/hasn't read the books :ashamed:

I will read them in 3 years when I've forgotten what happens :D

I'm actually doing that with The Sopranos now :D

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]/hasn't read the books :ashamed:

I will read them in 3 years when I've forgotten what happens :D

I'm actually doing that with The Sopranos now :D[/QUOTE]
I've read all of Tolkein's works......a lot of them are challenging to get through.

If you don't like long, boring descriptions that top the descriptions in the LOTR trillogy, dont read the Silmarillion!:p

But I loved them all.

I know if I tried to read the LOTR books now, I would probably get bored, since the plot is fresh in my mind.

I was just thinking an hour ago when I read this thread that it might be time to read LotR again.

The Silmarillion is made excessively difficult due to the fact that Chris Tolkein lacks all the sense of his father's poetic, Celtic descriptions. The book is as dry as typical pre-John Keegan accounts of the Napoleonic Wars, if you catch my drift.

I just skip to the parts about Ungoliant, who is easily the baddest of the bad guys, since she's like the physical incarnation of evil. Melkor's been corrupted by evil, but c'mon. Ungoliant is a vast spider creature who vomits not darkness but "unlight" from every pore, and whose thirst for any consumable entity or thing was so enormous that the end of her life only came when she got lost in the deserts of Middle Earth and consumed herself.

Unfortunately, there's only a few pages about her. :angry:

Anyways, let's play "racism in unexpected places!"

LOTR's "Black Numenoreans," humans allied with Mordor, are described as black because they ARE black. In movies, popular depictions, and in story, the Corsairs, also allied with Mordor, are clearly Asians. The good guys are Nordic/Aryan Swede-looking types who speak eloquently and are brilliant at fighting.

Also, here's a handy guide to racism in "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers":

Black Ranger=black dude.
Pink Ranger=most obviously feminine female.
Red Ranger=Began as a vaguely Native American tough guy and then switched to a Mexican.
Yellow Ranger=Asian
White Ranger=The whitest dude, Tommy, who of course is the leader because he's smartest and strongest.

I just got back from the movie. Easily the best out of the four released so far. My only issue was how they seemed to cut out 95% of what the book had leaving only the bare minimum. I guess they'd have to considering how long the book was, and luckily it still made for a killer movie.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]. My only issue was how they seemed to cut out 95% of what the book had leaving only the bare minimum. [/QUOTE]
Please elaborate :(

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]Please elaborate :([/QUOTE]
I'll try, but I haven't read the book in years so it may be difficult. Basically they took out all the minimal stuff and left only the most importent plot-related things. They jumped from one tournament challenge to the next with maybe a mere few minutes in between. The story flew by very quickly. It basically consisted of Harry's dream and the dicussion about it, the challenges, the Yule ball thing, and the ordeal at the end. It was strung together so tightly that it felt more like 15 minutes then 3 hours.

[QUOTE=Cain]Anyways, let's play "racism in unexpected places!"[/QUOTE]

Well, I don't have any unexpected racism, but I can tell you why Sesame Street is a drug show.

[QUOTE=Cain]The Silmarillion is made excessively difficult due to the fact that Chris Tolkein lacks all the sense of his father's poetic, Celtic descriptions. The book is as dry as typical pre-John Keegan accounts of the Napoleonic Wars, if you catch my drift.

I just skip to the parts about Ungoliant, who is easily the baddest of the bad guys, since she's like the physical incarnation of evil. Melkor's been corrupted by evil, but c'mon. Ungoliant is a vast spider creature who vomits not darkness but "unlight" from every pore, and whose thirst for any consumable entity or thing was so enormous that the end of her life only came when she got lost in the deserts of Middle Earth and consumed herself.

Unfortunately, there's only a few pages about her. :angry:

Anyways, let's play "racism in unexpected places!"

LOTR's "Black Numenoreans," humans allied with Mordor, are described as black because they ARE black. In movies, popular depictions, and in story, the Corsairs, also allied with Mordor, are clearly Asians. The good guys are Nordic/Aryan Swede-looking types who speak eloquently and are brilliant at fighting.

