eowyn was fairly horny iirc
― mark s, Friday, 30 September 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
anyway while i'm not remotely convinced they have the chops to work with it -- the writing in this ep was if possible the worst yet -- the introduction of the moriandor (and galadriel going mask off)* is potentially actually p fvcking interesting
*turns out she's number seven
― mark s, Friday, 30 September 2022 22:23 (one year ago) link
I'm no geologist but I'm p sure that's not how volcanoes work
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Friday, 30 September 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link
just stick in the key & rev up mt doomi mean of course why not
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 October 2022 05:27 (one year ago) link
My understanding (from the noises made by the planetary scientist next to me) is that dumping a load of water in will definitely kill the village next to it - going full Matrix on the skies for 1000 years, maybe not.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 1 October 2022 07:55 (one year ago) link
waldreg's cunning plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Garita_Caldera
we literally see the water cascading into a caldera so i don't think the idea of a massive explosion is wrong even if the engineering seems a bit hopeful* -- and mount tambora in 1815 certainly caused the "year without a summer" round the other side of the world
(long-term atmosphere shift in mordor would be caused by orodruin not then being turned off again) (the engineering of a long-term plumbing control system more hopeful still tho as much of it is MAGIC as wood-built sluices)
*"we here at Sauron Devices don't just make pretty little rings!"
― mark s, Saturday, 1 October 2022 08:26 (one year ago) link
sorry this is wildly spoilery, i am excite (also amused)
― mark s, Saturday, 1 October 2022 08:27 (one year ago) link
hobbit-era peter jackson wd have made the key a wind-up and the machinery some comically clockwork chitty chitty bang bang shit
turns out i miss that guy :D
― mark s, Saturday, 1 October 2022 08:35 (one year ago) link
The initial "turn the key and the blocks move" reminded me of old-school over-respecter of ancient empires The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 1 October 2022 08:56 (one year ago) link
durin's folk just raging at the IP theft going on here
― mark s, Saturday, 1 October 2022 09:03 (one year ago) link
dwarrowpunk
― mark s, Saturday, 1 October 2022 09:05 (one year ago) link
Series has kind of gone full on “Let’s just make up some wild s—-“ and I’m kinda still here for it. Galadriel actress and visuals are carrying this entire thing, let’s be real.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 1 October 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
this ep was kinda gorey too with the whole eye thing
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 October 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
idk its all a bit naff but weirdly relaxing
I haven't seen a minute of this show but thanks to this thread I am confident I could summarise it for a fellow non-watcher:
1. Extended history of elves standing on boats2. Some people get horny3. Volcano blows up
― TWELVE Michelob stars?!? (seandalai), Saturday, 1 October 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
i think u secretly are watching
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 October 2022 20:32 (one year ago) link
A haunting familiarity.
I'd name a couple other actors too but that is about the size of it.
Our next episode is on Monday and we have some initial thoughts as of five episodes in. The full vivisection will yet follow.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 2 October 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link
I want to like The Rings of Power, I am a huge Tolkien fan, but this deathless guff is making me cheer for the Cockney Orcs pic.twitter.com/tHkqW34PHN— Bill Bailey (@BillBailey) October 2, 2022
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 2 October 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
bill b not paying good attention this ep: galadriel is sauron #7
― mark s, Sunday, 2 October 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
Boooooooooof I watched a single elf take town an entire Orc tower invasion and turned to bf and said "I'm getting off this train" and fell asleep on the sofa
― land of nope and sorry (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 2 October 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
Healthy approach!
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 2 October 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
This series is Tolkien's New Jersey
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Sunday, 2 October 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
eh im tolkin' here
― mark s, Sunday, 2 October 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
All you do to me is tolk tolk
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Sunday, 2 October 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
^one Tolk over the line
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 October 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
Kemen's Gate
― land of nope and sorry (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 2 October 2022 16:40 (one year ago) link
Tolkin’ on a doobie
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 2 October 2022 18:25 (one year ago) link
Did I have a new vent thread? I did, though mostly on a point-of-comparison front...
