• drolex@sopuli.xyz
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    9 days ago

    Ridiculous conspiracy theory as always. It’s so much easier to explain everything if it happened IRL:

    • we have the tech for everything: ring that makes you schizo (my crazy ex’s engagement ring), big ass elephants (elephants on steroids), shitty stale bread (my COVID-era try at sourdough), potatoes (potatoes)
    • this explains perfectly why the eagles didn’t bring the ring into Mordor (couldn’t be arsed. Can’t be more real than that)
    • movies of this type would surely cost tens of millions of dollars. Ridiculous
    • Saruman is some big badass. I don’t think an actor could play that unless having some serious background killing people IRL or something like that
    • I remember a scene when Aragorn kicks a helmet, the ‘actor’ would have seriously injured himself
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      9 days ago

      I remember a scene when Aragorn kicks a helmet, the ‘actor’ would have seriously injured himself

      It started off strong as a 7/10 shitpost, but this last line made it a perfect 5/7 for me

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      Saruman is some big badass. I don’t think an actor could play that unless having some serious background killing people IRL or something like that

      “Peter, do you know the sound somebody makes that was just stabbed in the back?”

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        9 days ago

        Peter, do you know the brain of a Nazi has a very distinctive taste? There is something mysterious about it, something that also pairs remarkably well with the distinct look of terror that stays engraved in their dead eyes after I had my ‘business’ with their owner. Have you ever whispered words of anguish to a man about to be killed in an extremely painful way, Peter? Do you know the power you feel in these moments? You feel like a god, Peter.

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    9 days ago

    Okay, so just goto the Shire, check all the burrow houses and find out whether any of the hobbits are hiding any film equipment. How much can a ticket to middle earth even cost? A thousand dollars?

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    9 days ago

    And I bet that if you asked Tolkien about a conspiracy, he would say Sam is the chief co-conspirator.

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      9 days ago

      Ralph Bakshi’s version had its moments. But still less surreal than Kubrick would have done.