A_B wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:17 pm
DOn't care about the timeline...thats Gandalf's hand at the end of the LOTR Amazon show promo.
AHHH THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN TELEVISION THREAD!
Is this gonna be based on stuff that Tolkien actually wrote (Silmillarion, etc)?
I think so, with some additions. Gandalf and hobbits aren't in this Age as written, but they appear (the hobbits are apparently forerunners to "modern" hobbits) to be in it. Of course, the hand of Gandalf could be a feint.
Yeah, just refreshed my terrible memory of Gandalf's origins (thanks tolkien.net) and that he only came to Middle Earth in the 3rd age. If so, why do yo think that is Gandalf's hand?
Mostly because Sir Ian said he wanted in and I don't think you tell him no. What's a couple of thousand years among wizards? Hell, he will spend half his time off doing other shit as is his wont, so it's not even a huge lift!
I figure elrond will show up too, what with the whole immortal thing and being there in so many flashbacks adn he is at least on record as being in the 2nd age.
But mostly because GANDALF FOR LIFE.
One milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard and in the darkness bind them.
I thought I read they're gonna play a little loose with the timeline so they don't have to introduce a full new cast of human characters 10 or 20 times over to span the entire 2nd age.
Besides, not like fucking nerds get worked up over stuff like "not being the same as the source material".
tennbengal wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 8:18 pm
Starting Peacemaker. Have had about eight genuine laughs in first 10 minutes.
It reminds me of the shows of my youth (Chips, Dukes, etc). The only difference is the serial nature instead of being wrapped up in 30 minutes or an hour. Cheap sets, similar plots, but just fun. I like John Cena and the the opening to the show (dance thing..is just weird but fits)
Giff wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 12:42 pm
Righteous Gemstones is so great. The penultimate scene in episode 2 had me in tears.
Thanks for the reminder, another show I forgot to tag. Watched Season one and this show is such a great mix of good acting and ridiculous scenarios and absurd characters. The level of detail they created in the Gemstone's compound is fantastic. This show is not for everyone, but if you like absurdist comedy and Danny McBride, then this is a must watch. Walton Goggins and his character are the best, he might be my favorite actor. McBride is a slight variation on every character he plays, but he plays it so damned well. I think I'm in love with McBride's character's wife, not love, but definitely lust. Her expressions are so sexy. I had to stop myself from jumping straight into season 2.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
The big mystery to me still is WTF happened at the reporter's cabin. In fact, if there is a quibble with this season it's that incident not blowing up in their faces yet since even if no one knew he was starting to investigate the Gemstones the dummies left evidence of their presence all over the place. Maybe next week?
Saw this last night. I remember when the first photos from FOTR came out, pretty sure the Gandalf/Saruman duel mentioned below was one of them. The lighting was just so bright and shiny (because it was a photo of the set and not an excerpt from the film) that it did like a soap opera or something and people DID lose their shit.
rass wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 8:23 am
Saw this last night. I remember when the first photos from FOTR came out, pretty sure the Gandalf/Saruman duel mentioned below was one of them. The lighting was just so bright and shiny (because it was a photo of the set and not an excerpt from the film) that it did like a soap opera or something and people DID lose their shit.
I'll admit to never liking or understanding the Uruk-hai eggs, but the rest of that stuff is ridiculous and sad. Yes, they changed a few things from the books, but you can never 100% move a book to a movie without changing a few things to better tell the story.
I guess I was never bothered by the eggs. Orcs orignated as tortured elves, right? And humans were, presumably, evolved into humans. And the Urak-hai were a cross of humans and orcs? Do I remember that right? Eggs beats watching orcs and humans fucking, all things being equal. I guess I don't recall from the book how Saruman made them. Did Tolkien go into the mechanics of it?
tennbengal wrote: Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:12 am
I guess I was never bothered by the eggs. Orcs orignated as tortured elves, right? And humans were, presumably, evolved into humans. And the Urak-hai were a cross of humans and orcs? Do I remember that right? Eggs beats watching orcs and humans fucking, all things being equal. I guess I don't recall from the book how Saruman made them. Did Tolkien go into the mechanics of it?
