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Originally posted by: Beyond_the_Veil

Not a Tolkien fan myself, but I loved the movies. Dunno if it's hypocritical for me to. But I could never get into his prose - they seemed devoid of any human interest whatsoever. Also, I found most of the characters one-dimensional, and felt the movies did a better job improving them (oh, scratch that - didn't like RoTK for the most part, especially when compared with the first two installments).

But I will have to admit that, as much as I disliked going through his prose, I liked the places he described as a concept and in the movies. He is a master of world-building, and that, I think, whether you are a Tolkien fan or not, is undeniable. 😆

Edit: Yes, Liv Tyler was good But there is hardly any below average actor from the LoTR trilogy, is there?

Originally posted by: angie.4u

I had that very post in mind 😆.

I get what you are saying about those refusals. I think after a point people simply got defensive.

It also makes me question the oft repeated stance about idol worship that is forbidden by some religions. Getting all worked up about accusations cast at a person, without trying to keep message and messenger separate amounts to a sort of Idol worship. Just the thing that was sought to be prevented by that very person ! Now thats ironical.

I had that post in mind as well and knew that I ought not be hypocritical.

But unfortunately, somewhere down the line the gist of the question was lost and people got too defensive. 🤔 I tried asking just fundamental questions about marriage and relationships, but by that time no one was willing/able to answer. That refusal to acknowledge something significant even in today's times when we know better times really bothers me. Hopefully, someone gets the point, somehow, someday. IMHO its a pretty serious issue.

@Shak - most stopped watching the show at some point or the other because it went to downhill ... By the time i stopped at April end.. i wasnt as regular at Den anyway.. at most i would spam the chat thread ..

@Arwen - Faramir was the best. I am so mad that the movie diluted his character and his story with Eowyn. Their entire conversation in the healing houses is one of the most beautiful pieces in literature. It really touched me.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

@Arwen - Faramir was the best. I am so mad that the movie diluted his character and his story with Eowyn. Their entire conversation in the healing houses is one of the most beautiful pieces in literature. It really touched me.

Originally posted by: shaktheback

Yup Arwen. I miss all the fun we had naming Doggy and Dexter. Are you still posting in Den ? Where are the old members now ?

Originally posted by: Arwen.

@RTH - good look with your reading of Quran and Hadiths 😆 It will be difficult considering the number of different interpretations etc

@Cunninglingust ... It is accepted by some Islamic traditions but not all ... There are doubts because of the vast years of oral traditions between the death of Prophet and collection and recording of the histories.. there are alot of accusations of fakes attributed or actual Hadiths been lost or mis interpreted etc ...

How does one decide what is fake and what is authentic?, are we dismissing something simply because we didn't like what we read about our favourite person?, that would be intellectually dishonest. Is it not true that Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim are two of the most authentic hadeeths, highly regarded by Muslims, and second only to the Quran? (at least by Sunnis, are you Shia?).

Why is it that all four schools of Islamic jurisprudence set the minimum age of female maturity to 9?

You see, the criticism you raised against the hadeeths is equally applicable to the Quran as well, the Quran was compiled into textual form several decades after Muhammad's death, by that time, there was already several different versions of the Quran floating around in the newly established Islamic empire, and what with Uthman burning all the other copies later on, how can you be so sure that what's written in the Quran is actually what was said by Muhammad?

Originally posted by: pinkfreud

No weekend blah blahs here still?

Went to see The Dirty Picture yesterday. It's Vidya Balan all the way. Take her out of the picture, and you have quite the damp squib.

I'd recommend the movie to anyone who's always wondered what all the fuss about Silk Smitha and podgy Thambi chicks was in the 80s.

@H4L - Thanks 😳

Oh not this LOTR-HarryPotter-Twilight discussion again.