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Originally posted by reader1107
I thought about that, but actually couldn't come up with anything meaningful.

We could talk about books. I totally hated the Wizard of Oz movie from the time I was young, but loved Wicked which gives quite a different point of view as well as being well written. It also has an interesting take on how evil is defined. Now I'm reading the sequel, Son of a Witch.

You didn't like the Wizard of Oz?! I went through that whole series in like a month or two when I was a kid. Heretic!

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
You didn't like the Wizard of Oz?! I went through that whole series in like a month or two when I was a kid. Heretic!

I didn't like the movie. I never read the book! I finally bought it but ... well ... it's on my ToBeRead list along with about 200 others!

Originally posted by reader1107
I didn't like the movie. I never read the book! I finally bought it but ... well ... it's on my ToBeRead list along with about 200 others!

It's a whole lot better than Lord of the Rings...Egads I hate Frodo. That fool was more gay than Kenny Chesney...But that's not why I hate him

Originally posted by badmoon
It's a whole lot better than Lord of the Rings...Egads I hate Frodo. That fool was more gay than Kenny Chesney...But that's not why I hate him

LOL I liked Frodo much more than Bilbo. I don't remember how I felt when I first read them, but when I tried to read LOTR last summer (or the summer before?) again Bilbo just totally got on my nerves. He was such a jerk, both at the whole birthday party thing at the beginning of the book and then later. Gollum should've pulled him under the water and drowned him.

Originally posted by reader1107
LOL I liked Frodo much more than Bilbo. I don't remember how I felt when I first read them, but when I tried to read LOTR last summer (or the summer before?) again Bilbo just totally got on my nerves. He was such a jerk, both at the whole birthday party thing at the beginning of the book and then later. Gollum should've pulled him under the water and drowned him.

Bilbo was the best! Heretic!

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Bilbo was the best! Heretic!

Aragorn was the best! Anyone who has a whole epic poem written about them ... including:

Not all that glitters is gold
not all who wander are lost



...choice words for a classy guy!

Originally posted by reader1107
Aragorn was the best! Anyone who has a whole epic poem written about them ... including:

Not all that glitters is gold
not all who wander are lost



...choice words for a classy guy!

I can't stand Aragorn...at least not the one in the movie, and I can't remember the one in the book except that he was kind of melodramatic.

EDIT - Actually, I didn't like most of the characters in the movie. Whatserface - the famous hottie who played the Elven princess - was good. Ooh...Gollum was awesome.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I can't stand Aragorn...at least not the one in the movie, and I can't remember the one in the book except that he was kind of melodramatic.

OK, why is it that in movies like LOTR and Harry Potter and such, the men all have long hair???????


BTW, so what else have you read?

Originally posted by reader1107
OK, why is it that in movies like LOTR and Harry Potter and such, the men all have long hair???????


BTW, so what else have you read?

I've read a lot. The Belgariad and Malloreon. 1984 and Animal Farm. Ilium and Olympos. Christine and Carrie. Dragonlance Legends. Flowers for Algernon.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I've read a lot. The Belgariad and Malloreon. 1984 and Animal Farm. Ilium and Olympos. Christine and Carrie. Dragonlance Legends. Flowers for Algernon.

I read Flowers for Algernon in high school I think. Saw the movie Charly around the same time. I think I have some Dragonlance here but haven't read them. Animal Farm: All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others. Who could forget??

Now you made me get up and look! I have from Dragonlance Dragons of Winter Night but I haven't read it yet. I thought I had some B and M but I may have sent them to someone without reading first. The names sound familiar, though. I should spend less time bemoaning dead forums and more time reading!

Originally posted by Ice Cold
Maybe it's our own fault. Maybe we could start meaningful threads. Maybe we could have substance to our posts. Maybe....pffffft

Nah...

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
I've read a lot. The Belgariad and Malloreon. 1984 and Animal Farm. Ilium and Olympos. Christine and Carrie. Dragonlance Legends. Flowers for Algernon.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
You didn't like the Wizard of Oz?! I went through that whole series in like a month or two when I was a kid. Heretic!

When I was in fifth grade, our home room teacher started reading the Oz books to us, and we'd gotten quite far into the series by the end of the year... it was awesome.

The next year, I happened upon a copy of The Phantom Tollbooth, and I haven't been the same since...

Originally posted by reader1107
to mourn the death of the General Forum. It lived a full, albeit quirky life. It had its ups and downs, and was both reviled and loved. But now we bid it adieu ... after checking for a pulse one last time ...

There's three things I should say to this:

1. I've been here for 3 years and every 6 months someone comes along and suggests the good old times were so much better. Well...they weren't. If people are posting crap now, they were posting crap back then too.

2. I warned ye all of the evils of clan forums. Private little hideaways never do a general message board any good.

3. Boards tend to have a cycle. A period of being great and a period of being less entertaining. Most boards die off after they've peaked. This board is different though, because it's actually a side show to playing chess (what the site is actually about).
So, even if you would suggest there is a dip in quality posting, it will soon enough cycle through to better times.

Stop worrying, crying and whining and post something good! That's always a good start.

Originally posted by shavixmir
There's three things I should say to this:

1. I've been here for 3 years and every 6 months someone comes along and suggests the good old times were so much better. Well...they weren't. If people are posting crap now, they were posting crap back then too.

2. I warned ye all of the evils of clan forums. Private little hideaways never do a general mes

Stop worrying, crying and whining and post something good! That's always a good start.

Dude, I was just commenting that the forums were dead last night, as they are every Friday night. It was a way to start a conversation. Go looking for those pictures of your willy.