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[Easy Bakes 253]

Originally posted by: A Nonny Moose

Haven't seen any.  Let's see if I remember the content from the comic book.

Usual secret identity, has Japanese side-kick named Kato, uses gas projectors, fancy car.

What has changed?

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Nothing.

 a reworked Flight of the bumblebe for a theme song. THE Bruce Lee as Kato.

What was the deal with 50s super heros secret identitys  working at newspapers?

Green Hornet, Superman, Spiderman all work at newspapers.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

In the 1950s, the city room of a newspaper was information central.  All the wire services went through it.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Hobbits invade New Zealand again.

Funny mathematics. Six books - three movies.

One thin book - two movies.

It will be interesting to see where Bilbo gets to stop on his sojourn through the twists and twirls of the Holly wood production beasts.

[Easy Bakes 253]

LOTR was 3 books. Unless your counting The Sillmarrrilian

I always thiught the short coming on the film version was he skiped the scouring of the shire at the end of Return of The King.

the natural stopping place would be when Bilbo 1st meets Smaug under the mountain.

theres a lot fo story left after Smaug dies.

[blade2k5 1,523]

Hobbits invade New Zealand again.

Funny mathematics. Six books - three movies.

One thin book - two movies.

It will be interesting to see where Bilbo gets to stop on his sojourn through the twists and twirls of the Holly wood production beasts.

Where did you get 6 books from? The Lord Of The Rings was only 3 And the Hobbit is not being split in half like you assume, the second Hobbit film will focus on the gap between that book and Fellowship, plus what Gandalf was up to when he left Bilbo and the Dwarves during their journey.

[beebs 129]

Hobbits invade New Zealand again.

Funny mathematics. Six books - three movies.

One thin book - two movies.

It will be interesting to see where Bilbo gets to stop on his sojourn through the twists and twirls of the Holly wood production beasts.

Where did you get 6 books from? The Lord Of The Rings was only 3 And the Hobbit is not being split in half like you assume, the second Hobbit film will focus on the gap between that book and Fellowship, plus what Gandalf was up to when he left Bilbo and the Dwarves during their journey.

It was originally published as three volumes of six books.. two books per volume. From Wikipedia:

The Fellowship of the Ring (Books I, The Ring Sets Out, and II, The Ring Goes South,) The Two Towers (Books III, The Treason of Isengard, and IV, The Ring Goes East,), and The Return of the King (Books V, The War of the Ring, and VI, The End of the Third Age)

I think one of my dads versions of Lord of the Rings set apart each "book" in this way.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Hobbits invade New Zealand again.

Funny mathematics. Six books - three movies.

One thin book - two movies.

It will be interesting to see where Bilbo gets to stop on his sojourn through the twists and twirls of the Holly wood production beasts.

Where did you get 6 books from? The Lord Of The Rings was only 3 And the Hobbit is not being split in half like you assume, the second Hobbit film will focus on the gap between that book and Fellowship, plus what Gandalf was up to when he left Bilbo and the Dwarves during their journey.

It was originally published as three volumes of six books.. two books per volume. From Wikipedia:

The Fellowship of the Ring (Books I, The Ring Sets Out, and II, The Ring Goes South,) The Two Towers (Books III, The Treason of Isengard, and IV, The Ring Goes East,), and The Return of the King (Books V, The War of the Ring, and VI, The End of the Third Age)

I think one of my dads versions of Lord of the Rings set apart each "book" in this way.

I have the omnibus edition of LOTR, and it has three volumes of two books each. If you think it is only three books you probably haven't read it.

The gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is about 20 years, and doesn't really need a bridge. You can't blame Bilbo for wanting to live happily ever after. However, these rings have a power of their own.

If you like ring stories, take a look at The Ring of the Neibelungen by Richard Wagner, loosely based on the Volsunga Saga --- very loosely. He dreamed up all kinds of things, and would have been a great screen writer.

  Edited March 22, 2011 by A Nonny Moose  

[blade2k5 1,523]

I have the omnibus edition of LOTR, and it has three volumes of two books each. If you think it is only three books you probably haven't read it.

The gap between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings is about 20 years, and doesn't really need a bridge. You can't blame Bilbo for wanting to live happily ever after. However, these rings have a power of their own.

Never heard of the omnibus edition, but then again, I have the three novels that were printed back in the 70's, so there was never a need to go out and purchase them again.

