Dumbest. Movie. Ever.

[RGBVideo]

My point? "The Core" sounds like it aims to entertain

And it'll fail miserably.

This can't be dumber than XXX, the movie in which the bad guys release a solar-powered submarine to roam the world's seas...in land-locked Prague. The submarine, by the way, is unmanned and depends for the success of its terrorist mission on total stealth...but nevertheless has a built-in automatic voice mechanism that counts down the time to firing its missles, very loudly.

It still isn't as funny as Zardoz, but I'm not sure which is dumber...

Starship Troopers were also terrible. One National Guardmen said that his company could wipe out all those "advanced" mobile infantry in the movie within 15 minutes.

[ixnay]

Originally posted by JohnT
Where did Gandalf's army come from?

I haven't read the books, but wasn't it the exiled army from that one kingdom. You know what I'm talking about.

Edit: Damn, beaten by Guynemer

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by JohnT
One thing my wife asked, and I'm still unable to answer:

Where did Gandalf's army come from?

It was the Rohan army that Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas had encountered earlier (the one that slaughtered the orcs who had taken Merry and Pippin).

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Guynemer
As for Saruman... it's just a movie, relax.

Yeah, but was it that way in the book? The evil wizard who panics?

[JohnT]

Wait... that's Sauramon? Where's Sauran?

[Guynemer]

Sauron is The Eye over in Mordor. Saruman is Christopher Lee, who does pretty much nothing in the book as the Ents sack Isengard, bless their wooden hearts.

Sauron is the Lord of the Ring, the one the ring is trying to get back to. Saruman is his henchmen/lackey who was trying for a bit of his own glory... oopsie.

[Stefu]

Hey, waittaminute here! Is JohnT trying to tell us he hasn't read... Lord of the Rings?

Please, John! You're destroying my childhood faith to innate goodness of people!

[JohnT]

Something Geeky this way Rants



You know, that would've pissed me off had I read the books. A wizard who doesn't help his troops.

I was also thinking that when Gandalf showed up and his army attacked, that he was improperly positioned - anybody who has played CRPG's knows enough to put your big guys up front and your spellcasters in the back. Duh!

[RGBVideo]

Hey, waittaminute here! Is JohnT trying to tell us he hasn't read... Lord of the Rings?

Why on earth should he?

[Guynemer]

I've got about 70 pages left. Slow going in Fellowship, but it really picks up after that...

[JohnT]

Nothing was said here...

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by JohnT


You know, that would've pissed me off had I read the books. A wizard who doesn't help his troops.

Well, to be fair, in both the book and movie there are very, very few troops (if any) left in Isengard when the Ents come to whoop a little deforesting-polluter ass. He probably realizes that it's hopeless.

[monolith94]

Sauron is back in Morrrrrrdor!
Anyways, if you completely ignore the ridiculousness of "the earth's core has stopped spinning", this doesn't look like a terrible movie to me. The trailer was kind of exciting, and the acting that I saw wasn't too bad.
And why wouldn't aliens use macos in independence day??? You don't expect a measly os like windows could take them out, do you???

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Stefu
Hey, waittaminute here! Is JohnT trying to tell us he hasn't read... Lord of the Rings?

Please, John! You're destroying my childhood faith to innate goodness of people!

Sorry, Stefu. Science fiction is my geek love. And computers. Fantasy doesn't really do it for me.

[Boris Godunov]

Re: Something Geeky this way Rants

Originally posted by JohnT


You know, that would've pissed me off had I read the books. A wizard who doesn't help his troops.

I was also thinking that when Gandalf showed up and his army attacked, that he was improperly positioned - anybody who has played CRPG's knows enough to put your big guys up front and your spellcasters in the back. Duh!

But if your spellcaster is essentially a 20th level demigod, it doesn't matter. Gandalf kicks ass in combat, too.