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This is actually my #1 favorite fan theory concerning Tom Bombadil being the most evil mutha in the Middle Earth. (Also, it is easily disproven, but that doens't lesson my enjoyment of this guy putting a new angle on the Tom Bombadil argument) http://km-515.livejournal.com/1042.html

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Tom should have never been in the movies, thats for certain. Way to many questions would pop up that would never be answered. I like Tom for many reasons, most of which didn't start taking shape until after I read the Silmarillion and the appendices Some interesting things about Tom He is the oldest creature in Middle earth. He literally predates every thing else. Even the Shadow under the Stars, arguably even Eru, (I did say arguably) The Ring had no power over him, he puts it on at one point, doesn't turn invisible, he then laughs at it, and hands it back. He can see through the rings power. He literally spots Frodo and talks to him, even though he is wearing the ring He confined himself, on purpose, to the Old Forest, no one knows why, but he admits to it. Within that space he is pretty much god. His main weapon is singing. Which sounds odd, but it is the source of all of his power. Now it is easy to skip over it, unless you have read all of tolkiens other works, but the power of the Ainur (The power of Creation, and by that I mean the power of the Gods) was music. The Universe and everything in it sprang from music. Many characters in Middle earth use song for things, but their songs have no real power, or its power to a limited degree. Tom had no limitations, he was able to anything with his music. Which leads many to theorize that he is the physical embodiment of the Music of Ainur. Everyone changes once they meet Tom and rest at his home. Gandalf has some pretty funny dialogue about Tom. Gandalf, wisest of the Maiar (Angels), states a few times that the Ring has zero power of Tom; Tom would never understand the Ring, or the need to hide it; and that even though the Old Forest is the one place where the Ring would be totally safe from Sauron, Tom would eventually misplace it and lose it. IDK, there are loads of theories about Tom, some of which have Merit based on letters Tolkein wrote to fans, and poems written by Tolkien. For me, Tom is one of the more interesting characters because of how Tolkien wrote him, and what Tolkien based him off of before writing him.

I also agree. The LOTR movies, the uncut versions, are superior to the books. At one point I counted it out and Tolkien spent easily 2 pages describing Galadriel's hair and how it was perfect. Thats a shade excessive. (although, I seriously am peeved at there not being a Tom Bombadil in the movies. I'll grant you that it makes sense though) To expand upon Mr Owls point though, if you were to take the Hobbit book and rip out the extra bits where Tolkien, you'd have somewhere around a 200-250 page book. Not really sure where that warrants about 9 hours of movie. Hell, it does't take 9 hours to read the hobbit as it stands right now. But anyway, here is my list: When Bilbo finds the ring, its merely a trinket, its just some bit of treasure, there was no foreboding sense of Evil/ doom around it. The Arkenstone. Why was Bilbo able to find it, not once, but twice, in a treasure hoard that literally filled the main hall of Erebor and then some. All while Smaug sat there and ran with his villain monologue. Mirkwood - all of it was just wrong, and far to fast. It was (I believe) 3 chapters in the book, but its like 10 minutes in the movie. Mirkwood was huge, and honestly, they should have dropped the Barrel sequence and added more to Mirkwood. Mirkwood Spiders - Bilbo kills a spider by dropping it to the ground. Then he turns and cuts the dwarves from the webbing, they drop to the ground and live? If its high enough to kill a spider, its high enough to kill a dwarf. Tauriel - nuff said Legolas - Nuff Said Love Triangle - it was forced, for literally no reason. Elf super powers are insane. Okay so I get the Elves are badasses, that makes sense, but Tauriel might as well of been Wonder woman for some of the crap she pulls in the movies. Legolas was nothing compared to her. Eagles - The Maiar Eagles only flew Gandalf and the dwarves halfway to the Lonely Mountain. Tolkien never explained why the Eagle lords wouldnt' fly closer, it was always left as some nebulous reason. Smaug's sense of smell - Smaug wakes up because he smells Bilbo. Even though he cannot see him. Then, all of a sudden he can't smell the 13 dwarves that climbed through a toilet to get where they are? All the Orc crap more or less - Seriously, Azog was completely unnecessary I can sort of argue for the White Counsel, however, it was added in the Appendix and wasn't part of the original book. Orc fight in LAketown Dragon Hide and Seek/ Molten gold attack thing Barrel fight...... honestly, what the fuck. This sequence felt like it was 2 hours long Gandalf see's Sauron at the Nazgul Tombs?????? Really? And then he has a showdown with him????? So what you are telling me is that before LOTR happens, Gandalf knew the significance of Bilbo's ring, knew Sauron was coming back, and that Saruman was evil? And then he just fucking forgot?????? Are you shitting me? I mean honestly it completely changes how Elronds Council should have gone in the Fellowship. Not to mention that Gandalf would have NEVER survived a fight with Sauron. The Silmarillion was quite clear on this. Radagast the brown. I call him Jar Jar for a reason. They took what was a really interesting Maiar character, and turned him into this absolutely retarded character that has a sled pulled by rabbits. I get they did it for the kids, but come the fuck on. The majority of the Dialogue. This is all I can come up with off the top of my head I'll grant you that visually the movie is impressive, but thats it. I can name another movie that was visually really impressive for its day, but it fell flat on telling a story and was nowhere near the source material, that movie is "Starship Troopers"

