av_nefardec
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hehe if it wasn't 5:43 AM and I wasn't so tired, I'd open up a "dream cast" for a Silmarillion movie thread.
*wink* *wink*
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I admit, I will probably do this too.
(but it will be eleven hours of criticism too lol, maybe 9.5 since I think the first hour and a half is fantastic.
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Hmm. I will have to disagree with you there.
Eleven hours of TLA would be so much cooler.
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These claims are unfounded, as long as the estate holds the rights to the Silmarillion.
Also, since the Silmarillion spans a few thousand years and LotR spans only one year, I doubt that hollywood would even try.
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Don't forget DJ Kristoff, Canada's best trance DJ!
hehe j/k
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I don't think I've watched any of the movies for upwards of 6 month now.
I'm keeping myself clean
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Jordan, I would never personally attack you.
And I've no reason to suspect that you're not Christian
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No, of course not - it never does. This forum is for debates, not grudges
I'm surprised that you said I had not done any research or reasoning and had no proof.No, that's not what I said - I said that you posted without any such things, in other words, even if you had the research, you did not present it, and as such your arguments appear to others as rash.
You said originally:
sometimes I have a very hard time believing that they are ChristiansThis was what my criticism was directed towards.
What definition of Christian do you use?
I guess I don't really understand the motivation for this thread.
But here is perhaps a clearer motive more fit for the forum:
What does "Christian" mean?
Does it mean one who follows Christ in deed?
Or one who follows Christ by tradition?
Personally, I think that few people could be considered Christian under the first definition then
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That's quite true, Klaas, my mistake, but I was trying to address the rift between Protestants and Catholics, however, which has pretty much avoided any influence from the Orthodox Church.
And I guess "only" was a bad word to use, but I tried to sort of play up that, of course, there were others, by using the word "mainstream".
Also, we cannot forget that even before the Council of Nicea there were the Gnostic Christians
My point basically (poorly communicated now I see) was that the Catholic Church dominated Western Christianity for 1500 years, until the rise of Calvanism, Lutheranism, etc.
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That actually already exists, Yutong.
I have a very hard time believing that they are Christians.Hmm...for 1500 years, the only mainstream believers in Christ were the catholics. Catholicism really hasn't changed much except it's now conducted in a different language, and the popes no longer fight wars.(or do they?)
Please don't ever say that Catholics aren't Christians. They certainly are. Christians believe in christ.
Now whether you believe Catholics have good beliefs is a personal matter, and really to make this judgment, without any sort of reasoning, proof, or research, is not fit for this forum. So beware of making accusations without being able to support them if you want to go this route.
Jesus never said anything in the Bible about praying to the saints or to his mother...I think Jesus also said (as recorded by Luke in 6:29)
If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn the other cheek. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also.But I can think of one "christian" non-catholic whose last name rhymes with "push" who doesn't seem to practice this
The point is, there are hypocrites in every faith, and most often it's in the elite, the power-holding class, not the common person. Tradition is a powerful force for many Catholics, and these tradtions were set by such an elite, long ago.
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Most Homeschoolers are not under-socialized. We like things such as The Fast and the Furious (uh-oh, too much epidermis), going to malls to look at chicks (who subsequently look back, in my case ), listening an array of any genre of music, and have just as many "social events" public schoolers have. The biggest myth is that homeschoolers aren't socialized.
Wow, if that's being socialized to you, I'd recommend living in a box away from such people.
There are much more important and productive things to do with time.
As one of my professors told me, Picasso made his first masterpieces when he was eighteen years old.
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Hmm, not exactly my cup of tea in terms of artwork, but a decent technical demonstration of the computer program that generated them.
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There are shoot president bush games all around the internet, yet no one has even whispered a complaint. And those games have no scientific goal or potential to do good.
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Destroying a simulacrum of a flag is much different than destroying a flag.
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The main problem is that "killing the President" is politically incorrect and socially unacceptable
There are all sorts of games in which famous leaders are killed, or likenesses of famous leaders, etc.
And I doubt that Americans, if presented with a game in which foreign leaders are assassinated, would object so much.
Personally I think the idea itself is noble in its investigation of the assassination. If you don't like the fact that it shows a 3d model of the president getting killed, then I think you ought to complain to the mass media about showing the actual footage of his death every time it comes around to its anniversery.
