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Forum: The Movies
09-06-2022, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
I do find it interesting that in the one part of...
I do find it interesting that in the one part of Middle-earth in which Tolkien unmistakably placed POC, Harad, the showrunners have chosen to put white people. |
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Forum: The Movies
09-06-2022, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
"Knife-ears" is a derogatory term for Elves taken...
"Knife-ears" is a derogatory term for Elves taken from the Dragon Age series of videogames, in which they are an oppressed underclass (often servants). |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
Translation: silence the critics.
A comment...
Translation: silence the critics. A comment from YouTube: "Beware of review bombing, which is,"The practice of blaming negative reviews on audience bigotry when showrunners and other creatives... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Hmm. Nobody but Tolkien can write Tolkien. His...
Hmm. Nobody but Tolkien can write Tolkien. His mind was, in addition to being brilliant and astonishingly well-educated, unique. His work is inimitable. Whereas manipulating TV ratings and... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Well, consider what Disney did with Oni-Wan...
Well, consider what Disney did with Oni-Wan Kenobi: there they used artificially manufactured racism, by singling out 5 troll comments out of 10,000, in order to claim they were under "racist attack"... |
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Forum: The Movies
09-05-2022, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
It strikes me that Amazon's use of 'diverse'...
It strikes me that Amazon's use of 'diverse' casting was brilliant. No, not in any sort of dramaturgical or artistic way, or even really in a political way: but as a tactic it has been quite... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-28-2022, 07:16 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
I have to say, after two decades of being VERY...
I have to say, after two decades of being VERY critical of the Jackson movies, I have softened towards them- largely because until recently I didn't appreciate the force of the argument "It could... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-28-2022, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
And, here is a masterful riff on the unending...
And, here is a masterful riff on the unending cliches. Priceless! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGr0PhNO5LM |
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Forum: The Movies
08-28-2022, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Mind you, it's unclear whether Simon Tolkien has...
Mind you, it's unclear whether Simon Tolkien has any actual connection with the running of the Estate; his father pointedly kept him off the Board. The son who assisted Christopher in matters Tolkien... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-21-2022, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
More than anything, what I resent about this...
More than anything, what I resent about this "book that Tolkien never wrote" is its tired and tiresome genericism, its utter and complete lack of anything even resembling creativity or personality. ... |
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Forum: The Movies
08-13-2022, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Isn't it interesting that this - thing - is...
Isn't it interesting that this - thing - is scheduled to premiere on September 2, in other words marking the death of Tolkien? |
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Forum: The Movies
07-14-2022, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Dear god, that breastplate! Have the costume...
Dear god, that breastplate! Have the costume designers never seen so much as a picture of real armor? |
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Forum: The Movies
06-17-2022, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
I stand corrected. Still, there is no Appendices...
I stand corrected. Still, there is no Appendices warrant for brothers, plural. |
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Forum: The Movies
06-17-2022, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
Brothers? That's odd- because no matter which...
Brothers? That's odd- because no matter which version of the Finarfinian genealogy you care to use, not one of them is mentioned in the Appendices, supposedly Amazon's only permitted source. |
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Forum: The Movies
06-12-2022, 12:44 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
On nomenclature:
This is an area which I thinks...
On nomenclature: This is an area which I thinks provides substantial evidence that this show is not "in good hands" at all, notwithstanding the comments of assorted podcasters whom Amazon lavishly... |
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Forum: The Movies
06-12-2022, 12:35 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
Yes; I think strict quotas would produce better...
Yes; I think strict quotas would produce better television. |
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Forum: The Movies
06-10-2022, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
Some context, from Amazon Studios' 'Inclusion...
Some context, from Amazon Studios' 'Inclusion Policy': |
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Forum: The Movies
06-10-2022, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Morfydd Clark (Galadriel):
"Rings of Power is...
Morfydd Clark (Galadriel): "Rings of Power is more of a message to the patriarchy, and the old cultural guard. A message that says we are no longer going to play fiddle to a white man's vision. This... |
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Forum: The Movies
05-22-2022, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Movies
05-21-2022, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
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William Cloud Hicklin
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Forum: The Movies
05-18-2022, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
https://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/dy...
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Forum: The Movies
05-18-2022, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Back in the Jackson-movie years, I thought it...
Back in the Jackson-movie years, I thought it gave too much of the game away that TORN's onsite paid ads were almost all from WETA Workshop and other PJ/New Line-connected enterprises. But now the... |
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Forum: The Movies
05-17-2022, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
It strikes me that Amazon's marketing department...
It strikes me that Amazon's marketing department (and its paid shills like theonering.net) have adopted a very interesting strategy: insult the fanbase and call them names. Innovative, certainly. |
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Forum: The Movies
04-16-2022, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
Oh, horrors!
Worser and worser Amazon’s Rings of Power Script & Audition Videos - See What They’re Doing to Tolkien! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlHYvpL4KwY |
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Forum: The Movies
02-28-2022, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 412
Views: 178,111
Posted By
William Cloud Hicklin
The only possible counter-evidence, or at least...
The only possible counter-evidence, or at least the one snippet which has been thus proffered, is the "polished vambrace" with which Imrahil discovers that Eowyn is still alive. That said, there... |
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