The geekfest over Tolkein and Trek is reminding me of the quote from Rio (Rio! COME BACK, FUCKO!) about how listening to people geek out about Trek makes her know what dogs feel like.
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Jonathan ,'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2009 9:19:23 am PDT #16435 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Gudanov - Jul 13, 2009 9:19:54 am PDT #16436 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I just started watching the movies again during my workouts. It's been awhile since I've seen them.
The Peter Jackson movies, not the porno versions.
Laura - Jul 13, 2009 9:21:05 am PDT #16437 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
When it comes to topics that I have no particular strong feeling about or extensive experience to convey, Tolkien is more than a notch or two above asshooks for a conversation to follow and nod silently from time to time. Carry on.
StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 9:21:56 am PDT #16438 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I do not consider it geekfail to NOT be as obsessive about LotR as I am. (I used to; I grew up, and got friends.)
I'm of the opinion that the written Tolkien is losing cultural context to remain *interesting* to younger readers. His style is obscure, his word-choices are bizarre, and the themes are very Victorian (as is the fact that FOUR WOMEN influence the plot, and only about a dozen women of any species are even *named*) - but I still love it. If my geekery turns from "being the repository of factoids" into "keeper of the museum", I'll be slightly sad, but just as happy. :)
StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 9:22:18 am PDT #16439 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
The Peter Jackson movies, not the porno versions.
BWAH.
tommyrot - Jul 13, 2009 9:23:03 am PDT #16440 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Tolkien is more than a notch or two above asshooks for a conversation to follow and nod silently from time to time. Carry on.
Huh. "Tolkin" and "asshooks" in the same sentence....
Let's see, what if... instead of a ring....
omnis_audis - Jul 13, 2009 9:23:21 am PDT #16441 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I am not clicking on Omnis' linkIt was an IMDB link, perfectly work safe.
Did you never see the Jack-Black-as-Frodo parody?!?That was high-lar-ious! Loved it. Nope, hadn't seen that before.
StuntHusband - Jul 13, 2009 9:32:50 am PDT #16442 of 30000
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Did you never see the Jack-Black-as-Frodo parody?!?
I did. I just blanked it out.
BLANKED OUT
Ginger - Jul 13, 2009 9:35:17 am PDT #16443 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Just posted on the local Freecycle list:
Xena Halloween Costume size Large fits approximately a size 14. Its a polyester dress type thing made to look like her metal suit of "armor." Cute.
I'm of the opinion that the written Tolkien is losing cultural context to remain *interesting* to younger readers.
I found Tolkien much harder to take as I got older.
Gudanov - Jul 13, 2009 9:42:32 am PDT #16444 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
FOUR WOMEN influence the plot
I'm probably just forgetting someone but I can only come up with three and Arwen barely counts in the books.