In the event that I'm not... Maul has two brothers in the Dathomiri clan from which he hails named Savage and Feral, so the etymology follows. He's also, again, infiltrating a prison, posed as a mercenary after being brought in on murder charges. Does it not make more sense to you that it's simply a cover so he doesn't have to reveal or draw attention to the moniker associated with some of his other operations as a Sith?
Originally posted by Stealth Moose👆 In a nutshell.
Overall, it wasn't a bad film. It was a bad LOTR level film
Originally posted by NemeBroHe got a taste for the Epic genre with LotR and I think he wanted to do it again. Plus, I'd bet that there was some considerable studio pressure behind the decision.
And I have not the faintest ****ing clue why he turned a three hundred page book into a trilogy.
Originally posted by NemeBro
Consider the source material.He didn't have much to work with.
Someone said on here once that Jackson is good at bringing a great story (LotR) to life on the medium of cinema.
The Hobbit isn't actually a great story. And I have not the faintest ****ing clue why he turned a three hundred page book into a trilogy.
Agreed. The Silmarillion is a true epic that could use some love, or even the Children of Hurin would make a better trilogy.
The current Star Wars Legacy comic is cool 🙂
*Heroes just kill a sith, who they hoped would lead them to Darth Wredd
*Other sends them a message, saying he thanks them for taking out that sith.
Hero 1: "Damnit, we just eliminated his rival!"
Hero 2: "So? We took out a Sith and crashed his plans!"
Because Sith are bastards, and at the end of the day, who really cares if you were manipulated into it?
NemeBro
Consider the source material.He didn't have much to work with.
Someone said on here once that Jackson is good at bringing a great story (LotR) to life on the medium of cinema.
The Hobbit isn't actually a great story. And I have not the faintest ****ing clue why he turned a three hundred page book into a trilogy.
I really like the Hobbit... but it's supposed to be a much more light-hearted, and quicker, story than we're getting.
This is sorta a combination of tweeking things, fleshing out things (Battle of Five Armies *will* be on screen and take a lot of time), and then of course anything mentioned as happening around the time in appendices, letters, or whatever will be included.
Originally posted by Q99I am not so sure that the Hobbit's reputation of being "light-hearted" is entirely justified.
I really like the Hobbit... but it's supposed to be a much more light-hearted, and quicker, story than we're getting.This is sorta a combination of tweeking things, fleshing out things (Battle of Five Armies *will* be on screen and take a lot of time), and then of course anything mentioned as happening around the time in appendices, letters, or whatever will be included.
The main cast for example is largely amoral and self-centered to a fault, greedy and selfish. Even Bilbo gets in on the shit.
Though that is not why I am critical of the story. I am critical of the story because the dwarves are incredibly under-characterized (Even the films are better about this than the novel), with only Thorin having an even vaguely distinct character. Oh, and maybe Bombur, if you consider "is fat and talks about it/is talked about as such" a distinct character trait. At more times than I care to count in the novel, all of the dwarves deliver dialogue as a group, not as individuals, indicating that Tolkien really did not give a **** about distinguishing the dwarves to any great extent, which weakens the writing.
Then, of course, is the continued violation of Show Don't Tell. One moment in particular I can recall is when the dwarves are in Rivendell, where Tolkien clasps the cocks of the collective High Elf race into his mouth and refuses to let go. He goes on about how super cool the elves are, and makes a note that the dwarves consider all of their inane dancing, singing, and uncle dickfoolery "foolish", but of course confirms that the dwarves are stupid fat ****ing morons for thinking this. Of course, the elves never really do anything to dissuade this viewpoint, since yeah, for the most part they do appear pretty ****ing annoying all throughout the story, only providing the crew a place to eat and sleep for a while, which while fairly important, doesn't actually make them the superior species Tolkien wants me to think they are, when clearly they're all a bunch of ****ing eco-terrorist pieces of sujewbntjifg
I hate Elves.
