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I mean, why ask the question if you obviously know the answers?

 

Just a general checkup. Make sure they're getting enough food, aren't being overrun by varroa mites, and the hive isn't building up to a swarm (if it is you've done something wrong, mind). If it's nectar flow season you may also wanna check to see if they're up for being harvested.

I could wax lyrical about it, but comb the records. There's not much beesiness to go around. The economic situation is bringing me out in hives.

But the only way to properly know is to make a thread.

Worst case scenario, no one posts and you find out your answer.

Rolan

How many African princes have you sent financial aid?

But I re-watched only the short bit when the hobbits came to Rivendell, and I was just not sold on the overwrought, affected mannerisms The annoying faux seriousness. And the sets that looked like just that - sets. Artificial, paper-thin, and not lived in.

In fairness, the Rivendell section does have some stilted acting. Maybe not the best section to judge the entire trilogy on, hah.

As for sets, got any pictures of what you mean? Personally, I was always convinced by them. I'm thinking of the Prancing Pony, Meduseld in Edoras, so on.

Quote from: JoshuaFH on April 16, 2022, 12:23:30 am

I just finally finished the last Lord of the Rings book: Return of the King. I really forced myself to read through the remainder of it today, and while there's a lot to be said about the Trilogy, I will say that Frodo and Sam are probably the greatest Bromance in fiction history.

I'll probably give the movies a looksee. I've been putting them off for the day I finally finished the books.

The movies cut out a lot of stuff to add in more fighting, but also makes the battles look incredibly boring. The old Rankin-Bass movies are better, but there are only two of them.

The movies do cut out a lot, but not to add more fighting. Just because LotR had so much going on there was no way to fit it within anything resembling a doable timeframe.

Which battle was boring, do you think?

When you do make sure you see the extended editions.

Nah, see standard first if you're not a hardcore fan. The pacing is more natural. Then, next time, see the extended editions.

I remember LOTR fondly from back when it came out. It was an event. All us nerds were high on it for months.
But I saw a fragment recently, playing on some cable tv or something. It was kinda shit by today's standards. The CGI is shit. The acting is hammy. It all feels terribly quaint.

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The LotR movies are peak cinematic experience. The music and cinematography was astounding, and the CGI is much better than some modern examples I could name - and works mainly because it's used so sparingly. Make-up was more common than CGI by far.

I can watch LotR time after time and still feel its emotional message. And that's an entire trilogy. I can't do the same for any other modern film I could name.

As for hammy acting.... I don't understand how you get that at all. The worst is Frodo, but even then the acting's acceptable. Every other actor played their character so well that they are those characters. When I think Gandalf, I see Ian.