I don't think so. But it makes no sense to birth a full-grown, muscle-bound warrior that can understand spoken language. Maybe they were actually regular adult orcs who were put in the pods and given serum like Steve Rogers.
rass wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:57 pm
RE: The Righteous Gemstones, specifically the beginning of the most recent episode, if you put a scene like that in something I'm gonna laugh.
Team America, Bridesmaids, a random SNL skit, don't care. I'll laugh.
The entire episode had me rolling on the floor. The cattle prod, Uncle Baby Billy’s Elixir trailer tipping over, the glory hole on Keefe’s cage, the yack scene...it’s my favorite show right now.
My only fear of death is coming back to this b1tch reincarnated
rass wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:57 pm
RE: The Righteous Gemstones, specifically the beginning of the most recent episode, if you put a scene like that in something I'm gonna laugh.
Team America, Bridesmaids, a random SNL skit, don't care. I'll laugh.
The entire episode had me rolling on the floor. The cattle prod, Uncle Baby Billy’s Elixir trailer tipping over, the glory hole on Keefe’s cage, the yack scene...it’s my favorite show right now.
The scene in the cage was hard for me to watch (and not just because of the dick in the eye). I have issues watching scenes where people are caged up like that, prison movies excluded. I can't imagine just sitting their calmly and not losing my ever loving fucking mind trying to get out and it makes me uncomfortable.
I'm just not sure where they are going with muscle-men subplot. Maybe it's just supposed to be comic relief - but it also is the one thing that seems excessively cringe for no good reason.
rass wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:57 pm
RE: The Righteous Gemstones, specifically the beginning of the most recent episode, if you put a scene like that in something I'm gonna laugh.
Team America, Bridesmaids, a random SNL skit, don't care. I'll laugh.
The entire episode had me rolling on the floor. The cattle prod, Uncle Baby Billy’s Elixir trailer tipping over, the glory hole on Keefe’s cage, the yack scene...it’s my favorite show right now.
The scene in the cage was hard for me to watch (and not just because of the dick in the eye). I have issues watching scenes where people are caged up like that, prison movies excluded. I can't imagine just sitting their calmly and not losing my ever loving fucking mind trying to get out and it makes me uncomfortable.
Despite his advanced age, Giff still can't watch a man in a cage.
rass wrote: Tue Feb 15, 2022 2:57 pm
RE: The Righteous Gemstones, specifically the beginning of the most recent episode, if you put a scene like that in something I'm gonna laugh.
Team America, Bridesmaids, a random SNL skit, don't care. I'll laugh.
The entire episode had me rolling on the floor. The cattle prod, Uncle Baby Billy’s Elixir trailer tipping over, the glory hole on Keefe’s cage, the yack scene...it’s my favorite show right now.
The scene in the cage was hard for me to watch (and not just because of the dick in the eye). I have issues watching scenes where people are caged up like that, prison movies excluded. I can't imagine just sitting their calmly and not losing my ever loving fucking mind trying to get out and it makes me uncomfortable.
Despite his advanced age, Giff still can't watch a man in a cage.
This explains why he was so upset when I locked his door from the outside when he visited Lexington.
One milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard and in the darkness bind them.
tennbengal wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 am
I'm just not sure where they are going with muscle-men subplot. Maybe it's just supposed to be comic relief - but it also is the one thing that seems excessively cringe for no good reason.
So the first time I saw the muscle squad thing was some Canadian channel when I lived in Seattle. Guys bending steel bars and screaming about the power of the lord. Over the years I have seen panel wrapped vans promoting this. I figured it was just putting this strange element of evangelism forward.
tennbengal wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 am
I'm just not sure where they are going with muscle-men subplot. Maybe it's just supposed to be comic relief - but it also is the one thing that seems excessively cringe for no good reason.
