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In the past it was item really cheap, postage really really expensive that use to get those who didn't read properly.
EBay don't let this happen anymore now.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Congratulations to Peter Jackson who has managed to unseat Francis Ford Coppola.
I'd actually stopped looking for bad movie to book adaptations, so it was a refreshing surprise to see that, yes, it is possible to c**k up a book more than Francis Ford Coppola's retarded offering Bram Stoker's Dracula(1).
I'm assuming Coppola is Jackson's mentor because I should think it would take years of training at the hands of a professional in order to learn how to suck every clever and imaginative thing out of a book and substitute in pure camp. You could have randomly sprinkled in scenes from Indiana Jones and the movie wouldn't have made less sense.
I know that after reading The Hobbit I was left with several unanswered questions about the backstory. For example, I'd always wondered what would happen if there were a love triangle composed of two elves and a dwarf - the book isn't the place to find the answer to that question, you have to see the movie because the book says nothing about it. Nothing.
In the book Biblo does several clever and funny things - none of these things make it into the movie. I was especially disappointed with Mirkwood as it seemed to rely entirely on a scary set without actually creating a mood. I've seen scary scenes in the woods without the need for such an over-wrought set - it makes me wonder if they picked most of it up at a Harry Potter fire sale. The whole thing was a total mess.
I've no interest in seeing the 3rd film.
I'll have to re-read the book to cleanse my imagination.
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1: Francis wouldn't have been the champ had his movie been a mere vampire film; however, he actually used Bram Stoker's name in the title of the movie.
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As soon as I heard that he was spreading this over three films, I knew that it would suck mightier than a street sweeper.
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The movie called The Hobbit, but it doesn't made on top of the book called The Hobbit. Peter Jackson made a prequel to the Lord of the Rings based on all the background story written by Tolkien.
My only problem is that there is nothing in it from the funny, childish things written in The Hobbit...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is (V).
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I really enjoyed the LOTR movies*, but I have avoided both Hobbit movies so far.
* Particularly because Tom Bombadill (  ) is absent. Also because we get to see those self-righteous elves get slaughtered.
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I hadn't read the book in many a year but saw the first part the other day and also thought it sucked and thought I should go back and read the book again because a lot of it didn't look at all familiar. I won't be watching the rest of it me thinks!
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I had mixed feelings with the first movie too. Yet it's a matter of perspective. Peter Jackson is telling the story not only from Bilbo's View, but from his story telling. "There and back again" is in fact the book Bilbo has written himself over the years. So the movie is trying to convey what Bilbo has experienced. (Not only "facts" but also his feelings etc.)
I noted this best when the mountain giants clashed together. Only then did I realize: This is not just a reenactment of some story, but it's how Bilbo had felt and is telling his story after his journey.
Considering that: I have to say the film was nice enough for a Tolkien fan like me  And I'm going to see the 2nd part today 
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I think the main problem with me not liking it was that I didn't think that the character that played Bilbo was very good. He doesn't become the character like the character that played in LOTRs. He just didn't make it beleivable...if that makes any sense.
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Got the first movie as a present, now I do not follow movies in general so was upset to find the movie end in the middle of the story. I gave up on movies matching books so thought the first movie was not too bad. However, I do not think I will be seeing the second and third as it was not that good!
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poor little you.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I believe that's "Sir Peter" to you, lowly peasant. 
If your neighbours don't listen to The Ramones, turn it up real loud so they can.
“We didn't have a positive song until we wrote 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue!'” ― Dee Dee Ramone
"The Democrats want my guns and the Republicans want my porno mags and I ain't giving up either" - Joey Ramone
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Not sure why you needed to wait for film two of The Hobbit - Radagast's bunny sled did it for me in film one. 
That said, at least it's not yet another shouty guns-n-ammo-n-testosterone chest-beater, or a schmaltzy Hollywood Xmas puke-fest.
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The bit of spam earlier got me thinking: what keeps you stuck at your job? Is it a good environment? Interesting work? A golden fish hook (lots of benefits that you can't seem to abandon)? Mortgage and/or alimony? Three children heading to college? How long have you been at your current position, and what would entice you away to a different one?
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Gregory.Gadow wrote: what keeps you stuck at your job?
I enjoy it.
Gregory.Gadow wrote: what would entice you away to a different one?
Quality tester at the Playboy club?
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Into every life a little rain must fall...and at least it isn't VB written by a student 
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LOL! Nice and true !!!
Fortēs fortūna adjuvat.
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I wouldn't say I was stuck in my career, but if the right opportunity were to come my way, I would possibly consider switching.
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Well, I'm not stuck. In fact, quite the opposite, as consulting tends to be a financial rollercoaster. Right now, I'm sitting in a lovely cafe in Great Barrington, MA working on stuff. I work at home, make my own hours, and it's a great environment. While the financial stuff can be really stressful, I've decided to take the standpoint that I'm not willing to compromise, no matter what happens, for the kind of crap work environments I've experienced. Sure, Google and Facebook do look like great places to work, and I would actually work for Google (but Facebook? ugh, I do have a sense of ethics) and even CP looks like a nice place to work. So they are out there, and I should qualify my prior statement that almost all places where I would have to commute to are not places I would want to subject myself to, nor do I think any human being should be subjected to.
Call me arrogant or not, but I think we've compromised far too much.
Marc
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Hear hear!
Why spend 2 hours a day travelling to somewhere you don't want to be, surrounded by people you don't consider real friends, wearing clothes that you don't actually want to?
All you get is stressed out, strung out, and frustrated by the other commuters. You get home, and it's too late to do much by the time you have unwound enough to go to bed ready for the next day of the same. And a large chunk of your wages goes in paying for all this! 
Sod that. Life is too important to waste on things you don't want to do every day. OK, what I do has dull patches - coding is like that - but the balance I have is about right, I think.
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+5 for the correct use of Hear! Hear! (I loathe seeing it written as here here!"
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I'm here for 1 reason only... to support my family. The money in software makes that easy.
If I didn't have that responsibility? I'd go into the Christian ministry. Probably as either a missionary or pastor.
But for now... I have a career and maybe in the future when the kids are out the door, opportunities will arrise. Until then, I just volunteer where and when I can, keeping myself ready.
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I am paid enough, work close to where I live, do different things each day, run my own department as I see fit, answer only to the MD and FD, have 99% autonomy, like the people I work with, and am completely satisfied with my output.
I would only leave for a much bigger salary or to be a test pilot for Slumberland.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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It's simple. I applied for the job and was unlucky enough to get it. And then to my big surprise, I noticed that to maintain the living standards I had become accustomed to, I had to go back the day after as well. And the day after... etc.
Why does it have to be so hard when all I really want is to get a fat paycheck but not have to show up for work??? 
Nah, I'm just kidding, I really enjoy my work. I have good colleagues, a good boss, reasonably few demands to produce anything at all and I work only 5 minutes away from my home.
Only thing that could be better is the pay, but if I were to take another job with higher pay, I would have to weigh it off against the travel time and be damned sure it was worth it.
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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