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.
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.
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.
(Why is this all in Boxed Set?)
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.
Additional casting for Wonder Woman: Elizabeth Hurley as nemesis, Cary Elwes as CEO of Themiscyra Industries, Tracie Thoms as Etta Candy.
Tracie Thoms - excellent.
What is Wonder Woman's nemesis called?
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.
Oh god, I hate this episode of Being Human. I mean, the one this is obviously cribbing from. I was never convinced by how they came back from it.
I only remember the broad outlines of the original episode. I like the basic idea of people thinking they are different kinds of monsters than the literal monsters they are, but I don't recall how it resolved in the neighborhood.
Anyway, what stood out for me in tonight's episode is that I am not liking Sally.