So the first time I saw the muscle squad thing was some Canadian channel when I lived in Seattle. Guys bending steel bars and screaming about the power of the lord. Over the years I have seen panel wrapped vans promoting this. I figured it was just putting this strange element of evangelism forward.
It's definitely a thing. I saw it in the 80s growing up in central Ohio - that was the first iteration of that insanity. It's just...I am not entirely cool with it being used as an extended gay panic joke is all.
tennbengal wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 am
I'm just not sure where they are going with muscle-men subplot. Maybe it's just supposed to be comic relief - but it also is the one thing that seems excessively cringe for no good reason.
So the first time I saw the muscle squad thing was some Canadian channel when I lived in Seattle. Guys bending steel bars and screaming about the power of the lord. Over the years I have seen panel wrapped vans promoting this. I figured it was just putting this strange element of evangelism forward.
It's definitely a thing. I saw it in the 80s growing up in central Ohio - that was the first iteration of that insanity. It's just...I am not entirely cool with it being used as an extended gay panic joke is all.
When I was in high school, in the goddam 1970s!, we had some assembly after school (attendance not required, but was encouraged), where some old coot was powerlifting large amounts of weight with the power of Jesus! I was still pretty Catholic back then, and I was embarrassed by some of the other kids mocking the old dude. But, I did wonder what the hell lifting weight had to do with religion.
tennbengal wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 am
I'm just not sure where they are going with muscle-men subplot. Maybe it's just supposed to be comic relief - but it also is the one thing that seems excessively cringe for no good reason.
So the first time I saw the muscle squad thing was some Canadian channel when I lived in Seattle. Guys bending steel bars and screaming about the power of the lord. Over the years I have seen panel wrapped vans promoting this. I figured it was just putting this strange element of evangelism forward.
It's definitely a thing. I saw it in the 80s growing up in central Ohio - that was the first iteration of that insanity. It's just...I am not entirely cool with it being used as an extended gay panic joke is all.
When I was in high school, in the goddam 1970s!, we had some assembly after school (attendance not required, but was encouraged), where some old coot was powerlifting large amounts of weight with the power of Jesus! I was still pretty Catholic back then, and I was embarrassed by some of the other kids mocking the old dude. But, I did wonder what the hell lifting weight had to do with religion.
did we learn nothing from tim tebow's eyeblack?
Phil 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
One milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard and in the darkness bind them.
tennbengal wrote: Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:26 am
I'm just not sure where they are going with muscle-men subplot. Maybe it's just supposed to be comic relief - but it also is the one thing that seems excessively cringe for no good reason.
So the first time I saw the muscle squad thing was some Canadian channel when I lived in Seattle. Guys bending steel bars and screaming about the power of the lord. Over the years I have seen panel wrapped vans promoting this. I figured it was just putting this strange element of evangelism forward.
It's definitely a thing. I saw it in the 80s growing up in central Ohio - that was the first iteration of that insanity. It's just...I am not entirely cool with it being used as an extended gay panic joke is all.
When I was in high school, in the goddam 1970s!, we had some assembly after school (attendance not required, but was encouraged), where some old coot was powerlifting large amounts of weight with the power of Jesus! I was still pretty Catholic back then, and I was embarrassed by some of the other kids mocking the old dude. But, I did wonder what the hell lifting weight had to do with religion.
Are you talking about the Power Team?
I remember seeing them on TV in the late 80's. The stunt that stood out to me was when they would inflate a hot water bottle until it exploded...using the POWER BREATHE OF JESUS!
Poor Wyatt. You would have thought he would have learned the lesson of 'Don't stick your dick in crazy' at some point. Especially 'crazy, who've already seen murder 2 people'.
Poor Wyatt. You would have thought he would have learned the lesson of 'Don't stick your dick in crazy' at some point. Especially 'crazy, who've already seen murder 2 people'.
And Ruth is such a great character.
I thought Season 4.1 was fantastic. I watched it because I read 4.2 was coming out soon. Now I see it might not come out until the end of the year.
An honest to God cult of personality - formed around a failed steak salesman.
-Pruitt
