The Hall of Fire

I would be happy to discuss either B77 or HoF or TORC, here, or on B77. But I will do it publicly, not by PM.

I'd like to think we're all mature enough to discuss this without undue rancour.

We're not saying all Art should be vulgar, or that all vulgarity is Art. We're simply saying that vulgarity can be used effectively in art, whether that is the use of strident colours in a Picasso or the use of F*** in Deadwood. And yes, I do consider Deadwood to be art, before anyone asks. There is...

One of your best posts ever Ath.

Bravo.

Artie,

I have no interest in discussing this privately. If you with to engage me on this issue either here or on B77 I will only do so publicly.

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Well I got it from Online.ie but its credited to The Times.

Saw this today. Hard to believe really. "Granddad was right"? THERE was not a skinhead to be seen in this Baltic town at the heart of Germany's neo-Nazi revival. No thugs with steel-tipped paratroop boots, no ranting xenophobes. Yet the signs are clear: the far Right is on the march in Eas...

Well, I've read a bit more, and I have to say I'm enjoying it so far. Still a few wierd anachronisms though. I'll give an example of the prose that seems uneven to me. Obviously this hasn't bothered others, so maybe this is a personal (or even generational) thing. “I know, but the people here refuse...

I agree with Impenitent.


So what's new?

Its in open Beta at the moment, so I'd expect it to go "live" withing a month or so. Unfortunately, you won't be able to hang around in Lórien just yet. At launch only Eriador will be available. Other areas will open up over time.

I had no problem with the Moria Orcs either. The only thing I disliked there was Gimli's comic turn when the Orcs ran from the Balrog.

I'm not sure. I think this thread speaks to something different than that thread in some ways. Personally I'm against tidying up for tidying ups sake. I chose not to tag this thread onto that one for that reason.

There are some wonderful moments in Bakshi's LotR, particularly the Flight to the Ford, which is beautifully surreal. Unfortunately it is far too uneven and in many cases simply clumsy. The constant shift between Aruman and Saruman is a perfect example of this. The Rotoscoping effect, rather than ad...

Gundo’s wounds were serious. The dwarves had beaten the poor hobbit soundly with maces and axes. He’d lost a lot of blood. The corpses of his friends littered the field, but he was almost in the clear. His heart was beating fast; he had sent several dwarves to their bloody end, and he could hear th...

Did you ever get that Magician Graphic Novel? I'd like to become a customer

I do not object to the the use of profanity; as I have stated before I use profanity myself on occasion. What I object to is the indiscriminate use of profanity. When the same words get used over and over their meaning gets blurred, and they begin to lose their power. Actually V, I think this is on...

To be fair, the level of difficulty for Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens was much greater than for Sibley et al. Sibley didn't have to worry about costumes, sets, props, stunts, digital effects, weather, and so on. Boyens and Walshe, like Sibley, only had to worry about adapting the script, which is what...

Of course that's right, Alatar. But you clearly think this limitation is important, a serious handicap for anyone Thats not the case at all. I simply pointed out that refusing to read something with excessive vulgarity is as much a limitation as someone who refuses to read Austen or Dickens because...

Cerin, your example is not analogous to what we are discussing. If your example were that I choose not to use words over 3 syllables, that would be analogous (if somewhat ironic). To choose not to use an entire subset of vocabulary because it is vulgar it to choose to limit your available vocabulary...

My point was that not choosing to use any subsection of words limits the vocabulary. Its a simply fact. I don't deny anyone the right to choose not to use vulgarity, but making that choice in and of itself limits vocabulary. In the same way, if I refused to use words of more than three syllables, I'...