The New Hobbit Hole

[Sam Cree]

Yes, that's true, you're right, I was thinking of bullets...greater velocity, energy and shock.

What's a NATO 9MM FMJ?

"It dropped him like 5th period math..."

I think that's now my all time favorite colorful description of the effect of a bullet. Can't wait to use it.

[Corin Stormhands]

... quote all you want.

I'm just not sure it's cool with NaNoWriMo...then again they aren't reading the darn things...

[ksen]

You guys should just do like JRRT did. He just sat down at his desk and wrote, no outlines, no story line sketches, no nothing.

[Sam Cree]

"I think so. I like the plot enough to want it to evolve into a finished project"

YEAHGHH!

Now I'm happy.

[Sam Cree]

Bye everyone, have to go, unfortunately, this is a nice little meeting.

[Corin Stormhands]

He just sat down at his desk and wrote, no outlines, no story line sketches, no nothing.

Well, I've had to go way beyond my outline anyway. It just wasn't enough and I'm making some of it up as I go.

My problem is that my writing style has always been more journalistic. Short and to the point. Tell the story. State the facts. Draw the conclusion.

I don't have Tolkien's (or anyone else's) skill of descriptive writing. I can do it if I work on it. But that's for the re-writes.

[Overtaxed]

He just sat down at his desk and wrote,

I was trying to do that last night but the ballgame was on.

[carton253]

I think the orcs were playing possum....note that one that raised his head when he thought no one was looking.

I bet that exasperated PJ to no end (if he even noticed it during the filming). Here you go... the principal actors do their battle scenes flawlessly... that's the main concern. Technically, everything goes well. The film is in the can. Then you have some fool extra who doesn't know that you don't move until he hears the director say cut! Even my 7 year old drama students know that much.

Do you reshoot? No! Expense, exhaustion of actors (who really do put out in that scene), lighting, etc.

Stupid, silly actor. I'd have fired him.

[Corin Stormhands]

Later Sam.

[Overtaxed]

I don't have Tolkien's (or anyone else's) skill of descriptive writing

Yeah. Most of what I have is a bunch of narrative with some dialogue thrown in. A couple of days ago, I did wrote some character development stuff to stick in earlier scenes but I still have cardboard settings.

[Corin Stormhands]

Then you have some fool extra who doesn't know that you don't move until he hears the director say cut!

PJ could've done what Selznick did in Gone with the Wind and used live actors beside dummies to make them move occasionally...

[g'nad]

...but if Legolas can defy the laws of nature by having perpetually clean hair while others around him have greasy and matted do's...

[Corin Stormhands]

Later folkses. I gotta go do some writing for work...how silly...

[Overtaxed]

Then you have some fool extra who doesn't know that you don't move until he hears the director say cut!

He's not dead yet. I think he was getting better. In fact, he might pull through!

[carton253]

That is a powerful scene isn't it... It's the first ever crane shot...

Again, expense was the reason, and the fact that they couldn't get enough extras to fill the scene.

[Overtaxed]

did wrote

Whimper, whimper, whimper....can I go home now?

[ksen]

You have hit on an interesting theme that seems to be repeated throughout on different levels, that of 'seeking after hidden knowledge.' It corrupts on all levels, from Valar down to Man.

And even in our own world it is true. Those who dwell on Satan and demonology in an effort to understand them are in real danger of falling under his thumb. That's probably why God is so strong in His condemnation of anything to do with the occult in the Bible. When you come right down to it the study of the occult is the study of the enemy.

Even at the Fall, what was one of the temptations Satan used on Eve? He told her she would become as God and would know good and evil. Eve took and ate, Adam took and ate, and now the human race is in the image of its greatest enemy instead of remaining in the image of its greatest friend.

[NewCenturions]

"did wrote"

I was going to axe you about that.

[Overtaxed]

Hehehe....no "profreader", I

I think I've been overdoing the crap thing. :)

[ksen]

Stupid, silly actor. I'd have fired him.

Maybe it was just an Uruk recovering from being beaned in the helmet by Merry & Pippin.