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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth 02-04-2023, 06:49 AM
Replies: 14,193
Views: 1,853,770
Posted By Andsigil
Doesn't really need a caption, but a friend sent...

Doesn't really need a caption, but a friend sent me this and I thought you might enjoy.
Forum: The Movies 12-22-2022, 06:37 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,800
Posted By Andsigil
An end to the laughable waifu trope and a return...

An end to the laughable waifu trope and a return to Galadriel as a being of magic power, wisdom, and dignity.

The rest I can't say without skirting the borders on the forum's injunction against...
Forum: The Movies 12-22-2022, 06:34 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,000
Posted By Andsigil
Having witnessed the way the BBC, Netflix, and...

Having witnessed the way the BBC, Netflix, and Hollywood retell old stories to and... hm... "update" them for "modern" audiences, I was already pessimistic about Amazon's Ring's series.

The first...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-22-2022, 06:24 AM
Replies: 4,512
Views: 921,717
Posted By Andsigil
A very happy one it was. Thank you.

A very happy one it was. Thank you.
Forum: The Movies 09-22-2022, 03:38 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,369
Posted By Andsigil
I'm already imagining some horrible casting...

I'm already imagining some horrible casting decisions and action choreography. I hope I'm wrong, unlike with The Current Thing.
Forum: The Movies 09-15-2022, 06:00 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 11,809
Posted By Andsigil
Yes. "Could" doesn't mean "did," like...

Yes.



"Could" doesn't mean "did," like "can" doesn't mean "should," as in the logic you used here.



The fact that they can be named shows how few they are in history. Yet it's a silly...
Forum: The Movies 09-03-2022, 08:19 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 11,809
Posted By Andsigil
But, in this billion-dollar turkey of a series,...

But, in this billion-dollar turkey of a series, is she remotely Tolkien portrayed her, re: martial accomplishments and abilities?

We have her at one battle, where, possibly, she picked up a sword....
Forum: The Movies 09-02-2022, 02:42 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 11,809
Posted By Andsigil
As I said before it's still just surmising that...

As I said before it's still just surmising that she was any swordswoman. She could have stood her ground fiercely in defence of her mother's kin with songs (like Luthien), spells (like the Istari),...
Forum: The Movies 09-02-2022, 09:42 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 11,809
Posted By Andsigil
Apologies, but it's still just surmising that she...

Apologies, but it's still just surmising that she was any swordswoman. She could have stood her ground fiercely in defence of her mother's kin with songs, spells, or even exhortations behind a shield...
Forum: The Movies 09-02-2022, 08:34 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 11,809
Posted By Andsigil
I've had a problem with "ackshun gurl" Galadriel...

I've had a problem with "ackshun gurl" Galadriel ever since I saw the first hint that she would be swinging a sword. Galadriel never picked up a sword in any Tolkien story. Not even once.
...
Forum: The Movies 09-02-2022, 05:46 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,544
Posted By Andsigil
Robert Aramayo looks more like Breelander stock...

Robert Aramayo looks more like Breelander stock than an Elrond. That face would make for a fine stableboy at the Prancing Pony or muckfarmer near the Midwater Marshes. But an Elrond? No way: utterly...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 09-02-2022, 05:31 AM
Replies: 3,244
Views: 580,094
Posted By Andsigil
This scene is from Mordor. ...

This scene is from Mordor.

https://twitter.com/TheMiddleborne/status/1554678568524943361

Galadriel never picked up a sword in any Tolkien story. Not even once. She didn't have to because her...
Forum: The Movies 05-26-2021, 10:39 AM
Replies: 412
Views: 174,100
Posted By Andsigil
This video made me even more pessimistic about...

This video made me even more pessimistic about Amazon's series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSU9waCPMX4
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 08-27-2020, 09:30 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 22,563
Posted By Andsigil
Not obsessed, no. I wish Tolkien would have...

Not obsessed, no.

I wish Tolkien would have written more about Cirdan; maybe as the central figure in a few stories of the Silmarillion. I keep hoping that someone uncovers an old shipping trunk,...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-22-2019, 08:30 PM
Replies: 4,512
Views: 921,717
Posted By Andsigil
Thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you both...

Thank you very much. Merry Christmas to you both and to all here.
Forum: The Books 10-12-2019, 06:09 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,106
Posted By Andsigil
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:AN...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUttp5XOMndr1wuVdToQpDRcAaA7zCXKo54SlOUHGLLFGRodcW
Forum: The Books 07-25-2019, 06:35 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 31,026
Posted By Andsigil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CdVTCDdEwI :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CdVTCDdEwI :D
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-13-2019, 06:39 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,290
Posted By Andsigil
Turin didn’t know it was his sister, and when he...

Turin didn’t know it was his sister, and when he found out he was distraught.

Maeglin, on the other hand, had no such regrets and died having sold his city to Morgoth just so he could satisfy his...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-13-2019, 04:24 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,290
Posted By Andsigil
I guess that would depend on whether or not he...

I guess that would depend on whether or not he chose an incestuous traitor as his favorite character.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-10-2019, 02:25 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 16,777
Posted By Andsigil
Why do you write "Maeglin" that way?

Why do you write "Maeglin" that way?
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 09:22 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,290
Posted By Andsigil
No, it was written by Tolkien.

No, it was written by Tolkien.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 06-08-2019, 10:02 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 33,290
Posted By Andsigil
Yours really is the shallow interpretation in...

Yours really is the shallow interpretation in that it looks for depth which just isn't there, so you contrive it, instead.

He was obsessively incestuous with Idril. Yes, yes, we all know Pharaoh...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 05-26-2019, 09:22 AM
Replies: 329
Views: 222,950
Posted By Andsigil
So, you're saying genetics determines behavior? ...

So, you're saying genetics determines behavior?

That stance is going to earn you a bit of dislike from... certain groups.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 05-22-2019, 04:22 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 8,662
Posted By Andsigil
Gladriel. I would teach her the value of being...

Gladriel. I would teach her the value of being with an exciting, passionate human, instead of stodgy, old Celeborn.

You know what they say: once you go Edain, all is bliss and red wine.
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 05-22-2019, 02:45 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 11,483
Posted By Andsigil
He wouldn't have been able to burn the ships...

He wouldn't have been able to burn the ships without slaughtering the Teleri.

Burning the ships out of "love" seems to be a non-starter, therefore.
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