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Starling
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Mar 26 2015, 4:28pm
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that you are my favourite geek, Gramma. 
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Riven Delve
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Mar 26 2015, 5:50pm
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“Tollers,” Lewis said to Tolkien, “there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves.”
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Kilidoescartwheels
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Mar 26 2015, 6:38pm
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In AUJ when the Dwarves first get to Rivendell, they are surrounded by Elrond's horsemen. Thorin calls out some command, kind of sounds like "Egee Baga" to me. I'm pretty sure the Iron Hills Dwarves say the same thing while lining up their shields - maybe somebody can clarify? That's one of my favorite scenes, until the Elves ruin it by jumping over them all graceful and athletically. TMCGI, IMO.
Why yes, I DO look like Anna Friel!
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Brethil
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Mar 26 2015, 7:12pm
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As so often happens, I find myself agreeing with the clever Bird. //
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dormouse
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Mar 26 2015, 7:25pm
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And the fox, and the - er - tree! :-) //
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Brethil
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Mar 26 2015, 7:56pm
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Yes, we have a very complex joke started..
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A bird, a fox, an explorer and a mouse all carry a tree into a bar...
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arithmancer
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Mar 26 2015, 7:57pm
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According to the fan transcript, the phrase is
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"Ifridî bekâr!" and means "Ready weapons!".
(Bekar, anyway, is the same word as in the war cry "Du Bekar" that seems Thorin's favorite.)
With the Elves, I know what the filmmakers were going for, and it worked well enough for me. We are supposed to be in doubt as to whether Thranduil will join the fight, and this is the happy surprise moment when we feel like cheering because we see that indeed, he will. We being generic audience members who had have not read the book some 20 times in the past 40 years, that is. 
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BlackFox
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Mar 26 2015, 8:52pm
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I'll give a cookie to whoever is bold enough to finish that. //
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Kilidoescartwheels
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Mar 26 2015, 9:00pm
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"Ifridî bekâr!" and means "Ready weapons!". (Bekar, anyway, is the same word as in the war cry "Du Bekar" that seems Thorin's favorite.) With the Elves, I know what the filmmakers were going for, and it worked well enough for me. We are supposed to be in doubt as to whether Thranduil will join the fight, and this is the happy surprise moment when we feel like cheering because we see that indeed, he will. We being generic audience members who had have not read the book some 20 times in the past 40 years, that is.
So what does "Bekar" mean - I thought "Du Bekar" meant "To arms", or something like that - so Bekar means arms or weapons? Yeah, I'm gettin' my Geek on here, sort of like those Trekkies that speak Klingon
About the Elves, I felt like they were showing up the Dwarves in that scene, kind of stealing their thunder - but alot of us non-book fans of a certain King Under the Mountain feel that PJ sidelined the Dwarves in favor of the Elves, particularly a certain Prince of Murkwood. But you are probably correct, and I'm maybe being a little sensitive - after all, I know who got the most lines!
Book-fans tend to think a certain Hobbit got sidelined in his own movie - all about perspective, I guess.
Why yes, I DO look like Anna Friel!
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Brethil
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Mar 26 2015, 9:11pm
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A bird, a fox, an explorer and a mouse all carry a tree into a bar.
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The bartender stares for a minute and says, I don't get it.
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A bird, a fox, an explorer and a mouse all carry a tree into a bar. The bartender points to a sign that says NO GEEKS.
"We'll leave," said the tree sadly.
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BlackFox
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Mar 26 2015, 9:26pm
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Two jokes, two cookies. 
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Brethil
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Mar 26 2015, 9:28pm
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Thanks BF! They were a bit weak...I leave (ha!) the door open for others...
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And now that we have COMPLETELY jacked Gramma's thread, I will watch the BluRay and try to observe something useful. (*goes off to BluRay player laughing to self about jokes involving starlings and brandy...*)
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BlackFox
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Mar 26 2015, 9:39pm
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Sorry 'bout that, gramma! Well, in my defense, I need to spend my time *somehow* until I too get my hands on one.  Ah, April can't come soon enough!
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Kim
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Mar 26 2015, 9:48pm
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Well, you certainly have every right to branch out on this thread //
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Brethil
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Mar 26 2015, 9:56pm
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The bell tower and the Windlance (in theory)
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The Bell Tower *does* appear on the landscape in the left of the frame. The Windlance is on top of the Master's home, so in that opening shot it is ground zero for it: I think I see that Smaug misses it on his first pass. It looks like it is still standing as he flies up to turn around.
On the flaming pass we see right after the Master is choked by Bard's rope - there, it *looks like* the Windlance is set on fire, left and low screen, panning across to the right as Smaug flies by. And I don't think I see it after that anymore; so if we get an EE scene of its destruction maybe it will be there - and Bard can see it first thing, right after he escapes the jail (or just a quick pan as he looks around after busting through the roof?)
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Brethil
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Mar 26 2015, 9:57pm
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Thank goodness Gramma is a good apple...//
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Riven Delve
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Mar 26 2015, 10:08pm
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Oak-ay, oak-ay, enough with the jokes. //
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“Tollers,” Lewis said to Tolkien, “there is too little of what we really like in stories. I am afraid we shall have to try and write some ourselves.”
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Kim
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Mar 26 2015, 10:28pm
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But if we can't make jokes, we might pine away //
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BlackFox
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Mar 26 2015, 10:36pm
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Willow stop with these puns already! //
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Kim
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Mar 26 2015, 10:44pm
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Now now BlackFox, don't get your fir all ruffled //
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Brethil
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Mar 26 2015, 11:13pm
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Tree and fruit puns?! Alas, I dispear... //
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dormouse
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Mar 26 2015, 11:35pm
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It's a larch a minute round here! //
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Riven Delve
Tol Eressea
Mar 26 2015, 11:38pm
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Yeah, I'm sycamore puns. We needle something else to talk about. //
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