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I went to the cinema to see the new Hobbit film yesterday. I was very much looking forward to it and indeed enjoyed it immensely. I went with my parents who had not seen the previous parts of the trilogy. They also enjoyed it.
The secret to enjoying the Hobbit movies is to keep in mind that it is not the same story as the book. The book Hobbit is a children's fairytale, the films are an adult epic consciously created to follow in the tone and genre of the LOTR films. If you go to the cinema expecting to see a faithful adaptation of the book, you will be unable to enjoy them.
Given the fundamental differences between the book and the film, The Battle of Five Armies is the easiest to enjoy for somebody who loves the book. The first two films make much greater use of the book's narrative and so the differences are manifested more starkly. In contrast, most of the material in the third film is entirely original, or else derived from other Tolkien sources. One does not have to bother trying to correlate book and film.
My favorite part of the film was Galdriel's confrontation with Sauron. Galdriel is my favorite Middle Earth character and it was great to see her in action. I liked the fact that she goes into battle wearing only a dress and barefoot. She is a goddess-like character, and goddesses don't need armour or shoes. Of course it was disappointing that she did not tear down Dol-Guldur as she does in Tolkien's supplementary material. This probably stems from the decision to have the fortress of Dol-Guldur in a ruined state already.
Did anybody else find that Azog the Defiler reminded them of Blofeld?
The secret to enjoying the Hobbit movies is to keep in mind that it is not the same story as the book. The book Hobbit is a children's fairytale, the films are an adult epic consciously created to follow in the tone and genre of the LOTR films. If you go to the cinema expecting to see a faithful adaptation of the book, you will be unable to enjoy them.
Given the fundamental differences between the book and the film, The Battle of Five Armies is the easiest to enjoy for somebody who loves the book. The first two films make much greater use of the book's narrative and so the differences are manifested more starkly. In contrast, most of the material in the third film is entirely original, or else derived from other Tolkien sources. One does not have to bother trying to correlate book and film.
My favorite part of the film was Galdriel's confrontation with Sauron. Galdriel is my favorite Middle Earth character and it was great to see her in action. I liked the fact that she goes into battle wearing only a dress and barefoot. She is a goddess-like character, and goddesses don't need armour or shoes. Of course it was disappointing that she did not tear down Dol-Guldur as she does in Tolkien's supplementary material. This probably stems from the decision to have the fortress of Dol-Guldur in a ruined state already.
Did anybody else find that Azog the Defiler reminded them of Blofeld?
Star Wars Commission
Another Star Wars commission drawn for me by ~Warpentak-Prime (https://www.deviantart.com/warpentak-prime) Please check out his page and consider him for work.
In this orginal scene, the senior crew of a Star Destroyer are taken prisoner by a Rebel boarding party. Any suggestions as to the background of the characters or the story are welcome.
Worse Happens at Sea
Ugasanie and Xerxes the Dark: Abysmal
~single-leg (https://www.deviantart.com/single-leg) likes ambient recordings rom Cryo Chamber. They have indeed put out some really atmospheric releases. 'Abysmal' by Ugasanie and Xerxes the Dark is my favorite. It can be summed up by an old British expression "Worse happens at sea."
Abysmal captures the mood of creature features about sea monsters. That terrifiying sense of isolation of being out in the desolate empty oceans, coupled with the expectation that there is some horrific monster lurking in the depths below. It's a soundtrack to the greatest sea monster film never made.
The sound is constructed from waves, bubbles, sonar blee
Top Ten Metal Albums of 2019
2019 has been a good year for metal.
10. Thy Art is Murder- Human Target
9. Cattle Decapitation- Death Atlas
8. Phrymerial- Xenomorphic Creation
7. Ergosphere- The Vastness of Nothing
6. Hurakan- Abominations of Aurokos
5. Nucleus- Entity
4. Signs of the Swarm- Vital Deprivation
3. Vermicular Incubation- Chapter of the Vermin Domain
2. Decomposition of Entrails- Abnormality
1. Toxic Holocaust- Primal Future 2019
Imperial Girls
I commissioned ~Warpentak-Prime (https://www.deviantart.com/warpentak-prime) to draw me an original scene, featuring Princess Leia capturing two female TIE fighter pilots.
I haven't come up with any kind of story for this, but it features two original characters, an human and a Zeltron TIE fighters pilots.
Does anybody have a backstory for my two Imperial girls and how they managed to get captured by Leia after the defeat of the Emperor? Maybe you might inspire me to actually do some writing.
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Interesting thoughts Didn't think of Blofeld, but it makes sense