This is the Hobbit I had growing up: [link]. I liked those covers.
Yep, had those ones, too.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Marvel superheroes are discussed over at the MCU thread.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
quester - Mar 06, 2011 9:25:32 am PST #16122 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
megan walker - Mar 06, 2011 9:26:28 am PST #16123 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
That seems very reasonable Vortex. I'm not a big sci-fi/fantasy fan and only read The Hobbit for school. I didn't pick up The Lord of the Rings until well after college. It's one of the books I regret not discovering when I was younger, but actually, I'm not sure I would have finished it back then.
WindSparrow - Mar 06, 2011 9:27:01 am PST #16124 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Tolkien's own art, I believe.
That's the one my brother had, which he let me borrow when I was ready to try a work of that length. Oddly, I remember it being harder than I expected, given that on many a Sunday afternoon the whole family had listened to an audio version (I think read by Tolkien himself).
I have tried multiple times to read Tolkien, and I just can't get into it. I have a rule that the author gets 50 pages to get it moving. Tolkien has never made that for me.
The endless trivial descriptions, perhaps? It's what kills Thomas Hardy for me, but Tolkien's just makes me feel a bit drunk on words.
Theodosia - Mar 06, 2011 12:15:16 pm PST #16125 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Tolkien has an odd word-music that is tuned on alliteration and structure -- not surprising when you find out he was a leading world authority on Anglo-Saxon languages and literature. Pretty much considered all those Romance languages Johnny-come-latelies and Shakespeare irretrievably contaminated.
Unfortunately, the first couple chapters of TLotR is in a very twee, juvenile mode a la The Hobbit -- it isn't until just before the Council of Elrond chapter that it snaps into a more adult, serious mode that is what makes the trilogy.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2011 12:18:52 pm PST #16126 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
(Why is this all in Boxed Set?)
WindSparrow - Mar 06, 2011 2:13:02 pm PST #16127 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Sorry, I couldn't think where else to purge my brain of that link of the Tolkien calendar. Intellectually I know that there is a movies thread and a books thread, but since I don't frequent them, they did not occur to me.
§ ita § - Mar 07, 2011 7:47:17 am PST #16128 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Additional casting for Wonder Woman: Elizabeth Hurley as nemesis, Cary Elwes as CEO of Themiscyra Industries, Tracie Thoms as Etta Candy.
sumi - Mar 07, 2011 8:56:34 am PST #16129 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Tracie Thoms - excellent.
What is Wonder Woman's nemesis called?
Kristen - Mar 07, 2011 9:55:37 am PST #16130 of 30001
Veronica Cale.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 07, 2011 10:00:30 am PST #16131 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Tracie Thoms as Etta Candy.
Crap, now I'm actually going to have to watch this beyond the pilot. Well, if there is more than just the pilot.