Thanks again to all the responses to my previous _Rings of Power_ thread — some points brought up reminded me there was a further comparison I had wanted to make earlier illustrating a different way of adapting source material over a long amount of time. So, new thread!— Ned Raggett (@NedRaggett) October 2, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
i just started rewatching breaking bad so i'm comparing it to that
ringing bad
ROP is a lot slower for starters
― mark s, Sunday, 2 October 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
indiana jones and the mount of doom
― scanner darkly, Monday, 3 October 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
Our latest podcast episode is up with our initial thoughts -- our next episode will be the full deep dive into the madness.
https://www.megaphonic.fm/bythebywater/43
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 October 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
Anyway, I hope you're all happy over there
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-rings-of-power-season-2-filming-1235231978/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 3 October 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
where are they setting off the volcano
― mark s, Monday, 3 October 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
all yr rings are belong to us
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 October 2022 18:02 (one year ago) link
Everybody's Tolkien at me
Anyway
the sound vibration opening credits
Game of Thrones credit sequence: mechanical mapworld comes into being before your eyes.
Vinyl credit sequence: an LP comes liquidly into being before your eyes.
Westworld credit sequence: various biobots come liquidly into being before your eyes.
The Crown credit sequence: molten metal liquidly becomes a crown before your eyes.
Wheel of Time credit sequence: threads become a tapestry that weaves itself before your eyes.
If the Rings of Power credit sequence evolves such that the vibrating grains are - spoiler alert - bits of metal that will become the rings, I will not be surprised but I will heave the weariest of sighs.
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 3 October 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link
mithrillmatic
― mark s, Monday, 3 October 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
I'm out for Mumakil to represent me
― stank viola (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 October 2022 19:27 (one year ago) link
elf on the lava shelf
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 3 October 2022 20:02 (one year ago) link
eye of sauron says no christmas presents for you
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 3 October 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
Hobbit barrel scene = dwarf on a wharf
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 3 October 2022 21:50 (one year ago) link
the most beautiful phrase in the English language is "pyroclastic flow obliterating Galadriel"
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 3 October 2022 22:02 (one year ago) link
Magmarillion
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 3 October 2022 23:13 (one year ago) link
The credit sequence already is bits of metal forming the nine rings, though? https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-09/6/6/asset/d6cc372deeb4/sub-buzz-9249-1662444861-15.png
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 3 October 2022 23:40 (one year ago) link
*credits
nah it's brass knuckles for a balrog
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 3 October 2022 23:52 (one year ago) link
The credit sequence already is bits of metal forming the nine rings
God DAMMIT I fucking KNEW it, argh.
How about a credit sequence that has people in it? Or a hammer smashing eggs How about an extreme closeup of a pimple getting squeezed, or a cute wolverine smiling?
Something, anything, other than the same ONE IDEA getting flogged to death by prestige streaming media companies.
If someone paid me to do credits for a Netflix/HBO/whatever show (which they won't), it would be a grainy video of me typing the credits, badly, on a circa-1977 manual typewriter, and the closing credits would be me correcting the inevitable mistakes using Wite-Out.
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 01:37 (one year ago) link
Or one of those Warhol movies where it's a guy snoring or the Empire State Building or some shit
Can no one rid me of this 2020s visual cliche
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 01:43 (one year ago) link
I mean...the end of the credit sequence is literally one big ass ring dissolving into the center space. Can't see how you missed it! :-D
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 4 October 2022 01:44 (one year ago) link
the one ring is a toilet seat?
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 02:53 (one year ago) link
Magmarillion― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, October 3, 2022 11:13 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― the floor is guava (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, October 3, 2022 11:13 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Worst twin tribute band ever
― we're glistening (Matt #2), Tuesday, 4 October 2022 08:59 (one year ago) link