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Forum: The Books
10-06-2024, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,548
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Formendacil
I first read The Hobbit when I was about 9 or 10....
I first read The Hobbit when I was about 9 or 10. My dad had The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and [/i]Unfinished Tales[/i] from the late 70s and early 80s on the bookshelves in... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-05-2024, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,667
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Formendacil
Oh dear God, was it there before us the whole...
Oh dear God, was it there before us the whole time? I am disappointed the Stranger wasn't Saruman--not least because it means we're not going to get Gandalf disembarkening at the Grey Havens: his... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-04-2024, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,667
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Formendacil
The final episode--and my least tardy one! Only...
The final episode--and my least tardy one! Only took the whole "season" (which I feel needs to be in quotation marks, because 8 episodes a season is not). This is a broad previously on (which... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-02-2024, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,697
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Formendacil
I have some issues and enjoyed some things--the...
I have some issues and enjoyed some things--the mixed bag is getting to be quite typical. Sauron is really pulling a reverse Gandalf-in-Minas-Tirith here--and Celebrimbor is the Denethor in that... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-25-2024, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,298
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Formendacil
Ah, yes--definitely!
Discerning what a...
Ah, yes--definitely! Discerning what a forgetful poster meant in his own crabbed notes is no mean feat! |
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Forum: The Movies
09-24-2024, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,298
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Formendacil
Yay, I'm... caught up? Posting on a Tuesday,...
Yay, I'm... caught up? Posting on a Tuesday, anyway, with all the episodes behind me, though--once again--I watched a few days ago and thus have to decipher what I wrote: The pile of cast away... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-21-2024, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,830
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Formendacil
Ugh... that is it is, isn't it? (I just checked...
Ugh... that is it is, isn't it? (I just checked and, yup, Ar-Pharazôn is named as Tar-Minastír's nephew, but Gimilkhâd isn't named in either Appendix A or B). Still, what if he was just "Uncle" to... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-19-2024, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,830
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Formendacil
Am I... approaching caught up? That seems like...
Am I... approaching caught up? That seems like more of a feat this season than last. Still, I'm enjoying myself enough to keep up, just not enough to, like, say it's truly good. Apparently, they... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-15-2024, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,181
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Formendacil
To start the end: yes, the Bombadil end credits...
To start the end: yes, the Bombadil end credits song was an excellent surprise! I feel like I said every episode last year that I loved the opening credits, and that's still true (and the broader... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-14-2024, 06:08 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,615
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Formendacil
Where has all the Vitriol Gone?
Now, I realise that basing my observation on what "Tolkien fandom" is doing solely on the activity on the Barrow-downs is a fool's errand, but... does it seem like the hate is missing for Season 2? ... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-13-2024, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,439
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Formendacil
If that doesn't just sum it up!
Some "baby...
If that doesn't just sum it up! Some "baby in arm" notes again for Episode III--I've actually been sitting on these since... Monday? Sunday? It's been a while. Long enough that I find myself... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-08-2024, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,447
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Formendacil
Ooofff...
And with Galadriel somewhat...
Ooofff... And with Galadriel somewhat juvenated by making younger than Gil-galad, not having Celeborn... and the Second Age being about 2 years long... I wonder if they're just not going to... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-07-2024, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,955
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Formendacil
Historically (i.e. last time) we put a new thread...
Historically (i.e. last time) we put a new thread up for each episode so that sluggards like me could post as they went along without being spoiled. |
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Forum: The Movies
09-07-2024, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,955
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Formendacil
Well, I've finally watched the first episode of...
Well, I've finally watched the first episode of RoP. They've been kicking off these seasons at a bad time of year for me to watch things, but there's also a solid layer of "meh, I'll get to it when I... |
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Forum: The Books
08-03-2024, 06:00 AM
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Replies: 100
Views: 67,068
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Formendacil
Well, from People of Middle-earth (I don't have...
Well, from People of Middle-earth (I don't have exact chapter--I'm typing one-handed, with a baby in one arm...): "[Celebrimbor] was a Teler, one of the three Teleri who accompanied Celeborn into... |
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Forum: The Movies
05-29-2024, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 201,756
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Formendacil
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. |
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Forum: The Books
04-17-2024, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 20,384
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Formendacil
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. |
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Forum: The Books
03-13-2024, 04:37 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 22,856
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Formendacil
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,... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-11-2024, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 4,573
Views: 1,156,991
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Formendacil
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. |
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Forum: The Books
11-06-2023, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 41,189
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Formendacil
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: |
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Forum: The Books
08-19-2023, 06:50 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,292
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Formendacil
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... |
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Forum: The Movies
07-21-2023, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 33,948
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Formendacil
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... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-10-2023, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 15,766
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Formendacil
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:... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
07-03-2023, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 100
Views: 26,914
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Formendacil
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!). |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
06-19-2023, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 4,191
Views: 1,135,441
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Formendacil
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. ... |
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