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Dec 16, 2011 08:47PM
I need to start listening to soundtrack stuff like this while I read. Good stuff. :)
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I can't listen to music with lyrics or too much going on in it while I read... I focus on the music and get distracted from the book. The Witcher 2 one you first posted is a good one to read to for me, but the Deus Ex is too busy, but I really like it. I'd just listen to that just because. :)
You said "Chris dislike" and "Pink Floyd" in the same post?Banned.
Oh wait. I have no power here. As you were.
Chris wrote: "You said "Chris dislike" and "Pink Floyd" in the same post?Banned."
He has forgotten the face of his father. *shakes head*
Ronald wrote: "Bassnectar - Lights."Ooooh this is nice. I like. :D I wish I had my headphones here so I could do it justice, but they are at work. :(
And there goes that silence again. *sigh*
Ronald wrote: "It's all going to be for naught when I go deaf from too much bass."You and my boyfriend would get along so well. I love bass, but seriously, there is not enough of it in the world to satisfy Thomas, I think. If he could build a house out of subwoofers, he would.
Yeah, that's how I am with bass, but Thomas is of the more is better persuasion... I think he is preparing for old age, so that he won't have to listen to me... :P
For those prices, those headphones should be gold-plated, diamond encrusted, give me a massage and take out the trash too.
Not apprehensive. It's not like it was Black Lace or anything. No pineapples.
I'm just more open minded with music than many....Several years ago I went to a Marilyn Manson concert. Then turned around less than a week later and went to see Willie Nelson.
"Otherside!" Awesome! How did you guess?
I've been listening to the playlist that one of those videos were in... This really makes me feel like I should play more video games.
Ronald wrote: "Becky wrote: "I've been listening to the playlist that one of those videos were in... This really makes me feel like I should play more video games."
Which playlist? Video game music has come a ..."
Oh, it was the playlist containing the very first Witcher 2 song you linked. LOL
I just went to the beginning and started playing it. Right now there's a lot of Assassin's Creed stuff, but looking further down the line, there are Silent Hill tracks and Max Payne. Interesting combination.
Those are both nice, but not really what I'd want for reading. I'm super picky... for some reason I always listen for the breaths when listening to flutes or other wind instruments. There's something wrong with me.
That's cool, Ron. I'm sure I can just 'related video' hop around from here. ;)
Ugh... I wish I could play the piano.
That makes me want to read the trilogy and watch the movies again. No time though... No time. :(
No argument here. I effing love those movies.
Best movie adaptation too, I'd say. And I'm really picky. But then, I'm sure you've guessed that by now. ;)
Ronald wrote: "I'm off from work for 17 days starting December 26th, so I'll likely be doing my yearly re-watch of them. :)But, I've killed two hours, so back to reading Dance before bed. Working noon to midnig..."
I should be reading too. I have 3/4s of a brick and then 4 more books to finish in less than 2 weeks. O_o
Becky wrote: "LOL "
lol!!!
Becky wrote: "Pretty neat: http://fantasiadomain.com/lotrcameo/i..."That is neat...and I would totally have done it, too.!
That's a good one. And he does have a point. I mean, Sauron did forge the ring himself, so if anyone has a claim on it, it's him.
Seriously. Damn thieving humans and hobbitses should've just given it back.
No! My preciouuussssssss!!!
Ronald wrote: "Did you all watch The Hobbit trailer yet? I've been listening to LotR soundtrack all day because of it. Oh, and I've downloaded the trailer in HD onto my PC just because of the dwarves singing. So ..."I'm kind of nervous about it, to be honest.
A bit.But also because I found out they brought back a lot of the characters from LotR.
That's off of the time line considerably.
I'm not capable of separating the two. I loathe and despise when a movie strays too far from a novel. I can understand having to leave out a few sections due to time constraints but using creative license to add in characters that don't belong? Sacrilege.
Ronald wrote: "You have to separate the two and enjoy the movie for what it is, I think. "That's what my husband says...but I find it difficult to do.
Judging from the trailer, and stuff I've read, it seems like they'll be showing bits that are sort of referenced in the book but not really shown - like Gandalf's (view spoiler) - so that explains why Galadriel and Saruman are in the movie.As for Legolas, even though he's never mentioned in the Hobbit he is the son of the king of Mirkwood, who is mentioned (view spoiler), and considering the lifespan of elves, there's no reason to think he wouldn't be there.
The hardest thing, I think, would be since the actors have aged, but they're supposed to be younger, to make them look younger - but I'm sure they'll use make-up and/or CGI magic for that. (Hopefully it'll turn out better than Professor Xavier showing up in Wolverine, though, 'cause that was terrible.)
The only character that I can find who's out of the timeline is Frodo - but he's only in the movie as part of the framing story they're using, since they're setting it up as old Bilbo telling Frodo the story. He's not actually there for the events during the Hobbit.
I know there were rumors they were bringing Aragorn into the movie, but I don't see him on the case list and haven't heard anything of him being in the movie, so that seems to have been nixed.
Am I missing anyone?
Never read the hobbit. Not interested in the movie.
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Ala wrote: "Never read the hobbit. Not interested in the movie.goaheadjudgeme"
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Dawn wrote: "Ala wrote: "Never read the hobbit. Not interested in the movie.goaheadjudgeme"
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I read it, but don't particularly care about the movie.
Ala wrote: "Never read the hobbit. Not interested in the movie.goaheadjudgeme"
Good thing you're the sci-fi czar and not the fantasy one. I guess you get a pass. ;)
I actually read The Hobbit in high school and remember liking it much more than I did LotR (which I read several years later) - but my real Hobbit moment was the cartoon which my dad showed us as kids. :)
I'll go see The Hobbit, but I'm not all jonesing for it. I was excited, though, when I found out that the vampire from UK's Being Human is one of the dwarves... and again when I saw the trailer and realized that the guy who plays Bilbo is Watson from BBC's Sherlock. :>
But I won't be rereading the book, and don't remember all that many details about it, so I won't really know what's different and what's not when I go see the movie.
And, with that in mind, I thought the trailer looked pretty cool and the song they sang gave me chills - the good kind.
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