i can't stand the lord of the rings. at all.

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]I love those books, I have reread them seveal times, but now when I attempt to I just skip to the good parts. I love the part at the end after the third book with all the history of Middle Earth. Tolkin really had that place figured out. If I didn't know any better I would think I was reading actual history. [/QUOTE]

I took a class on LOTR. He actually invented the language Elvish, and then wrote the books for the language, not the other way around. The attention to detail in both his planning and writing really made Tolkein extraordinary.

[QUOTE=TheDMV]I took a class on LOTR. He actually invented the language Elvish, and then wrote the books for the language, not the other way around. The attention to detail in both his planning and writing really made Tolkein extraordinary.[/QUOTE]

If the books are anywhere near as interesting as the movies than I want to find every copy of them and then set the entire pile on fire.

[QUOTE]Looking back, those things are ridiculous.

/used to be in scouts[/QUOTE]

"If your uncle wants to touch your penis, don't let him."

Duh. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE]The first Jurassic Park was good for a book beased movie. After that, it went downhill. Downmountain. Downabyss.[/QUOTE]

Oh god, by the time Jurassic Park III came out, I stopped paying attention. II and III were so bad.

[QUOTE]I thought it was good, but it was sort of made for a younger audience. The battle scenes are pretty cool, and Aslan looks awesome.[/QUOTE]

I thought so, considering Disney made it. It'd be cool if another film company made, and they made it grisly and gory. That'd be sick :cool:

[QUOTE]seriously though, Neil Young is definitely not easy on the eyes.[/QUOTE]

I think that when I watch my Rust Never Sleeps DVD, as good as the music is.

[QUOTE]I love those books, I have reread them seveal times, but now when I attempt to I just skip to the good parts. [/QUOTE]

I agree, when you read the books the first time, you're willing to sit through all the boring walking stuff because you know what's coming up: the awesome explicity described fight scenes. However, once you've read the books and you know where everything is, you tend to skip to the good stuff.

My friend gave me a CD entitled 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. Guess what's at number one :rolleyes:

NP: Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin

[QUOTE=PinkFreud]i can't stand the lord of the rings. at all.[/QUOTE]

I just like the theme of how a someone who seems so meaningless can make so much difference and the themes of greed. Plus Gandalf pwns, if he was black he would be played by Sammual L Jackson.

[QUOTE=TheDMV]The first Jurassic Park was good for a book beased movie. After that, it went downhill. Downmountain. Downabyss.[/QUOTE]
Have you never seen the Lost World? That is an excellent movie, or was I remember me and all my friends were in love with it for about 2 years between 3rd and 4th grade. I had all the action figures or a lot of them... :cool:

[QUOTE]i can't stand the lord of the rings. at all.[/QUOTE]
You just don't like popular things, you little rebel!

[QUOTE=TheDMV]I took a class on LOTR. He actually invented the language Elvish, and then wrote the books for the language, not the other way around. The attention to detail in both his planning and writing really made Tolkein extraordinary.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, he basically wrote the history for a different world. It's amazing how far he went in developing all the different races and cultures.

[QUOTE=EMH]/used to be in scouts[/QUOTE]

No shame in that, I remember the tiger scout days.

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]Have you never seen the Lost World? That is an excellent movie, or was I remember me and all my friends were in love with it for about 2 years between 3rd and 4th grade. I had all the action figures or a lot of them... :cool:[/QUOTE]

I also recall enjoying the lost world when I was young. There were Dinosaurs in it. I also recall trying to kill myself during the third movie. It was just BAD.

As talented as Neil is, I must agree with Illmatic, he's you gee ell y.

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]Have you never seen the Lost World? That is an excellent movie, or was I remember me and all my friends were in love with it for about 2 years between 3rd and 4th grade. I had all the action figures or a lot of them... :cool:


You just don't like popular things, you little rebel![/QUOTE]

First Jurrasic Park kicked butt, The Lost World was good too; other ones, not so much.

One of the things I mainly remember about being very young was that I'd
watch anything to do with dinosaurs or pirates.

Could someone tell me the full name of the King Crimson song "The Court of the Crimson King Including the Return of the Fire Witch and th" allmusic.com stops there and I don't have the album with me to look at it, and Amazon doesn't have it all. Its number 5 on ITCOTCK.

In other news I'm addicted to welchers(?) grape juice I can taste it in my mouth right now and any time I think of getting something to drink nothing tastes good because I have this grape taste in my mouth, and I have none of the juice! I'm going crazy.

[QUOTE]I also recall enjoying the lost world when I was young. There were Dinosaurs in it. I also recall trying to kill myself during the third movie. It was just BAD.[/QUOTE]
:lol: Ya, I remember me and 3 of my friends road the city bus alone at the age of 9 or so (city bus is scary lots of crazy hobos and disabled things!) all the way to the other side of town to watch it, we all left the movie pretty pissed it took us like an hour and a half to get their and another hour to get home.