I think the mass media has really twisted and mispresented this simulation, but on the other hand, I think the project itself is to blame, for offering cash prizes and for marketing the project as "JFK Reloaded". It could have been done a lot more tastefully as pure simulation.
bottom line - There's a lot of secrets out there that we must find out, and we can't touch on the subject gingerly and expect to find out all we need to know.
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Yes, besides writing for WFG currency you are also writing for a large number of potential readers who could be better educated by your writing.
I look forward to reading it!
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Ankhareon, take it easy man - you've only been on these forums for a month.
Sirindu, I apologize that I have not gotten back to you sooner - I had to reformat my hard drive yesterday and I'm almost back to 100% now. I understand we're working out a time for you to interview, so if that is indeed the case, and if I am up and running by tomorrow, we should be able to get things moving for you. Even if I am having computer troubles, the other senior designers are perfectly capable of conducting such an interview.
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Some things I would tell you:
- Avoid outlining. Build up with forms and use tonal contrast to make them vivid. If you must use line then I suggest you avoid double lines and errant strokes that make some lines "sketchy" and some lines not, and also, that you use different line weights to emphasize particular areas of the figure.
The mechanics and physiology of your figure seems to be pretty accurate, but if you really want to get figure down, then I recommend taking some figure drawings courses so that you can get even more familiar with the way a body moves and works. I don't know, maybe you have. Just certain things like how you've drawn the ankles in as merely a connector of shoe and garment tell me that you weren't really thinking of the body as a form underneath. But it is this form that we must focus on, since the clothing is merely atop it.
I suggest you avoid "figurative" representation of things. For instance - the way you have drawn the hair, eyes, nose, and mouth - they aren't so much how these things would look on a real figure, but rather what you think a mouth looks like, what you think an eye looks like, and what you think hair looks like, etc and just seem to have been placed at specific points on the head. But you really need to grasp the form in its entirety. The eye is connected to the nose is connected to the mouth in very specific ways, very specific to each and every person. You could consider using live models for your drawings. I think though that you realize this and have begun to think of it more. But you still have some way to go here. As for hair - it is quite hard to draw. But it's often easier to draw using tone to replicate (not merely indicate) texture and form. But I think the main problem with the hair here is its form. It seems as if this character just got out of bed or something
. One has to imagine how long hair would in fact respond to gravity, etc in the real world. You wouldn't see these sort of flame-like tongues of hair protruding every once in a while, but more of a straight or undulating form. Hands are good. Perhaps a bit too small. I've always been told - and I always practice this - to draw hands maybe even a bit bigger than you think they are, because slightly bigger hands can look dramatic, but small hands just look utterly wrong, so it's better to be bigger than smaller here
Nice work with the deformation of the cloth on the garment. I think you must have a very spatial imagination. Also I can tell this because of the pose of the figure in space, and the relatively accurate proportions and perspective of the drawing.
I think you need to build up through tone more though. It looks unfinished and rushed at this point. This might be something that I put under one of my final drawings.
Nice job though. And don't worry about Quellion - he's a professional artist with more than 10 years on you
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You can trust us that each civilization will be quite intriguing. I mean, just look at the literature on which it was based!
If you've ever read the Fall of Gondolin in LT2, you'll see how utterly effective elves and men can be against the dark forces. (though in the end they fall due to treachery)
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Welcome Sirindu!
TLA is indeed a 'purist' project. If you have writing talent or a good knowledge of Arda lore, you might want to consider applying as an essayist or consultant. If you think you might want to be a part of the project, you can email me or PM me and I can send you the application, as the app on the website is currently down.
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Are you the same people that were arguing morality was determined by the masses
Absolutely not, Erik. Morality ought to be determined by individuals, not societies. However, in reality, morality is held by societies since people have the tendency to conform with a social norm.
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Not quite, fables are stories that are written with the intent of communicating a moral message.
Some fairy tales are fables, but not all of them.
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A completely direct democracy is a tyranny. Except instead of one tyrant, it's many tyrants acting as one.
Direct Democracy means the majority rules. In history, it is the majority that often the most oppresive. If we had a majority rules direct democracy, we'd be living in the United States of Jesus
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This poll has obvious bias. The team will tell you that each of the civs is very appealing in some way.
Interviews?
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Quellion had a history of doing a wonderful piece of art and then disappearing for months.
This last time, he has disappeared for a really, really long amount of time, and so we've finally just said he's gone. The last time I talked to him was in the Spring, unfortunately.
Hopefully we'll have some new art from some new artists shortly though