Still more Unused Audio Commentary by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, Recorded for the Return of the King.
CHOMSKY: Mordor, the "dark land." Which you correctly pointed out before we began should be properly known as Orcistan.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Tom Scola - Mar 22, 2005 4:21:57 am PST #3779 of 3902
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Tom Scola - Mar 22, 2005 4:39:22 am PST #3780 of 3902
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
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ZINN: Oh, I believe completely that Gandalf was cannily exploiting Sam's latent hobbosexuality from the very beginning. If nothing else, Gandalf is a sophisticated psychologist with a keen understanding of the plight of the closeted Hobbit in the intolerant, provincial Shire. Why else did he select Bilbo as the burglar for Thorin's party in The Hobbit? Perhaps because he knew the company of 13 male Dwarves might be appealing?
CHOMSKY: You mean Bilbo's hobbosexual, too?
ZINN: Well, you know what they call an eleventy-one-year-old bachelor in Buckland, right?
CHOMSKY: Ohhhh.
StuntHusband - Mar 23, 2005 6:59:03 am PST #3781 of 3902
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
In case anyone else is watching, Turbine took over 100% of the development of Middle-earth Online, the MMO. I don't think an MMO should be done at all, but Turbine's probably the best people around to do it.
Lord knows Vivendi Universal did NOTHING for over a year. Launch this year? Beta hasn't even started signing up yet.
much fear
Noumenon - Mar 23, 2005 7:22:16 am PST #3782 of 3902
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
You know, people complaining about the unwieldiness of the acronym MMORPG is the only reason I remember it. Is MMO a little different, or is it just an abbreviation of an acronym?
StuntHusband - Mar 23, 2005 11:34:13 am PST #3783 of 3902
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Some folk advocate using MMO as the generic, covering MUSH, MUD, MUCK, MMORPG, etc. Rarely does "MMO" get used for anything other than EverQuest and it's siblings, however. The MU* crowd genteely despise the graphics-oriented crowd.
There are MMOs that aren't RPGs - the most successful is Planetside, which is like permanent Halo. "War that never ends", very, very little RPG material, just lots of shooting other folk, dying, respawning. MMOFPS isn't much better than MMORPG. :)
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2005 11:43:25 am PST #3784 of 3902
brillig
Someone's showing off now.
StuntHusband - Mar 23, 2005 11:59:34 am PST #3785 of 3902
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Actually, someone's a gigantic geek. It's what Alfredo and I do every evening - play World of Warcraft. (Since he won't join my Fading Suns tabletop campaign).
I'm not sure he'll play Middle-earth Online, but I will - if for no other reason than to know definitively that it's worthy of much scorn.
beathen - Mar 23, 2005 12:00:18 pm PST #3786 of 3902
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
Someone's showing off now.
Yeah. I think I understood only about 5% of that post.
JohnSweden - Mar 23, 2005 12:10:07 pm PST #3787 of 3902
I can't even.
I think I understood only about 5% of that post.
Huh.
Yup, playing WoW. Started with UO.
I'm not sure he'll play Middle-earth Online, but I will - if for no other reason than to know definitively that it's worthy of much scorn.
This is what worries me. I think I'll need to go with the pre-emptive scorn.
Kalshane - Mar 24, 2005 7:23:49 am PST #3788 of 3902
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I've never played MMO of any kind. I just don't have the time (or the money in the case of the ones with subscription fees) to dedicate to them. I almost bought City of Heroes but managed to resist. I have some friends who are heavily into World of Warcraft and keep trying to get me to play, but again, time and money. I have enough CRPGs lying around the house that I haven't finished to pay for yet another one that I'll have to pay for inorder to keep playing.