Golem is...
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@ajstringham Also somehow they are turning a small novel into a trilogy. I regrettably haven't watched any of The Hobbit movies yet but I just find it strange that a fairly short book could be fluffed up to three movies.
Yes, it feels seriously slow. There is way too much movie for far too little storyline. One long movie would have been perfect.
Each LOTR movie is 3.5 hours with like half an hour of credits! It's nuts!
Yeah, they had to trim a lot. Those books are crazy long.
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@coliver said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@ajstringham Also somehow they are turning a small novel into a trilogy. I regrettably haven't watched any of The Hobbit movies yet but I just find it strange that a fairly short book could be fluffed up to three movies.
Yes, it feels seriously slow. There is way too much movie for far too little storyline. One long movie would have been perfect.
Each LOTR movie is 3.5 hours with like half an hour of credits! It's nuts!
They actually dropped a lot of the story, or subplots rather, from the LOTR trilogy that made the books readable. They also picked up on them strangely throughout part of the movies without the foreshadowing that was in the books.
Yeah, the pacing is much improved but some of the important details are messed up.
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Its funny - I thought the LOTR was boring as well - sure the fight scenes were awesome, but in general I'll be asleep 45 mins in.
Now Surprisingly, The Hobbit series has held my attention better.
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@Dashrender said:
Its funny - I thought the LOTR was boring as well - sure the fight scenes were awesome, but in general I'll be asleep 45 mins in.
Now Surprisingly, The Hobbit series has held my attention better.
I don't call them boring, but I haven't sat and watched one start to finish without stopping yet. I watched 2 hours of The Two Towers and then took a break and then watched the second half. These things need intermissions! LOL
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@Dashrender said:
Its funny - I thought the LOTR was boring as well - sure the fight scenes were awesome, but in general I'll be asleep 45 mins in.
Now Surprisingly, The Hobbit series has held my attention better.
That IS surprising. I find the opposite.
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@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
Its funny - I thought the LOTR was boring as well - sure the fight scenes were awesome, but in general I'll be asleep 45 mins in.
Now Surprisingly, The Hobbit series has held my attention better.
I don't call them boring, but I haven't sat and watched one start to finish without stopping yet. I watched 2 hours of The Two Towers and then took a break and then watched the second half. These things need intermissions! LOL
I've watched the whole thing start to finish a couple of times!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
@Dashrender said:
Its funny - I thought the LOTR was boring as well - sure the fight scenes were awesome, but in general I'll be asleep 45 mins in.
Now Surprisingly, The Hobbit series has held my attention better.
I don't call them boring, but I haven't sat and watched one start to finish without stopping yet. I watched 2 hours of The Two Towers and then took a break and then watched the second half. These things need intermissions! LOL
I've watched the whole thing start to finish a couple of times!
I like it. It's just a REALLY long movie.
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We have watched the whole Extended Versions LoTR Trilogy all at once in one day. Ugh wont do that again.
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If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
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@scottalanmiller said:
If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
Speaking of which, I've started playing Fable. I'm not overly impressed.
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
Speaking of which, I've started playing Fable. I'm not overly impressed.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always found that series to be over-hyped.
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@coliver said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
Speaking of which, I've started playing Fable. I'm not overly impressed.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always found that series to be over-hyped.
I've played games with kiddie-style graphics that were deep and amazing. However, so far I'm not really impressed by Fable, which is somewhat disappointing. That and it's not really as open a gameplay style as something like Dragon Age is.
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Speaking of which, anyone interested in getting me Dragon Age: Inquisition next month? I don't know if I'll have the $$ to spare on it...
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@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
Speaking of which, I've started playing Fable. I'm not overly impressed.
Seriously? Which one are you on? It's an amazing series. Great story, but you have to get a fair ways into it to really figure out what is going no. Are you on the original? That's the older XBOX title, it's a bit less than the next one. Fable 2 is the highlight of the series, it is originally from the 360.
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@coliver said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
Speaking of which, I've started playing Fable. I'm not overly impressed.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always found that series to be over-hyped.
How many of them did you play?
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@art_of_shred said:
@scottalanmiller said:
Have you never read the books?
They made a book out of that?!?
They did indeed!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
Speaking of which, I've started playing Fable. I'm not overly impressed.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I always found that series to be over-hyped.
How many of them did you play?
I played through most of the first one, but the story just didn't hook me like it did others. I know my brother and his wife loved the series I just couldn't start enjoying it for some reason. I didn't touch the second one... maybe I should go back and try again when I have time.
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Oh, and AJ... it's "Gollum", not Golem.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
@scottalanmiller said:
If I think that a movie is good, I generally prefer 3+ hours. Just that I rarely find a good movie. It's why I often like good television shows - the lower format allows for deeper material. You have time to invest in the characters, in the world. Same reason that I love good video games. In general I think that they are a stronger storytelling format than are movies.
Speaking of which, I've started playing Fable. I'm not overly impressed.
Seriously? Which one are you on? It's an amazing series. Great story, but you have to get a fair ways into it to really figure out what is going no. Are you on the original? That's the older XBOX title, it's a bit less than the next one. Fable 2 is the highlight of the series, it is originally from the 360.
I'm on Lost Chapters.
