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by WampusCat
Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:51 pm
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: The 10 sci-fi/fantasy books that mean the most to me
Replies: 79
Views: 98925

Off the top of my head: LOTR (just too influential to leave out!) - Tolkien A Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle Narnia series - Lewis Pilgrimmage: A Book of the People and The People: No Different Flesh - Henderson The Illustrated Man - Bradbury The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Gaiman (a recent read, but ...
by WampusCat
Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:53 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Health Care Reform
Replies: 3516
Views: 826757

More have been promised, but I don't think there was one this week. The trials of the 940 people who were arrested have started, though.
by WampusCat
Thu Oct 10, 2013 6:12 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Health Care Reform
Replies: 3516
Views: 826757

Prim, they are not dreaming of it. They are doing it. That's what is so disheartening that even calm, gentle tinwë is in a rage.
by WampusCat
Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:22 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Nobels 2012, etc.
Replies: 197
Views: 178318

I'm rooting for Malala. Such courage and clear vision ought to be held up as an example for the world.
by WampusCat
Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:17 am
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Health Care Reform
Replies: 3516
Views: 826757

tinwë is, unfortunately, entirely correct in his assessment of North Carolina's decline. It's shocking to see how quickly the state has turned around. And sobering to know that certain elements would like this to be the fate of the entire country.
by WampusCat
Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:00 pm
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: Peter Jackson Hates Railings
Replies: 55
Views: 28937

Tolkien had a phrase for this: willing suspension of disbelief.

Jackson just tweaks it a little: unlikely suspension of all known laws of physics.
by WampusCat
Tue Oct 08, 2013 6:55 am
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: Beorn
Replies: 67
Views: 42249

If a rabbit with a pancake on its head suddenly is worked into the remaining Hobbit movies, I will blame all of you for giving PJ the idea.

:suspicious:
by WampusCat
Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:35 am
Forum: Tol Eressëa
Topic: Prayer Thread
Replies: 1385
Views: 577825

I'm glad you can be there with her, Impy. That matters so much.
by WampusCat
Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:46 am
Forum: Tol Eressëa
Topic: Prayer Thread
Replies: 1385
Views: 577825

I will pray for her.
by WampusCat
Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:45 am
Forum: Tol Eressëa
Topic: Who are you?
Replies: 111
Views: 117704

*I* believe that we are capable of infinite joy and love and endless celebration, and trying to understand ANY of that while our feet are mired in this world is like trying to teach algebra to a pigeon. :) Pigeons define things by their experience, and understanding, of the world. A pigeon can be a...
by WampusCat
Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:38 pm
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: The Desolation of Smaug anticipation thread [SPOILERS]
Replies: 1379
Views: 323656

"Trippy"? That's not exactly the sense I get from Tolkien.
by WampusCat
Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:13 am
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Replies: 1006
Views: 499557

My latest TV obsession was a marathon viewing of the BBC's "Broadchurch." What a powerful, honest look at a family's grief, at a town torn by accusations and guilt, at the corrosive effect of secrets. Oh yes, and an interesting whodunit as well. The acting was top-notch, especially by Davi...
by WampusCat
Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:04 am
Forum: Tol Eressëa
Topic: Who are you?
Replies: 111
Views: 117704

"...an adventure, not a burden." Yes. I think that there is a central,unique essence of each of us that gets clouded and covered up by the pains and hatreds and separations of this life. Sometimes we get a glimpse of this inner person in someone else, usually when we are looking with eyes ...
by WampusCat
Fri Sep 27, 2013 4:54 am
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: Alfonso Cuarón as alternative director of The Hobbit
Replies: 119
Views: 56750

It was very clear that he never read the book, just took the concept and ran with it. That was my problem with the movie, and I feel sure I would have felt the same if he had taken a similar approach to Tolkien.
by WampusCat
Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:38 am
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: General Hobbit Movie Info (AVOID IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS)
Replies: 2780
Views: 858734

Well, of course Dain will ride a wild boar. The characters can't all use rabbit sleds for transport, can they? That would be silly.

;)
by WampusCat
Wed Sep 25, 2013 5:28 am
Forum: Tolkien Movies: The Road Goes Ever On
Topic: Alfonso Cuarón as alternative director of The Hobbit
Replies: 119
Views: 56750

A contrarian opinion: I didn't care for the film of "Children of Men" because it strayed so far from the book, which I enjoyed. It was far from a purist vision. Technically, the movie was excellent, but I much preferred the deeper philosophical approach of the book (at least that is my rec...
by WampusCat
Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:08 am
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: Doctor Who
Replies: 287
Views: 130205

It's been sobering to hear a slew of complaints about how OLD he is and that there will be less running, fewer fan girls, etc. ... since he's younger than me. He looks good to me. Very Doctorish.
by WampusCat
Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:39 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Replies: 1006
Views: 499557

True. And a future movie being promoted in ads during "Sharknado" is "Ghost Shark," in which a shark can appear out of any water at all ... seen in the ad: a teen being dragged into a bucket at a car wash and a kid encountering a shark on a slip-and-slide. This has "potentia...
by WampusCat
Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:10 am
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Replies: 1006
Views: 499557

I must confess this somewhere, so here's the where: This past weekend I deliberately watched, from beginning to end, "Sharknado" on the SyFy channel. And laughed myself silly. In fact, I don't think I've laughed so hard and so often for a long time. It is SO over the top and SO contrary to...
by WampusCat
Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:07 am
Forum: Tol Eressëa
Topic: Prayer Thread
Replies: 1385
Views: 577825

If you try to walk through rather than around a solid obstacle, you won't have a leg to stand on.

:)

Thanks V&P.