That's a matter of opinion and obviously, Peter Jackson doesn't share yours.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

I received the Omnibus edition of LOTR as a gift one Christmas. My other copies were getting a little dog-eared and the innk was starting to fade due to the number of times it had been scanned by many different eyeballs. Apparently, it was published on an anniversary of the first publication.

Actually, the Hobbit is two separate stories, so it does make sense. My spot for the split might be the escape from the wood-elves. Down river in a barrel is a good pause spot.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Anyone Watch Game of Thrones on HBO last night?

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  Edited September 8, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Anyone Watch Game of Thrones on HBO last night?

I don't get HBO, but was this The Game of Thrones? That set of novels could easily make a multi-season series.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Anyone Watch Game of Thrones on HBO last night?

I don't get HBO, but was this The Game of Thrones? That set of novels could easily make a multi-season series.

George RR Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series of which 2 are still pending?

I think thats the plan,from what i have read Mr Martin is writing some of the episodes.

I personaly have not read them. would be quite a time investment as the ones that are out

are running around 1000 pages each.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Anyone Watch Game of Thrones on HBO last night?

I don't get HBO, but was this The Game of Thrones? That set of novels could easily make a multi-season series.

George RR Martin's Song of Fire and Ice series of which 2 are still pending?

I think thats the plan,from what i have read Mr Martin is writing some of the episodes.

I personally have not read them. would be quite a time investment as the ones that are out

are running around 1000 pages each.

I have read them up to the Feast of Crows. If George is writing episodes, will he get on with his novels or has ha hit a dead end in the complexities of this staggering plot?

You can only take so much. I am now giving it a rest. I am having a lot of trouble keeping up with the triple crosses within the double crosses within the plots of the aliens on whatever planet they are on.

  Edited April 19, 2011 by A Nonny Moose  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Just watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I.

The book was a tome, and I don't recall everything, but I think the scene were good old Tom robs the tomb of Dumbledore and recovers the wand of "ultimate power" wasn't in the book. According to the movie, to use it is death. A good ending for the first movie.

It was good to see the comic relief in the Ministry of Magic. Dolores is good for a laugh. Lots of excitement, including tossing of Levin bolts, and general nastiness. I felt that the director took it a little darker than maybe he should. This one will scare the daylights out of the younger set.

[Easy Bakes 253]

This looks interesting.

http://www.tnt.tv/series/fallingskies/

[blade2k5 1,523]

I'll be checking this out when it premiers, hopefully it's pretty decent.

[Easy Bakes 253]

So far the new Dr Who has me waiting for the conclusion next week.

And new Santuary's the last 2 weeks.

  Edited April 27, 2011 by Easy Bakes  

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Yet another comic book springs to life on the screen. I stand with Blade, and will await screenings.

I watched the first episode of XIII the other night. Serialized Bourne Identity with an even bigger swipe at the CIA.

[TheCrybKeeper 301]

If you like ring stories, take a look at The Ring of the Neibelungen by Richard Wagner, loosely based on the Volsunga Saga --- very loosely. He dreamed up all kinds of things, and would have been a great screen writer.

Isn't this movie based on that opera and Norse stories, called Ring Of The Nibelungs? Made for TV 2004 - I saw it and the movie was epic, IMO. Not nearly as great as LOTR, but still well worth watching and an excellent story.

  Edited April 28, 2011 by frndofyaweh  

[Easy Bakes 253]

Nice

Syfy channel running is Star Blazers

Startng tonight.

athough according to Wiki they are showing episodes 3 and 4 tonight.

So they may have started this last week.

http://www.syfy.com/schedule/?search=Star+Blazers

hope they run all 3 seasons.

  Edited April 29, 2011 by Easy Bakes  

[Odainsaker 2,137]

Omigosh, no way! "Star Blazers"...aka "Uchuu Senkan Yamato"...aka "Space Battleship Yamato!" Cartoon Network showed it once on the late night schedule some years back...outside of my DVDs, I hadn't seen it televised since the 1980s.

This was likely the series with the biggest role in rejuvenating mature, story-based anime in late 1970s Japan and bringing it to North America. It is also one of the most patriotic of Japanese anime, with the brave heroic crew doing their noble, sacrificial group duty aboard Japan's rebuilt World War II flagship, a ship named after the spirit of the Japanese nation itself. The series really is a postwar re-imagining of the Pacific War, complete with nuclear horror and kamikaze spirit, and with a dollop of '70s disco music, hokey bell bottoms, Freudian space cannons, and psychedlic visuals thrown in for good measure. Let us not forget they have one of the coolest spaceships in cinema...a flying Yamato-class superbattleship. Accept it as an icon of its time.

