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Posted April 28, 2015
Off for bit folks, try to behave.
Nottt!! :-)
Posted April 28, 2015
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EndreWhiteMane: You know, that's a pretty good description of most books that have been turned into movies.
"A book that's been drug through the mud".
I like it! :-)
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moonshineshadow: That is why I never watch movies or TV series that have been made based on books, with one exception. Not that I watch a lot of other movies ;-)
I'm curious, what is the one exception?
Posted April 28, 2015
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EndreWhiteMane: Off for bit folks, try to behave.
Nottt!! :-)
See you later *hug*

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moonshineshadow: That is why I never watch movies or TV series that have been made based on books, with one exception. Not that I watch a lot of other movies ;-)
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NoNewTaleToTell: I'm curious, what is the one exception?
Lord of the Rings :D
Posted April 28, 2015
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EndreWhiteMane: Off for bit folks, try to behave.
Nottt!! :-)
Bye Endre! :)

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moonshineshadow: Lord of the Rings :D
The books are pretty dry.
Posted April 28, 2015
Wow, HB is having a Might & Magic pack with the games I really want in the PWYW-tier (M&M 1-6) and I can resist buying it! Thank you, UPlay!
Posted April 28, 2015
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FearfulSymmetry: Yes, that is correct. And on the 4th we commemorate the dead, although many people do not get that day off.

Yes, it definitely is, and this professor loves nitpicking. He told us he doesn't have the time to read our entire thesis, so I only get to submit one chapter. I'll just submit this first one so I have some general feedback to work with as I write the other chapters.
Still a good option. I had the problem that my professor was in Mexico when i wrote my thesis....but atleast he had the time to read it :)
Posted April 28, 2015
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EndreWhiteMane: Off for bit folks, try to behave.
Nottt!! :-)
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moonshineshadow: See you later *hug*

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NoNewTaleToTell: I'm curious, what is the one exception?
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moonshineshadow: Lord of the Rings :D
Fair enough!

I actually don't think I've watched actual television in over a year, or watched a full movie in at least two years, though I've watched some TV series on DVD. I should probably change that, just go and watch a movie!....nah.
Posted April 28, 2015
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ddickinson: If you mean by 40K standards, then pretty much everything can be seen as heresy. It is a cold dark place in the 41st millennium. :-)
Yep. That what i meant :).
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EndreWhiteMane: Off for bit folks, try to behave.
Nottt!! :-)
See you later :).
May the for....hmm you know what i mean ;).

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FearfulSymmetry: The books are pretty dry.
Hmm...i liked the books...

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moonshineshadow: Lord of the Rings :D
That's a good exception :).
Post edited April 28, 2015 by ElTerprise
Posted April 28, 2015
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EndreWhiteMane: Off for bit folks, try to behave.
Nottt!! :-)
Goodbye, have fun!

*Looks while Endre leaves*

Quick, party on Endre's lawn! :-)


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moonshineshadow: Lord of the Rings :D
I was not too keen on the movies (when comparing them to the books). They are good for what they are, but too much was changed and removed. I have always preferred the books over the movie trilogy.
Posted April 28, 2015
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ElTerprise: Hmm...i liked the books...
Well, they are a good read, but not exactly light reading. I own them and I've read them, but I haven't quite mustered the courage to reread them. Still, Tolkien is pretty important in my field of study (Anglo-Saxon literature) so I do encounter his essays and such pretty regularly. And it's funny to see all the things he used in his books come by in those old legends. I am finding out that he wasn't terribly original in his ideas, although the way he used those ideas is of course unique.
Post edited April 28, 2015 by FearfulSymmetry
Posted April 28, 2015
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ddickinson: I was not too keen on the movies (when comparing them to the books). They are good for what they are, but too much was changed and removed. I have always preferred the books over the movie trilogy.
Yeah. Two (or three) things always really bothered me: That they ommited the part with Tom Bombadil and also the final chapter back in the shire with Saruman and to some degree the changes with Battle at Helms Deep ( i'm not really used to the english terms )

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FearfulSymmetry: Well, they are a good read, but not exactly light reading. I own them and I've read them, but I haven't quite mustered the courage to reread them. Still, Tolkien is pretty important in my field of study (Anglo-Saxon literature) so I do encounter his essays and such pretty regularly. And it's funny to see all the things he used in his books come by in those old legends. I am finding out that he wasn't terribly original in his ideas, although the way he used those ideas is of course unique.
No are definitely not light reading. I read all of them twice...

