>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

... It should be lighter, funnier and more whimsical than its sequel. . .


***SPOILER ALERT***


While on one hand I agree, I also disagree. I recently re-read this, and the standoff between Balin and locals after Smaug destroys their town and is killed, as well as Bilbo's deception (donning the ring, sneaking off to make a deal to end the standoff etc...) and the ensuing Battle of the Five Armies... these things have a very epic and grownup quality to them.

OMG Yes... I definitely hear where Dystopian is coming from, but frankly I loved the way that Jackson and crew improved upon the original books for the LOTR. Feel free to flame me, but I actually enjoyed the movies MORE than the books on a lot of levels. There are exchanges in the book that just aren't as natural or tight as they are in the movie and I know this is likely heresy, but I feel like there are some which were even improved. The perfect example is the exchange between Bilbo and Gandalf towards the beginning of the FOTR, particularly after the party when they are discussing Bilbo's departure and the leaving of the ring behind...

My only regret is that they can't really have Ian Holm replay Biblo... I suppose they could have CGIed him to death, but it would have been wonderful to have him somehow play it through... It is nice they have him playing Old Bilbo, but I'm just sad he couldn't do the whole thing... He's Bilbo damnit!

Also, Saruman cameo at the end there, win.

I have this on bluray and DVD... if they release it in better-than-BR I'll pick it up too. Love this flick it can do no wrong. Bilbo is also impeccable in it.

http://videosift.com/video/Deleted-Scene-From-Spaced-Bilbo-Watched-Some-Porn hehehe

In reply to this comment by kymbos:
Oh wow! Great find.

I know! I've been quoting it at work to the science teacher geeks, haha. Apparently the sift doesn't agree with us though...

Might want to check my link again. It cites the Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Edition 1989. So yes, it is in Oxford. darkrowan's link addresses this as well.

>> ^lucky760:

>> ^blankfist:
Does anything rhyme with elbow?

Hell no. Bilbo is the closest I could find, but not a full rhyme obviously.
>> ^darkrowan:
Sporange

Jargon doesn't count.
>> ^gwiz665:
"Door hinge" would like a word.

Not even close, though it might depend on your accent.
>> ^Skeeve:
"Chilver"

Not in Oxford so it must not be a real word. (Oxford has more credibility than the wiktionary.)
>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
Whore binge?

Bingo! <insert Charlie Sheen joke here>

>> ^blankfist:

Does anything rhyme with elbow?


Hell no. Bilbo is the closest I could find, but not a full rhyme obviously.

>> ^darkrowan:

Sporange


Jargon doesn't count.

>> ^gwiz665:

"Door hinge" would like a word.


Not even close, though it might depend on your accent.

>> ^Skeeve:

"Chilver"


Not in Oxford so it must not be a real word. (Oxford has more credibility than the wiktionary.)

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

Whore binge?


Bingo! <insert Charlie Sheen joke here>

r10k, I studied the Bible with a respected religious man; one of the few Americans allowed to view and help decipher the Dead Sea Scrolls. We used an annotated version of the Bible that explained the puns, double meanings and other linguistic aspects that would be lost on someone who just picked up a King James at Barnes & Noble. My Prof. provided context, historical and cultural. He showed us more ancient Mesopotamian mythology that contained stories remarkably similar to those in the Bible. He, a religious man (Jewish), presented the book for what it was, with no apologies or attempts to shield us from the books' many contradictions and logical inconsistencies. Warts and all.

I seem to meet all your criteria for being able to have an opinion on the Bible. I've got context, depth and the instruction of a very wise religious scholar. No offense, but I probably understand this book better than you ever will, and yet....

My critical mind tells me this is mythology, like Zeus, or Beowulf, or Gilgamesh, or Frodo, Bilbo and Dumbledore. These are campfire stories from pre-scientific times that attempt to explain the -then many- mysteries of existence. Those days are gone, and we now know that we are not at the center of the universe, that space isn't made of water, that stars are not lights, that the world is not flat, that humans are part of an evolutionary chain and that the earth is billions of years old. Perhaps it's time to embrace the future, r10k, and leave the cave drawings behind you.

Just one person's opinion.... I could be wrong.

"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve." -Bilbo

song was not that bad, okay for kids. the video was awful and needs to be just a black screen with a simple picture of bilbo on it.

Upvote for Nimoy's "dickheads" comment. Now I want to see Bilbo Baggins remixed with dickhead audio clips somehow...

"This is Hobbitton and I'm Bilbo Hicks."

bilbo *beggins