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Forum: The Movies
12-29-2024, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 52,779
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Kuruharan
Apologies for the double post, but I found this...Apologies for the double post, but I found this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEWTpxfXsuE) interesting. |
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Forum: The Movies
12-23-2024, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 52,779
Posted By
Kuruharan
They did rather make the wood elves look like...They did rather make the wood elves look like ants, didn't they. Ahhh...but what about Where there's a whip If you don't like that song you have no soul. :smokin: |
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Forum: The Movies
12-20-2024, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 52,779
Posted By
Kuruharan
Hmm...interesting. So it doesn't have any of the...Hmm...interesting. So it doesn't have any of the campy charm of the Rankin-Bass cartoons, then? I think, repeated milkings of the Giant Cow and seizure inducing flashes of the Shire aside,... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-19-2024, 08:05 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 52,779
Posted By
Kuruharan
The important question, of course, is how it...The important question, of course, is how it stacks up to the Rankin-Bass cartoons. :smokin: |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
12-19-2023, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 14,193
Views: 2,322,353
Posted By
Kuruharan
Old Woman: I don't want to eat it and you can't...Old Woman: I don't want to eat it and you can't make me! |
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Forum: The Movies
12-24-2022, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 39,216
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Kuruharan
They might do something better than the fake...They might do something better than the fake thing I made up. I expect that they won't. EDIT: We should keep a weather eye to see if anything from Season Two seems cribbed from my notes... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
12-19-2022, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 14,193
Views: 2,322,353
Posted By
Kuruharan
Frodo: Come on, Gandalf, shake my hand!
...Frodo: Come on, Gandalf, shake my hand! *bzzt* Gandalf: Ouch! Frodo: Gotcha! I can't believe you fell for that! |
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Forum: The Movies
11-11-2022, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 12,830
Posted By
Kuruharan
That's still three seasons too many in my...That's still three seasons too many in my opinion. Then they should have done a better and more respectful job. |
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Forum: The Movies
11-11-2022, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 14,449
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Kuruharan
At least that is thematically appropriate to this...At least that is thematically appropriate to this site. |
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Forum: The Movies
10-07-2022, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 143,448
Posted By
Kuruharan
Soo..?I've not been watching the show, but how is my outline holding up to the real thing? :Merisu: |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
10-06-2022, 07:03 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 24,410
Posted By
Kuruharan
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2022, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,323
Posted By
Kuruharan
Alright, buckle up......or put on your armor. Given the age of this forum, I'm a bit surprised that there hasn't been an in-depth treatment of this topic before. This topic is complicated by our... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 03:45 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 272,164
Posted By
Kuruharan
I still think you are giving them more credit...I still think you are giving them more credit than they deserve. :D |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 143,448
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Kuruharan
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 143,448
Posted By
Kuruharan
The learned reviewer is evidently unaware that...The learned reviewer is evidently unaware that deep in the bowels of Marquette University a recent document has been discovered bearing Tolkien's handwriting and the almost illegible title (in... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 11:08 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 272,164
Posted By
Kuruharan
But that is a well worn defensive parry rather...But that is a well worn defensive parry rather than utilizing it as an offensive tactic. Most people are too egotistical to genuinely believe in their hearts that people are going to hate their... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 272,164
Posted By
Kuruharan
While I can't say you are wrong, I also think you...While I can't say you are wrong, I also think you are assigning them a level of cunning they don't deserve. I also think you aren't crediting them with sufficient ideological fervor. |
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Forum: The Books
08-27-2022, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 8,112
Posted By
Kuruharan
That was a very disappointing whiff.
I...That was a very disappointing whiff. I think that impression comes because of Gandalf's statement about orc trustworthiness when he is speaking with the part of the Fellowship that made it to... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-27-2022, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 143,448
Posted By
Kuruharan
The title card says "Basedapted on the works of...The title card says "Basedapted on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien." The learned reviewer somehow failed to notice that the entire show was filmed in Haradric with Westron and English subtitles. ... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-26-2022, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 143,448
Posted By
Kuruharan
Well, there is Sauron. We could have that flashy...Well, there is Sauron. We could have that flashy eye thing happen all the time when he is on screen. I am deliberately trying to avoid them. It would be very hard to have a canonical... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-24-2022, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 143,448
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Kuruharan
A Golden Opportunity MissedI’ve been ruminating about all the controversy, some of which has erupted in this here forum, and I think the Rings of Power producers have passed up a golden opportunity to both put together an... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-22-2022, 10:21 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,796
Posted By
Kuruharan
Combat Analysis of Fellowship of the RingI thought this video was rather interesting. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTfO0Ee7x6w) In spite of being put out by IGN, it is done by one of the most respected HEMA practitioners out there. |
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Forum: The Movies
02-16-2022, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 35,187
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Kuruharan
I don't agree with this philosophical perspective...I don't agree with this philosophical perspective at all. In my view just because Jackson did an awful job does not entitle his successors to sequentially do as bad and just a little bit worse. ... |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-12-2022, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 4,679
Views: 1,475,378
Posted By
Kuruharan
Technically in my timezone at the moment I post...Technically in my timezone at the moment I post this it is still not a belated birthday wish to Form. |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-11-2022, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 847
Views: 328,768
Posted By
Kuruharan
Raving ego-mania drives me to note that I have...Raving ego-mania drives me to note that I have now slipped past (without even noting it on the actual day) twenty years as a member of this forum. I, in a way, draw some satisfaction that my posts... |
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