Recent content by Koley Porter

You must forgive; I am not intimately familiar with Dune, so I am here having to rely on my admittedly hazy memory (and a quick internet search) to try to clarify what I meant. First, as for the race consciousness, I don't think this is the world soul, but it is something like the world soul...

@Haerangil Interesting. Interesting. I did not come away from Dune concluding it to be atheist, exactly. When I finished Dune, it seemed to me that the Bene-Gesserit were a sort of cynical elite, who believed they were manipulating the religious belief of the masses to their own benefit...

I think this is a very good reading. It seems that the constant of the hellish torments is that it is a continuation of the choices the sinner made in life. In the strange case of belief, it is a bit harder to keep doing what you are doing except to keep your incorrect view, which is difficult...

Hi there! A couple of things have come up in class about Catholic dogma. I wanted to clarify a couple of things. 1) The Assumption of Mary Some weeks back, there was a reference in class to Mary's ascension. Importantly, Mary did not ascend into heaven. Ascension would imply an action of her...

I agree with your assessment of the sullen. Both sullenness and wrath are types of anger. As you indicate, sullenness is anger beneath the surface. Seething, as it were, as visually indicated by the bubbling of the mire.

The only challenge is figuring out what roles I would not want Christopher Lee to play. Maaaybe Luthien...

NicoleHobbitday suggests: RAY STEVENSON as TULKAS base NicoleHobbitday says: "He's been typcasted a bit since his role as lovably violent Titus Pullo in HBO's Rome, and I'd hate to do it again, but I think he could perfectly capture Tulkas' wanton sort of revelry, and his toughness. He's...

I like some of the suggestions here. I agree with Bre that each character probably deserves her own thread! :)

As Corey said, "I want to do an adaptation completely untrammeled by reality. No restrictions of any kind—pure awesomeness without check." I think this applies here, and that we should not limit ourselves to living actors, though I understand there are valid reasons for wanting to do so.

I was thinking that it might be useful to see if we could draw some cultural analogues for the groups of peoples in the Silmarillion. This might give us some ideas for starting our costuming conversations. I have made a few suggestions. I have not covered every culture, nor have I made many...

I am of the mind that the elven swords should be straight. If I recall, only the orcs are described as having curved swords.

I have always imagined the Elves wearing something simple for armor. As I recall, there are only references to mail and to pointed helms. I envisioned something like this:

I am encouraged that there seem to be multiple valid and interesting answers to these questions. Personally, I would like to see the Ainulendale done in the style of a stage production. Obviously, the intent would be to film it, but, the style of a stage production lends itself better to...

I like this a lot! Some sort of transition that moves from a symbolic representation to a concrete representation at the time of the embodiment of the Valar in the world would be cool.