[QUOTE=Cain]Wow, that's harsh enough to make someone emo.

Looking for company, then? ;)

/old jokes[/QUOTE]
Ouch :(

:p

I can be much harsher, trust me. Some day I'll come on here in a real bad mood and it won't be good times hehe.
[QUOTE=Jom]After dinking around with the computer for a good hour or so, I fixed whatever the problem was. With magic. Hooray!

I still can't access any of my e-mail accounts, however :([/QUOTE]
Tell me more about this magic you speak of.
[QUOTE=Kurtz]I didn't really like any of the LOTR movies. It just seemed to move too slow, and that leads into being boring. I never read the books either, so that doesn't help.

The second one wasn't too bad though.

NP Radiohead - Paranoid Andriod[/QUOTE]
If you thought the movies were slow you'd hate the books.

NP: Catch 22 - Dripping Faucet

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]The only part I didn't like is the 3rd movie ended too Hollywoodish, I wanted the books ending. Hehe, Shire burns...![/QUOTE]

I was really looking forward to that part because it meant the movie would be that much longer. :( I was a little dissapointed when it didn't come.

[QUOTE=Permanent Solution]Tell me more about this magic you speak of.[/QUOTE]

Well, I had all this anti-virus program crap running, because this is what my parents wanted me to fix.

I then proceeded to start clicking randomly, and then all of a sudden it started working. I'm mysterious.

In even better news, I am back on the computer with the :cooldog: avatar!

/me begins to upload

[QUOTE=Permanent Solution]If you thought the movies were slow you'd hate the books.

NP: Catch 22 - Dripping Faucet[/QUOTE]
Yeah, that what everyone says.

Last year I tried reading The Hobbit, I stopped after 50 pages.

[QUOTE=Jom]Well, I had all this anti-virus program crap running, because this is what my parents wanted me to fix.

I then proceeded to start clicking randomly, and then all of a sudden it started working. I'm mysterious.

In even better news, I am back on the computer with the :cooldog: avatar!
[/QUOTE]
Oh, I thought you meant real magic, like in movies :( :disappointment:

The avatar is good though.

Your story made me think of a quote my computer science teacher put up the other day though...

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."[QUOTE=Kurtz]Yeah, that what everyone says.

Last year I tried reading The Hobbit, I stopped after 50 pages.[/QUOTE]
/feels conformist now :(

Wow, The Hobbit is definitely the easiest read of the bunch too haha.

My biggest bone to pic with the LOTR movies is the fact that they CUT OUT TOM BOMBADIL!

[QUOTE=I Am Vikingcore]My biggest bone to pic with the LOTR movies is the fact that they CUT OUT TOM BOMBADIL![/QUOTE]
Yeah, wtf mate?

[QUOTE=Moses]Yeah, wtf mate?[/QUOTE]

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=Kurtz]I didn't really like any of the LOTR movies. It just seemed to move too slow, and that leads into being boring. I never read the books either, so that doesn't help.

The second one wasn't too bad though.

NP Radiohead - Paranoid Andriod[/QUOTE]
I thought the same the first time I saw them.

But recently I watched all three on DVD, and loved them :D

I <3 LOTR. Although the did leave out things, I think it was well done.


I own all three extended DVD box sets.


<-------- nUrd.

/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.