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Forum: The Movies Today, 06:34 PM |
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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... |
Forum: The Movies 09-15-2024, 11:36 AM |
Replies: 4
Views: 609
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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... |
Forum: The Movies 09-14-2024, 06:08 AM |
Replies: 4
Views: 255
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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? ... |
Forum: The Movies 09-13-2024, 06:30 PM |
Replies: 4
Views: 973
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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... |
Forum: The Movies 09-08-2024, 02:05 PM |
Replies: 2
Views: 1,160
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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... |
Forum: The Movies 09-07-2024, 01:19 PM |
Replies: 9
Views: 1,320
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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. |
Forum: The Movies 09-07-2024, 07:35 AM |
Replies: 9
Views: 1,320
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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... |
Forum: The Books 08-03-2024, 06:00 AM |
Replies: 100
Views: 41,876
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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... |
Forum: The Movies 05-29-2024, 04:17 PM |
Replies: 2
Views: 197,652
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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: 16,924
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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: 19,582
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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: 4,557
Views: 1,088,916
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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: 27,516
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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: 6,133
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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: 23
Views: 29,701
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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: 9,695
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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: 100
Views: 22,934
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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: 1,107,704
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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: 16,746
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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: 27,516
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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: 5,984
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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: 5,574
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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: 5,122
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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: 6,664
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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: 4,557
Views: 1,088,916
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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. |
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