Also, here's a handy guide to racism in "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers":

Black Ranger=black dude.
Pink Ranger=most obviously feminine female.
Red Ranger=Began as a vaguely Native American tough guy and then switched to a Mexican.
Yellow Ranger=Asian
White Ranger=The whitest dude, Tommy, who of course is the leader because he's smartest and strongest.[/QUOTE]



Oh, well thats because white people are awsome.:naughty:

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]I'll try, but I haven't read the book in years so it may be difficult. Basically they took out all the minimal stuff and left only the most importent plot-related things. They jumped from one tournament challenge to the next with maybe a mere few minutes in between. The story flew by very quickly. It basically consisted of Harry's dream and the dicussion about it, the challenges, the Yule ball thing, and the ordeal at the end. It was strung together so tightly that it felt more like 15 minutes then 3 hours.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. Even though I'm a fan of the books, the movies have never interested me much. I might try catch this one on DVD when it comes out.

Every post I disagree with on MX makes me want to type a really angry rant in size seven bold red font, with plenty of expletives too. I don't know why; half the time the situation ends up resolving itself anyway.

[QUOTE=YDload]Every post I disagree with on MX makes me want to type a really angry rant in size seven bold red font, with plenty of expletives too. I don't know why; half the time the situation ends up resolving itself anyway.[/QUOTE]

Where is this coming from?

Frustration from the vocalists polls?

[QUOTE=YDload]Every post I disagree with on MX makes me want to type a really angry rant in size seven bold red font, with plenty of expletives too. I don't know why; half the time the situation ends up resolving itself anyway.[/QUOTE]
I can't even picture you really being angry with that avatar :p

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]Thanks. Even though I'm a fan of the books, the movies have never interested me much. I might try catch this one on DVD when it comes out.[/QUOTE]
The books were definitely better, but if you see any of the movies see this one.

This is off topic, but Dimmu Borgir's Stormblast re-release is surprisngly good. I thought it was going to be their good music reworked with an overly-symphonic feel like DCA, but they basically went back to the way they were 10 years ago only with really clear production.

[QUOTE=Kage]I can't even picture you really being angry with that avatar :p[/QUOTE]

Heheh, agreed. As for the LOTR, Harry Potter talk, I intend on reading the LOTR books eventually, but the movies (when I say movies I mean the first movie) ruined any potential Harry Potter enjoyment for me.

Don't let it fool you. The book is always better then the movie.

I'm being stalked by the Riva. :eek:

How'd you know?

I've never read the LOTR books. I should, sometime.

I'm a closet LOTR nerd, I love them books after I read them all fantasy books seemed dull. Just because they sorta started the whole Orcs, Goblins and Elves thing.

The Hobbit is my favorite.

Riva, whats the point of the "Post Here and you get Banned" thread? I really want to post... just so I have an excuse to use my other account.

[QUOTE=leppermessiah]Heheh, agreed. As for the LOTR, Harry Potter talk, I intend on reading the LOTR books eventually, but the movies (when I say movies I mean the first movie) ruined any potential Harry Potter enjoyment for me.[/QUOTE]
So you haven't read the Potter books yet?

[QUOTE=leppermessiah]Heheh, agreed. As for the LOTR, Harry Potter talk, I intend on reading the LOTR books eventually, but the movies (when I say movies I mean the first movie) ruined any potential Harry Potter enjoyment for me.[/QUOTE]
The new Harry Potter really isn't that bad.

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]So you haven't read the Potter books yet?[/QUOTE]

No I haven't. I know the books are always better than the movie, but the whole wizardry schtick doesn't really interest me that much.

/non-conformist:cool: :p

books > movies


I think I'll reread LOTR sometime, it has been 5 years ago since I read them the last time :(

[QUOTE=I Am Vikingcore]That was the part where they got their swords too... they basically cut out the bulk of the parts regarding the Shire, which is like cutting out the Prologue and the Epilogue... basically starting the story out of no-where and ending it without closure... that was my only major problem, the rest pwned.[/QUOTE]

The films are already some ten hours long, though.

But Saruman doesn't just die. He corrupts the Shire. And Pippin and Merry are supposed to be 5 feet tall after Treebeard gives them the Entbrew.

[QUOTE]And c'mon. Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort. How more perfect could you possibly get in terms of a villian choice? The man has played SS-Major Amon Goethe in "Schindler's List" and Ramses in "The Prince of Egypt." The man is a bona-fide badarse.[/QUOTE]
True

The lack of Tom Bombadil-o annoyed me in LOTR too... same with the lack of Barrow wights.
So they get all the stuff given to them at Rivendell eh?
No. Dumbarse, read the book.

