04-09-2008, 04:20 PM | #281 |
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Or create some.
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04-09-2008, 04:24 PM | #282 |
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*doesn't want to create Nazgúl*
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04-09-2008, 04:39 PM | #283 |
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One's enough...
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04-09-2008, 04:41 PM | #284 |
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That's for sure.
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04-10-2008, 11:38 AM | #285 |
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There are more nazgul here than you seem to think *ominous music*
Two years ago there were more than nine. It used to be a real nazgulmoot. |
04-10-2008, 11:41 AM | #286 |
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Where are all the Ñoldor, though?
Or have you found us all already and sent us all to Mandos? Maybe shining like beacons isn't a good thing?
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04-10-2008, 11:46 AM | #287 |
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The Elves don't need nazgul to send them to Mandos. They take care of it themselves.
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04-10-2008, 11:47 AM | #288 |
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Complete agreement.
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04-10-2008, 11:52 AM | #289 |
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Yeah, okay, so we are pretty good at it.
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04-11-2008, 01:46 AM | #290 |
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Curu - not sure if you caught this, but I'll re-post. Heavenly Creatures really is worth the watch.
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04-11-2008, 02:44 AM | #291 |
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No, I'd missed that post.
Haven't seen it, but I have heard of it. Don't know if it's really my kind of thing, though.
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04-11-2008, 03:12 AM | #292 |
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Fair enough... you ever want to give the elves a skip, then at least you've got a rec.
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07-14-2008, 09:34 AM | #293 |
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Lotr ROX, no matter what any1 says!! i do say they changed many things, but the movies are already 3 hours long and i do agree the arwen dreams were a bit much, but most of the changes contribute to the movie, not take away from it.
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07-16-2008, 04:30 AM | #295 |
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frodomerryandaragornrock: Could you, please elaborate: in what way the changes contribute to the movie.
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07-17-2008, 08:50 PM | #296 |
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There are so many it's difficult to know where to start.
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07-17-2008, 10:50 PM | #297 |
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I just re-watched FotR and RotK extended for the first time in a long time. There are some parts where I still cringe when I watch them.
But watching RotK after I watched the appendices made me have a much greater appreciation for the movies and all the minute details.
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07-18-2008, 05:12 AM | #298 |
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I think part of the negative reception of the film is to do with its adaptation from the classic J. R. R. Tolkien book. I mean once you´ve read the book you have the pictures that YOU created - when the film doesn´t match up (which i think it woudl be hard to do) you feel cheated somewhat - especially as after the film, i find it hard to picture my original images.
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Here is a small example: in FOTR, PJ had postulated "The Ring obeys ONLY SAURON. We CAN'T use it." Minor thing, you would say? But that stupid notion had a lot of consequences. They couldn't make Saruman want the Ring for himself - what for, if he can't use it? So now we have Saruman as Sauron's servant. Why then would Saruman's Uruks lead the captured hobbits west and not east over the river directly to Mordor? - no answer. Galadriel also looks a total fool, becoming all radioactive-like about the Ring she can't even use! And now why couldn't Gandalf take the Ring and carry it himself - if he couldn't use it? Also, if nobody but Sauron could use the Ring, all the underlying reasoning devised by Tolkien for BOTH sides in the "Return of the King" crumbles. Why would Sauron worry who has got his Ring? Why would he be in such a hurry? Why would he offer any terms? He could have proceeded methodically, as a good strategist, and sooner or later he would have conquered the West and regained his Ring - because he was far stronger then the West. |
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07-18-2008, 09:48 AM | #300 |
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The images were actually not so bad. Though New Zealand isn't much like Europe, they did a passable job with the scenery, costuming, etc.
It was the many, unnecessary changes in characters' personalities and motivations that were most egregious, IMO.
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