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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-24-2023, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 329
Views: 427,982
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William Cloud Hicklin
If we accept The Wanderings of Hurin, then he...
If we accept The Wanderings of Hurin, then he bears a great deal of the blame for the destruction of Brethil. |
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Forum: The Movies
02-24-2023, 04:34 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 11,711
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William Cloud Hicklin
It could be a sort of positive like Disney-era...
It could be a sort of positive like Disney-era Star Wars- ultimately they all merge into one forgettable mass, and we can mentally go with the Lucas movies as the only real SW. See, also,... |
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Forum: The Movies
01-27-2023, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,794
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William Cloud Hicklin
Prof. Devereaux weighs in again, to devastating...
Prof. Devereaux weighs in again, to devastating effect: As he points out in his preface, a movie battle does not have to be historically accurate, but it does have to be plausible. "because... |
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Forum: The Movies
01-20-2023, 04:24 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,794
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William Cloud Hicklin
I hadn't seen this screenshot before, but when I...
I hadn't seen this screenshot before, but when I did, I had to post it, just to reinforce the question, How could the most expensive entertainment production in history put out costumes both so... |
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Forum: The Books
01-06-2023, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,726
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William Cloud Hicklin
I'm not sure Tolkien made up his mind in what...
I'm not sure Tolkien made up his mind in what order the episodes of LR would be told/experienced. He might have at least considered a temporal jumble, much like the Lost Tales were. This would not... |
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Forum: The Books
01-02-2023, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 8,128
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William Cloud Hicklin
It is the case though that willows were a very...
It is the case though that willows were a very common element in Victorian tombstone iconography, so there was apparently some association with death. |
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Forum: The Movies
12-18-2022, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,794
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William Cloud Hicklin
And in fact, Tolkien was willing to blow up...
And in fact, Tolkien was willing to blow up multiple timelines and rewrite several chapters leading up to the Pelennor, just because he realized that (offstage!) Aragorn and the Grey Company were... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-17-2022, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,794
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
But Tolkien himself would not be among them. His...
But Tolkien himself would not be among them. His theory and practice of fantasy was founded on establishing the "inner consistency of reality" in the subcreated world- or as he once put it, "Days... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-16-2022, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 15,794
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William Cloud Hicklin
The estimable Bret Devereaux weighs in on why...
The estimable Bret Devereaux weighs in on why ROP's rendition of Middle-earth feels - and falls - flat. Excerpt: ... |
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Forum: The Books
11-22-2022, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 23,737
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Books
11-21-2022, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 23,737
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
There is also this, from 'Lowdham's Report on the...
There is also this, from 'Lowdham's Report on the Adunaic Language' associated with The Notion Club Papers (HME IX): |
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Forum: The Books
11-21-2022, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 23,737
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
The nature and content of VT took a dramatic turn...
The nature and content of VT took a dramatic turn after Carl H took over and made it a journal for shorter original JRRT linguistic material (PE handling the long-form works) |
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Forum: The Books
11-19-2022, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 23,737
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Books
11-18-2022, 01:28 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 23,737
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Books
11-18-2022, 01:27 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 23,737
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I can't place it, but I definitely have a...
I can't place it, but I definitely have a recollection of Tolkien, somewhere, saying that he constructed (the little bit of) Khuzdul vocabulary from triconsonantal bases, similar to Semitic languages. |
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Forum: The Movies
11-07-2022, 08:42 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,446
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William Cloud Hicklin
:D
It doesn't help that Morfydd Clark's...
:D It doesn't help that Morfydd Clark's acting range stretches all the way from "angry" to "****ed off." |
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Forum: The Movies
11-04-2022, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 20,428
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Movies
11-04-2022, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 23,710
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William Cloud Hicklin
Well, maybe I'm old-school, but back in my day...
Well, maybe I'm old-school, but back in my day American men nearly always carried a pocket comb (remember Fonzie?) |
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Forum: The Books
11-02-2022, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,598
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I don't think the two cites are really...
I don't think the two cites are really contradictory, given Tolkien's old-school views: marrying a Man necessarily meant remaining with him/her in Middle-earth, and therefore staying behind when... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-02-2022, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 23,710
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William Cloud Hicklin
It may be that Elvish grooming standards included...
It may be that Elvish grooming standards included long hair combed behind or around the ears, like Alan Lee portrayed it (and thus PJ's movies). Turin's here was more like Tom Hanks' in Castaway.... |
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Forum: The Books
11-02-2022, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 15,598
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Tolkien wrote (can't find the cite) that, since...
Tolkien wrote (can't find the cite) that, since the Valar had no authority to take away the Gift of Men (death), that any person with any Mannish blood was a Man, regardless of parentage. Earendil... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-28-2022, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,446
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William Cloud Hicklin
Crisis Magazine:
The Forbes review cited in...
Crisis Magazine: The Forbes review cited in Crisis: Polygon, which has tried to be positive about this thing: The Review Geek agrees, (titling its season wrap-up "How to Burn a Billion... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-27-2022, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,446
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William Cloud Hicklin
Season One: the autopsies
I'll come back tomorrow with excerpts of what the mainstream critics have been saying- in sum, it's a collective "meh". I will for now observe by way of comparison that House of the Dragon got... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-27-2022, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,587
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William Cloud Hicklin
"Virulent racism" may be going a bit far. While...
"Virulent racism" may be going a bit far. While it is true that the late Numenorean Empire got pretty Roman towards the men of Middle-earth, Faramir's tripartite distinction was at least as... |
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Forum: The Movies
10-22-2022, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,447
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
You don't just gallop around the countryside,...
You don't just gallop around the countryside, period. Horses are not dirt bikes; they get tired- and tire very quickly when running, just like people. Cavalry does NOT gallop in transit. Jackson... |
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