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    Posted: March 01 2005 at 11:26

So, over the last two days I've watched the entire trilogy on DVD, and OMFG!!!!!!!!!! Those films are amazing! For some reason I was never interested in it (My mum owns the box set), when all of a sudden I decided to watch them, and I was hooked instantly. Each film is an absolute epic in my eyes.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 01 2005 at 17:44

Overall, Peter Jackson did a marvelous job. There are a few missing pieces and some abuse of creative license, but it's a wonderful take on the books. Especially the extended versions. Some of the scenes were important and should have been in the original release. Purests be damned.  

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 01 2005 at 17:57

^ If I wasn't damned already, I would be now.

I've said it before, the skateboarding and dwarf-tossing jokes pretty much sealed the already shaky deal for me. Jackson did a fine job making something based on Tolkien, but ultimately it has as much authenticity as Wilson-Phillips' cover version of Elton John's "Daniel".

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 01 2005 at 18:00
Originally posted by danbo danbo wrote:

Overall, Peter Jackson did a marvelous job. There are a few missing pieces and some abuse of creative license, but it's a wonderful take on the books. Especially the extended versions. Some of the scenes were important and should have been in the original release. Purests be damned.  

 

Yes, I think Jackson and New line got held up too much with the length of each film.  (Length has never bothered prog fans).  Overall, in this age of video/dvd, Jackson did a great service to the loyal fans who still payed to see the movies without those scenes by including them in the extended versions (not to mention raking in a few extra bucks in the process).

Haha.  Can't help but wonder why prog bands didn't pick up on that. Here is the marketing blurb:

 Ok Yes fans the orginal release of Close to the Edge is 19:xx

but

coming this Decemeber there will be a 20:45 version

Hear  the 10 note extended solo by Chris Squire,

Thrill to the 3.4 second scale by Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman. 

Get the lost lyric by Jon Anderson "I get Up, I get down, I'm really Velvet Clown" 

 

 

 

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 01 2005 at 18:15

Talking about The Lord Of The Rings-Gdub's been quiet recently!Wink

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 01 2005 at 18:19
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Talking about The Lord Of The Rings-Gdub's been quiet recently!Wink

LOL

 

Speaking of Gdub I got to mail him CD's but i have to wait for the ones he sent me to get his address.

 



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 01 2005 at 21:07
I hope he didn't send you that Acuity CD. A visit to the dentist for a root canal would be just as pleasant.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2005 at 00:21

Originally posted by danbo danbo wrote:

I hope he didn't send you that Acuity CD. A visit to the dentist for a root canal would be just as pleasant.

Coming from a guy who likes Spock's Beard, how can anyone take this comment seriously?

....and yes....actually I did send it to him as well as 8 others.

Be nice, or I'll send it to you again

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2005 at 00:39

I don't get the rings joke.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 02 2005 at 04:40
Originally posted by James Lee James Lee wrote:

^ If I wasn't damned already, I would be now.

I've said it before, the skateboarding and dwarf-tossing jokes pretty much sealed the already shaky deal for me. Jackson did a fine job making something based on Tolkien, but ultimately it has as much authenticity as Wilson-Phillips' cover version of Elton John's "Daniel".

My feelings exactly. Seems to be a minority view though. I may not be certain of many things in life but I am certain of this: Tolkien would not have liked it.

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