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[#] Sun Nov 24 2013 13:14:20 EST from dothebart

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anybody remembers

The Secret of My Succe$s?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093936/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_41

there are a bunch of quotes, but an important one is missing;

I just know the german one; michael j fox calls his uncle names; 'Schwaetzer' like a guy who just talks bullshit, but does nothing.

whats the english version of that?



[#] Sun Nov 24 2013 16:17:37 EST from fleeb

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Braggart?

[#] Sun Nov 24 2013 18:47:13 EST from dothebart

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hm, yes that could be it.



[#] Sun Nov 24 2013 22:32:27 EST from ax25

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I know a little German, He's sitting right over there.



[#] Wed Dec 04 2013 20:49:09 EST from Ladyhawke

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Hmm.  Perhaps you're thinking of "blowhard"?

That was a great flick....great music, too.



[#] Thu Dec 12 2013 16:16:46 EST from dothebart

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084953/

interesting. didn't see it yet. most probably IGs gonna like it too ;-)



[#] Fri Dec 13 2013 11:03:30 EST from Shazam

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It looks like a horror movie. Except that it's real. Which makes it even more horror-like

[#] Wed Dec 18 2013 07:37:53 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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Unless the evil arch-villain is depicted as a geek-wannabe from the pacific northwest masquerading as a philanthropist, I can't find the movie very accurate or horrifying :)

[#] Mon Dec 23 2013 12:44:19 EST from wizard of aahz

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Second Hobbit movie was highly entertaining. Doesn't matter if it followed the book well or not. I laughed lots.

[#] Mon Dec 23 2013 13:30:53 EST from vince-q

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I haven't seen it (the film, that is) yet.

But...

Hero finds dragon in lair.
Hero battles and conquers dragon.
Hero makes off with a pile of gold, a ring, and a Cloak of Invisibility (Tarnhelm).

Sound familiar?

It should.
Wagner: Siegfried, Act II.

[#] Tue Dec 24 2013 11:28:48 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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vince: the Tolkien estate (which now consists entirely of hostile copyright lawyers) would like to have a word with you and this Wagner fellow.



[#] Wed Dec 25 2013 06:59:39 EST from vince-q

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Heh.
Ring des Nibelungen: first performance 1876
Tokien's "Ring": published 19when???

Tell the Tokien copyright-whores, MAKE MY DAY!

[#] Wed Dec 25 2013 14:08:11 EST from dothebart

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well, the Nibelungen itself is a century old saga, long before wagner did create an opera from it.



[#] Wed Dec 25 2013 23:39:31 EST from vince-q

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Well, Wagner's Ring is based on a bunch of Norse stuff well beyond the (German) Nibelungenlied.

a) the Elder Edda
b) the Volsungasaga
c) the aforementioned Nibelungenlied

The first two are the primary sources for Das Rheingold and Die Walkure.

Siegfried comes primarily from a Germanic myth the name of which escapes me.
Goetterdaemmerung is mainly drawn from the Nibelungenlied.

Curiously, in Siegfried we find both the "riddle game" and confrontation with the dragon - both are *huge* elements of the story in The Hobbit. This is *not* to accuse Tolkien of stealing from Wagner, but that they were both influenced by the common sources from which they produced their own individual "takes."

You will also find a bit of The Hobbit in Das Rheingold, specific to the "give and take" between Alberich, Wotan and Loge (Loki) where Loge tricks Alberich into using the Tarnhelm to assume the shape of a small animal whereupon Wotan captures Alberich in a net and drags him from Nibelheim up to the surface and later forces him to produce his treasure (the Rhine Gold and the Ring).



[#] Thu Dec 26 2013 13:08:57 EST from dothebart

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Wed Dec 25 2013 23:39:31 ESTfrom vince-q @ Uncensored
Well, Wagner's Ring is based on a bunch of Norse stuff well beyond the (German) Nibelungenlied.

a) the Elder Edda
b) the Volsungasaga
c) the aforementioned Nibelungenlied

The first two are the primary sources for Das Rheingold and Die Walkure.

Siegfried comes primarily from a Germanic myth the name of which escapes me.
Goetterdaemmerung is mainly drawn from the Nibelungenlied.

Curiously, in Siegfried we find both the "riddle game" and confrontation with the dragon - both are *huge* elements of the story in The Hobbit. This is *not* to accuse Tolkien of stealing from Wagner, but that they were both influenced by the common sources from which they produced their own individual "takes."
 
Siegfried was known for winning the fight against a dragon, and bathing in his blood making him invincible.
However, a leave fell on his shoulder thus leaving a blind spot.
You will also find a bit of The Hobbit in Das Rheingold, specific to the "give and take" between Alberich, Wotan and Loge (Loki) where Loge tricks Alberich into using the Tarnhelm to assume the shape of a small animal whereupon Wotan captures Alberich in a net and drags him from Nibelheim up to the surface and later forces him to produce his treasure (the Rhine Gold and the Ring)

ah, didn't know that.



[#] Wed Aug 06 2014 13:35:27 EDT from fleeb

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Has anyone seen the movie 'Ridicule'? It's a French movie, but one of the best movies I've seen. Funny, yet extremely moving as well.

[#] Thu Aug 07 2014 14:18:01 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Has anyone seen the movie 'Ridicule'?

What the f**k is wrong with you? Nobody in their right mind goes to see a movie like that. Seriously dude, by posting a message like that you are advertising to the whole world what a moron you are. I can't believe you would admit to watching that kind of film.

(Do I get the part?)

[#] Thu Aug 07 2014 14:31:53 EDT from fleeb

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Well, an A for effort, surely, but I'm not sure why you censored yourself on uncensored.

(Although I'm digging the irony).

[#] Thu Aug 07 2014 16:00:47 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Sorry, I broke my phone and the autocorrect leaked into my computer keyboard.

[#] Thu Aug 07 2014 17:09:56 EDT from fleeb

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Ah, that explains it. Unfortunately the part requires a properly working phone.

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