Random Raves XX: Unexpectedly Brilliant in Twenty Different Ways

[ZeletDude]

I'm going skiing tomorrow

 

[Skwink]

I've had really red eyes all day, no idea why, and I just ate a bowl of hot cheetos and they're back to normal!

 

[Joecoolyo]

No, but the insulting deformations like Haldir and the elves marching into Rohan through a horde of Orcs or Tom Bomadil, Glorfindel and everything else West of the Misty Mountains being cut was heresy.

From someone who knows jack about Lord of the Rings, this post was hilarious.

 

[azzaman333]

Giant slurpee.

 

[Verarde]

Had a nice e-chat with my friend last night.

but...

 

[GamezRule]

I woke up today, and there was snow!

 

[Ajidica]

No, but the insulting deformations like Haldir and the elves marching into Rohan through a horde of Orcs or Tom Bomadil, Glorfindel and everything else West of the Misty Mountains being cut was heresy.

While I agree with you about the travesty of Glorifindel being cut, I don't find the Elves at Helm's Deep all that bad. Sure, it never happened in the books but it accomplished two things:
1) In a broad way, it showed the Elves still fought against the forces of Sauron openly in the Third Age, which had only been read about in the Appendix.
2) Using using all the grace and dignity a movie can muster, it was able to ram home the Decline of the Elves and the Dominion of Men very well.
2.5) The fanboy in me got to see elves! (Of course, it would have been better if they were Sindarin rather then Silvan. Noldor would have been even better, but that wouldn't really be fair for the poor Uruk-Hai.)

 

[timtofly]

From someone who knows jack about Lord of the Rings, this post was hilarious.

Is it just me or is is snarky how they make the second book a movie before the first book is made into a movie? Star Wars????

 

[cardgame]

The Hobbit was already an animated movie before the LOTR Trilogy came out with its first piece. LOTR Trilogy is more interesting, so it only makes sense to start from there.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Is it just me or is is snarky how they make the second book a movie before the first book is made into a movie? Star Wars????

No idea.

When I read the Hobbit, I got about a hundred or so pages in before I got bored, so maybe that factored into the decision.

 

[Darth Caesar]

No idea.

When I read the Hobbit, I got about a hundred or so pages in before I got bored, so maybe that factored into the decision.

What?!

 

[Joecoolyo]

What?!

Yeah, a little bit after they left town, I kinda went "eh" and put it down.

 

[Skwink]

Gabe Newell has giving the green light to began dropping hints at the next Half Life game!!!!!!!

 

[Takhisis]

New thought on The Hobbit fil: What the blazes is Fodo doing there? Frodo's name never even appears in The Hobbit!

From someone who knows jack about Lord of the Rings, this post was hilarious.

You really do show your ignorance a few posts later on.

While I agree with you about the travesty of Glorifindel being cut, I don't find the Elves at Helm's Deep all that bad. Sure, it never happened in the books but it accomplished two things:
1) In a broad way, it showed the Elves still fought against the forces of Sauron openly in the Third Age, which had only been read about in the Appendix.
2) Using using all the grace and dignity a movie can muster, it was able to ram home the Decline of the Elves and the Dominion of Men very well.
2.5) The fanboy in me got to see elves! (Of course, it would have been better if they were Sindarin rather then Silvan. Noldor would have been even better, but that wouldn't really be fair for the poor Uruk-Hai.)

1) There's a reason why the Elves (Except Legolas) don't appear after Lothlórien until the end of the War. They're withdrawing already. Never mind the fact that Legolas shouldn't be blonde at all while we're at it. The only blondes were the Vanyar (including Galadriel, this is the origin of her famed locks). The Teleri and their Sindar offshoots were silver/grey-haired. The Noldor had dark hair.
2) The Decline of the Elves could have been shown in many different ways instead of inventing a bunch of Elves arriving unnoticed through Sauron's forces.
2.5) O RLY?

Glorfindel being cut out was just to put in Ms. Fanservice, a.k.a. Liv Taylor, 'cos otherwise there'd not be enough chicks. Sex and romance are largely left out of Tolkien's works, although the power of love is shown to be very great (Melian's Girdle, Beren and Lúthien's story, eventually Aragorn and Arwen themselves).

No idea.

When I read the Hobbit, I got about a hundred or so pages in before I got bored, so maybe that factored into the decision.

I should run you over in a kittenkatten bus!

Gabe Newell has giving the green light to began dropping hints at the next Half Life game!!!!!!!

*stares at screen*

 

[ZeletDude]

Skiing was great today, though I went on the smaller mountain (for the train park, with jumps and rails and things) It was fun

 

[Camikaze]

Had a quite nerdy but very fun day. Community marathon in a blanket fort, followed by laser tag. Just before closing we were schooled by a couple of guys apparently in the national team in a 5 v 2.

 

[Takhisis]

I assume you're talking rugby union, eh? Otherwise you're not a real Australian.

 

[Camikaze]

Union's far more of a Kiwi game.

 

[Takhisis]

Just because they're better at it than you doesn't mean it's not your thing.

 

[Integral]

Scored high enough on finals to keep my doctoral funding.

Given that I missed three weeks of school due to retinal surgery, I'd say that's worth a rave!