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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 43
Views: 20,975
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Mister Underhill
A typically tree-ish response time, but Snowdog,...
A typically tree-ish response time, but Snowdog, the thread you linked from the archive is still here, with more (all?) replies! http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=565 |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 30
Views: 9,907
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 4,521
Views: 955,777
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Mister Underhill
Haha! A few days late, but thanks! Not quite...
Haha! A few days late, but thanks! Not quite eleventy-one yet, but creeping closer each year. |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,978
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,978
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Mister Underhill
![]() Eye of Sauron tree-topper. (https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/zdtsuu/homemade_tree_topper/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) In the Land of the Living Room where the... |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,404
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Mister Underhill
Arrrrrr!
(Pirate content, not pirated...
Arrrrrr! (Pirate content, not pirated content. DO NOT DELETE!) |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,636
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Mister Underhill
This is a very enjoyable and insightful blog...
This is a very enjoyable and insightful blog post, and while RoP defenders will surely dismiss much of it as nitpicking, or say that, oh, to take one example, there's no time, or budget, or even much... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 41
Views: 16,903
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Mister Underhill
Well, well, well! Are we now at the stage where...
Well, well, well! Are we now at the stage where we cart out our old bones, figuratively speaking, to tell these youngsters what it was really like back in the olden days? Somebody give Ken Burns a... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 488
Views: 144,374
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Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 488
Views: 144,374
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Mister Underhill
Hey! Is it 2021 or 2001? Are we gettin' the band...
Hey! Is it 2021 or 2001? Are we gettin' the band back together? Maril, PM me -- I may have a quick no fuss solution to your problem. |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 160
Views: 44,347
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Mister Underhill
Hey, lady! Fancy meeting you here! I almost...
Hey, lady! Fancy meeting you here! I almost couldn't believe my eyes. :eek: "How much better I could have framed my points" is always a recurring thought every time I read through some of these... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 20
Views: 8,567
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Mister Underhill
Well, well... it's been a few moons since I hit...
Well, well... it's been a few moons since I hit the ol' POST REPLY button. I am sad to hear of Christopher Tolkien's passing. I've nodded along while reading all of the replies. No writer --... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 13
Views: 14,292
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Mister Underhill
![]() Well, Bb, I know you on FB, but I'm happy to see you here on these mist-shrouded Downs and offer you a second holiday greetings anyway. I've been feeling nostalgic about the BD and toured through... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 46
Views: 19,536
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Mister Underhill
Yes, I'd agree that clearly in the event the...
Yes, I'd agree that clearly in the event the justification for sending Frodo to the Fire was that it was the only way to truly solve the problem of the Ring, and therefore it was the only path worth... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 46
Views: 19,536
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Mister Underhill
Actually, if Denethor had made the connection...
Actually, if Denethor had made the connection between "Isildur's Bane" and "Sauron's Ring", as Inzila and Faramir surmise upthread, it would go a long way to explaining why he'd allow Boromir to take... |
Forum: Middle-earth Mirth
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,195
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Mister Underhill
Pluto surface feature named 'Balrog'
It's clear where the New Horizons mission scientists come down on the Balrog wing question -- those things stretch from Ala to Vucub Camé. :) https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CJ7Wy-BUwAAYf6l.jpg:large |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 14
Views: 10,744
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Mister Underhill
Perhaps "re-animated"?
A worthy cause. ...
Perhaps "re-animated"? A worthy cause. There are many treeish members that I wish I could wake up -- starting with myself! |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 56
Views: 34,459
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Mister Underhill
Personally I have tried to embrace this era of...
Personally I have tried to embrace this era of cinematic super-people (arguably P.J.'s adaptations, especially his elvish shenanigans, are influenced by them), but mostly they leave me cold. I... |
Forum: The Barrow-Downs
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Replies: 51
Views: 20,253
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Forum: The Books
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,825
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Mister Underhill
I have always been a no-spoilers kinda guy, but I...
I have always been a no-spoilers kinda guy, but I must say over the years I've seen the commonly understood definition of a spoiler creep to almost absurd lengths. The color of the new Batman... |
Forum: The Books
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,825
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Mister Underhill
Interesting thread!
So I have this theory...
Interesting thread! So I have this theory that names and words in fiction -- especially fantasy and sci-fi -- are far more important to the overall effect of the fiction than is generally... |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 130
Views: 83,464
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Mister Underhill
Only in the name of profit! You can't argue the...
Only in the name of profit! You can't argue the mass appeal of Dwarf-tossing. Also belching. *belches* |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 130
Views: 83,464
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Mister Underhill
Optimism! ;)
Faces fell, forlorn
Words...
Optimism! ;) Faces fell, forlorn Words of doom, green and eerie Y'all should google cats *pops a few tabs of Pez of Westernesse* *tosses a dwarf* |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 130
Views: 83,464
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Mister Underhill
My usual reaction to this question used to be,...
My usual reaction to this question used to be, "Damage the book? How could it? It's right there on my shelf, same as it ever was." I think that mindset comes from the pre-internet days. As a... |
Forum: The Movies
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Replies: 130
Views: 83,464
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Mister Underhill
Here's a thought -- which would do more damage to...
Here's a thought -- which would do more damage to the book, a bad adaptation, or a spectacularly good adaptation? Bad film adaptations typically fade and are quickly forgotten, while the classic... |
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