Dude, Power rangers is [I]racist...[/I]

NP-Iced Earth-stormrider

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]True

The lack of Tom Bombadil-o annoyed me in LOTR too... same with the lack of Barrow wights.
So they get all the stuff given to them at Rivendell eh?
No. Dumbarse, read the book.

Dude, Power rangers is [I]racist...[/I]

NP-Iced Earth-stormrider[/QUOTE]

The Black Ranger is black, the Yellow Ranger is asian, and the Pink Ranger is a girl. It's great, isn't it?

I have never seen an episode of the Power Rangers. :\

[url]http://media.putfile.com/Who-is-Leroy-Jenkins[/url]

This might be remotely funny to any one who has played WoW...

16 hours till Amon Amarth, w00t!

NP - Decapitated - Mandatory Suicide

To bad they didn't play this live the show :\

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]I have never seen an episode of the Power Rangers. :\

[url]http://media.putfile.com/Who-is-Leroy-Jenkins[/url]

This might be remotely funny to any one who has played WoW...

16 hours till Amon Amarth, w00t!

NP - Decapitated - Mandatory Suicide

To bad they didn't play this live the show :\[/QUOTE]


enjoy!
they rock live.
I've seen them twice already.
once at a festival, and once headlining their own show with a few metalcore(ugh) bands.

are they headlining, or supporting somone else?

[QUOTE=the2stranger]enjoy!
they rock live.
I've seen them twice already.
once at a festival, and once headlining their own show with a few metalcore(ugh) bands.

are they headlining, or supporting somone else?[/QUOTE]


They are supporting Children of Bodom, but they only get 5 songs so I hear because Trivium has a longer set then them. :\

CoB has a massive set of like 22 songs, so I hear. Which goes good from what I have heard that they only play 3 songs off the new album. God, does that album suck.

NP - Decapitated - Nine Steps

The only band I like from that list is AMon Amarth, and they only get to play 5 songs? that sucks.

I'm looking forward to the release of their dvd.
Which should have pyrotechnics and other very vikinglike stuff.
\m/

[QUOTE=the2stranger]The only band I like from that list is AMon Amarth, and they only get to play 5 songs? that sucks.

I'm looking forward to the release of their dvd.
Which should have pyrotechnics and other very vikinglike stuff.
\m/[/QUOTE]


:eek:

A DVD?! When?!

And I was disappointed to hear they only get to play 5 songs, but hey the tickets were only 16 dollars.

NP - Vader - Silent Empire

/thinks it's sleep time as it's 4:30 am

Turns out I don't have to go to my exam at 2pm. because the have discovered aspestos in school and are evacuating :cool:.

[QUOTE=Space Dementia]Turns out I don't have to go to my exam at 2pm. because the have discovered aspestos in school and are evacuating :cool:.[/QUOTE]
Nice.

A couple of years back we had mold growing everywhere - literally - and they didn't do anything about it. My English teacher got so sick from it as well.

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]:eek:

A DVD?! When?!

And I was disappointed to hear they only get to play 5 songs, but hey the tickets were only 16 dollars.

NP - Vader - Silent Empire

/thinks it's sleep time as it's 4:30 am[/QUOTE]


I'mnot sure about the release date, can't find any info about it anymore, but it was shot somwhere in September (2 shows after the one I had seen them :mad:) in Germany

[QUOTE=Spat Out Plath]Alt. account name sucks worse than your main account name, Jakey :0

NP: Guns N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door[/QUOTE]
Yeah but I was banned and now I can't be a[SIZE="2"]ss[/SIZE]ed to sign out and sign on my main account =\.

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]I have never seen an episode of the Power Rangers. :\

[url]http://media.putfile.com/Who-is-Leroy-Jenkins[/url]

This might be remotely funny to any one who has played WoW...

16 hours till Amon Amarth, w00t!

NP - Decapitated - Mandatory Suicide

To bad they didn't play this live the show :\[/QUOTE]

:lol:

Is that actually real?

LERROOOYY JENKINNNSS!!!!

...at least im not a pussy.

gud morgin sanmich bar


i officially have 90 dollars in the PSP fund :cool:



/half way there

Halfway? Are you getting it used?