I will not have any "smart TV" that has access to the Internet, spewing ads and harvesting data in my house. I currently have two older dumb models and when they ultimately fail, I will switch to projectors. Chromecast and a Raspberry Pi server can handle everything I want, without ads
I am strongly against pushing any religion to anyone. This is fucked up.
Cherry picked parts of the book spiced with conservative lies being stuffed into young minds is pure evil.
But if they actually managed to get the kids read the entire book, that could be a good thing. I read the Bible out of curiosity when I was in school and it was the most effective inoculation against theism I can think of.
A while back at work two of my female colleagues were trying to move a full book cart to another wing of the building. There was a bit higher treshold in one of the corridors and they couldn't raise the cart enough to get the wheels over it. I happened to walk by and offered assistance.
I knelt down to check the wheel height and instantly raised the front of the cart with one hand and guided it over threshold my other hand. While still on my knees.
My colleagues stared at me with a mix of awe and horror, having just realized that what was beyond their combined strength was just an easy task for me. And I'm not even a "strong guy".
2-component epoxy glue has been the only working option for me. Superglue/cyanoacrylate makes a prettier seam, but it cracks open after getting enough sunlight.
A few of my muslim students said that they couldn't draw a rainbow in art class, "because in our religion this is a bad thing".
I asked them "but are not all of nature's wonders the work of Allah?" While I watched the gears rolling behind their eyes I told them to ask their imams "who makes the rainbows in the sky?". And that they may return their given assignments after having received the answer.
The first film could open with the Battle of the Powers in full swing. Then we'd take a step back, with a Vala (Mandos?) explaining why this war was fought, explaining the creation of Arda and the awakening of the Elves. Then the capture of Melkor.
The mostly peaceful Great Journey would be a nice break after the action of the war. Thingol and Melian's meeting would also be a critical thing to include. The Great Journey could conclude with the Eldar crossing the sea on the island, then a few thousand year time jump forward.
The elven civilization of Aman is now in full bloom and rhe focus is now on Fëanor, who is already s reknown master of many crafts. Melkor is released on probation and things go bad. The Doom of Mandos might be a better cliffhanger, cutting off at the Oath would leave the impact of Fëanor's bad choices stunted. His "from the best to the worst" - arc would have the maximum effect wirh him ordering the first Kinslaying and betraying his brothers by burning rhe ships in the first film.
I'd say that two thirds of the film should be about Fëanor and Melkor in Aman, with the bombastic war of the gods in the beginning that should have enough intrigue for general audiences.
And yes, six films should be minimum to give justice to the overall story of the Silmarils ;)
This, but split the first into two films. Introducing the setting and the players of the First Age and the Fall of the Noldor in one film would be too much. The first film could end at the Oath of Fëanor or the Noldor receiving the Doom of Mandos.
The second one would end with the realms of the Noldor already established with the siege of Angband in place. The epilogue would see Finrod discovering and befriending the first Men in Beleriand. Otherwise the jump to the following "Beren and Lúthien" would be awkward and Finrod's sacrifice wouldn't have the depth it deserves.
These two films should be "Morgoth's" films, establishing him as the nigh unbeatable force of irredeemable evil that he is. Since he takes a step back in the further tales, these should flesh him out and make it perfectly clear that the Noldor's war against him is hopeless without the Valar.
These two would be the obvious choices, being the stories where the characters even actually do get some characterizatization.
The big problem with the film adaptations would be laying out the setting of the First Age properly to audiences who would not be familiar with the story. It would need a lot of worldbuilding to get it right.
The Silmarillion is my favourite book and I would love to see it done right. There is hope, even if it is slim.
Bothans were involved with Death Star II, not the first one.
I remember playing X-Wing: Alliance and there was a mission where you had to protect a Bothan shuttle. The game was set in the time between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
Generally the subtitles here used to be exceptionally good, but nowadays the quality varies wildly. The broadcast companies used to have their own in-house experts who did the translations extremely well, translating even the proverbs and cultural idioms to a form that made perfect sense in the context. Those old school translators were highly respected.
But then the companies started skimming money off everything to increase their profits and started buying the translations from the cheapest provider, which led to the drastic drop of quality consistency.
I learned English by watching subtitled films and series since I was 4, we had a VHS-system which I used extensively. At the time there was very little domestic production aimed for children and almost 100% of imported material was subtitled, so that kids would have an extra incentive to learn how to read. I remember that the Disney films my friends had were always dubbed, but my parents considered them too expensive to buy.
My kids are now in the lower grades of elementary school and I've watched a lot of new subtitled films with them. The translations aren't downright bad, but they are clearly "lazy". If there is something difficult to translate directly, mostly they just skip it if it's not important to the plot. And many of them are done by only listening to the audio track, missing the visual cues that would indicate the correct meaning of the words. As in use of "a drill" as a tool, when it should be about a training excersize.
If you speak German or/and Swedish, the 1000's can be understood with a bit of effort. I speak both but it still took me awhile to make the right connections.
Mad Max Rockatansky.
A supreme badass in a S/M - flavoured post-apocalyptic wasteland. I guess it's time to embrace the "mad" part.
Televisions.
