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Forum: The Movies 08-25-2024, 06:14 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,163
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Yes, I know it's explained in the appendix, just...

Yes, I know it's explained in the appendix, just not in the one second he appears in the trailer.
Forum: The Movies 08-23-2024, 08:27 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 5,248
Posted By Snowdog
Ring Rings of Power

With the approach of season 2, I again watched season 1. I definitely like the 'binge' format better than the weekly wait format.
I'm glad they are releasing 3 episodes as a premiere. I may wait the...
Forum: The Movies 08-23-2024, 08:19 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 9,163
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe War of the Rohirrim

Yeah, it looks alright. Didn't care for the half a minute lead-in from the twenty year old PJ movies. Not sure what that was about other than PJ wanting to say he is still relevant I guess. Maybe to...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 08-13-2024, 10:52 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 22,705
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe I find it amusing that a couple of the AI Bots...

I find it amusing that a couple of the AI Bots posted to the discussion thread for my old fanfic story. :smokin:
Forum: The Movies 08-10-2024, 09:50 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,491
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Something in the thread magnetized the bots. They...

Something in the thread magnetized the bots. They have been looking for old-tech boards to attack after their successful conquest of Arwen Undomiel last year. Council of Elrond has ben hit as well,...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 08-06-2024, 07:18 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 22,990
Posted By Snowdog
Tolkien Is it wrong to say 'Peter Jackson' is the...

Is it wrong to say 'Peter Jackson' is the ultimate bad guy?

Lord Denethor, along with Faramir and Aragorn, were some of the many atrocities PJ did to characters in Lord of the Rings. I respected...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 08-06-2024, 06:53 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 22,705
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe The bots are getting wily since all they have to...

The bots are getting wily since all they have to talk to on Arwen Undomiel is each other. They have gone looking for more old tech boards to invade.
Forum: The Movies 08-06-2024, 06:50 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 29,732
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe That's a matter of opinion and remains to be seen...

That's a matter of opinion and remains to be seen since it hasn't shown yet. I tend to wait until after I see things before I decide such matters.



:rolleyes:
Forum: The Books 08-01-2024, 12:27 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 25,240
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe I missed this reply the last time I reviewed this...

I missed this reply the last time I reviewed this excellent thread. I know there isn't any named towns/cities, and it is obviously lost to the fringes of Tolkien's stories as undeveloped, but to me,...
Forum: The Movies 08-01-2024, 12:08 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 29,732
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Getting back to this original question, I think a...

Getting back to this original question, I think a few 'stories' that could be (properly) developed out of the appendices would be:

The Kin Strife of Gondor - Including the lead-up with the...
Forum: The Movies 07-30-2024, 08:49 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 31,765
Posted By Snowdog
The Eye Rings of Power - Season 2

I'm liking what I'm seeing for this season (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WYJKfMHX7s) so far. If they can stay away from the bad 'The Sea is Always Right' stuff, it should be pretty good. With...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 07-26-2024, 06:21 PM
Replies: 4,557
Views: 1,090,580
Posted By Snowdog
1420! Happy Birthday Natalia aka Lush!

Happy Birthday Natalia! :smokin:
Forum: The Movies 06-15-2024, 10:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 85,785
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe I'm looking forward to The War of the Rohirrim....

I'm looking forward to The War of the Rohirrim. Hoping they get the lore of Rohan in the ballpark of being right.

And yes, Hunt for Gollum .... was done in 2009 or thereabouts. WB and PJ & Co cant...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-16-2023, 04:59 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 3,961
Posted By Snowdog
1420! Bird and the Baby Re-Opening!

This is indeed good news! It is definitely on my bucket list.
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 12-16-2023, 04:58 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 22,705
Posted By Snowdog
Tolkien It's nice to be a part of a legacy Middle Earth...

It's nice to be a part of a legacy Middle Earth forum that hasn't been abandoned to the AI spambots Well done killing them off.
Forum: The Movies 12-16-2023, 04:54 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 44,559
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe ↑ ↑ ↑ This. Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's...

↑ ↑ ↑
This.


Oh, wait, you wanted JRRT's likely opinion. This was Christopher's (as quoted in a 2022 Screen Rant article).

I would add to Morth's rant the depiction of Aragorn, full of...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 12-10-2023, 03:07 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 38,530
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Aragorn and Arwen's Daughters

I believe these are from a fanfic written on RP.ME.

Just for fun, I spent a little time going through a bunch of internet 'Aragorn and Arwen's Daughters' fanfics, and it was interesting that the...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 11-26-2023, 03:26 AM
Replies: 4,557
Views: 1,090,580
Posted By Snowdog
1420! Thank you Galadriel. I swore that this year I...

Thank you Galadriel. I swore that this year I wouldn't forget to visit Barrow Downs on my birthday... so much for good intentions.

I'd like to shout out to Arvegil145... Happy Birthday!
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-09-2023, 06:33 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,815
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Like most Tolkien/Middle-Earth based sites that...

Like most Tolkien/Middle-Earth based sites that sprang up from around 1999 with the first whisperings of movies being made, the hey-day of the Barrow Downs was those first half-dozen years of this...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-04-2023, 10:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 6,156
Posted By Snowdog
Tolkien This is my favorite part of the Lord of the Rings...

This is my favorite part of the Lord of the Rings books.

From Chapter II of Return of the King. Passing of the Grey Company.

... They had not long passed the mounds at the Fords of Isen, when...
Forum: The Movies 07-04-2023, 10:19 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 33,815
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Annoying Movie Lines

Annoying movie lines? As the dears and decades roll on, more and more things annoy me about the PJ fanfics. it is generally with the overall screenplay, and I have to laugh when I see PJ movie LotR...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 07-04-2023, 10:07 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 12,460
Posted By Snowdog
Eye Cool Post Icons

Even after twenty years, Barrow Downs has the bestest post icons!
Forum: The Books 07-04-2023, 10:00 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 25,240
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Cardolan

This tells of walls and fortresses on heights, and the latest release for LOTRO is all about Cardolan.
Though it is quite fanficcy, they make some interesting places in the game...
Forum: Novices and Newcomers 07-02-2023, 11:46 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 22,990
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe Favorite bad guy

I always saw Old Man Willow more as a grumpy old treeish ent than a 'bad guy'.

My fav baddie is the Witch King of Angmar.
Forum: Discussion 07-01-2023, 09:47 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 38,727
Posted By Snowdog
Pipe The Corsairs of Umbar...

The Corsairs of Umbar (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19686) was an interesting read and the way it was broken into scenes was good.
I sort of felt more intricate detail could be...
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