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See, Bilbo knows how to sweeten a deal. All this Old Guard 'We offer nothing but the honour and dignity that goes with accepting such a position' crap. It's not what the people want.
People want a nice flashy avatar, a costume, a LOTR starring role, a cool sig (on the way) and daily gifts of rep, lots and lots of rep
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Darn, I was just too late to catch Miles.. Hopefully he comes back for his avatar.. I'm slowly getting there with these.. My girlfriend his hasseling me to do a bunch of chores that i've been lazy with...
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By and large it was an excellent translation. Peter Jackson did make a few alterations from the book, which as a purist, somewhat irked me, but in truth kind of improved on the book.
For example in the book it was not Arwen who helped Frodo overcome the Black Riders by flooding the Ford but Glorfindel.
At Helms' Deep no alliance of Elves arrived from Lothlorien to support Rohan against the Orcs of Saruman,
And Saruman and Grimer Wormtongue in the book both went to the Shire after being released by the ents where Saruman was killed by Grimer. None of this was shown in the films.
But all in all it was an exellent translation. They kept Tom Bombadil out and the goings on in the Old Forest and the Barrow Downs, which I believe was a good thing.
Bombadil and his wife Goldberry were a frankly, weird couple in the book, singing and skipping along, Bombadil himself, dressed like a large brightly coloured Gnome. I don't think he would have translated well to film at all so Jackson, like Raplh Bashki before him took the sensible approach of leaving him out altogether.
I thought it was actually a good idea to give Arwen a bigger role as well as her romance with Aragorn is hidden away in the book almost to the point of irrelevence. Jackson managed to draw it out and add some depth to, what always should have been a more significant aspect of the story, the tale of an Elven princess giving up her mortality to live and die, the wife of a mortal man.
In truth, I think it is the greatest translation of book to big screen that there has ever been and that Jackson's work is tremendous.
I remember when first hearing the Fellowship of the Ring was in production thinking there was no way in hell that anyone could pull it off, especially this Jackson bloke who I had never even heard of.
But he aced it, a masterpiece and imo should have won 3 Oscars for it.
The Fellowship of the Ring Extended edition especially, is the greatest piece of cinema ever made imo. Perfect from beginning to end, as I'm sure Legion will agree.
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Miles it's easy.
Simply right click on the picture of Gandalf and save it to your harddrive.
Next go to the control panel options, select avatar, and then look for the option where is says 'upload from location on harddrive' or words that effect.
Click the browse button there to go to your computer, find and click on the picture and it will load it as your avatar.
Save the changes and you are done, and officially Gandalf!![]()
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Great stuff Miles, now you finally look the part.
Donny, don't feel bad if you can't join I understand.
Although as I understand it, according to JT Rock, the 'Old Guard' arn't a clan at all but merely a group of veteran individuals striving to uphold the traditions of Saddo's.
As a longtime poster myself, along with Miles and Dizaster, the Baggins Clan also believes such values are to be desired and would seek ourselves to conduct our clan affairs with restrained dignity and with respect for Saddo traditions, affirming every member to be valuable in the eyes of Saddo.
You could become a member of Clan Baggins without comprimsing your committment to the Saddo Way.
I'm sure the Old Guard would understand, as after all they are above such petty jealousies and sqaubbles.........
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