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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
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 Posted - 03 Feb 2004 : 05:30:11
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Permanently destroyed? I can imagine you thinking the Sith was, but the Empire? What with all the Imperial officers and their battleships? Hardly. It would be chaos, but the Rebels didn't just simply win the entire galaxy with that one battle.
::sigh:: But now, even I have to admit this is getting way off topic. Before I could tenuously claim that general "starting places" were valid, but not this, however much I want to argue it. If you don't like Zhan's books, fine, your loss. |
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lowtech
Learned Scribe
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2004 : 17:40:16
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Oh, and Lowtech: I'm a guy, and I prefer [i]Polgara the Sorceress.  It's funnier.
You are only the second guy I've heard from who thinks that. All of my sisters agree with you, I don't understand why. Oh well, both are great books. |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2004 : 19:57:18
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| Eh, I'm a funny sort of guy. I don't go into gender differences much. For instance, I enjoyed Notting Hill and IQ (though the latter probably doesn't count, what with all the lovely science refferences). I also read Nancy Drew as much as I did The Hardy Boys. A buch of kids in elementary school thought it was one of my more strange habbits, reading a "girl book." But a good story's a good story. |
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Shadowlord
Master of Realmslore
USA
1298 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2004 : 21:09:17
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
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Seriously, the prequels don't hold much continuity with the original. Lucas would have done better if he'd not concentrated on trying to win back his title as "director with the best new special effects." Before, he used the effects to complement the story, yet now it's to actually tell the story. Sort of like the Dungeons & Dragons movie.
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Ugh, I didn't even see that, how was it? |
The Chosen of Vhaeraun
"Nature is governed by certain immutable rules. By virtue of claw and fang, the lion will always triumph over the goat.Given time, the pounding of the sea will wear away the stone. And when dark elves mingle with the lighter races, the offspring invariably take after the dark parent. It is all much the same. That which is greater shall prevail. Our numbers increase steadily, both through birth and conquest. The dark elves are the dominant race, so ordained by the gods." Ka'Narlist of the Ilythiiri. |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2004 : 21:43:32
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Be glad. The dragons were cool, but the rest? Hardly. The plot was so weak it needed crutches, the acting was barely passable, and they tried for too many "wow" reactions.
It did have a few things I liked, such as the dragons I mentioned. I also liked the dwarf's line, where he tells one of the thieves (who happens to be smitten with an elf) that he should go after a dwarf woman "with a beard you can really hang onto!"
Also, it was interesting to see Tom Baker (aka the Fourth Doctor) as an elven healer. My brother and I were trying to figure out why this guy looked so familiar, and then when he smiled, we got it. They'd given him all-white hair, cut close to his head (unlike the untidy black curls we were used to), but they left his teeth and slightly silly smile the same. Tom Baker was always wasted on too-serious roles like that small cameo -- he's got such a flair for light lines. He was the best of all the Doctors.  |
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Shadowlord
Master of Realmslore
USA
1298 Posts |
Posted - 03 Feb 2004 : 21:51:00
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| Indeed. Thanks for the "positive" review. It makes me feel better about not seeing D&D the Movie. |
The Chosen of Vhaeraun
"Nature is governed by certain immutable rules. By virtue of claw and fang, the lion will always triumph over the goat.Given time, the pounding of the sea will wear away the stone. And when dark elves mingle with the lighter races, the offspring invariably take after the dark parent. It is all much the same. That which is greater shall prevail. Our numbers increase steadily, both through birth and conquest. The dark elves are the dominant race, so ordained by the gods." Ka'Narlist of the Ilythiiri. |
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Dracandos the Spellsage
Senior Scribe
466 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2004 : 00:17:58
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
I also liked the dwarf's line, where he tells one of the thieves (who happens to be smitten with an elf) that he should go after a dwarf woman "with a beard you can really hang onto!"
aye Bookwyrm i saw the movie twice i believe...i love that line as well "u gotta get urself a 300 pound dwarf, with hair on her chin u can really hang on to!!!" he then acts out a "humping" motion while he says "hang on to" lol silly dwarves |
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The Lord of Murder shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos shall be sown from their passage - So Sayeth the Wise Alaundo
Whenever magic one doth weave, 'tis never ever wise to deceive - Elminster
Strength and power come from knowing and controlling what others do not, but never reveal all that you know - Vecna
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
USA
4740 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2004 : 05:28:55
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| Yes, I left out the motion for decency's sake . . . . |
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Shadowlord
Master of Realmslore
USA
1298 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2004 : 05:48:15
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The Chosen of Vhaeraun
"Nature is governed by certain immutable rules. By virtue of claw and fang, the lion will always triumph over the goat.Given time, the pounding of the sea will wear away the stone. And when dark elves mingle with the lighter races, the offspring invariably take after the dark parent. It is all much the same. That which is greater shall prevail. Our numbers increase steadily, both through birth and conquest. The dark elves are the dominant race, so ordained by the gods." Ka'Narlist of the Ilythiiri. |
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lowtech
Learned Scribe
USA
315 Posts |
Posted - 04 Feb 2004 : 16:27:39
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Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Eh, I'm a funny sort of guy. I don't go into gender differences much. For instance, I enjoyed Notting Hill and IQ (though the latter probably doesn't count, what with all the lovely science refferences). I also read Nancy Drew as much as I did The Hardy Boys. A buch of kids in elementary school thought it was one of my more strange habbits, reading a "girl book." But a good story's a good story.
I'm with you on that one, Nancy Drew books had better stories and characters. |
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Lina
Senior Scribe
Australia
469 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2004 : 10:08:12
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| Nancy Drew? The Hardy Boys? D&D the movie? Are you serious! |
“Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows! Buried in the flow of time. In thy great name. I pledge myself to darkness. All the fools who stand in our way shall be destroyed…by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!!!”
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Lina
Senior Scribe
Australia
469 Posts |
Posted - 07 Feb 2004 : 10:09:16
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“Darkness beyond twilight, crimson beyond blood that flows! Buried in the flow of time. In thy great name. I pledge myself to darkness. All the fools who stand in our way shall be destroyed…by the power you and I possess! DRAGON SLAVE!!!”
"Thieves? Ah, such an ugly word... look upon them as the most honest sort of merchant."
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Ezindir the dark
Senior Scribe
Norway
603 Posts |
Posted - 08 Feb 2004 : 20:18:34
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They're NOT what I would term a "GOOD STARTING POINT".
When you are 9-10 they are. Thats when I read them anyway, right after I had read "Lord of the rings".
And I wacht "Gilmore Girls" somtimes, and many of my friends think that is one of my strange habbits. |
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Bookwyrm
Great Reader
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4740 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2004 : 04:08:42
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| Heh. I think Lina's just poking fun at how widely this has gone off topic. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 09 Feb 2004 : 10:20:42
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Originally posted by Ezindir the dark
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Originally posted by Lina
They're NOT what I would term a "GOOD STARTING POINT".
When you are 9-10 they are. Thats when I read them anyway, right after I had read "Lord of the rings".
And I wacht "Gilmore Girls" somtimes, and many of my friends think that is one of my strange habbits.
Strange habits go hand in hand with being a D&D gamer I'm afraid Ezindir...
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Ezindir the dark
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good starting point
