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Forum: The Movies
09-09-2022, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 8,891
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Now actually I'd dig that (add this to my list of...
Now actually I'd dig that (add this to my list of preferred explanations). Imagine if this was just a, say, three-episode thing where the Harfoots (HarFEET. Har har. Okay, I'm stopping now)... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-08-2022, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 18,556
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Legate of Amon Lanc
"Stone Age" Hobbits
I will be one of...
"Stone Age" Hobbits I will be one of apparently many who are saying that the Harfeet are really great. I shall repeat what I have said elsewhere: I love how the culture is built. They indeed feel... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
09-08-2022, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 27,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Let's talk about The Hotman, aka The Meteor Man....Let's talk about The Hotman, aka The Meteor Man. Though I am not sure how much of this should I post here in case some of it turns out to be true after all... I have mentioned elsewhere, with 90%... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-08-2022, 06:42 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 38,677
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Legate of Amon Lanc
I like that interpretation! Clever.
Oh...
I like that interpretation! Clever. Oh yeees, I did not realise that... well, that was Chekov's gun, in that case. Clever. Maybe the authors then know what they want to do in the last season.... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-07-2022, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 38,677
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Ah well, my bad. Thanks for the correction. That...
Ah well, my bad. Thanks for the correction. That is on me not remembering then. Guess I am getting old. But I anyway have to say that I like it. It preserves some of the feel, if not the canon... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-07-2022, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 23,944
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Good to know that there are more people who did...
Good to know that there are more people who did this. Great minds think alike, as they say. You can tell him that "Uncle" Legate sends regards. I agree especially with the last sentence. I was... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-07-2022, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 38,677
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Legate of Amon Lanc
I, on the other hand, could think only about the...
I, on the other hand, could think only about the fact that I thought they went too literal with the "silver curtain" etc... I assume the swift green sunrise would have been there had Galadriel passed... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-07-2022, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 38,677
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Behold, The Red Book of Legate!Disclaimer: I, like others before me, am writing about both E1 and E2, since I'm not sure what was where. Beware spoilers therefore. *** Hope I am not late for the party... but it took me a... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-27-2022, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 274,010
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Legate of Amon Lanc
I pretty much concur, except with a small - but I...
I pretty much concur, except with a small - but I believe crucial - adjustment here. Let me (try to) sum up succintly what I believe are the biggest problems in the discussion, especially the one... |
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Forum: The Books
02-18-2022, 03:32 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 8,106
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Legate of Amon Lanc
It would make sense if it was a first attempt of...
It would make sense if it was a first attempt of Morgoth to destroy the Atani. Perhaps it seemed to him at that point that destroying them could be the safest course of action if he for example... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-17-2022, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
That is one of my best qualities. :smokin:
...That is one of my best qualities. :smokin: Yes, I did not want to state it so bluntly, but that is exactly what I was thinking. And you wrote it so beautifully that now I do want to see it.... |
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Forum: The Books
02-17-2022, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,896
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Which he, in fact, even does at the moment when...
Which he, in fact, even does at the moment when Sam in Ithilien looks at the dead Haradian and wonders whether he might have been, after all, a normal human being. See? Woke! Woke! Tolkien was... |
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Forum: The Books
02-17-2022, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 8,106
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Whoa, that definitely had to take some work! I...
Whoa, that definitely had to take some work! I like it. But - and this is just me being bad at deciphering tables, so for clarification - so how would this correspond with first recorded presence... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-17-2022, 08:07 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Fair enough. I have to say that here I am a...
Fair enough. I have to say that here I am a prisoner to my own "headcanon" based on my early readings and perception of the world where, as opposed to all other mainstream fantasy, Elves did not have... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-15-2022, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Sorry, somehow skipped three quotes...
What if it's a Númenorean-built village, a "colony outpost", i.e. guarding against those barbarians? Think Roman outposts in Britain just after their first landing or whatnot. Bronwyn or whoever... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-15-2022, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
My first thoughts on the trailer were rather...
My first thoughts on the trailer were rather succint (mostly surprised by the closeness of the aesthetic to our late [figuratively] Mr. Jackson - Meeple valley a copypasted Rohan, the Rivendell-like... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-14-2022, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Incidentally, any idea what are they? (I assume...Incidentally, any idea what are they? (I assume that's the question the creators want the audience to wonder about. If they were random Lossadan - as was my first thought - who are going to host... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-12-2022, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
This is literally my biggest fear about this....This is literally my biggest fear about this. Especially if it is done out of spite, "you didn't give us rights to the Silmarillion? Okay! The world was created by Radagast's rabbit hatching an egg,... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-11-2022, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 4,680
Views: 1,489,696
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Legate of Amon Lanc
A very happy birthday, Form! May this haunt...
A very happy birthday, Form! May this haunt remain always a place to return to for you! |
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Forum: The Movies
02-10-2022, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
No, please no, the obvious answer is NO.[/QUOTE] ...
No, please no, the obvious answer is NO.[/QUOTE] I completely glossed over that particular quote in the article, or took it as another basic cliché exclamation by filmmakers that one cannot take... |
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Forum: The Movies
02-10-2022, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,480
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Legate of Amon Lanc
When I saw the article (I have not been keeping...When I saw the article (I have not been keeping tabs on the news at all, but there are people around me who tend to keep up more with the pulse of the time), I knew this might be the time 'Downs... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
08-02-2021, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 78,140
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Rather interesting take. I personally never saw...
Rather interesting take. I personally never saw anything strange to it. Exactly quite the opposite: the son's tongue had been "taken away" by Faery in that particular conversation, he was so... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-28-2021, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 78,140
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Thank you.
That is very nicely phrased,...
Thank you. That is very nicely phrased, and absolutely true. That way, I can absolutely get behind it. My personal disturbance stemmed mostly from the fact that I exactly did not read it as... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-28-2021, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 78,140
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Just a side remark about "mere ironmongers": I am...Just a side remark about "mere ironmongers": I am sure we are all aware that smiths and their craft in other Tolkien's works are the most important craft of all, at least in terms of their impact on... |
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Forum: Chapter-by-Chapter
07-25-2021, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 78,140
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Legate of Amon Lanc
Well, I guess you can put it that way, but I do...
Well, I guess you can put it that way, but I do not recall having problems like that with any other Tolkien's stories. That is why it struck me as particularly unusual with the Smith. I also agree... |
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