Gates of Moria

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 22 Apr 2006, 21:50

Any Lord of the Rings movie fans see any similarities between the the scene outside the gates where bill the pony gets spared and the undernoted video?

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/cl ... /631_5.PHP

Jools

PS ... and just for fun...

Post by **medaka** » 23 Apr 2006, 21:50

Mum's what can we do without them

In the early eighties, after being asked what I would like for a birthday present, I said I would like the book 'Lord of the rings'. So mum asked me to write it down so she wouldnt forget!
So I did and I informed her that she couldnt go wrong as the book is pretty thick.
What a surprise I had when I opened up my present! It was James Clavells "Shogun"

Mum had forgotten the reminder note, and saw a thick book and presumed that was it.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 26 Apr 2006, 20:38

You still got lucky

Shogun's a good read

she could have bought -for example- a reprint of Melville's Moby Dick and I mean one of those in 19th century English.

currently wrestling with it again (reading it for the second time or so), and it's a great book, but boy....English over 100 years old is NOT easy to read.

btw if you liked Shogun I might point you to a Japanese saga about samurai written by a Japanese author!

"Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa

now "Musashi" is a legendary samurai, and in Japan he's for them what Robin Hood is for the English or William Wallace for the Scots.
a hero of legend wich actually is a historical figure as well.
bought it in Singapore during stopover and read that book a dozen times in forlorn hours during my trip thru Oz.

Miyamoto Musashi

Post by **medaka** » 26 Apr 2006, 22:59

Shogun's a good read

I managed to get the shop to exchange it for LOTR

she could have bought -for example- a reprint of Melville's Moby Dick and I mean one of those in 19th century English.

currently wrestling with it again (reading it for the second time or so), and it's a great book, but boy....English over 100 years old is NOT easy to read. Shocked

OK here's a Moby Dick Question

Which long running TV series(s) & film(s) is Moby Dick always cropping up in??

Kana3 · Post by **Kana3** » 27 Apr 2006, 00:25

I'd take a punt at Star Trek.

Captain Picard was always quoting some classic book or another.

In fact Patrick Stewart played Captain Ahab in a Mini-Series.

I remember when some of his crew ending up in the drink, and they were all screaming. My 4 year old daughter asked what they were afraid of. I told her, it was the Sharks.

She asked, "Sharks eat people?" "Yes", I said. She looks back, "They don't eat Chicken?"

If you want a book with difficult english, read Tolkien's Silmarillion.

Post by **Shane** » 27 Apr 2006, 00:51

read Tolkien's Silmarillion

Even as a dedicated LOTR fan, that one took me several attempts to get through. I actually only read it cover to cover for the first time a couple years ago.
-Shane

Post by **medaka** » 27 Apr 2006, 10:56

I'd take a punt at Star Trek.

Captain Picard was always quoting some classic book or another.

In fact Patrick Stewart played Captain Ahab in a Mini-Series.

,
Correct

Also in the film Star Trek 'First Contact' Picard is reading Moby Dick,,&
In the original star Trek series in an episode entitled (in the UK)Demon Seed, where we first see Khan; when the crew are on the ship Botany Bay,there is a copy of Moby Dick on the book shelf, and in the Film Star Trek "Wrath of Khan" does not Khan Quote captain Ahab when he is dieing?

Quote:
read Tolkien's Silmarillion

Even as a dedicated LOTR fan, that one took me several attempts to get through. I actually only read it cover to cover for the first time a couple years ago.

I Also found this hard reading

Post by **Shane** » 28 Apr 2006, 00:34

Correct Also in the film Star Trek 'First Contact' Picard is reading Moby Dick,,&
In the original star Trek series in an episode entitled (in the UK)Demon Seed, where we first see Khan; when the crew are on the ship Botany Bay,there is a copy of Moby Dick on the book shelf, and in the Film Star Trek "Wrath of Khan" does not Khan Quote captain Ahab when he is dieing?

Remind me never to get involved in a Star Trek drinking game with you....
-Shane

zenyfish · Post by **zenyfish** » 28 Apr 2006, 02:10

I've been wanting to read "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa, but haven't found the time so far.

My introduction to Mushashi came by way of film:
http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=14

Kana3 · Post by **Kana3** » 28 Apr 2006, 05:11

jools wrote:I actually only read it cover to cover for the first time a couple years ago.

I think, from my first attempt at 3 or 4 pages, to my finally getting cover to cover, was about 17 years!

I vowed, the next time through, I'm using a whiteboard, with Link-Diagrams, to keep track of who's who.

However, I did find it interesting, that Aragon has now married his Great.....Great Auntie ! (that particular Dunedain line is decendant from Elronds brother, who with other elves, chose to become mortal - that's why they live so long)