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Forum: The Movies 02-22-2023, 11:34 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,002
Posted By alatar
Guessing that the show lived up to my...

Guessing that the show lived up to my expectations, seeing the current state of entertainment. The Ms and I have watched RoP, WoT, and Willow, and haven't been excited about any of them. Add recent...
Forum: The Movies 09-06-2022, 07:09 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 9,539
Posted By alatar
Or did it? Haven't posted here in forever...

Or did it?


Haven't posted here in forever (at least an age or two). Suddenly I get the urge, feel the 'call' as it were, and when I get here, seems like everyone is popping back in as well.

...
Forum: The Movies 09-06-2022, 01:31 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 9,539
Posted By alatar
Good to be back. I'd learned much when...

Good to be back.


I'd learned much when discussing PJ's LotR with others, like just when you think that your POV is the only logical/reasonable POV, you see otherwise. :cool:
Forum: The Movies 09-06-2022, 10:33 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 9,539
Posted By alatar
I'd decided let science reign, and judge the show...

I'd decided let science reign, and judge the show on the evidence and not by what I was seeing/hearing/reading from others.


And have I ever had a happy opinion? :D
Forum: The Movies 09-06-2022, 09:43 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 9,539
Posted By alatar
Hey Bb, good to see you over here! Part...

Hey Bb, good to see you over here!


Part of me feels for the constricted writers. But they still need to tell a good story with interesting characters.


I'm not beholden to canon; my wife's...
Forum: The Movies 09-05-2022, 05:35 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 11,810
Posted By alatar
Thanks - now snails. That beach troll...

Thanks - now snails.



That beach troll image is still clouding my thinking...do they where board shorts?
Forum: The Movies 09-05-2022, 04:53 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 11,810
Posted By alatar
Went in with an open mind and a closed mouth....

Went in with an open mind and a closed mouth. Whatever appeared on scene is what it is, regardless of what might be in my head or in a book.


Watched the first 2 episodes with my favorite...
Forum: The Movies 08-28-2022, 05:53 PM
Replies: 412
Views: 174,129
Posted By alatar
My, how things appear at a distance. ;) ...

My, how things appear at a distance. ;)


As stated elsewhere, I didn't like many of PJ's changes to LotR, but (1) at least someone attempted to put the books to film, and (2) not everyone has the...
Forum: The Movies 08-23-2022, 10:53 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,649
Posted By alatar
1420! Hey there, ho there, I've spewed enough venom on...

Hey there, ho there, I've spewed enough venom on PJ's LotR movies (and said some nice things too :p) back when I used to care.



But then PJ's Hobbit broke me, with so much wrong that even...
Forum: The Movies 06-26-2019, 08:34 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 65,504
Posted By alatar
Hello Huinesoron! Two 'well reasoned'...

Hello Huinesoron!


Two 'well reasoned' theories:


Captain James T. Kirk (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=400887&postcount=16)
Eru...
Forum: The Movies 06-26-2019, 02:04 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 65,504
Posted By alatar
Pipe It all makes sense now

Glancing at Stone giants - Finally a Credible Source (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?p=717937#post717937) opened my eyes to so much that I hadn't realized before!



stone giants =...
Forum: The Movies 05-31-2017, 01:36 PM
Replies: 66
Views: 45,224
Posted By alatar
I would have been unbothered (not happy, but...

I would have been unbothered (not happy, but unbothered) if either of his trilogies were internally consistent. It's especially jarring when much hay was made of the fact that all 3 LotR movies were...
Forum: The Movies 08-23-2016, 06:50 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 32,822
Posted By alatar
Ok ok already...I'll get back to work on the time...

Ok ok already...I'll get back to work on the time machine. ;)

My one change would be for the director et al to pick a tone and stick with it. Kids movie? Teen drama? Do physics apply or not?
...
Forum: The Movies 08-28-2015, 08:09 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,818
Posted By alatar
William Cloud Hicklin, how does chunks rhyme with...

William Cloud Hicklin, how does chunks rhyme with good? ;)
Forum: The Movies 08-24-2015, 08:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,818
Posted By alatar
Worst 'rhyme:' Using the word "She-elf" in both...

Worst 'rhyme:' Using the word "She-elf" in both trilogies. Having a character speak this word is stupid at both the quantum and cosmological levels. :mad:

Galadriel barefooting across the screen...
Forum: The Movies 08-24-2015, 08:14 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,771
Posted By alatar
The article (and pro-Jackson fan theory) make...

The article (and pro-Jackson fan theory) make absolutely no sense. Assume that Bilbo exaggerated his exploits in his book. Peter Jackson used little of the story in this book when making his...
Forum: The Movies 08-17-2015, 08:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,818
Posted By alatar
Starting off, Gandalf calling Eagles using moths....

Starting off, Gandalf calling Eagles using moths. :rolleyes:
Forum: The Movies 08-17-2015, 08:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,818
Posted By alatar
Question Peter Producing Poetic Pictures

George Lucas, famous for another set of trilogies, stated, "...it's like poetry, they rhyme...every stanza kinda rhymes with the last one...". Some interpret his words to mean that there are...
Forum: The Movies 06-22-2015, 03:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 11,525
Posted By alatar
Weren't these additions intended more for the EE...

Weren't these additions intended more for the EE than the theatrical version? I thought that the EE additions to FoTR were most welcome.
Forum: The Movies 06-22-2015, 01:27 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 11,525
Posted By alatar
Good thinking! PJ may not have included this...

Good thinking!

PJ may not have included this scene as he'd already showed the elves appearing unexpectedly to help 'man' in the Battle for Helm's Deep. And you know PJ, he hates to be redundant....
Forum: The Movies 06-07-2015, 06:47 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 33,571
Posted By alatar
Mr. Underhill, if I'm reading you right, I too...

Mr. Underhill, if I'm reading you right, I too started getting tired of the smashing robotfest that was Avengers II. Thankfully it was cut short, and the movie got back to other business.

Another...
Forum: The Movies 06-06-2015, 08:34 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 33,571
Posted By alatar
Well, if not Marvel, then what about the Harry...

Well, if not Marvel, then what about the Harry Potter movies? Surely there are those who would argue (both for and against) about whether each HP movie was true to its book or not.

Regardless,...
Forum: The Movies 06-06-2015, 05:08 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 33,571
Posted By alatar
Lotrelf, I think that that's the big issue:...

Lotrelf, I think that that's the big issue: apathy. Here I am, obviously a Tolkien fan, and yet I pass when given an opportunity to view any of the Hobbit movies (for free on TV). Been there done...
Forum: The Barrow-Downs 05-07-2015, 05:11 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 19,763
Posted By alatar
Did not know how much I missed this place. ...

Did not know how much I missed this place.

Thank you much for reviving this site!
Forum: The Movies 05-07-2015, 05:08 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 33,571
Posted By alatar
Guessing that my complete apathy speaks to how...

Guessing that my complete apathy speaks to how much this second trilogy touched me.

My only interest has been in the analysis of why they are so bad. Sometimes you don't know why you feel the way...
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