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12-27-2021, 01:19 AM
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So, there's this place called Middle Earth...
I thought I had watched all 3 films. Shannon hadn't, so we binged them, one each night, for the past 3 nights. It's been 20 years since the first one came out, and I didn't remember the first half of it. I remembered most of The Two Towers, and none of The Return of the King. I could remember what was going to happen from having read the books ages ago, although I did get confused here and there between some of the events in LoTR and The Hobbit. It stuck me that LoTR is really Aragorn's story, more than Frodo's.
It was a bit slow in places, but what an epic film to have brought to the screen. So many extras! So many sets! Fantasy was temporarily suspended when I noticed Bret from Flight of the Conchordes telling Arwen to make haste to the boats.
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The walking trilogy followed by a ring toss.
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Check out the Hobbit trilogy (aka Milking Tolkien)
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Quote:LOTR: Tale of the Middle Kingdom is a personal project that reimagines J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of Middle Earth in a Chinese setting. China is called 中国 (Zhōngguó) - meaning ‘‘The Middle Kingdom". Taking inspiration from the books, movies, ancient Chinese artefacts and paintings, this project is a love letter to my own Chinese heritage, seen through the lens of medieval fantasy and historical design.
https://leiaham.com/#/new-page/
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(01-19-2022, 12:21 PM)thatguy Wrote:
Quote:LOTR: Tale of the Middle Kingdom is a personal project that reimagines J.R.R. Tolkien’s world of Middle Earth in a Chinese setting. China is called 中国 (Zhōngguó) - meaning ‘‘The Middle Kingdom". Taking inspiration from the books, movies, ancient Chinese artefacts and paintings, this project is a love letter to my own Chinese heritage, seen through the lens of medieval fantasy and historical design.
https://leiaham.com/#/new-page/
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This reminds me of Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll https://www.kungfumagazine.com/index.php...rticle=978
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Nice to see that "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" was included...
Is it weird that I have the Camel, and the Zeppelin albums on vinyl and the Nickel Creek CD?
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(07-27-2022, 09:31 AM)thatguy Wrote: Nice to see that "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" was included...
Is it weird that I have the Camel, and the Zeppelin albums on vinyl and the Nickel Creek CD?
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I've never seen that Camel album. I only knew "Rain Dance" and "I Can See Your House from Here."
I'd say most guys our age have that Zeppelin album.
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I have that Zep album on vinyl and cd.
Glen Yarbrough nailed that Rankin Bass animated version. I was very fond of that, as well as the Return of the King animated version from RB
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This is a good, and difficult (for me anyway): Tolkien character or antidepressant?
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(11-11-2023, 05:25 PM)King Bob Wrote: This is a good, and difficult (for me anyway): Tolkien character or antidepressant?
Whoa. That was much tougher than I thought. Me & H together got 15 outta 24.
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Rewatching LotR to get into geek mode
Man, the battle of Helm’s Deep is a kick ass siege. I luv me a good castle siege.
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Is this worth sharing? I think not...
But I do find it pretty amazing what one can do with editing these days...
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