I will not have any "smart TV" that has access to the Internet, spewing ads and harvesting data in my house. I currently have two older dumb models and when they ultimately fail, I will switch to projectors. Chromecast and a Raspberry Pi server can handle everything I want, without ads
I am strongly against pushing any religion to anyone. This is fucked up.
Cherry picked parts of the book spiced with conservative lies being stuffed into young minds is pure evil.
But if they actually managed to get the kids read the entire book, that could be a good thing. I read the Bible out of curiosity when I was in school and it was the most effective inoculation against theism I can think of.
The strength gap can be wild.
A while back at work two of my female colleagues were trying to move a full book cart to another wing of the building. There was a bit higher treshold in one of the corridors and they couldn't raise the cart enough to get the wheels over it. I happened to walk by and offered assistance.
I knelt down to check the wheel height and instantly raised the front of the cart with one hand and guided it over threshold my other hand. While still on my knees.
My colleagues stared at me with a mix of awe and horror, having just realized that what was beyond their combined strength was just an easy task for me. And I'm not even a "strong guy".
2-component epoxy glue has been the only working option for me. Superglue/cyanoacrylate makes a prettier seam, but it cracks open after getting enough sunlight.
No, that's Lloyd Bridges. The actor referred in the meme.
A few of my muslim students said that they couldn't draw a rainbow in art class, "because in our religion this is a bad thing".
I asked them "but are not all of nature's wonders the work of Allah?" While I watched the gears rolling behind their eyes I told them to ask their imams "who makes the rainbows in the sky?". And that they may return their given assignments after having received the answer.
The first film could open with the Battle of the Powers in full swing. Then we'd take a step back, with a Vala (Mandos?) explaining why this war was fought, explaining the creation of Arda and the awakening of the Elves. Then the capture of Melkor.
The mostly peaceful Great Journey would be a nice break after the action of the war. Thingol and Melian's meeting would also be a critical thing to include. The Great Journey could conclude with the Eldar crossing the sea on the island, then a few thousand year time jump forward.
The elven civilization of Aman is now in full bloom and rhe focus is now on Fëanor, who is already s reknown master of many crafts. Melkor is released on probation and things go bad. The Doom of Mandos might be a better cliffhanger, cutting off at the Oath would leave the impact of Fëanor's bad choices stunted. His "from the best to the worst" - arc would have the maximum effect wirh him ordering the first Kinslaying and betraying his brothers by burning rhe ships in the first film.
I'd say that two thirds of the film should be about Fëanor and Melkor in Aman, with the bombastic war of the gods in the beginning that should have enough intrigue for general audiences.
And yes, six films should be minimum to give justice to the overall story of the Silmarils ;)
This, but split the first into two films. Introducing the setting and the players of the First Age and the Fall of the Noldor in one film would be too much. The first film could end at the Oath of Fëanor or the Noldor receiving the Doom of Mandos.
The second one would end with the realms of the Noldor already established with the siege of Angband in place. The epilogue would see Finrod discovering and befriending the first Men in Beleriand. Otherwise the jump to the following "Beren and Lúthien" would be awkward and Finrod's sacrifice wouldn't have the depth it deserves.
These two films should be "Morgoth's" films, establishing him as the nigh unbeatable force of irredeemable evil that he is. Since he takes a step back in the further tales, these should flesh him out and make it perfectly clear that the Noldor's war against him is hopeless without the Valar.
These two would be the obvious choices, being the stories where the characters even actually do get some characterizatization.
The big problem with the film adaptations would be laying out the setting of the First Age properly to audiences who would not be familiar with the story. It would need a lot of worldbuilding to get it right.
The Silmarillion is my favourite book and I would love to see it done right. There is hope, even if it is slim.
Bothans were involved with Death Star II, not the first one.
I remember playing X-Wing: Alliance and there was a mission where you had to protect a Bothan shuttle. The game was set in the time between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
My bad breath disappeared completely after I started scraping my tongue daily. I also use a textured toothbrush, no complaints.
This is the way.
Windows updates should be accompanied by "Yakety Sax" playing loud in the background.
Generally the subtitles here used to be exceptionally good, but nowadays the quality varies wildly. The broadcast companies used to have their own in-house experts who did the translations extremely well, translating even the proverbs and cultural idioms to a form that made perfect sense in the context. Those old school translators were highly respected.
But then the companies started skimming money off everything to increase their profits and started buying the translations from the cheapest provider, which led to the drastic drop of quality consistency.
I learned English by watching subtitled films and series since I was 4, we had a VHS-system which I used extensively. At the time there was very little domestic production aimed for children and almost 100% of imported material was subtitled, so that kids would have an extra incentive to learn how to read. I remember that the Disney films my friends had were always dubbed, but my parents considered them too expensive to buy.
My kids are now in the lower grades of elementary school and I've watched a lot of new subtitled films with them. The translations aren't downright bad, but they are clearly "lazy". If there is something difficult to translate directly, mostly they just skip it if it's not important to the plot. And many of them are done by only listening to the audio track, missing the visual cues that would indicate the correct meaning of the words. As in use of "a drill" as a tool, when it should be about a training excersize.
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?
I only just now found the modern translation at the end, I'd say I got maybe 50-60% right. But I didn't get the Maister part either.
If you speak German or/and Swedish, the 1000's can be understood with a bit of effort. I speak both but it still took me awhile to make the right connections.
This is the way