Not really sure you want me to write a list. I can though, if you are seriously interested. When you have time, give the book a read again, and then watch the movies. (Hell read the book anyway, not as a comparison, its just such a solid classic)

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Fuck no ESO is a horrible piece of shit game Also

I partially agree with you Drifter. Sadly, the hobbit should have stayed closer to the books. Other movies/ books benefit, this one suffers

So, someone that loves the book decided to take all 3 movies, edit them down to remove all the shit that no purpose being in a movie (as most of it wasn't in the book, or was so jacked up, it should have been editted out), and has recompiled it all to be a single 4 hour movie The result is The Hobbit: The Tolkien Edit Some of the biggest cuts include: -The investigation of Dol Guldor has been completely excised -The Tauriel-Legolas-Kili love triangle has also been removed -The Pale Orc subplot is vastly trimmed down -Several of the Laketown scenes have been cut, such as Bard's imprisonment and the superfluous orc raid. -The prelude with old Bilbo is gone. -Several of the orc skirmishes have been cut. -Several of the action scenes have been tightened up, such as the barrel-ride, the fight between Smaug and the dwarves (no molten gold in this version), and the Battle of the Five Armies. -A lot of filler scenes have been cut as well. Direct link to post: https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/i-have-recut-peter-jacksons-hobbit-trilogy-into-a-single-4-hour-film/ tolkieneditor's website: https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/ Also, this is honestly how The Hobbit should have ended:

Here are mine http://destinystatus.com/psn/Cirathorn I wish there was a way to show what I have in the vault. Or what ships I have. My titan has every ship slot filled, and my warlock is damned close. I get ships from chests on a regular basis, I need to start sending them to my hunter, which also needs to get more play time as I have a vault filled with hunter gear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cccWCsO-KIo

Thank you for posting the text of the story Tommy.

I would love to jump in on this tonight. I need that Rep bonus!

Thorn/ Hawkmoon dual wield would be sick, on so many levels

Unless you are an Armor maxed out Titan, then I can kill you in two hits, 1 if its a headshot Hawkmoon always centers on the head as part of its target acquisition

This was a glitch that was patched out after they released the game.

Dude thats awesome!

Hawkmoon wins Seriously, to the point that I feel gipped for working towards Thorn. Maybe once I level it up more, it will be better. I just remember with Hawk, as soon as I got it, I was demolishing everything in front of me. Its weird to say that, but the pistol is that OP. Its like a handheld Ice Breaker

Also Diablo 3

I played literally all day yesterday, so I gotta make sure the wife is cool with me playing at that time. We were supposed to have a family movie night, but I have a feeling that that isn't going to happen

My concern with that is how reliable is that? I have read nothing but horror stories for non-OEM AC Adpaters

So my wife left her Laptop out, and our puppy got ahold of the cord and ate it. I can't seem to find any reliable laptop ac adapters out there. Have any of you guys ever ordered up on before? The one we have is a Samsung Model PA-1600-66, part AD-6019r output 19V Dc, 3.16A

Thats what we did last night. I will help anyone that needs this, just let me know when