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Kaliko -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:25:07 AM)


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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

Lord of the Rings.  Turn in your geek card.



LOL. Oh....yeah....never seen it.



juliaoceania -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:28:12 AM)


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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

Lord of the Rings.  Turn in your geek card.



All Geeks know LOTR[:D]


Does it make me sappy that I cry every time that Sam tells Frodo "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!"



orchid77 -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:29:47 AM)

I saw the movie and am glad it is over. :) Now onward to Captain America.



GreedyTop -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:40:28 AM)

I could NEVER get into the LOTR books...

I found Tolkeins writing tedious. I've only seen bits and pieces of the movies (hell, for all I know, it was bits and pieces of only ONE of the movies....)

I was in my mid 30s before I could get at all interested in the Dune books, and lost interest when they started the 'offshoots'.

with todays SFX, I'd love to see at least one or two of the Pern books done in 3D...



Moonhead -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:51:27 AM)

Tolkein was at his best as a kids' writer, imo: the style and mannerisms that made The Hobbit work so perfectly aren't anything like as effective on the broader and more adult canvas of LOTR (and don't even get me started on the pissing Silmarillion...)

Also, while he's good on the "Feudalism and Catholicism are great! Industrialisation and the working classes who don't know their place are vile and should be disposed of!" subtexts, his characterisation is woeful. All of the female characters in LOTR are thinner than Callista Flockhart on a crash diet. Fritz Leiber has observed that his biggest problem with Tolkein's trilogy is that its author had no interest in women or the bad guys, which makes the book a bit of a slog for lot of people.

As for "Fantasy films with today's SFX", I'd love to see a decent Fafhrd and Grey Mouser flick (The Swords Of Lankhmar in particular would film up nicely) or a film of Robert Holdstock's wonderful Mythago Wood. I'm hoping this threatened Elric film turns out to be as good as the wonderful film of The Final programme from the '70s, as well.



DavidLee44UK -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:59:05 AM)

love lord rings my dad read books to me of the shire

when was growing up

im a fantasy and sci fi enthusiast and that has transferred to me being an avid fan of Dragon Age Origin and gamers like Morrowind and looking to get Skrim soon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic6dKnv3WdU



GreedyTop -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 7:59:54 AM)

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As for "Fantasy films with today's SFX", I'd love to see a decent Fafhrd and Grey Mouser flick (The Swords Of Lankhmar in particular would film up nicely) or a film of Robert Holdstock's wonderful Mythago Wood. I'm hoping this threatened Elric film turns out to be as good as the wonderful film of The Final programme from the '70s, as well.


a UK thing? or am I just hopelessly out of the loop?



DavidLee44UK -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:14:41 AM)

moonhead tolkien wrote loads stuff

some very voilent

some not so



Moonhead -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:21:02 AM)


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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

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As for "Fantasy films with today's SFX", I'd love to see a decent Fafhrd and Grey Mouser flick (The Swords Of Lankhmar in particular would film up nicely) or a film of Robert Holdstock's wonderful Mythago Wood. I'm hoping this threatened Elric film turns out to be as good as the wonderful film of The Final programme from the '70s, as well.


a UK thing? or am I just hopelessly out of the loop?


A Texas thing, actually: Moorcock's been blathering for a while now about having sold the film rights for Elric. It's still in development hell as yet, though.



gungadin09 -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:31:51 AM)

Thank god it's over.

pam



GreedyTop -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:33:48 AM)

Moon.. Ithink I have only read one of Moorcocks books (my books are still in boxes, so I am not CERTAIN that he was the author: The Skrayling Tree).

Pam.. love the pic, btw



DavidLee44UK -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:37:25 AM)

i like moorcocks books also stephen donaldson his books chronicles thomas covenant were very good



GreedyTop -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:40:41 AM)

the TC books lost appeal for me after the 3rd, I think..

too much whining in them (kinda like the twilight books... )


Orson Scott Card has two GREAT series (IMO) that I'd love to see put on film: the Ender series, and the Alvin Maker series...

Ender, especially, would lend itself to 3D



HannahLynHeather -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:54:31 AM)

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and don't even get me started on the pissing Silmarillion...
fuck off and die you mindless fucking doughnut hole of a philistine!!! that does it, you and me outside right the fuck now! silmarillion fucking rocks and you and anybody else who thinks otherwise can just line up on the left for their ass kicking.





HannahLynHeather -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 8:56:34 AM)

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Ender, especially, would lend itself to 3D
fuck yes!!



LadyConstanze -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 9:01:07 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Kaliko



I understand what drivel means. I was feigning horror at your dislike for the Twilight series, and referencing a scene from the movie that is popular among women. It was a somewhat comical (I thought) response to your posting, indirectly aimed at other women who also have an appreciate for that scene in the movie.





The odd thing is I love the books but the movies leaves me somewhat disappointed, I like my vampires dark, moody and sexy (think Mitchell in Being Human) but not sparkly teenage boys.



DomKen -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 9:03:15 AM)

Saw HP7 on Friday and came out disappointed. The trend of the more recent movies continued where elements of the books plot were simply ignored apparently to make the movie more accessible to the 2 people who were going to see the movie without having already read the book. The fact that one of these elements was the one the book was named for didn't seem to matter. My favorite scene from the book was poorly done and amost seemed forced into the movie (Mrs' Weasley and Bellatrix).

Also the 2d show was sold out so I had to watch it in 3d and there simply wasn't enough 3d effects to make wearing those stupid glasses over my prescription eyeglasses worth while.

As to SF and Fantasy movies I'm looking forward to, I had high hopes for John Carter until I saw the trailer Friday (I should have known Disney would screw it up). Captain America next Friday is a film I've been looking forward to all year.

I'd love to see the Pern novels (DragonQuest would be best) as a movie with good special effects.



HannahLynHeather -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 9:04:14 AM)

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but not sparkly teenage boys.
they are supposed to be scary.



DomKen -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 9:04:57 AM)


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ORIGINAL: HannahLynHeather

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but not sparkly teenage boys.
they are supposed to be scary.

But not that kind of scary...



gungadin09 -> RE: Harry Potter ends~ (7/17/2011 9:05:31 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Kaliko


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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

Lord of the Rings.  Turn in your geek card.



LOL. Oh....yeah....never seen it.


Wow. i'm impressed. More than impressed. Massive respect for Kaliko right now.

pam



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