Raf

Here's a trivia question: which Greasespot poster goes nuts whenever someone posts a question which is subsequently answered which contains a significant spoiler if you haven't read the books yet? Anyone? Anyone?

Hmm. Now where have I heard that before?

A whole week? Where I come from a week is seven days. This movie opens in FIVE! :)--> I've been telling people that these movies are to this decade what The Godfather was to the 1970s.

I've heard that Faramir is a nicer guy in the books. I never read them. But I like his character in the movie, especially with the added backstory: dang his father is being such a pthtpthtph! Some things I like about Faramir: He shows sympathy for one of Sauron's troops (post mortem, when it's safe). He really loved his brother. He resisted the temptation to take the ring. I know, the temptation is not in the book. But still, it reminded me of the way Aragorn resisted the temptation at the end of the first movie (also not in the book). It was noble. I'm really looking forward to seeing how his character is handled in Return of the King. Oh, yeah, and the beat down of the Uruk Hai was a nice touch. It would have been nice if the others (besides Gandalf and maybe Aragorn)had shown a bit more surprise at what they were witnessing.

Hmm... what to do with a three hour movie? I know, make it LONGER! I bought the extended version of The Fellowship of the Ring as soon as it came out. As far as I was concerned, it outclassed the theatrical version in every way. So much depth was added with the addition of these scenes, and even though it closed the action, it enhanced the living daylights out of the storytelling. So I had really, really high hopes for the extended edition of The Two Towers. Unfortunately... My hopes were not high enough. This DVD blew me away! I didn't like the Ents in the theatrical version, but something about how it's played out here makes me appreciate them more. Maybe it was the way Merry and Pippin fell asleep while being carried across the woods by Treebeard. Oh, he's supposed to be kind of boring? Oh, I get it. Well done! Well done! And Merry and Pippin really get their due in the extended edition. Some other things I liked: The discovery that Aragorn is 87 years old. New scenes with Boromir and Faramir. Their father is introduced as well. Since he's an important influence in the next movie, it was a good thing to add him.

As I first heard it, a newbie is someone who is new on the Internet, new to message boards, or new to a particular message board. More recently it's been used of someone who's new to any experience like, say for example, joining a cult, or an offshoot.

"Sequels suck!" "Hi. No, I really mean that. Hi." "Hello, Sydney." All from Scream 2

Ok, I gave it another try and, I'll admit, it is watchable. It just seemed like they were trying to hard and forgot to have fun. I'll go to the theater to see the next movie, which I believe is called "The Matrix: Craptacular Crapfest of Crappy Crap."

No Way, I remember that chat. It was a few months ago, maybe more, right? I contacted you because I was surprised to read your questions on a Christian message board that had nothing to do with TWI or cults, and you were asking sincere, honest questions. Welcome to the Greasespot Cafe! I hope to read more from you. Raf

O Holy Night. Most versions. I haven't really heard this ruined, although I prefer hearing it done by a tenor. Little Drummer Boy as sung by Air Supply. Very nice.

Which one? The Bravenet? I haven't been able to get into that one at all. I'm just going to have to enjoy the firewall.

Dang.

Give a litle whistle...

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No, that didn't work. Back to the old drawing board.

Tinker...tinker... CRASSHH!!!! Sorry. That's my fault. I did that. Ok, here... Click to Chat!

That last one sucked. How about this one? Never mind. It was a bad idea. Trust me.

More experimenting. http://livingepistlessociety.org/cgi-sys/m...tlessociety.org

I think saying "it was a cult" raises more questions than it answers. The question is, "what was it like?" It was an endless series of classes accompanied by endless requests for money. It talked about "Biblical Research," but discouraged the searching of publications it did not either produce or endorse. "It was a cult." Okay, what do you mean by that?

Anyone read the Newsweek story on this a couple of weeks ago? Amazing story, pictures, etc. The film apparently opens with the Smeagol flashback.

A few months back I covered a story about a six guys who hijacked a plane from Cuba to Key West. The six men were arrested and charged in federal court. When they were being led away from the courthouse and into the bus taking them back to jail, one of the reporters called out, "Why did you do it!?!" One of the men yelled back "FREEDOM!" as he was led away, his hands cuffed and his legs shackled. That's what the Way is like. Bondage in the name of freedom.

I totally agree with you, Zix, about Andy Serkis getting robbed. Wasn't even nominated! But the Smeagol flashback was actually filmed for The Two Towers. In the extended dvd, Peter Jackson says he was going to insert the flashback in the scene where Frodo first calls him Smeagol. But he didn't want to slow the movie down. Saruman's death, according to Jackson, does indeed come at Wormtongue's hands. It's filmed and will be in the extended DVD of Return of the King. (This was a last minute decision: in the Two Towers, Jackson promises Saruman's death will open the third movie. He has obviously since changed his mind).

Finally saw it tonight. This movie is UNWATCHABLE. It SUCKS. There's nothing interesting about it, and the eye candy factor vanishes right after the title frame. YAWN!

Romans 8:35-37 IN all these things we are more than conquerors. Not OVER all these things, but IN them. Philippians 4:12-14 Paul SUFFERED. A lot. The early church SUFFERED a great deal. How arrogant to think we've got a pass from suffering because Christ suffered. We identify with the risen Christ even in our suffering. There's no Biblical pass from suffering, and if you don't want to tolerate suffering, you chose the wrong walk.