As I don't understand any russian*
I went off searching for the absolutely brilliant BBC "Jackanory 3000" adaptation. It's nowhere to be found! Apparently, according to the Wikipedia, the "Tolkien Estate" has repeatedly blocked the BBC from issuing a DVD of it. Bastards.
*apart from "vodka"
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 11:41,
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Yeah
I'll actually have to read the book now. By myself. With my eyes and brain.
And their website is crap, with an update promised "soon" in "2009".
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:29,
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I recommend David Day's Guide to Tolkien.
Goes into all the lore and things, but unlike the original novels is very, very readable.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:56,
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Cheers for the heads up
I was looking into taking my son to the pictures to watch the new one tonight, but's it would cost over £25 - and I don't even want to watch it in 3-bloody-D!
I'm off to the book shop!
*I could get 6 launches for that much and still have change for a beer in the clubhouse after!
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:12,
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I thought it was fun, but I still hate 3D
Might go see it again in 2D if I get the chance.
Oh and there's a gliding club near where I'm moving to in January, hoping to get a course going :D
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:17,
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That's the spirit!
Have a Christmas/New Year's toast to better weather in 2013 *raises glass*
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P-MONKE We're all fucked, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:47,
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To better weather *clink*
and more airtime! :)
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:56,
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I don't speak Russian
but this is already better than the peter jackson version.
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pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 12:56,
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Saw it last night
I was so bored I nearly fell asleep in the goblin kingdom bit.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:01,
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tell me about it
the whole thing felt like a very long collection of deleted scenes from the LOTR films. The only good bit was Gollum, and that made up about 10 minutes of the running time.
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pixel_fucker is going to need a bigger brush, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:12,
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TaC
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl7w2Z0vGpA
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omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:14,
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I heard Peter Jackson basically say
he was filming all the footnotes from the other books and shoehorning them into this one.
Sounds brilliant!
He really needs to go to editing school.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 13:27,
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He has to in other to squeeze 3 feature length films out of a relatively short story
and you just know he's eyeing up The Similarion...
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Fri 28 Dec 2012, 14:24,
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I rather hope he does the Silmarillion
There's a lot of epic stories, places and characters, but the book looks horrific as a read. We've been watching the LOTR films at home in the last few days, and I'd forgotten how much I love them.
Hobbit feels a bit childish, but I'd love to see them do the rise and fall of Numenor and the treachery of Morgoth on film.
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Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Fri 28 Dec 2012, 15:05,
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