Yeah also found that interesting...
Post edited April 28, 2015 by ElTerprise
Posted April 28, 2015
Can we go full MLG 420 blaze it no scope loomynarty comfirmed for a day?
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PalioDeMonte: Wow, HB is having a Might & Magic pack with the games I really want in the PWYW-(M&M 1-6) and I can resist buying it! Thank you, UPlay!
I really don't care about the new HB. I love M&M but U(don't)Play? Yuck.

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ddickinson: Goodbye, have fun!

*Looks while Endre leaves*

Quick, party on Endre's lawn! :-)


I was not too keen on the movies (when comparing them to the books). They are good for what they are, but too much was changed and removed. I have always preferred the books over the movie trilogy.
DD,when you're away remember that I'll pretend to hug you until you get here :)
Posted April 28, 2015
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FearfulSymmetry: Well, they are a good read, but not exactly light reading. I own them and I've read them, but I haven't quite mustered the courage to reread them. Still, Tolkien is pretty important in my field of study (Anglo-Saxon literature) so I do encounter his essays and such pretty regularly. And it's funny to see all the things he used in his books come by in those old legends. I am finding out that he wasn't terribly original in his ideas, although the way he used those ideas is of course unique.
Tolkien's translation of Beowulf is wonderful, one of the best I have read. You can really see his passion with the language. In regards to him using ideas from old myths and legends, that was always his intent, he never really tried to cover that up. He wanted to share those parts of history that he loved with his readers. I guess he was an academic at heart, and even in his books he was trying to teach people about the old myths, legends, and history that he himself was so passionate about and spend much of his life teaching about.

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ElTerprise: Yeah. Two (or three) things always really bothered me: That they ommited the part with Tom Bombadil and also the final chapter back in the shire with Saruman and to some degree the changes with Battle at Helms Deep ( i'm not really used to the english terms )
Sadly movies always change things, usually to improve the flow of the film, as films are often not long enough to cover the whole book, so much has to be altered or removed, which sadly often destroys what made the book great.

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l0rdtr3k: DD,when you're away remember that I'll pretend to hug you until you get here :)
Thank you, that is very sweet. *lots of big hugs*
Posted April 28, 2015
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ddickinson: I was not too keen on the movies (when comparing them to the books). They are good for what they are, but too much was changed and removed. I have always preferred the books over the movie trilogy.
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ElTerprise: Yeah. Two (or three) things always really bothered me: That they ommited the part with Tom Bombadil and also the final chapter back in the shire with Saruman and to some degree the changes with Battle at Helms Deep ( i'm not really used to the english terms )
Don't forget how they treated Faramir's character... that was the bit that put me off completely. I can understand why they left Tom Bombadil out, while I quite enjoyed that part, it is very much secondary to the main storyline and more than a little confusing... (and don't worry, I think you got everything right :) )
Posted April 28, 2015
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ddickinson: Sadly movies always change things, usually to improve the flow of the film, as films are often not long enough to cover the whole book, so much has to be altered or removed, which sadly often destroys what made the book great.
But some of the changes in Lord of the Rings movies were pretty unnecessary...
It's a common problem - i can't think of any movie which is up to par to the books it's based on.....i only know one special case: 2001 :)
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adaliabooks: Don't forget how they treated Faramir's character... that was the bit that put me off completely. I can understand why they left Tom Bombadil out, while I quite enjoyed that part, it is very much secondary to the main storyline and more than a little confusing... (and don't worry, I think you got everything right :) )
Yeah you're right forogt about Faramir. But i heard they changed it to make the character more believable whatever that means...

The funny thing is that the german terms were suggested by Tolkien himself :):
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