The orgional idea was for Guillermo del Toro to make two Hobbit movies. I think the result would've been better that way. A different vison to set them apart from LotR and a tighter story.
I agree two movies rather than three (the story gets stretched too far- "5 Armies" certainly shows that) but Jackson should always have been the clear choice to direct.
I agree, Jackson lived and breathed Tolkien, his deftness in realising LOTR into a film series was ahead of its time, so many said the LOTR was impossible to turn into a film.
The EU drink did have a sweet taste at first but a strange and bitter after taste. I think the person strirring the mixture did far too much stirring in an attempt to get us to like it but spolied the taste as a result!
The EU drink did have a sweet taste at first but a strange and bitter after taste. I think the person strirring the mixture did far too much stirring in an attempt to get us to like it but spolied the taste as a result!
Well, clearly it should be shaken not stirred! :007)
As with any fizzy drink it should be handled carefully, but even more very carefully for fizzy EU drink. I think the manufcturer put too much gas in it because it will explode with out warning if handled anything but most delicately.
say fellers you should let people know this is now the Lord of the Rings thread!
I'd been ignoring it til now cuz I thought you were all arguing about politics, instead of the important stuff like the implacable ancient feud between Gondor and Mordor
I definitely think the Hobbit movies were a mistake, Peter Jacksons worst tendencies allowed to run wild for ten mostly unneeded hours
Tolkien's book was 200 pages of whimsy. The sequel was more like a thousand pages, so if Lord of the Rings got faithfully adapted into a ten hour film, by proportion The Hobbit film should have been no more than two hours.
And there are fan edits circulating online, that remove everything except what Tolkien actually wrote, that trim it down to close to that length.
The very fact there even is a film called Battle of the Five Armies is the problem. In Tolkien's book, Bilbo is knocked unconscious at the end of one chapter and when he wakes up at the start of the next chapter, the Battle is all over, he slept through it. But Jackson had so much fun dragging the Battle of Helm's Deep (10 pages in the book) out to 90 minutes worth of film, he wasn't going to miss a chance to turn a Battle Tolkien didn't even describe into a three hour film all on its own.
Despite being as guilty as anyone of wandering off-topic, I think it's now time to return this thread to its initial purpose: UK politics (or to give it its formal name, "The Desolation Of Mogg").
I believe we do have a more appropriate thread for talkin' Tolkien elsewhere.
I think we need to remind ourselves that no matter how Brexit ends, no countries will go bancrupt because of it, no democracies will fall and Britain will still be a part of Europe
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I think we need to remind ourselves that no matter how Brexit ends, no countries will go bancrupt because of it, no democracies will fall and Britain will still be a part of Europe
We'll still be a part of the Europe, yes. That is a geographic fact one simply cannot escape.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
If this happens, hopefully they'll take the trouble of finding out what they want instead of EU membership before the date they are supposed to leave - or even before they decide to leave.
How to stir emotions in a highly emotional environment with an emotional and factually wrong headline by a UKIP newspaper and then put it right in the smallprint.:
„If Poland was to hold a referendum similar to Britain's Brexit ballot, 88 percent of Poles would vote against leaving the bloc“
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
88% ?....
As the UK vote proves under this " New democracy ", simply getting a Majority
Is NOT enough to get it enacted ! ) will it be a Hard or soft remain ? )
"I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
88% ?....
As the UK vote proves under this " New democracy ", simply getting a Majority
Is NOT enough to get it enacted ! ) will it be a Hard or soft remain ? )
Ridiculing your own source makes sense.... )
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
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Hinx and Jaws as Giants, Nick Nack an elf etc ?
I did try the EU drink but I thought it was too sour for my taste! :v
Yes, certainly. With Q as an old wizard... oh wait...
Can I have a sugar-free Brexit?
Well, clearly it should be shaken not stirred! :007)
They could work it out
I disagree. An EU drink is mixing many drinks until everything tastes flat.
Yes!
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I'd been ignoring it til now cuz I thought you were all arguing about politics, instead of the important stuff like the implacable ancient feud between Gondor and Mordor
I definitely think the Hobbit movies were a mistake, Peter Jacksons worst tendencies allowed to run wild for ten mostly unneeded hours
Tolkien's book was 200 pages of whimsy. The sequel was more like a thousand pages, so if Lord of the Rings got faithfully adapted into a ten hour film, by proportion The Hobbit film should have been no more than two hours.
And there are fan edits circulating online, that remove everything except what Tolkien actually wrote, that trim it down to close to that length.
The very fact there even is a film called Battle of the Five Armies is the problem. In Tolkien's book, Bilbo is knocked unconscious at the end of one chapter and when he wakes up at the start of the next chapter, the Battle is all over, he slept through it. But Jackson had so much fun dragging the Battle of Helm's Deep (10 pages in the book) out to 90 minutes worth of film, he wasn't going to miss a chance to turn a Battle Tolkien didn't even describe into a three hour film all on its own.
Despite being as guilty as anyone of wandering off-topic, I think it's now time to return this thread to its initial purpose: UK politics (or to give it its formal name, "The Desolation Of Mogg").
I believe we do have a more appropriate thread for talkin' Tolkien elsewhere.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
I don't see why not as that is the process by which the EU has made its laws for many years. -{
I'm sure that Jean-Claude Juncker would be on board for that too! {[]
https://www.politico.eu/article/questions-mount-about-jean-claude-juncker-health/
That is a much more accurate cartoon, I feel.
We'll still be a part of the Europe, yes. That is a geographic fact one simply cannot escape.
Poland could be the next to "Leave" the EU
„If Poland was to hold a referendum similar to Britain's Brexit ballot, 88 percent of Poles would vote against leaving the bloc“
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
As the UK vote proves under this " New democracy ", simply getting a Majority
Is NOT enough to get it enacted !
Ridiculing your own source makes sense....
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!