Five Reasons Tolkien Rocks - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 06-15-2009, 02:56 PM

or "Why you can't get a proper Dark Lord anymore".
http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/06...ocks.html#more Well worth a read

Hakon · 06-15-2009, 04:03 PM

Interesting blog post. I do not get the Why we can't get a proper dark lord anymore part. We just can't get that perfect one anymore. Now we get near perfect and suckish ones.

Kuruharan · 06-15-2009, 08:18 PM

That is a very interesting article. Its definitely something that we have discussed many times over here on the Downs.

And I have to say that I think 'great clomping foot of nerdism' has to be about the most hilarious things I've ever read.

I wish I could write something to earn a comment like that.

Could I have my personal title changed to that?

davem · 06-15-2009, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Hakon

Interesting blog post. I do not get the Why we can't get a proper dark lord anymore part. We just can't get that perfect one anymore. Now we get near perfect and suckish ones.

Which is Mieville's point - Sic transit gloria mundi 'n' all that.

The Might · 06-16-2009, 04:26 PM

Nice post, I especially agree with points 3 and 4.

06-15-2009, 02:56 PM	#1
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Five Reasons Tolkien Rocks or "Why you can't get a proper Dark Lord anymore". http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/06...ocks.html#more Well worth a read __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."

06-15-2009, 04:03 PM	#2
Hakon Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Twilight Zone Posts: 736	Interesting blog post. I do not get the Why we can't get a proper dark lord anymore part. We just can't get that perfect one anymore. Now we get near perfect and suckish ones. __________________ Medicine for the soul. ~Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

06-15-2009, 08:18 PM	#3
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,591	That is a very interesting article. Its definitely something that we have discussed many times over here on the Downs. And I have to say that I think 'great clomping foot of nerdism' has to be about the most hilarious things I've ever read. I wish I could write something to earn a comment like that. Could I have my personal title changed to that? __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

06-16-2009, 04:26 PM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Nice post, I especially agree with points 3 and 4. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown