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| May 8th, 2003 12:33 AM | ||||
| Grazzt | YOU COULD HAVE SAID THEY'RE GNOMES, CABLE FAN | |||
| May 7th, 2003 05:47 PM | ||||
| Zomboid |
But christmas elves....ALRIGHT FINE. I JUST WANTED TO JUSTIFY MY HATRED FOR THAT FUCKING ANNOYING CGI "ELF"  Happy? Bastards. Sadie: You're the lesbo, not I  
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| May 7th, 2003 12:58 PM | ||||
| sadie |
 zomboid, you lesbian. :P
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| May 7th, 2003 12:58 PM | ||||
| whoreable | No more presents for Zomboid | |||
| May 7th, 2003 12:25 PM | ||||
| Protoclown | I'm pretty sure that Santa's elves weren't supposed to be "Tolkienesque" either...is that a problem for you as well, Zomboid? | |||
| May 7th, 2003 10:07 AM | ||||
| Daphne |
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 They aren't 'elves' they are 'house elves'. And if it's fantasy, can't she make them however she likes? Plus, you haven't read the books that have house elves in them, so how do you know what's fucked up and what isn't? |
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| May 6th, 2003 06:31 PM | ||||
| Jeanette X |
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 Here, this website will contain some excellent information to defend roleplaying with: http://www.theescapist.com/ In Monopoly, you don't become a slumlord, and in Hangman, you don't hang the loser. Tell her that. |
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| May 6th, 2003 06:02 PM | ||||
| Zomboid |
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Daphne: They've still taken a classic fantasy race and fucked it up horribly  .
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| May 6th, 2003 05:29 PM | ||||
| sadie |
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| May 6th, 2003 05:11 PM | ||||
| Daphne |
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I was sort of hoping Ian McKellen would get it, pulling off the nerd hat trick All kidding aside, I think the Perfect Dumbledore would be John Neville. |
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| May 6th, 2003 05:02 PM | ||||
| Jeanette X |
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Is she against Dungeons and Dragons as well? |
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| May 6th, 2003 04:59 PM | ||||
| Grazzt |
I don't hate Potter because of the ad campaign, I hate the books, movies, and the fucking Harry Potter shampoo anyway. It's just the icing on the cake of annoyance. |
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| May 6th, 2003 04:57 PM | ||||
| Generator86 |
I'm going with Harry Potter, if only because the books, while not completely original or thought-provoking, are certainly a good time, for me at least. Well, saying that they're not thought-provoking is stretching it a bit, since they're not really designed to be read by 26-year-olds. I mean, the whole muggle=mudblood angle at least gives kids a decent view(if they're smart enough) on the shitheadedness of racism. For the older cynics, yeah, it just reeks of propaganda, but fuck it. At least she's doing her part to try to teach kids something that's still(unfortunately) relevant in modern society. Really looking forward to the movie version of "Prisoner of Az-Kaban", if only because Gary Oldman signed on to be Sirius Black, who I always thought to be damn near perfect for the role. Okay, since this is still somewhat on-topic for the Harry Potter fans, who do you think(sorry, I don't know if they've already cast a replacement) would be a good alternative for Dumbledore, since the actor who portrayed him(Richard Thomas, or something like that???) died of what I believe were cancer-related issues? I really can't think of anybody, myself.[/i] |
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| May 6th, 2003 03:48 PM | ||||
| sadie |
i found dobby much more annoying in the movie than in the book. and i agree that sorceror would piss the right-wingers off more. my mom, for example, can't stand anything about harry potter 'cause she feels watching and reading about anything related to witchcraft pulls one out from under god's umbrella-like protection. ( ) and hating something based on its advertising is pretty lame. |
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| May 6th, 2003 09:19 AM | ||||
| Daphne |
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Harry Potter didn't 'ruin' elves. They have 'house elves'. It just so happens I can't stand the house elves, but that's besides the point '
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| May 6th, 2003 06:58 AM | ||||
| Protoclown | I think Daphne is right. "Sorceror" certainly sounds a lot more occult than "Philosopher", as I sincerely doubt that most idiotic American parents have the slightest clue what a philosopher's stone is anyway. | |||
| May 6th, 2003 02:23 AM | ||||
| Zomboid |
Well, I don't think I need to read any books to know how fucking annoying and stupid "dobby" is along with how they FUCKED UP ELVES. Neverending story is what I watched as a kid and I liked it, damnit. I didn't see the main kid's face all over the fucking place and I didn't see any obsessed fans either. I hate shit that gets so fucking popular you see it everywhere in public so I can't ever like harry potter. |
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| May 6th, 2003 01:56 AM | ||||
| Grazzt |
Plus, Harry Potter doesn't have laser statues. Neverending Story is also cooler because it never had a homo ad campaign. |
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| May 6th, 2003 01:14 AM | ||||
| Jeanette X |
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And Retro Kat is right. The Harry Potter series can't possibly be as cool as The Neverending Story, because Harry Potter doesn't ride a giant flying dog-thing...(weren't they called luck-dragons or something?) I want a dog-thing too...are they easy to housetrain? |
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| May 6th, 2003 12:26 AM | ||||
| AChimp |
I'm pretty sure Jeanette is dead on for the reason behind the title change. I don't imagine that there was much media coverage about it in the U.S., especially since if the book is released under a different title from the very beginning, no one's really going to know the difference in the end anyways. The Harry Potter books are pretty good, and well worth the 30 minute read it should take you to finish the entire series. If you're constipated, you should be able to blast your way (no pun intended) to about midway through the second book in no time. The plots are fairly simplistic, but they're still fun. If you have kids, they should definitely read these. 
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| May 5th, 2003 11:40 PM | ||||
| Grazzt | I've read the first Harry Potter book, and I concluded that it is garbagio. | |||
| May 5th, 2003 08:49 PM | ||||
| The Retro Kat |
 'Nuff said. |
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| May 5th, 2003 08:42 PM | ||||
| Daphne |
It's hardly fair to judge them if you haven't read them, you should know better . I really hate when people say a book or a movie is shit without reading it. Say it's not your cup of tea, but don't say it's a bastardization a 10 year old could think up. How could you know? And I was thinking about that, Jeanette but I think Philosopher sounds a lot less damning than Sorcerer, don't you? Maybe Philosopher was harder to spell?
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| May 5th, 2003 07:47 PM | ||||
| Zomboid |
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| May 5th, 2003 07:42 PM | ||||
| Jeanette X |
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