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Forum: Elvenhome
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Replies: 313
Views: 257,211
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Birdland
The Seven Staggered Stairs and the Wonderful Wandering Woven Warrens of Minus Teeth, which had been so effective a defense during The War for That Thing, did little to aid in the swift evacuation of... |
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Forum: Elvenhome
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Replies: 1,021
Views: 308,515
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Birdland
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,649
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Birdland
God bless those lax Eastern European copyright laws. It sounds as if LoTR got the <I>Mystery Science Theatre 3000</I> treatment, and I would have loved to have seen that.<P>However; such parody... |
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Forum: Elvenhome
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Replies: 1,021
Views: 308,515
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Welcome new players Thenamir and Lush to Estelyn Telcontar's Reunification of the Entish Bow or The Itship - Part Atta. For the sake of brevity, I will now refer to this RPG as "ROEB" - which is... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,325
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Birdland
B.B - when I saw the title of this thread, "Elves, Men, and the Perception of Time", it made me recall a facinating episode of Nova that I saw a while back. It dealt with how the body's metabolism... |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 17
Views: 5,732
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Birdland
The Ringwraith's horse looks like it is preparing to take a dump. Brings a whole new meaning to "action figure", I guess. |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 148
Views: 34,401
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<I>U.S.A. Today</I> gave a rundown of what will be in the extended version in yesterday's edition. Apparently P.J. gave a preview screening to them in Wellington. Don't know if other papers got the... |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 44
Views: 10,590
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Birdland
Could you perhaps be thinking of <I>Ancanar</I>? That "other" Middle-earth-like-in-a-way movie that has been in the works for quite a while?<P>There's a thread about it here somewhere, if you care to... |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,758
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Birdland
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>we?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Frodo & Frodo007? Apparently they both have a license to quest? |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,190
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Birdland
No, Rumil! Everyone knows that sheep go to Valinor, goats go to the Void. I'm guessing, like everything else in the book, Tolkien based his choice of animals on Northern European mythology. I know... |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,758
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Birdland
OK, if "Gollum" didn't get an award for his "performance" in T.T., then he definitely deserved one for that acceptance speech. I'm stilling rolling over that one. <P>Please, please, I hope it's on... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 42
Views: 11,505
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Birdland
Yay!! Esty's back! Did you have a nice journey? Legolas was a real putz; closing threads left and right. You would have approved. Can we start another silly RPG now? I could really use some silly... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 422
Views: 80,701
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Ahhhh, Ummagumma! I always said "Scratch a Hobbit and you'll find a Pict." (Most likely grooving in a cave with several species of small, furry animals.) |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 422
Views: 80,701
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Birdland
I remember that Steeleye Span's Misty, Moisty, Morning always used to put me in mind of Tom Bombadil: One misty, moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather, I chanced to meet an old man... |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,758
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Birdland
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>By the way, it's ANDY Serkis; not Anthony Serkis<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Whoops! Must have been thinking of Tony "Soprano" Serkis; the Sicilian Hobbit. |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,758
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Birdland
Blame it only on the league of LoTR <I>movie</I> fans, who were tired of seeing fantasy films given the snub by the more respectable award ceremonies. They voted Helm's Deep as best "action" scene.... |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,758
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Birdland
Ahhh, Bethberry, I kinda like the MTV Awards, (compared to the rest of MTV, which just gives me a headache these days.) It gets back to the basics of moviemaking, and what makes them so loved by us... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,190
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Birdland
Noxomanus - I, too, remember commenting on the lack of "good" animals in Tolkien's work, especially considering the role that animals have played in the world's mythologies. Here's some comments... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 39
Views: 10,694
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Birdland
Yippie! My friend and I are going to L.A. to visit our buddy for four days. (I knew those two kids of her's would drive her to it. smilies/smile.gif ) Four beautiful days in Santa Monica, basking... |
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Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 44
Views: 8,758
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Birdland
MTV Movie Award winners have been announced and <I>The Two Towers</I> walked away with: <P>Best Action Sequence (Helm's Deep)<BR>Best Virtual Performance (Anthony Serkis)<BR>Best On-Screen Team (Sean... |
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Forum: Elvenhome
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Replies: 648
Views: 110,162
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Birdland
My post from May 27, 2003 01:48 PM has been edited, with additional text from Nurumaiel. (Cami & Mith, see your e-mail.) |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 39
Views: 10,694
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Birdland
G of O - Only a teen could gripe about four weeks at the Cape. smilies/smile.gif Enjoy those vacations while you're still taking them on the family's dime. (Birdie checks billfold). Nope, four... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,192
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Birdland
Dumas??? Literature-Shmiterature! Dumas writes some kick-hiney, rip-snortin' yarns, and I love his stuff. Especially THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO!! (Birdie swishes mulberry branch through the air like... |
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,998
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Birdland
(Birdie comes with extention cord, Gro-Lite, and a packet of seeds - in order to do homage to Baldor.) "SOB!" |
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Forum: Elvenhome
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Replies: 648
Views: 110,162
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Birdland
Hang in there, Pio! Birdie's got just the thing to fix you right up. (http://www.muhealth.org/~news/images/leech.jpg) |
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