unspoiled. :smokin: |
Forum: The Books 08-19-2023, 06:50 AM |
Replies: 9
Views: 3,616
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So, I really don't buy "Bilbo is an unreliable...
So, I really don't buy "Bilbo is an unreliable narrator," but I do like playing the devil's advocate, so let's see if we can make some plausible counter-arguments: Ah, but it's the narrator... |
Forum: The Movies 07-21-2023, 06:23 PM |
Replies: 20
Views: 5,526
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Forget those fairy-blooded Took miscreants who go...
Forget those fairy-blooded Took miscreants who go wandering off to Norbury and foreign parts! I want a full-blown intra-Shire drama (like Downton Abbey with lower ceilings and more eating)--give me a... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-10-2023, 06:28 PM |
Replies: 9
Views: 3,722
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Like all good parties, it stopped being cool...
Like all good parties, it stopped being cool sometime shortly after I showed up (2005) and has been in steady decline ever since. ;) The real "problem" was arguably the pipeline of new members:... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-03-2023, 02:30 PM |
Replies: 93
Views: 17,476
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In terms of satisfyingly creepy evil, I'm going...
In terms of satisfyingly creepy evil, I'm going to have to go with the Barrow-wight (no, no, not the High Admin!). |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-19-2023, 04:48 PM |
Replies: 4,191
Views: 1,058,799
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We can at least claim to be a haunted ghost...
We can at least claim to be a haunted ghost town--the spirits are here, watching. And, when The Rings of Power is airing, also judging. Perhaps even welcoming, when given the occasion. ... |
Forum: The Books 06-07-2023, 06:53 PM |
Replies: 26
Views: 15,095
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Unless these texts went to Marquette with the...
Unless these texts went to Marquette with the initial, which would give a somewhat earlier terminus ante quem, but your point is valid either way. I think it's always dangerous to assume that... |
Forum: The Books 06-04-2023, 04:43 AM |
Replies: 30
Views: 11,811
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I share Mithadan's scepticism about the real...
I share Mithadan's scepticism about the real value of the expansion--this is very late going in the publication of Tolkien's original works, and I fully expect that anything "new" is going to be on... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 05-01-2023, 04:21 PM |
Replies: 7
Views: 3,494
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Shouldn't a mathom be something that's already...
Shouldn't a mathom be something that's already made the rounds of the village a couple times? At least it should be a post already posted! :p Nothing like a pedantic point to rouse a sleeping... |
Forum: The Movies 02-27-2023, 06:45 PM |
Replies: 4
Views: 3,937
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I am not confident enough of my prognostications...
I am not confident enough of my prognostications to say how this will affect RoP (the answer could well be "not at all"), but I do know that I would like it to affect RoP. Obviously, I would like... |
Forum: The Movies 02-23-2023, 05:59 PM |
Replies: 6
Views: 3,414
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Taken in a vacuum, I'd dislike this news, but in...
Taken in a vacuum, I'd dislike this news, but in a world of RoP and the Hobbit movies and the coming Helm Hammerhand animé, I kind of like the idea of there being more and... |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-21-2023, 04:08 PM |
Replies: 7
Views: 4,769
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I don't think I've ever posted about how I came...
I don't think I've ever posted about how I came to be a member of the forum--if I have, it's long enough ago and on some thread obscure enough that I think I can retell it here. My final year of... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 02-11-2023, 07:09 PM |
Replies: 4,530
Views: 993,691
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My dear Bagginses and Boffinses!
Er, I...
My dear Bagginses and Boffinses! Er, I mean... I'm not QUITE eleventy-one yet (though the pulled muscle in my back begs to differ!) My dear Galadrielses and Mithadans! Thank you. |
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 02-07-2023, 06:28 PM |
Replies: 4
Views: 3,317
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All that Paraphrenalia
Today's news of a GORGEOUS (https://brickset.com/article/90738/10316-rivendell-officially-revealed!) LEGO set on the horizon has given me cause to meld my two favourite fan topics: Tolkien and... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 01-06-2023, 05:53 PM |
Replies: 844
Views: 247,121
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Helped, perhaps, by Facebook memories in these...
Helped, perhaps, by Facebook memories in these latter years, the occasion of the great feast of the Epiphany never passes without me remembering my own, smaller, "epiphany," eighteen years ago today.... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-24-2022, 06:36 AM |
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Views: 3,669
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Forum: The Movies 12-16-2022, 05:28 PM |
Replies: 2
Views: 3,404
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A Historian's Take on a "Flat" RoP
Bret Devereux, a military historian with interests that have intersected with Middle-earth before (there's a thread on this forum SOMEWHERE about his several-post analysis of the Battles of Helm's... |
Forum: The Movies 11-20-2022, 12:49 PM |
Replies: 5
Views: 4,860
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Setting aside high-level caveats such as "does...
Setting aside high-level caveats such as "does this show need to exist?" and "if it's not canon, don't bother," I think the biggest thing I want to see out of Season 2 is the avoidance of "the... |
Forum: The Movies 11-04-2022, 04:07 PM |
Replies: 24
Views: 8,807
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I'm not quite old enough to say in "my" day--nor...
I'm not quite old enough to say in "my" day--nor am I American--but during my childhood in the 90s, I definitely remember my grandfather having a comb in his pocket at all times. And as someone with... |
Forum: The Movies 10-26-2022, 02:37 PM |
Replies: 3
Views: 4,024
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Spoilers!!
There's a few different ways to do this, so I'm going to start with Boro's proposed categories: Visuals/Special effects: A- Look, the show IS pretty. Costumes/Make-up: B- I thought the costumers... |
Forum: The Movies 10-19-2022, 03:40 PM |
Replies: 10
Views: 5,431
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A minor thought, occasioned by this thread...
A minor thought, occasioned by this thread (especially G55), is that Amazon kind of shot itself in the foot for having any FURTHER shows taken out of the Second Age: by condensing everything from the... |
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