While the first season has a bit of funk to it, the second season with The Comet Empire really shines as a Teutonic space opera in grand Wagnerian fashion. Can you really have Wagnerian disco music as a leitmotif?

Maybe Syfy knows something, as the Japanese live-action film "Space Battleship Yamato," which had a 2010 blockbuster release five months ago in Japan and is now gearing up for its DVD release there, is still awaiting U.S. distribution. Hehe, seems the Japanese producers also liked Syfy's new "Battlestar Galactica."

Next we just need "Legend of Galactic Heroes," which doesn't hold back blasting Tannhäuser and Lohengrin in its Jutland-style space battles. Democratic republicanism in the future...eeek, so close to the truth, Reichskanzler Bismarck would nod in approval!

  Edited April 29, 2011 by Odainsaker  

[blade2k5 1,523]

Omigosh, no way! "Star Blazers"...aka "Uchuu Senkan Yamato"...aka "Space Battleship Yamato!" Cartoon Network showed it once on the late night schedule some years back...outside of my DVDs, I hadn't seen it televised since the 1980s.

This was likely the series with the biggest role in rejuvenating mature, story-based anime in late 1970s Japan and bringing it to North America. It is also one of the most patriotic of Japanese anime, with the brave heroic crew doing their noble, sacrificial group duty aboard Japan's rebuilt World War II flagship, a ship named after the spirit of the Japanese nation itself. The series really is a postwar re-imagining of the Pacific War, complete with nuclear horror and kamikaze spirit, and with a dollop of '70s disco music, hokey bell bottoms, Freudian space cannons, and psychedlic visuals thrown in for good measure. Let us not forget they have one of the coolest spaceships in cinema...a flying Yamato-class superbattleship. Accept it as an icon of its time.

While the first season has a bit of funk to it, the second season with The Comet Empire really shines as a Teutonic space opera in grand Wagnerian fashion. Can you really have Wagnerian disco music as a leitmotif?

Maybe Syfy knows something, as the Japanese live-action film "Space Battleship Yamato," which had a 2010 blockbuster release five months ago in Japan and is now gearing up for its DVD release there, is still awaiting U.S. distribution. Hehe, seems the Japanese producers also liked Syfy's new "Battlestar Galactica."

Next we just need "Legend of Galactic Heroes," which doesn't hold back blasting Tannhäuser and Lohengrin in its Jutland-style space battles. Democratic republicanism in the future...eeek, so close to the truth, Reichskanzler Bismarck would nod in approval!

What's the big deal about Star Blazers? Watched it last night and was not impressed at all.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Remember this was all done in 1977.

  Edited April 29, 2011 by Easy Bakes  

[blade2k5 1,523]

Remember this was all done in 1977.

Really? I had absolutely no idea it was that old.

I grew up in the 60's - 70's, I know what era it came from. Anyone who grew up during those times would know that. Besides I wasn't talking just about the animation, I was talking about it as a whole.

  Edited April 30, 2011 by blade2k5  

[Easy Bakes 253]

Hmm Clarice Willow {Polly Walker} of Capria fame has found a new roll on Sanctuary.

[Munchiez 74]

Some Doctor who on the BBC America....I forgot to record some episodes!

Are there new ones? I have not been watching Doctor who for a while!

[Easy Bakes 253]

Some Doctor who on the BBC America....I forgot to record some episodes!

Are there new ones? I have not been watching Doctor who for a while!

thier in the middle break of a new season for Dr Who.

[A Nonny Moose 8,262]

Some Doctor who on the BBC America....I forgot to record some episodes!

Are there new ones? I have not been watching Doctor who for a while!

thier in the middle break of a new season for Dr Who.

Dr. Who has been on the air now since sometime in the 1970's. We used to use the big frame buffer in the graphics lab at Waterloo to watch it.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Some Doctor who on the BBC America....I forgot to record some episodes!

Are there new ones? I have not been watching Doctor who for a while!

thier in the middle break of a new season for Dr Who.

Dr. Who has been on the air now since sometime in the 1970's. We used to use the big frame buffer in the graphics lab at Waterloo to watch it.

Actualy Started in 1963. longest running Sci fi show ever.