Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
You know that's very true, hard science fiction masquerading as fantasy or fantasy masquerading as hard science fiction. I'd doubt most Hollywood producers would understand it well enough to do a good job. At 12:09 AM 1/4/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 04:41 PM, Cotty wrote: My son was watching Dinotopia on tv and it made me wish someone would make a movie of Ringworld. Cotty But only if it was a _good_ movie of Ringworld. Varley's Titan, Wizard and Demon would also make a great series of movies. Dan Scott Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. --Groucho Marx
Re: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
Not to mention Gollum. One of the best computer generated characters ever. Still, the strength of the TT are how marvelous the cinematography is and how human the characters are. Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/03/03 01:53PM At 07:29 PM 1/3/2003 +0100, you wrote: Have you already seen the Two Towers? It'll be in the Polish cinemas at the end of the january, I guess... You're in for a big treat. It's even better than Fellowship of the Ring. They did a great job with the ents. Gary J Sibio [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~garysibio/ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas.
Re: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
- Original Message - From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday Not to mention Gollum. One of the best computer generated characters ever. Still, the strength of the TT are how marvelous the cinematography is and how human the characters are. Actually, the only thing I disliked in the Fellowship... was the troll. First, it was presented more like a mindless beast, while the trolls are quite reasonable creatures, although evil - as presented in The Hobbit. Second, the animation was quite poor IMHO. I hope the animation of Gollum is better. On the other hand I like the look of Balrog - a fearful combination of flames and smoke. I definitely agree with you about the human characters. I've been particularly impressed with Aragorn, Boromir and Saruman (great job from Christopher Lee - he really knows how to play evil characters - I also enjoy his play as Count Dooku in the Star Wars - Episode 2: Attack of the Clones; his voice is stunning). Also battle scenes in the Fellowship... were gorgeous (my favourite 3 moments are: Legolas sticking his arrow into the eye of an Uruk-hai, then pulling it out and firing it with his bow into the head of another Uruk-hai; the duel between Aragorn and the Uruk-hai commander; the bravery of Boromir at his end). I'm looking forward to seeing battles in the Two Towers - especially the battle of the Helm's Deep. Regards Artur --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Super tanie kwatery narciarskie. Od 300 zl/osoba/tydzien http://wycieczki.onet.pl
Re: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
I saw it a couple of weeks ago. If you liked the battle scenes in Fellowship, then you most certainly won't be disappointed in Towers. Simply incredible battle scenes, and the story is much more in-depth than the first installment. One recommendation: don't get an extra-large tub o' beverage before sitting down to watch this, unless the restroom is REALLY close by. :) - Original Message - From: Artur Ledóchowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 9:53 AM Subject: Re: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday Actually, the only thing I disliked in the Fellowship... was the troll. First, it was presented more like a mindless beast, while the trolls are quite reasonable creatures, although evil - as presented in The Hobbit. Second, the animation was quite poor IMHO. I hope the animation of Gollum is better. On the other hand I like the look of Balrog - a fearful combination of flames and smoke. I definitely agree with you about the human characters. I've been particularly impressed with Aragorn, Boromir and Saruman (great job from Christopher Lee - he really knows how to play evil characters - I also enjoy his play as Count Dooku in the Star Wars - Episode 2: Attack of the Clones; his voice is stunning). Also battle scenes in the Fellowship... were gorgeous (my favourite 3 moments are: Legolas sticking his arrow into the eye of an Uruk-hai, then pulling it out and firing it with his bow into the head of another Uruk-hai; the duel between Aragorn and the Uruk-hai commander; the bravery of Boromir at his end). I'm looking forward to seeing battles in the Two Towers - especially the battle of the Helm's Deep. Regards Artur
OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. --Mike
Re: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
- Original Message - From: Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. Great:) The Silmarillion and LotR are two of my favourite novels. I'm generally a big fan of the fantasy books, films and games (including the rpg's). Have you already seen the Two Towers? It'll be in the Polish cinemas at the end of the january, I guess... Regards Artur --r-e-k-l-a-m-a- Super tanie kwatery narciarskie. Od 300 zl/osoba/tydzien http://wycieczki.onet.pl
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At 07:29 PM 1/3/2003 +0100, you wrote: Have you already seen the Two Towers? It'll be in the Polish cinemas at the end of the january, I guess... You're in for a big treat. It's even better than Fellowship of the Ring. They did a great job with the ents. Gary J Sibio [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~garysibio/ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas.
Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
At 12:07 PM 1/3/2003 -0600, you wrote: JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. My wife and I are celebrating by going to see The Two Towers again. Gary J Sibio [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~garysibio/ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas.
Re: OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
Mike Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. Just noticed the article about this on the BBC web page. Bet the movie theatres will be packed today! -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
OT: Happy JRR Tolkien's Birthday
JRR Tolkien begins the Lord of the Rings tale with a 111th birthday party for Bilbo Baggins, calling it an eleventy-first birthday ... a very curious number and a very respectable age for a Hobbit. Today is Tolkien's eleventy-first birthday. Mikedalf, Come and see us here near Oxford and I'll take you to the hallowed inner sanctum that is The Eagle and Child in St. Giles where the mighty T. sat with fellow Inkies and alledgedly discussed ecrivital doings (BTW I made that word up) while supping pints. Can't stand fantasy myself. Hard SF all the way for me. Cotbo Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/
