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Exactly!



So, RUB IT IN!!... Just kiddin' ;p I'm happy for you!

Thanks!

Its a yearly pilgrimage ;)

I suppose I would like them anyway, though.


I wish that there were a Tintin shop in the US.

Believe me: you'll like them!



-Crying- Me tooo!! Boo-hoo-hooo...

I'm going to a Barnes and Noble store tomorrow. I think I might buy one of the movies. I saw that there was one kind with a DVD that had both the extended edition and the theatrical edition. I want to get that one.

I guess your being in Puerto Rico actually does make you a US resident, doesn't it Triskeliae, even though you don't have statehood and don't want it. At least, that seems to be the majority over there.

Not everyone... There are a lot of Puerto Ricans who want statehood. But that's a decision that only the President and the US Congress can take, not us.

Yes, we are American citizens, but we can't vote for Presidency.

About the films, that would be good if you get to compare the theatrical cut and the director's cut.

Well, I went to the B&N store, and was shocked to discover that the edition that the movies I wanted were $28.99 each. I can get them for half that much on Amazon. So you know what I did? I bought a biography of J.R.R. Tolkien instead. Anyway, I have also decided to watch at least one of them before making a purchase. Do you own them? Are they worth owning?

The extended versions are worth owning.

It seems like I have been gone for a long time even though it has only been a few days.
Last night I watched The Fellowship of the Ring (theatrical version), and it was great. I was a bit disappointed with the opening sequence which told of the Rings of Power, because the narrator was obviously quoting the poem from the beginning of each book (which I have memorized ;)), and it wasn't the poem. Why couldn't they have just used the poem? The greatest abscence I saw was that of Tom Bombadil. He is silly, but they didn't need to leave him out. I was also disappointed that almost all of the poems were left out. The only one which was left in there was how when Bilbo was leaving he was singing "The Road Goes Ever On And On" (which I also have memorized) but you don't hear the whole thing. I thought that their account of Isildur was pretty good too. I am hoping to watch The Two Towers this week too.

They left Bombadil out because he was silly, like you said.

Yes, the extended versions are much better but the pacing suffers a little in the FotR and RotK because of it. Surprisingly, The Two Towers flows much better.