Topic: Hsta's Classic thread Is Back... (Read 18722 times)

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #40 on:** September 21, 2004, 09:44:06 am »

Quote from: kadh2000 on September 18, 2004, 11:57:15 pm

Just saw the orc video! You are too friggin' clever!

Thanks you sir!

Boromir still isn't dead, by the way. He was left wrapped up and hanging upside down from a ceiling in Shelob's Lair.

Eventually, he would be found by a group of Orc children who would nickname him "Mr. Pinata."

kadh2000 · « **Reply #41 on:** September 21, 2004, 10:23:18 pm »

ugh!!!!

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #42 on:** September 22, 2004, 01:40:46 am »

Quote from: kadh2000 on September 21, 2004, 10:23:18 pm

ugh!!!!

The reason I mention this is because I actually just had a Boromir fangirl club contact me wanting to know "what the (censored) problem was I had with such a multilayered brilliantly wonderful character like Boromir."

The truth is that my treatment of Boromir is just what I think is funny and in keeping with the spirit of Mony Python. However, since they just HAD to bother me about it, ol' Boromir is REALLY in for it now. (insert diabolical laughter here)

kadh2000 · « **Reply #43 on:** September 22, 2004, 09:03:32 am »

In the novels, I didn't really like Boromir all that much. I think the movie made him a much more interesting character.

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #44 on:** September 23, 2004, 10:34:53 am »

My "slight" bias against Boromir and Denethor comes from the first time I read the books back in 1984. The characters just struck a bad chord with me and, I suppose it's true, first impressions are lasting ones.

The movies did much to improve Boromir while I like Denethor even less than before!

As for Faramir, however, the movie's mistreatment of one of my favorite characters is the reason I have PJ roasting over an open flame at the end of MP:TTT.

kadh2000 · « **Reply #45 on:** September 24, 2004, 12:12:24 pm »

yeah, the theatrical release kills Faramir. However, the extended version does a much better job on the character. It provides the critical explanation for why he acts the way he does and why he releases the hobbits in the end.

kadh2000 · « **Reply #46 on:** September 29, 2004, 04:04:58 pm »

spiny norman...good one.

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #47 on:** September 29, 2004, 04:39:25 pm »

Quote from: kadh2000 on September 29, 2004, 04:04:58 pm

spiny norman...good one.

Thanks, I try to throw in a surprise whenever I can.

kadh2000 · « **Reply #48 on:** October 21, 2004, 02:32:51 am »

I realize that I praise every new post in this storyline, but I am going to do it again.

That was bloody brilliant. Absolutely the perfect skit to use for that scene. You, sir, are a genius!

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #49 on:** October 21, 2004, 09:42:18 pm »

Quote from: kadh2000 on October 21, 2004, 02:32:51 am

I realize that I praise every new post in this storyline, but I am going to do it again.

And may God bless you for it, bro! Honestly, your comments have really helped keep me going. Now, if only I could say something to keep you writing...

Quote from: kadh2000 on October 21, 2004, 02:32:51 am

That was bloody brilliant. Absolutely the perfect skit to use for that scene. You, sir, are a genius!

LOL, well, it did seem a good fit to me. As far as genius goes, that is how I would describe your SFB tactics. Now THAT is artistic mastery.

kadh2000 · « **Reply #50 on:** October 29, 2004, 11:50:07 pm »

"Hilaritas Sapientiae et Bonae Vitae Proles." I saw that quote a lot as a kid. It's on the mantel in one of the rooms in the Raleigh Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg. I even worked there for a while.

Kadh, who always enjoys a good narrative interlude. I wonder if there's a way to get the bridge scene with the old man from Holy Grail into this story.

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #51 on:** October 30, 2004, 04:19:42 pm »

Quote from: kadh2000 on October 29, 2004, 11:50:07 pm

I saw that quote a lot as a kid. It's on the mantel in one of the rooms in the Raleigh Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg.

Indeed it is and I have been there myself. What did you think of working at the Tavern?

The quote was a personal favorite of Benjamin Franklin and it was my studies of Dr. Franklin's life and works that first drew my attention to it.

Quote from: kadh2000 on October 29, 2004, 11:50:07 pm

Kadh, who always enjoys a good narrative interlude. I wonder if there's a way to get the bridge scene with the old man from Holy Grail into this story.

The bridge scene was already used at the Falls of Rauros in FotR, so that's right out, I deny that completely.

Only 3 scenes and the Narrative Conclusion to go and my Magnum Opus shall be "complete," but not finished.

I'll be doing a major rewrite of the whole trilogy (the Extended Edition, eh?), a rework of ALL the images to avoid copyright issues, create an easy to print pdf version, and then (once all that is finished) I'll get started sketching out the enchanting prelude Monty Python: There and Back Again.

That is quite a bit of work, but (if I can stick to my current schedule) I should be starting on MP:TaBA by this Christmas.

kadh2000 · « **Reply #52 on:** October 30, 2004, 11:07:52 pm »

Raleigh: really, really good tips.

Bridge scene: so long ago I forgot. Oh well.

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #53 on:** November 01, 2004, 09:37:08 am »

Quote from: kadh2000 on October 30, 2004, 11:07:52 pm

Bridge scene: so long ago I forgot. Oh well.

Heh. Well, this particular project has been going on for 3 years now.

I would forget what I have written myself if I didn't browse back through everything every once in a while. As my Brit friends are fond of saying, "it's a long bloody octopus to work through!"

kadh2000 · « **Reply #54 on:** December 08, 2004, 12:16:32 pm »

That is sooo good on soooo many levels. Let's see: Doon!
[We can say that Aragorn is merely an intelligent bicycle, see? Or we could say that he has some of the qualities of a noble horse. Doesn't he have a taste for sin?]
Of course, where would we be without a giant rabbit crushing the forces of gondor.
And the Eowyn excuse for leaving was, to misquote Tolkien "Precious to me, though I read it with great humor"

kadh2000 · « **Reply #55 on:** December 09, 2004, 11:25:20 pm »

http://www.3dweb.no/galleri/stuestolbm/bilder/anim1.swf

Hstaphath_XC · « **Reply #56 on:** December 14, 2004, 01:11:55 pm »

Quote from: kadh2000 on December 09, 2004, 11:25:20 pm

http://www.3dweb.no/galleri/stuestolbm/bilder/anim1.swf

Ah, yes. One of my all time favorites. My kids know it by heart, much to my wife's annoyance.

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