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- Fri Sep 09, 2016 3:24 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Musicals and Operas
- Replies: 404
- Views: 242474
Re: Musicals and Operas
Dave, that sounds like an excellent choice! It's always a good thing to support local theater.... there's so much amazing theater in the world that goes un- or under recognized because it doesn't have big names or the Broadway stamp. (Not to mention all the terrible theater that makes tons of money ...
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:07 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Musicals and Operas
- Replies: 404
- Views: 242474
Re: Musicals and Operas
Ah, just the thread we need! Congratulations on your first outing as director! On the one hand I can see the justification for moving the walls if the idea is that Don Quixote is so free in his mind that the prison walls cease to exist for him? But I also do understand your point, and haven't seen t...
- Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:56 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
Seriously, what am I supposed to do with my life now? :( Well, I spent the entire month following reading interviews and essays trying to come to grips with the ending, and that didn't quite work. Your way is better. I don't think the Chief got a full scene so much as he got a line stating his inte...
- Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:35 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:28 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
- Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:04 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
Can I just say that reading this series of posts was terribly amusing. I'm pretty sure that's the exact emotional journey I took while watching, too. I look forward to your season 4 reactions. If you really, truly want to know about Starbuck: Yes, she does come back, but there's kind of a caveat. Al...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:18 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:56 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Tolkien and the Great War
- Replies: 46
- Views: 37804
I truly could not be more honoured by your lovely comments, especially given who they're coming from. I'm just excited when anyone is willing to listen to me talk about all this. To expand on a point you make: one of the things that separates LOTR from virtually all other high/epic fantasy is that t...
- Tue Nov 23, 2010 1:48 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
I don't like Gaius as a person, but James Callis is so excellent that I find him compelling anyway. I'm guessing people do think he's a bit batty but write it off as being the quirks of genius. I'll be interested in your reaction to the finale and to season 4 as a whole. The show really is far more ...
- Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:30 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Tolkien and the Great War
- Replies: 46
- Views: 37804
I actually started writing this post last year was actually active. It never felt quite right and still doesn't. I suspect that after all this time it is overwritten, so if the phrasing is awkward, that's why. I hope it answers the question posed at least somewhat. Seeing as how it is now Armistice ...
- Sat Oct 09, 2010 5:24 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Strider vs Samwise... FIGHT!
- Replies: 66
- Views: 35601
I understood the protagonist to be the most active character, the one who moved the story along. In this case, I would argue that LOTR switches protagonists part way through. In the first two books, it is Frodo. Frodo is the one who must leave the Shire, the one who actively chooses to take on the Q...
- Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:06 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Doctor Who
- Replies: 287
- Views: 123295
Agreed. I also think this series has made one improvement over the previous years and that's the having the running arc with the crack in time. I enjoy a good one off, which they of course can do brilliantly, but I really like the hinting at something larger, that ominous quality running through. My...
- Thu May 27, 2010 4:33 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: 2011 Tolkien Calendar will be Cor Blok
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20074
I quite like it. I've never purchased a Tolkien calendar anyway, but it's sort of refreshing to see something that isn't going for 'realism'. I don't see why fantasy art should be tied down to that standard anyway. It reminds me a bit of a Pukel Men, more of a Ghân-buri-Ghân style than a Minas Tirith.
- Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:11 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Humanity Of Sam
- Replies: 198
- Views: 151818
Elf and Man met death openly, although it could be argued that both died needlessly. Fingolfin need not have given in to his fearful rage and Théoden need not have ridden onto the field of battle. These two were both engaged in what seemed a hopeless war, their forces outnumbered, they must stare i...
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:48 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Fiddler on the Roof - My Jewish Homework!
- Replies: 58
- Views: 25698
I'm not sure of the the other things, but steepling your hands is definitely not the right answer. You might be making a gesture that I'm not entirely sure how to describe. It's like waving the candlelight towards yourself. The staging here probably couldn't be completely accurate anyway because you...
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:36 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: The Humanity Of Sam
- Replies: 198
- Views: 151818
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:56 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
- Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:13 am
- Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
- Topic: Was Galadriel too powerful to be Queen?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7162
I would subscribe to that theory in either form -- too powerful and too open to temptation. Could it also have to do with being the bearer of a Ring? I'm not sure where in the timeline that happened, but I wonder if the power of the Rings trumps having any sort of royal power. Gandalf, Elrond, and G...
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:50 am
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: Battlestar Galactica: SPOILERS for season 4
- Replies: 136
- Views: 56275
I'm really surprised there's no discussion of the finale. Works for me, though, because I just finished watching it and I have thoughts. Lots of thoughts. Yes, this post is going to be spoiler full. First, regarding the above discussion about Tigh and Six, am I the only one who was rather disturbed ...