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]In other news I'm addicted to welchers(?) grape juice I can taste it in my mouth right now and any time I think of getting something to drink nothing tastes good because I have this grape taste in my mouth, and I have none of the juice! I'm going crazy.[/QUOTE]

Welch's. I like the White Grape, not the original purple. I find the especially refreshing when they come in small, portable bottles.

no, i just found them terribly bland. i assume it's the same with ray.

[QUOTE=rockinbass17]A Clockwork Orange was the only book I asked for that I didn't get for Christmas.
I [I]did[/I] get Slaughter-House Five. Really good stuff. Vonnegut is up there with Orwell as one of my favorite authors.[/QUOTE]

Orwell is awesome. 1984 is one of my favorite books ever. Never has a book made me think as much as that one did. All I've read by Vonnegut is Cat's Cradle. It was really good, I should read Slaughterhouse Five sometime.

I'm a complete LOTR fanboy.

Right now in English I'm reading The Scarlet Letter => The worst book ever.

Neil isn't quite as ugly as Keith Richards, but he's up there.

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]Yeah, he basically wrote the history for a different world. It's amazing how far he went in developing all the different races and cultures.[/QUOTE]

Yeah just those maps alone are impressive there are things written in detail on those maps that arn't even mentioned in the books, or just casually mentioned once. I remember when I first read the books in 5th grade I marked up my map with the trail I thought they took to Morder. I would love to have a conversation with Tolkin about all those places on the map he didn't go into great detail about.

[QUOTE]no, i just found them terribly bland. i assume it's the same with ray.[/QUOTE]
Minoritys never like them. They are bitter I reckon. Yay for being the in majority and conforming to society!

[QUOTE=Phaggus Dei]Minoritys never like them. They are bitter I reckon. Yay for being the in majority and conforming to society![/QUOTE]

Oooh. A rebel.

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]Yeah just those maps alone are impressive there are things written in detail on those maps that arn't even mentioned in the books, or just casually mentioned once. I remember when I first read the books in 5th grade I marked up my map with the trail I thought they took to Morder. I would love to have a conversation with Tolkin about all those places on the map he didn't go into great detail about.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, those maps were amazing. I could just study the detail in them and be amazed. Tolkien was a genius. I've read LOTR so many times. But not for a while. I should reread sometime, because everytime I've reread I've picked up on so many new things.

jacaranda, the full title is "the court of the crimson king including the return of the fire witch and the dance of the puppets"

I got my dad's adopted kitten today, I named her nico in honor of The Velvet Underground.

Maps are always so interesting. It's nice to look at them before actually reading, but I find referring back to them extremely helpful when reading any book.

[QUOTE=EightMilesHigh]I got my dad's adopted kitten today, I named her nico in honor of The Velvet Underground.[/QUOTE]

That's actually an awesome name. (for a cat at least)

[QUOTE=robo2448]Orwell is awesome. 1984 is one of my favorite books ever. Never has a book made me think as much as that one did. All I've read by Vonnegut is Cat's Cradle. It was really good, I should read Slaughterhouse Five sometime.
[/QUOTE]

I highly recommend it. Although, it isn't funny like Cat's Cradle. It's a much more serious view on humanity, war, etc.

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]Minoritys never like them. They are bitter I reckon. Yay for being the in majority and conforming to society![/QUOTE]

The movies had the all-white good guys fighting and killing black bad guys in black armor who come from the black mountain (and yet take orders from a white wizard...hi slavery). c'mon it's hard for me to root for that.

In all seriousness the movies were just boring boring boring. It's like 3 hours of Rudy, Elijah Wood, and that faggy elf guy run up and down the country side with a few fights thrown in here and there.

[QUOTE=BigGayDumbGayQueerGay Boy]Oooh. A rebel.[/QUOTE]
Oh I see what you did with my name, two can play that game.
[QUOTE]jacaranda, the full title is "the court of the crimson king including the return of the fire witch and the dance of the puppets"[/QUOTE]
Gracious, some song names are too long. Like Jesus of Suburbia from [I]American Idiot[/I]. Ya thats right I like Green Day watch out guys bad a[SIZE="2"]s[/SIZE]s coming by.

yeah. mother night is my favorite. breakfast of champions is his most famous, it's also very good. timequake is good. basically anything he writes is golden.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]The movies had the all-white good guys fighting and killing black bad guys in black armor who come from the black mountain (and yet take orders from a white wizard...hi slavery). c'mon it's hard for me to root for that.
[/QUOTE]

Clever interpretation. :lol: I don't think I've ever heard it put that way.

[QUOTE=A stupid guy who is the opposite of cool]Oh I see what you did with my name, two can play that game.[/QUOTE]

touche

[QUOTE]My friend gave me a CD entitled 100 Greatest Guitar Solos. Guess what's at number one [/QUOTE]

Uh, Stairway to Heaven, Aaron?

