The evils of photoshop, Tolkien-pedancy and work-procrastination

[Jamie123]

[Vort]

Must be that hard Keltik "c".

[NeuroTypical]

It was cool reading the Silmarillion.  Galadriel was a naughty, naughty teenager.  The elvish version of "stealing dad's car and crashing it into a tree" is quite impressive.

 

Now she be all standin' there like "oh look at me I'm all the embodiment of goodness and purity" and we be all "snicker".

[Palerider]

All I can do is....Lol!!!

[Blackmarch]

rofl'd on this one XD

[hagoth]

I'm missing the humor here somehow. Someone please fill me in.

[Vort]

The man's name was "Celeborn", pronounced with a hard "c" (i.e. "ke-le-born"). It is often mispronounced with a soft "c", which I assume must have been the case in the animated version referenced. You would think his wife of 5,000 years would know how to say his name correctly.

[NeuroTypical]

And you have to read the Silmarillion to know what the heck I'm talking about.  

[hagoth]

And you have to read the Silmarillion to know what the heck I'm talking about.  

I've read much of it, but it's been more than 20 years, so I don't recall a lot of what I read there.

(Unlike the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, which were much more memorable.)

 

Thanks Neuro and Vort for filling me in.

 

Now that that is out of the way, what does "pedancy" mean?

[Dravin]

Now that that is out of the way, what does "pedancy" mean?

 

 

 

The OP made a slight mistake (unless it's some UK variant), it's pedantry not pedancy (). The root word is pedant.

 

Edited March 16, 2015 by Dravin

[Jamie123]

 

 

 

 

 

The OP made a slight mistake (unless it's some UK variant), it's pedantry not pedancy ( ). The root word is pedant.

 

 

 

You're quite right Dravin: some people do say "Pedancy" but (as I now confirm from Google) the proper word is "Pedantry".

 

And yes, I know this is ironic as I'm taking a dig at Ralph Bakshi for mispronouncing his Sindarin. (Motes and beams etc.)

 

I actually quite like Bakshi's LOTR (which makes me a heretic I know, but I've already exposed that by admitting to liking David Lynch's Dune). I think Bakshi's "Mirror of Galadriel" scene is much better than Jackson's. And I don't care that Galadriel looks like a Disney princess! Annette Crosby provides the perfect queenly voice, so long as you keep One Foot in the Grave out of your head when you listen to her.

 

By comparison Cate Blanchet overacts the part. And what was the deal with turning her into....well I don't quite know how to describe what they turned her into (some sort of wicked ghost/witch?) but it certainly did nothing for me.

 

As for Ralph Bakshi's Treebeard though....

 

 

Did Fimbrethil tell him to go get his nose clipped?

Edited March 17, 2015 by Jamie123

[NeuroTypical]

I've already exposed that by admitting to liking David Lynch's Dune. 

 

Well now you've just lost all credibility.  

 

I, on the other hand, am partial to Jodorowsky's Dune from the 1970's.   Salvador Dalí, David Carradine, Mick Jagger and Orson Welles.  Now THAT's a Dune movie.

 

Edited March 17, 2015 by NeuroTypical

[Blackmarch]

<lynch dune fan as well

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[Jamie123]

This had me in stitches for about half an hour...

 

 

P.S. I realise now I posted this thread in the wrong forum. Sorry.

[Blackmarch]

Well now you've just lost all credibility.  

 

I, on the other hand, am partial to Jodorowsky's Dune from the 1970's.   Salvador Dalí, David Carradine, Mick Jagger and Orson Welles.  Now THAT's a Dune movie.

 

with concept artwork by giger... who was dismissed from the project before things were getting built... but there are still a few elements that make their way through in the movie that evoke his style.

And if you ever want a chair that would be good for a halloween party you ought to look up his Harkonnen chair..

Edited March 18, 2015 by Blackmarch