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Forum: The Movies
12-14-2013, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 179
Views: 156,974
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Lalwendė
Hmmm, you should know how adaptations work. Very...
Hmmm, you should know how adaptations work. Very few are faithful, most are more revisionist than this was. I don't think it's an accident that the film critics have been enjoying this one, the first... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-14-2013, 05:28 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 22,272
Posted By
Lalwendė
Fair dos ;)
I don't think the films...
Fair dos ;) I don't think the films will ever eclipse the books, not for one moment. Now I don't mean to offend anyone, but to me they are rather like the Bible, in that they are such... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-14-2013, 03:54 AM
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Replies: 179
Views: 156,974
Posted By
Lalwendė
It does help if a reviewer shows he has paid...
It does help if a reviewer shows he has paid attention though ;) That and making the thrust of his argument that Jackson can either be faithful about detail or make use of supplementary material,... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-13-2013, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 156,974
Posted By
Lalwendė
Yes. I can. Because I enjoyed it more than the...
Yes. I can. Because I enjoyed it more than the first Hobbit film (see my note). I have also been enjoying the book for the past 31 years. It's nothing like the book, so you still very much have a... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-13-2013, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 179
Views: 156,974
Posted By
Lalwendė
Iconoclastic. :eek: That's how it's best...Iconoclastic. :eek: That's how it's best described in one word. Jackson has taken Tolkien's text and thrown it into the Cracks of Doom and used what was spat back out. This is the one film of all... |
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Forum: The Movies
12-13-2013, 01:51 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 22,272
Posted By
Lalwendė
Errrr...nope.
I've read the books more times...
Errrr...nope. I've read the books more times than I've had celery (not more times than I've had hot dinners, that would be silly), and the film is full of spoilers. Why? It is most definitely not... |
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Forum: The Movies
11-22-2013, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 12,140
Posted By
Lalwendė
Tolkien - The BiopicWell, I think we should start a book right now on who is going to play him: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25049475 |
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Forum: The Books
03-10-2013, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 21,688
Posted By
Lalwendė
Good topic!
Firstly, it wasn't my copy of A...Good topic! Firstly, it wasn't my copy of A Game of Thrones that got flung at the wall, but my copy of A Storm Of Swords. And there was a lot of swearing. Of that, I will comment no more or I... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
03-10-2013, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 14,193
Views: 2,330,689
Posted By
Lalwendė
Legolas vainly hoped that drinking out of a manly...
Legolas vainly hoped that drinking out of a manly pint pot would make him look less girly. |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
03-10-2013, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,675
Posted By
Lalwendė
How does he keep it from collapsing? I'm...
How does he keep it from collapsing? I'm supposing he has used 'builder's sand' as it has that silvery colour and it's more harsh (hence why it's used with cement to make mortar). Otherwise, I hope... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
03-10-2013, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 3,244
Views: 767,270
Posted By
Lalwendė
Fangirl geek misery. Being Human has just...
Fangirl geek misery. Being Human has just finished for ever on BBC3 and I actually feel a bit empty and miserable about it. :( Lord forbid how I'd feel if Doctor Who was ever pulled... |
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Forum: The Books
03-04-2013, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 27,219
Posted By
Lalwendė
Note - Buffy and Bella are worlds apart, and it's...
Note - Buffy and Bella are worlds apart, and it's not werewolves in Buffy, it's demons. Counting TV as 'fiction', which it is, the BBC's Being Human centres on the relationships and conflicts of... |
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Forum: The Movies
03-01-2013, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 13,735
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Lalwendė
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Forum: The Movies
03-01-2013, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 13,735
Posted By
Lalwendė
There are a lot of things I wish had alternative...
There are a lot of things I wish had alternative endings, such as: Twilight ends with Bella saying "Oh clear off, creepy stalker guy" after the first chapter; 50 Shades of Grey ends likewise after... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-26-2013, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 31,944
Posted By
Lalwendė
I don't think it's a UK thing in particular,...
I don't think it's a UK thing in particular, though lighter coloured eyes are more common in the North, possibly due to heritage, though grey eyes might be mistaken for blue quite often. And heritage... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2013, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 17,876
Posted By
Lalwendė
Might be useful to note which unauthorised and...
Might be useful to note which unauthorised and naughty book we are referring to, the Grotta bio of JRRT or the other one of Hillary. Presumably, these writers could have their books published if... |
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Forum: The Books
02-25-2013, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 62
Views: 17,876
Posted By
Lalwendė
There's only one way to find out - read the...
There's only one way to find out - read the Grotta book! I don't know if we've got it somewhere in our book piles, but if we do then I'm going to read it and find out for myself ;) As I say, there... |
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Forum: The Books
02-24-2013, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 17,876
Posted By
Lalwendė
It all reminds me so much of the pressure put on...
It all reminds me so much of the pressure put on biographers and critics of Sylvia Plath by Ted Hughes and his sister Olwen. Works were banned. Academics were threatened. The fur flew. Because he... |
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Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
02-24-2013, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 14,193
Views: 2,330,689
Posted By
Lalwendė
Five year old boys the length and breadth of the...
Five year old boys the length and breadth of the nation were slightly confused by the new episodes of Postman Pat. |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-20-2013, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,088
Posted By
Lalwendė
I do like how easy it is to use from an Android...
I do like how easy it is to use from an Android app. Browsing for good pictures should pass the time when I'm waiting for the bus to work. I'm not sure some of the fan fic I've seen on there is in... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-20-2013, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 74,996
Posted By
Lalwendė
So Melkor's Maiar were smelly...that has made me...So Melkor's Maiar were smelly...that has made me chuckle. It probably gives even more reasons to fear a Balrog. And maybe the One Ring was an air freshener. I wonder what Radagast smelled like? |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-20-2013, 12:22 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 74,996
Posted By
Lalwendė
And from Galin's quote from the Osanwe-kenta...a...
And from Galin's quote from the Osanwe-kenta...a few things... 1. It suggests that maybe it was because of Melkor's great lust that he became very much bound to his physical form. He also did... |
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Forum: Novices and Newcomers
02-20-2013, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 1,834
Views: 626,946
Posted By
Lalwendė
LEGO.
I don't need to justify it, you know...
LEGO. I don't need to justify it, you know it's right :cool: |
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Forum: The Movies
02-19-2013, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 51,138
Posted By
Lalwendė
How dare you post a spoiler! You have totally...How dare you post a spoiler! You have totally ruined the book and film for me now and also for the hundreds of users of this website! ;) |
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
02-18-2013, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 8,088
Posted By
Lalwendė
I've just joined it because I realised it was a...
I've just joined it because I realised it was a cracking source of pictures - I just reblog lots of things I like that other people have posted. Not sure if that's what you're supposed to do being a... |
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