Props to Player Piano.
/alliteration

And I see what you guys mean on hte map thing. If there's a map in the begginning of any book, I have to check back to it every time a place is mentioned, no matter how insignificant.

[QUOTE] other ones, not so much.[/QUOTE]

c'mon they had dinosaurs in them. d-i-n-o-s-a-u-r-s!!!!

[QUOTE]Am I the only one who thinks Truckin' has some of the best Dead lyrics ever?[/QUOTE]

Yes, they have many better songs (lyric-wise)

[QUOTE]They were both pretty solid[/QUOTE]

Mickey surpasses "solid" easily. He is one of the premier "World" artists, with more knowledge in the arts of precussion than anyone else I can think of.

LOTR > Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis > J.R.R. Tolkien

[QUOTE]And I see what you guys mean on hte map thing. If there's a map in the begginning of any book, I have to check back to it every time a place is mentioned, no matter how insignificant.[/QUOTE]
Maps always make a book funner back when I used to read the Redwall series they always had a neat little map and I'd check it out, it also helps forshadow whats going to happen if they show you the trail the heroes or whatever visted.

[QUOTE]Maps always make a book funner back when I used to read the Redwall series they always had a neat little map and I'd check it out, it also helps forshadow whats going to happen if they show you the trail the heroes or whatever visted.[/QUOTE]

War of the Worlds had a cool little map on the back, so I referenced that for my final :cool:

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]Maps always make a book funner back when I used to read the Redwall series they always had a neat little map and I'd check it out, it also helps forshadow whats going to happen if they show you the trail the heroes or whatever visted.[/QUOTE]

Those were exactly the books I was thinking of. Fantastic maps, and great stories too.

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]Maps always make a book funner back when I used to read the Redwall series they always had a neat little map and I'd check it out, it also helps forshadow whats going to happen if they show you the trail the heroes or whatever visted.[/QUOTE]

Oooh Redwall. I loved those books back in like 6th and 7th grade. Cool books.

My grandfather funded making CS Lewis' house in Oxford into a museum because he's a crazy born-again Christian and obsesses over CS Lewis. I'm not against born-again Christians at all and I like CS Lewis a lot, but this was a big waste of money that could be going towards a fund to get me into college.

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]Maps always make a book funner back when I used to read the Redwall series they always had a neat little map and I'd check it out, it also helps forshadow whats going to happen if they show you the trail the heroes or whatever visted.[/QUOTE]

Oh yes! Redwall, I thought everyone had forgotten about that series. I hope they don't try to make that into a movie, for some reason I think it would never work.

Anyone here read any Lloyd Alexander?

I wanna get a huge map of Middle Earth and hang it in my room.

NP: Allman Bros. - Midnight Rider (Hehe...me)

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]Oh yes! Redwall, I thought everyone had forgotten about that series. I hope they don't try to make that into a movie, for some reason I think it would never work.[/QUOTE]
I dunno I could see Orlando Bloom playing a mean Martin the Warrior (Oh shi, how do I still remember that?).
I think it'd be hard doing a movie were the characters are mice and badgers. Any one seen that cartoon version they did on PBS about 3 years ago? It was horrible I wanted blood and killing but they wouldn't show even someone shooting a arrow at someone.

[QUOTE=pigonthewing82]Oh yes! Redwall, I thought everyone had forgotten about that series. I hope they don't try to make that into a movie, for some reason I think it would never work.[/QUOTE]

I think that I saw a cool little cartoon of one on public TV when I was much younger.

[QUOTE=MidnightRider]Anyone here read any Lloyd Alexander?
[/QUOTE]

I think so..... is that the series with The Black Caulrdon?

[QUOTE]Oh yes! Redwall, I thought everyone had forgotten about that series. I hope they don't try to make that into a movie, for some reason I think it would never work.[/QUOTE]

For some reason, I hope they leave those books untouched. I think I have one Redwall book, and it's the one that started it all. The one with the mouse. The first one.

Yeah.

[QUOTE]My grandfather funded making CS Lewis' house in Oxford into a museum because he's a crazy born-again Christian and obsesses over CS Lewis. I'm not against born-again Christians at all and I like CS Lewis a lot, but this was a big waste of money that could be going towards a fund to get me into college[/QUOTE]

Maybe you can get into Oxford?...prob'ly not

And yeah, Christians obsess over C.S. Lewis, he defended us and wrote brilliant apologetics.

[QUOTE]I think that I saw a cool little cartoon of one on public TV when I was much younger.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Any one seen that cartoon version they did on PBS about 3 years ago? It was horrible I wanted blood and killing but they wouldn't show even someone shooting a arrow at someone.[/QUOTE]

Oh my gah.