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Bilbo

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  1. It sounds like they’ve done to Indy what so many fans hated about the ST.
  2. It wouldn’t have happened if Christopher was still alive. I think Simon is very keen on this stuff but his father or grandfather he is not.
  3. Mystery box ☑️ Style over substance ☑️ Bad writing ☑️ Talking a good game to try and fool your audience ☑️ I’d say they were grown from the leftovers of one of JJ’s tissues or something.
  4. It all makes sense https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/amazon-lord-of-the-rings-jj-abrams-game-of-thrones
  5. Gil-Galad is an awful w⚓️ The writing is the show’s biggest flaw (aside from the costumes). The show runners and writers… you would wonder how these people with limited experience or success got these jobs in the first place. I’m still not willing to rule out the whole thing being a money laundering exercise!
  6. Imagine a home video release today with 2 bonus discs of extras and a statue along with it? Unthinkable in 2023 unfortunately.
  7. That and the Evenstar are both Noble Collection pieces I bought on Amazon. The ring came with the 4K boxset of all 6 films.
  8. Yeah. I think that’s why he’s so cheap! I got the DVDs as they came out but the gift sets were too expensive for 11/12/13 years old so it’s nice to get them now. Tracked down still sealed sets too. This is how I’m displaying them
  9. It’s always the most expensive of the three for some reason. In every set of LotR items there’s one film that costs more than the others and it’s never the same one! Gift Sets is Fellowship (the book ends I suppose)* Soundtracks is TTT (extra track I guess but you’d imagine RotK’s DVD would be more sought after?) Art Books is RotK. I have no way of explaining that one. Maybe it was a smaller print run with the Art of Trilogy book coming out. *TTT is easily the cheapest. I guess the Gollum statue isn’t as desirable as the Argonath or Minas Tirith.
  10. Excellent and thorough answer Jay! Thanks very much. I’m hunting down some of the tie in material released with the films 20 odd years ago and I’ve just been trying to fill in the gaps of knowledge of what’s what I’ve gotten all 4 art books (one for each film plus a 4th one with art from the first three books + art not in the first three), the gift sets of the EE DVDs (to get the statues), and I am going to get the three Limited Edition soundtracks as well. Already have RotK and Fellowship is in the post. I know they’re not really essential but they’re just nice to have.
  11. I’m sure this has been covered before but the bonus track on the TTT special edition, Farewell to Lothlórien. Is this music included elsewhere or is it considered an alternate worth having for completeness sake. Is it a theatrical version not present on the regular Fellowship OST or CR? Or is it part of one of the CR tracks. I suspect it’s the theatrical gift giving scene but I’m not sure. (I don’t have the track itself to check)
  12. I dislike all the music associated with the Harfoots regardless of who wrote it. It’s twee and a cheap imitation of Celtic music. The rest of the score I rather like. Working through it I definitely don’t need every note of it like I do a Howard Shore or Horner, or Williams score that I really like and maybe the OST (minus a couple of tracks) might be enough but it is something I will definitely revisit over the years. Unlike the show.
  13. The Pope’s Exorcist. Full of cliches and the writing in general in paper thing but Crowe seemed to be enjoying himself!
  14. Bear McCreary must be a big fan of the books because there’s no way the show inspired him to write some of this music. The Galadriel we see in screen absolutely does not justify that theme which I’ve found to be a real war worm. I think the vocals are where he falls down though. The Wandering Day or whatever it’s called is a bit too much of a pastiche. It sounds like someone bought a CD of Irish McIrish ballads in Carroll’s in Dublin on holidays and this is their knowledge of an Irish ballad. I don’t much care for it. His Celtic touch in general sounds too much like an American’s interpretation and suffers. I don’t care for Where the Shadows Lie either. It would make a great theme but I think the singer really struggles to match the lyrics with the vocals and I don’t care for her voice either which kinda sounds like a Shirley Bassy parody. But in general the score is very enjoyable. I would definitely buy a complete release of season 1 on CD if ever it were to be released.
  15. RoP season 2 won’t face any disruption on account of the writers guild strike. ChatGPT isn’t in the WGA.
  16. He was killed in the baths by a wrestler. His death was followed by the year of five emperors… so yeah you can tell that shit hit the fan. I imagine this film will be set 20 years post the original anyway so things should have calmed down by then.
  17. Yes, there’s lots of threads for a good show or shows on the second age of middle earth. unfortunately this is not it. It’s generic fantasy with Tolkien names. Credit where credit is due though, I did like this Elendil. He seems like a decent guy doing his best for his family, country, and honour. I can definitely see him as the forefather of Aragorn. This Isildur… I don’t think I’ll have much sympathy for. Which brings me to the fakeout death for Isildur… why?!??
  18. No it seems the criticism has just washed over them and they’re believing their own bullshit
  19. Yes, If you watch it in this way it’s a hell of a lot of fun. The Nazis are moustache twirling villains but the dogfights are *chef’s kiss* p51s just look perfect in any situation.
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