EponymousBosh

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[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree with contacting local charities (kitchens, food banks, etc) and see if they can use them.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 3 points 2 days ago

This isn't even remotely true. "Good" people can do "evil" things for all sorts of reasons: trauma, substance abuse, sheer accident, or being lied to or misled about the outcomes of their actions. And yes, for that last one, religion can be a cause for being misled--but so can politics, philosophy, general misinformation, etc. And all of this is assuming people and/or actions can easily be divided into "good" and "evil" in the first place.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 1 points 2 days ago

Username checks out.

Anyway, I think the actual answer is compassion.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My devil's advocate argument for the elves being there is that there were a bunch of battles in the north that didn't make it into the movie and only get mentioned a little in the books, and one of the important themes of LOTR is that all these disparate groups had to band together to fight Sauron. So having elves be at Helm's Deep is a way to show the different people fighting together in a movie series that was already pressed for time. Necessary? Maybe not. But it doesn't bother me as much as some of the other changes, because I can at least see a rationale for it.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I ain't watching that. They left out like at least a third of what made the books good IMO. Sounds like a waste of time.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 6 points 4 days ago

Similar thing is happening in Louisville KY. It's infuriating.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 27 points 4 days ago (5 children)

OK, here's the thing. Overall, Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy is extremely good. I think it's the best Tolkien adaptation we're likely to ever get.

HOWEVER.

The random "Arwen is dying!" subplot was incredibly fucking stupid and while it didn't ruin the movies for me, it did dampen my enjoyment of them. There had to be a better way to get more screentime for Liv Tyler, surely.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Honestly? Gotta disagree. It's been a long time since I've read the book but I remember being disappointed by it after seeing the movie. Maybe I'll give it a reread and see if my opinion's changed. ETA: fuck all the movie sequels though, no one needed that shit.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 5 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I love the Dark Tower series and hadn't seen the movie yet. They dropped Susannah out ENTIRELY? Seriously???

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 5 points 6 days ago

Well, at least next year you'll meet a dental hygenist with a spatula tattooed on her arm

 

Last night I had a "back in school" dream, only in this one, the McElroy brothers were helping me cheat on a project. Unsurprisingly, Justin was the most helpful. What weird ones have y'all had?

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