Re: In theatres: 'Desolation of Smaug' [2] SPOILERS

by halfwise Thu Mar 06, 2014 1:39 pm

Mrs Figg wrote: so its just me they dont like, although my comments were pretty tame by my standards

but I suppose calling them sexist money grabbing fanboy numb-nuts doesnt help.

there are things you do that make you thoroughly lovable. I love you

Can't figure why they'd ban you. Must have flashbacks from being chased off the playground by feisty little girls when they were young or something.

by Radaghast Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:01 pm

I haven't posted there much but it seems like an utter joke of a forum. I still shudder when I think of those two reviews for DoS.

by Mrs Figg Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:32 pm

yep its a joke alright. The mods there are very selective about free speech, its a small and insignificant thing having ones posts deleted, but its a slippery slope, its a denial of someones voice, albeit small scale. I have a hair trigger when it comes to people telling me what I can and cannot say, it makes me want to dig in and fight, stubborn I suppose. that site is swamped by marketing and advertising for plastic toys, maybe over in the other sections there is room for Tolkien debate and interesting open minded discussion, but the mods shut down anything remotely controversial, I despise those mods. what are they afraid of?

by halfwise Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:39 pm

what are they afraid of?

You, apparently. Thumbs Up

by Radaghast Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:41 pm

It looks like they're looking for any remote excuse for banning people. They probably decided the comment about Bloom was an insult, as if anyone from the movies read that forum. For all I know, though, maybe they do Shrugging

by Eldorion Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:58 pm

You guys really don't know how good you have it here. Rolling Eyes

And TORn's advertising is hardly obtrusive. For a site with as much traffic as they get (they're one of the top 50,000 most popular websites in the world) it's basically a necessity to pay for bandwidth.

by Mrs Figg Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:03 pm

I dont begrudge advertising, but that stuffs wall to wall Weta products.

by Eldorion Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:33 pm

I can only assume you weren't active during the heyday of banner ads (not to mention pop-ups), because TORn's ads are not even remotely close to being wall-to-wall.

(Yes, I understand that you were probably being deliberately hyperbolic. Wink

)

by bungobaggins Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:48 pm

At least they don't have video ads that play at full volume as the page loads. And then you search all over the page and you can't find the damn ad so you can turn the sound off. Rolling Eyes

by Radaghast Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:03 pm

by Eldorion Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:23 pm

bungobaggins wrote:At least they don't have video ads that play at full volume as the page loads. And then you search all over the page and you can't find the damn ad so you can turn the sound off.

Seriously. These are actually getting more common I think (not necessarily the full volume bit but obtrusive video ads on otherwise non-video pages in general).

by bungobaggins Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:25 pm

I think the opening in Bree is the only time we've ever seen a location subtitle in a PJ Middle-earth movie. I know we've talked about this before, but it comes across as extremely tacky, and I was thinking about how stupid it would be if there was a location subtitle when Gandalf goes to Minas Tirith in FOTR.

In theatres: 'Desolation of Smaug' [2] SPOILERS - Page 9 YrPYYFA

In theatres: 'Desolation of Smaug' [2] SPOILERS - Page 9 YrPYYFA

by David H Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:34 pm

Not so much stupid as just clumsy storytelling, I think.

I could forgive it, but what's the fun in that? Very Happy

by Eldorion Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:37 pm

That's great, bungo. Laughing

I think the subtitle might have been less glaring if it had been something they'd done all along, but I agree that location subtitles in general are kinda lazy.

by Norc Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:31 pm

omg, yeah, true i hate that, like come one, we can se it's bree, the carrot guy is back

by David H Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:36 pm

Norc wrote:the carrot guy is back

by Norc Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:37 pm

by Pettytyrant101 Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:57 pm

I added a subtitle in my edit- but was no other way to convey it.
It read - 17 Years Later

by Eldorion Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:04 am

Pettytyrant101 wrote:I added a subtitle in my edit- but was no other way to convey it.
It read - 17 Years Later

To be fair, there was one other way, but it does pose the danger of epilepsy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1x3XkHs-BE#t=6m36s

by Pettytyrant101 Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:06 am

I might have tried that if I could have added snow to PJ's Hobbiton shot! Very Happy

by halfwise Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:28 am

I've always liked the image of the pages of a calendar being blown by the wind. Would take extra shooting though.

by RA Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:21 am

Eldorion wrote:
Pettytyrant101 wrote:I added a subtitle in my edit- but was no other way to convey it.
It read - 17 Years Later

To be fair, there was one other way, but it does pose the danger of epilepsy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1x3XkHs-BE#t=6m36s

I love that

by bungobaggins Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:53 am

The Completely Screwed Over Dub is a masterpiece. Laughing

by azriel Wed Mar 12, 2014 7:11 pm

lest we forget Rolling Eyes

RIP Tolkien, They know not what they do ! Sad

(cos if he isnt rolling around like a dervish in his grave, then there MUST be a God, one who has saved him from seeing this pile of shit !) Twisted Evil

by chris63 Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:37 pm