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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 10:34 PM Original message |
Poll question: Finally getting around to seeing Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. Which would you rather have? |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-15-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. My favorite part about the trilogy is how jobycom adores EVERY SINGLE FRAME |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. we read the trilogy out loud a few years ago - it was so good that way |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. You mean other than being stalked by Black Riders and nearly eaten by trees? |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And the barrow wight, and the funny farmer with the mushrooms, and the first |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. No--I'm talking about the faux-victorian travel narrative about walking through the woods |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Okay, we can discuss this seriously. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. it's long because that's the way period tales were told - that was Tolkein's |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Well... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. fair enough - so you're a pre-Renaissance Man! |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And let me tell you, no major is as employable as pre-Ren lit. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. I think Peter Jackson and James Cameron are in a never-ending duel |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. I love the books |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Me too. A movies are different from books. I don't know why that is difficult to understand. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Ha! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. To be honest, I could never get through The Silmarillion. |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'm guessing it depends on personality. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Well, one doesn't read the Silmarillion for entertainment |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I do, too |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. lol |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Alerted 'cause you dared to critique the Messiah, Tolkien |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Ben Stiller pitches a sequel to Peter Jackson |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. marked for later viewing |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Had to go with number 4. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. I tried to read the books and got bored... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I love the books. They would have made terrible movies. nt |
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bluedigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Jackson did very well in bringing them to the screen. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. no reason not to enjoy both! |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sometimes written material from novels doesn't translate well to the screen. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
18. The audiobooks are fantastic! |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I have The Hobbit and all of the LOTR unabridged books on cd. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Audiobooks are great for traveling |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. I'm in the middle of Return of the King right now. Love the books, love the movies. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. the extended versions of the films extras also have wonderful film-making |
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JTG of the PRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. And all the DVD extras are great too/ |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. Other: an angry, axe wielding dwarf to do my bidding |
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