cant wait! another of my fav books comes to life
 

they did a great job with LTR, cant wait for this

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer [HD] - YouTube

Should be awesome, I'm just bummed that it's two parts

I'm excited for this too....can't wait

Another movie on my list to go see.

You guys are nerds.:devil2:

Isn't that Christmas 2013?

You wanna come over and see my Star Wars Action Figures?

Star Wars isn't nerdy. I'll even admit to helping my son with some of his Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar builds. Playing with the action figures at your age is a bit suspect, but I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

How's that Princess Leah in a slave costume shapin up for you two?

It used to do it for me, but then I saw her recently and it ruined the image of her in the slave costume forever.

I thought you told me you were into Buzz Lightyear and that you have more fun with him than any other action figure?

You keep telling yourself that....I want this kid on my team when I'm going door to door looking for insurgents

Star Wars Kid - YouTube

Its princess Leia...not Leah Geesh :rolleyes:

Shhh....you'll spoil my surprise...I just mailed you my "Favorite" one for X-Mas

Next your gonna tell me it's the Death Star not the Dark Star...

I was amazed he didn't fall over. Although w/about 10 sec. left he did slip.

I think he had to keep shutting the tape off to catch his breath.

Just another drill team flunkie who bears a striking resemblance to a young Peter Griffin. The saddest part of that video is that the kid is gonna someday realize that the video was when he peaked and it's all downhill from there.

You realize of course, that Tolkien believed that preserving nature and the dismantling of the military industrial complex were more important than gold, or paying less in tax, and that the quest for gold was the wellspring of much that is evil and corrupting?

yeah. tell that to his family collecting all the royalties from the movies and merchandise

Maybe a generation of young men under the crosses got a little short-changed in an unnecessary war-for-profit. But, on the bright side, it served as an allegory for some good writing, and it put silver spoons in the mouths of a handful of heirs.

tolkien saw time on the front in WW1 and that was reflected in his writings

Right, you got it. A World War was started under the pretext of a the assassination of a minor royal, but really to sell and test modern weaponry of the industrial age - on a ferocious scale. Not so much for us, but for the Europeans, it was devastating.
Hemingway didn't refer to it as the "Lost Generation" because of some kind of intellectual disillusionment - it was in reference to how many people were killed. Because in WWI units were still often raised, trained and fought among other men from the same city and town. So in some places, literally, whole generations of young men died.