Your body's a halo...
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."
- J.R.R. Tolkien
I feel like I leave a lot of things out of my calculations, at all times. Probably nothing as big as dragons, because the worst case scenario is usually the first thing I make myself think about. When I have to make a decision unprepared, I usually make an imperfect, rushed conclusion because I am under pressure and someone is looking at me.
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Saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. As I expected, it was a little dragged out, but not in the way that made much sense. For a movie called "The Hobbit" Bilbo Baggins really didn't get a lot of screen time. There are other books on Middle Earth weaved into this movie for some reason. To stretch time? To throw in interesting things from other books for fear no one will ever make another Tolkien movie so you might as well subplot the heck out of this story?
I don't think the movie was terrible. It is a nice edition to the whole epic series of them. Like an episode of a TV show. But that means it doesn't stand very well on its own.
Definitely disappointed in the lack of characterization for who is supposed to be the main character. This makes me sad because I like the actor who plays Bilbo, Martin Freeman, from the BBC's Sherlock. His Bilbo comes off sort of cloudy. He really wants to fit in, for motivations we never really get. Is he a fusspot, or is he adventurous? We don't get a lot of either, and no big change or shift in his character by the end of the ordeal. He hasn't really grown too much in 3 hours. Hmm. Or perhaps he has, but I wouldn't know it, because Gandalf has to talk to some elves about a necromancer who doesn't matter in this movie but more likely in subsequent films.
A nice set-up for the next movie, but that makes this one sadly underdeveloped. Or over-plotted
Planning on seeing it in the super-crazy high frame rate, though, because movie technology is very important to one who consumes as much as I do.
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Had a Hobbit party at the library to celebrate. Turn out was okay, considering my lack of motivation/time to do a lot of advertising. Here are a couple of pictures of me in my costume (as Kai-dalf the Black) doing some Nerf Legolas archery practice.
The second picture is to see how long my hair is. Woo.
You can see our target, the orc, posed here near the "Hobbit tree". I wish I had a better detailed pic of said orc. Kinda happy with how he turned out.
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My significant other turned 30 years of age this month. We had a roast (the comedy variety) to celebrate. Wasn't confident I could write a joke, but I did, wrote a bunch, actually, and no one left crying or anything. It was fun. My favorite joke made about me was, "Every man wants a sexy librarian. At least you've got the librarian part..." Ha ha!
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Wrote a few chapters of the new story I have started. Trying to make my brain think of ways I can stay motivated to actually create this thing.
The premise is "medieval murder mystery". A friend responded to this declaration in just the way I wanted.
"Did people even care back then?"
The answer being, no, not really. Which is part of what makes me excited about this.
I blame my recent constant exposure to magical medieval things, like BBC's Merlin (oh, season 3, when will the library bring you to me?), reading The Hobbit through Return of the King, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Never been very big into fantasy fiction, but playing around with some of the elements with my style sounds like fun.
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Oh, and also, the aforementioned BBC's Sherlock has made me extremely happy. I just have to share. I think that the man who plays Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch, has an awesomely British name. I say it all the time just to feel my mouth shaping it.
Much like my love of the name Langston Hughes. Have you ever said these names? Said them and really thought about them, man? They are sheer perfection.
- J.R.R. Tolkien
I feel like I leave a lot of things out of my calculations, at all times. Probably nothing as big as dragons, because the worst case scenario is usually the first thing I make myself think about. When I have to make a decision unprepared, I usually make an imperfect, rushed conclusion because I am under pressure and someone is looking at me.
---
Saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. As I expected, it was a little dragged out, but not in the way that made much sense. For a movie called "The Hobbit" Bilbo Baggins really didn't get a lot of screen time. There are other books on Middle Earth weaved into this movie for some reason. To stretch time? To throw in interesting things from other books for fear no one will ever make another Tolkien movie so you might as well subplot the heck out of this story?
I don't think the movie was terrible. It is a nice edition to the whole epic series of them. Like an episode of a TV show. But that means it doesn't stand very well on its own.
Definitely disappointed in the lack of characterization for who is supposed to be the main character. This makes me sad because I like the actor who plays Bilbo, Martin Freeman, from the BBC's Sherlock. His Bilbo comes off sort of cloudy. He really wants to fit in, for motivations we never really get. Is he a fusspot, or is he adventurous? We don't get a lot of either, and no big change or shift in his character by the end of the ordeal. He hasn't really grown too much in 3 hours. Hmm. Or perhaps he has, but I wouldn't know it, because Gandalf has to talk to some elves about a necromancer who doesn't matter in this movie but more likely in subsequent films.
A nice set-up for the next movie, but that makes this one sadly underdeveloped. Or over-plotted
Planning on seeing it in the super-crazy high frame rate, though, because movie technology is very important to one who consumes as much as I do.
---
Had a Hobbit party at the library to celebrate. Turn out was okay, considering my lack of motivation/time to do a lot of advertising. Here are a couple of pictures of me in my costume (as Kai-dalf the Black) doing some Nerf Legolas archery practice.
The second picture is to see how long my hair is. Woo.
You can see our target, the orc, posed here near the "Hobbit tree". I wish I had a better detailed pic of said orc. Kinda happy with how he turned out.
---
My significant other turned 30 years of age this month. We had a roast (the comedy variety) to celebrate. Wasn't confident I could write a joke, but I did, wrote a bunch, actually, and no one left crying or anything. It was fun. My favorite joke made about me was, "Every man wants a sexy librarian. At least you've got the librarian part..." Ha ha!
---
Wrote a few chapters of the new story I have started. Trying to make my brain think of ways I can stay motivated to actually create this thing.
The premise is "medieval murder mystery". A friend responded to this declaration in just the way I wanted.
"Did people even care back then?"
The answer being, no, not really. Which is part of what makes me excited about this.
I blame my recent constant exposure to magical medieval things, like BBC's Merlin (oh, season 3, when will the library bring you to me?), reading The Hobbit through Return of the King, and playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Never been very big into fantasy fiction, but playing around with some of the elements with my style sounds like fun.
---
Oh, and also, the aforementioned BBC's Sherlock has made me extremely happy. I just have to share. I think that the man who plays Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch, has an awesomely British name. I say it all the time just to feel my mouth shaping it.
Much like my love of the name Langston Hughes. Have you ever said these names? Said them and really thought about them, man? They are sheer perfection.