And of course, Tolkien still had room for Bilbo's prick in his mouth, constantly talking him up like he's the coolest shit since dead babies. But see, where I am at, all of Bilbo's achievements were done with the One Ring (Which by the way in the context of the story is a fairly contrive Deus Ex Machina to make Bilbo less sucky) for the most part, with the only exception being outwitting Gollum. He can think up an okay plan (Though is still epically stupid enough to not get a barrel for himself when they ride the river to Daletown, lol), but his competence is really only relative. Relative to the dwarves, who are a bunch of whiny ****ing simpletons who couldn't wipe their own asses without Bilbo to help them. This really only plays into the aforementioned unlikeable nature of the main cast sans arguably Gandalf, who at least can get some shit done (Even if he is an assclown who teleports away when bad shit happens).
Also, maybe this is just me, but it is ****ing grating as Hell that everyone SHOUTS ALL THE TIME! The dialogue is so stilted, formal to a fault, and yelled at inappropriate moments that seriously break my immersion into the story itself.
On a completely unrelated note Frozen was basically ****ing fantastic.
Damn straight.
The elves are complete assholes in the Hobbit. They lock up the party because they're dicks and then after Bard kills Smaug they show up expecting a portion of his treasure. Go f*ck yourself Thranduil, you don't deserve shit. That always annoyed me when I was listening to the audiobook. I can understand Dale wanting a portion and they deserve it, but the elves can shove it.
Spoilers, I guess?
Originally posted by Q99
The current Star Wars Legacy comic is cool 🙂*Heroes just kill a sith, who they hoped would lead them to Darth Wredd
*Other sends them a message, saying he thanks them for taking out that sith.
Hero 1: "Damnit, we just eliminated his rival!"
Hero 2: "So? We took out a Sith and crashed his plans!"
Because Sith are bastards, and at the end of the day, who really cares if you were manipulated into it?
The coolest part is Darth Wredd saying he's going to bring back "the old days". Meaning the Banite Sith.
Also, if you hate The Hobbit, you are not a straight man.
Originally posted by psmith81992
The coolest part is Darth Wredd saying he's going to bring back "the old days". Meaning the Banite Sith.
Yea, he's a wannabe who really, really wants to be Bane 🙂
He hasn't attracted the attention of the One Sith heavy hitters yet, and he'd better hope he's a lot stronger before he does.
Also, if you hate The Hobbit, you are not a straight man.
What's straitness got to do with anything?
http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/12/16/atheists-take-over-times-square-with-anti-christmas-billboard/
So the democrats/atheists/liberals/socialists/communists continue to shove their evil anti-american, anti-constitution, anti-christian, anti-family, pro-eugenics/pro-death evil views down the throat of the american people.
Honestly, democrats should just GTFO of America and move to socialist Europe, seeing as how they despise everything involving America and its traditions.
Originally posted by Nephthys
TBF, America does suck hard and Europe is pretty damn sweet.Also, haha!
Tunnel-snakesAtheists rule!
Europe is crap. A FAILING ECONOMY. Euro is broken. Spain and Greece FAILED because of socialism and EXTREME welfare, UK is ****ing broken.
Only parts of europe that are doing well in europe are countries like estonia, because they you know have economics that are right and work.
And the cult of atheism is disgusting.
Originally posted by ROTJ VaderI can get behind this. Europe is f*cking amazing compared to the States.
Honestly, democrats should just GTFO of America and move to socialist Europe, seeing as how they despise everything involving America and its traditions.
Originally posted by ROTJ VaderI know, right?
And the cult of atheism is disgustingly superb
Originally posted by Nephthys
Wasn't it AMERICA who started the recession in the first place? Seems to me that you yanks ain't doing so hot either.There is no atheist cult since atheism has no structure. We're better than you crummy christians though. Call me when atheist priests molest thousands of children.
Nah. Greece, Spain, and now the UK FAILED because of EXTREME WELFARE STATES and the fact that NO ONE WORKED LOL> Complete FAILURE. Then we had to bail out you anti-private property socialist freaks.
LOL yes their is. Atheism has killed millions (China, Soviet Union, Germany) and YOU atheists are trying to force your anti-god, anti-family beliefs down the throat of the American people by promoting your pro-pedophilia gay "rights" culture in order to destroy the family. Atheism is a joke.