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sexpig by night posted:really no reason to not do it for Fellowship, Towers and King are kinda hit or miss depending what you like about Lord of the Rings but Fellowship was objectively improved by the extended version. I’d say Return of the King is the most improved, mostly for the conclusion of the Saruman arc, but also the Mouth of Sauron scene. And plenty of others. But really, they’re all objectively better. I get why they couldn’t be released in theaters. But once you can pause the movie to go to the bathroom, there’s no reason to watch the theatrical cuts. The extended cuts are just better.
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I guess. But it's hard for me to imagine a scenario where my biggest problems with the LOTR films were "you know...they just weren't LONG enough". I've come to the conclusion that after all these years of the books and then the films that I'm really not that much of a fan. I love The Hobbit book and read it one day as a 12 year old but when I delved into the LOTR trilogy it didn't take me long to get confused and bored and tbh I found myself skimming over a lot of it by the start of TTT. So much of it just drags and I have zero desire to ever watch the movies again. I'm saying this as huge D&D Tolkien nerd growing up and I didn't even finish reading that trilogy. I greatly enjoyed parts of the books as well as the films and the whole thing is undoubtedly impressive with some fantastic set pieces just...large parts of it honestly bore me. Not trying to be That Guy or contrarian just for the sake of it either. And good lord, the idea of ROTK (the movie) not being LONG enough is something I can't even begin to wrap my head around. I thought that bitch was never going to end when I saw it in the theater. I mean, I appreciate them and get why people love them but they were convoluted and overblown then and still are for my taste.
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The thing is that RotK theatrical cut does legitimately have fat on it. It is both long and narratively incomplete.
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BiggerBoat posted:I guess Having rewatched all three theatrical versions over the holiday break I think the movies continue to hold up incredibly well.
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They're all excellent movies that are the definition of lightning in a bottle. There's no wrong way to enjoy them. Extended cuts are best though 
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bravo to whoever edited that unnecessary Hobbit Trilogy down to one 4 hour film that I still haven't bothered to watch
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The Hobbit movies are depressingly cynical, and the behind the scenes stuff doesn't make it any better. There's a picture of Ian McKellen breaking down on set because he couldn't take acting against a bunch of green screen anymore. 
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Marin Karin posted:The Hobbit movies are depressingly cynical, and the behind the scenes stuff doesn't make it any better. There's a picture of Ian McKellen breaking down on set because he couldn't take acting against a bunch of green screen anymore. Oh do you mean WTFFUNFACT #3960? 
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loving lmao at the little cut-out picture of Bilbo just floating there for him to act against.
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Yeah, for this month at least, gonna bump up the ole' Patreon past 5 Too much good this month
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I’m aggressively not a LOTR fan but my partner is, and I do like Peter Jackson...but god am I gonna do this extended cut?
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Are the extended cuts streaming anywhere? I only have the theatrical cuts on bluray.
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Pops Mgee posted:Are the extended cuts streaming anywhere? I only have the theatrical cuts on bluray. If you’re including as part of a purchase, iTunes has them. If you mean as a part of a streaming service, I don’t think so.
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teen witch posted:I’m aggressively not a LOTR fan but my partner is, and I do like Peter Jackson...but god am I gonna do this extended cut? tbh if you're not a big fan you don't need to, like already said there's no WRONG way to watch them, theater cut is still fantastic. But hey if you've got the extended cut already no reason NOT to watch it either...
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Lord of the Rings is the book that taught me that if a book has a massive chunk of italicized text you should skip it.
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weekly font posted:Lord of the Rings is the book that taught me that if a book has a massive chunk of italicized text you should skip it. Chris Collision's 'never read any song lyrics or poetry included in a novel' rule is truly one to live by.
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So I've never listened to an episode of Hooker on TJ Hooker before (I have such a podcast backlog already) but I may have to listen just because of how much this is going to anger some people (I couldn't be more delighted). To quote the WHM FB, "Tune into the latest HOOKED ON T.J. HOOKER for more, as Eric takes his Trump impression for a 1 hour and 48 minute walk".
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Eric is really channeling his inner Andy Kaufman and it's glorious. Kudos to him and Ben for really committing to the bit
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hey I don't know if whoever from the podcast still lurks here or not but can we get a wellness check on Eric just to be sure.
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Eric is the one that lurks...
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Well, he did lurk. He also occasionally posted at the time. But that hasn’t happened in a long time, so I’m not sure he ever comes by anymore.
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Nobody ever stops lurking. Someone make a Zapruder Film thread that’ll get him out of hiding.
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weekly font posted:Nobody ever stops lurking. Someone make a Zapruder Film thread that’ll get him out of hiding. Now we're talking.
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as long as its a gif heavy OP
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weekly font posted:Nobody ever stops lurking. Someone make a Zapruder Film thread that’ll get him out of hiding. "MINDBLOWING 4k Zapruder Film Restoration [56k shot from the grassy knoll]"
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hey I retract my comments about not being sure how many goofs they can wring out of Citizen Kane this episode loving owns and I was a fool to doubt the wisdom of the WHM boys.
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lol the Muldoon's Facebook page got the gang a happy anniversary cameo from an old friend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKtqUKdm9Q
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We are all people chickens indeed Gary Busey, indeed.
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Thats a lovely greeting from Holly hunter posted here .
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I was admiring that 2000+ dollar acoustic until he started playing it then I was just howling with laughter. Dude sure has had a life.
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weekly font posted:lol the Muldoon's Facebook page got the gang a happy anniversary cameo from an old friend Amazing.
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I'm super surprised they haven't done a WLM on Roger Rabbit yet considering how much they reference it. The Citizen Kane/Roger Rabbit mashup they did in the latest episode was giving me some good laughs.
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Ya know, Citizen Kane actually is a really good movie
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sponges posted:Ya know, Citizen Kane actually is a really good movie getting controversial here! but yea this ep did make me rewatch it for the zillionth time, still good!
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Lol never seen it. But now I might have to!
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After listening to most of the Nexus now, I have to say they make Star Trek more entertaining than it is for me. I’ve tried watching some of the episodes they go over and it sends me to nap town. Guess I’m just not a Trek guy.
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Invalid Validation posted:After listening to most of the Nexus now, I have to say they make Star Trek more entertaining than it is for me. I’ve tried watching some of the episodes they go over and it sends me to nap town. Guess I’m just not a Trek guy. I mean, Bones isn’t actually into nu-metal, so that’s inevitable.
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Invalid Validation posted:After listening to most of the Nexus now, I have to say they make Star Trek more entertaining than it is for me. I’ve tried watching some of the episodes they go over and it sends me to nap town. Guess I’m just not a Trek guy. TNG was really bad in S1, and was slowly getting better in S2. There are lists online of like the 4-5 episodes you should watch from them total and then skip to S3 when Gates McFadden comes back. My viewing was my happier when I finally got to S3.
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GoutPatrol posted:There are lists online of like the 4-5 episodes you should watch from them total and then skip to S3 when Gates McFadden comes back. Just to save people the trouble: -Encounter at Far Point (I was surprised to find a lot of people don't like it. I think it's a fine introduction to the characters and the world despite it being quite different in places. Plus, Q) - Datalore - Skin of Evil - Conspiracy - Measure of a Man - Q Who - The Emissary Unfortunately some of those episodes lose a lot of their impact by not getting to know the characters so I would instead advocate powering through all Season 1 and 2 except for the REALLY bad episodes: - The Naked Now - Code of Honor - The Last Outpost - Angel One - The Outrageous Okona - Up The Long Ladder - Shades of Grey AceOfFlames fucked around with this message at 07:24 on Dec 4, 2020 |
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