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Watched the first 2 episodes.
Meh. Mediocre acting, elves that don't look elvish, constant epic emotional music, overdone and mediocre CGI, absurd dialog with random pithy clichés, meandering aimless plot lines, stupid love plot hints, and generally stupid behavior by children to move the death and destruction plot line along.
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Standard soap opera fare, then.
J.R.R. Tolkien must be spinning in his grave. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: J.R.R. Tolkien must be spinning in his grave.
Yeah. It's unfortunate, "they" could have done much better - the script is like something I'd expect from junior high school students.  Actually, worse.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: J.R.R. Tolkien must be spinning in his grave
His son Christopher probably moreso, as I understand it. He was very much against selling the rights to LotR and the Hobbit for the movies (having made a career out or riding his father's coattails, and never having an original idea for himself), but his grandson had no problem taking the money.
I don't think a TV series would've happened with Christopher still in charge of the estate.
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Not surprised. They spent all the money on purchasing the rights to do this. Time to start saving money!
Hogan
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shackle the French arthritic vagrant (11)
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 YAUM
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Never heard of this word before! Thanks 
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Me either, looks like it's a title of an award winning Novel too! 
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Google search for the word gives quite a few interesting hits!
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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That’s arthriticist
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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True 
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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@GregUtas
Where's the CCC? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Don't forget to Oi Greg Utas at some point
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I may not need to.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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If you don't , he is not worthy of my previous mantle
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Oh, he's worthy all right ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Muse - Starlight[^]
A loyal SOTW follower is going to be very happy about this one (judging from his username)
Spotify notified me about a new Muse single so I thought I'd check it out.
I listened to their Black Holes & Revelations album a lot in the past, although I thought it was from around 2012 and their last (it's from 2006 and there are a couple of more albums after that).
My bad, I've probably listened to it in 2006 as well and I actually know some songs from the album that followed in 2009
Anyway, needless to say I haven't been listening to them a whole lot this past decade.
The new work didn't convince me, but I did put on this album again.
It's just their best album and Starlight is one of their best songs, if not their best!
So SOTW
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 Nice.
I saw your link to the The Cardigans - My Favourite Game during the week. Always get a chuckle at the end of the video.
// TODO: Insert something here Top ten reasons why I'm lazy
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yacCarsten wrote: I saw your link to the The Cardigans - My Favourite Game during the week.
Yeah, hearing that one was a nice surprise.
Been listening to some more Cardigans since then.
It's one of those bands you forget, but when you hear them you still know the lyrics
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Thanks for the mention, although I must admit this is a mid-tier track for me. I feel I have just slowly gone off it over the years. However, I am definitely happy to see Muse getting some love
I think there are some decent songs on the new album, certainly a step up from Simulation Theory. Although I do see a lot of the older fans not liking the newer stuff. I feel they have almost become a completely different band since when they first started, so it makes sense in that regard.
They do have a habit of winning people over with their live performances though. It's funny how hearing a song live can suddenly make you enjoy it more than you did before. I think Muse do that very well, as opposed to some bands I find can have the opposite effect when you hear them live.
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musefan wrote: I must admit this is a mid-tier track for me.
One of their most popular tracks according to Spotify 
musefan wrote: Although I do see a lot of the older fans not liking the newer stuff. I feel they have almost become a completely different band since when they first started
I feel they had a unique sound, which is now a bit more mainstream.
musefan wrote: They do have a habit of winning people over with their live performances though.
Coincidentally, I'm working over at a customer's today and they have the radio on. Apparently, you could win Muse tickets today as they're performing live in The Netherlands sometime soon.
musefan wrote: It's funny how hearing a song live can suddenly make you enjoy it more than you did before.
Yes, recently had that with Oranssi Pazuzu!
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