Recent content by Shawn Mitchell

I like ... but I'm afraid after hearing Professor Olsen on the live session say he doesn't even want a HINT to the audience, it'll get shot down :-( BUT, we can hope!

I fully understand that the execs call the shots and sometimes you just have to roll with it ... but I REALLY agree with you on this one. I've never understood how on earth an audience will be fooled for a second by the "new" Melkor haha. BUT, it is what it is and I'm sure we can find some way...

Yeah the Tengwar/Calculus thing actually could work. Though Tolkien used it sparingly this IS an arcane world that is "magical" in a sense. Nicholas made a very good point about how Feanor probably just KNOWS the science and that IS in line with Tolkiens concepts. The audience will, however...

Nicholas, what you're saying, in concept, makes perfect sense. In fact, in my opinion, your statement on this lines up perfectly with what I perceive Tolkien portrayed/conveyed in the books. However (yes, you knew that was coming), this "concept" is exactly the kind of thing that Professor...

MithLuin, I really like this but the very reason I like it suggests that the execs won't go for it. Every time I think of this scene I see Melkor as the super creepy guy ... and he is! Which is why I like the scene but that violates the exec approach in this episode doesn't it? Now I think...

The part that is hard for me to conceptualize is whether or not it is leaning towards "magic" or purely "science." Are the scenes of their creation going to be a scientist working on his latest project or a magician working with potions and elixirs? I've always seen it more of a purely science...

Ray, I think it's very easy to forget that the Noldor had become a very prideful people by this time. And I don't mean that in a good way. In reading the Sil you get the feeling that Tolkien is trying to point out that they weren't the "sweet and innocent" children they once were. Not that...

Thanks for the summary on it MithLuin. I do remember listening to the Podcast and this was discussed ... but I simply forgot. That's why I take notes now haha. I think her journey through Middle Earth would be something the audience would enjoy. As long as it were done in an expedited way...

Ok, I'm looking/using MithLuin's outline and just asking some questions to maybe start to get a better grasp of things. - Episode 2 - Introduction of Arwen’s friend - Who is she? Are we going to develop her back story in detail or leave things a bit ambiguous? - Episode 4 - Arwen...

LOL ... apparently the vast majority of the people I interact with on a day to day basis. It's very disappointing really :-p

Hmmm, I'm not sure. I mean you have to admit that a story written FOR the informed will always be more interesting for that same group. I imagine there's a middle ground there but that's not as fun! haha.

Let me say ... if you're just "moderately creative" I reserve NO hope for myself!! LOL. MithLuin, you and the regulars on these boards are all very creative.

HOW DARE YOU! LET ME TELL YOU ... haha :-P ... No, no, no I'm just kidding. Ray, I think what you suggest is perfect. I've been "listening" to Professor Olsen's podcasts from the very beginning. When it was just him and Dave doing the Riddles in the Dark series. I've been "listening" to...

Nicholas, It seems only fitting, considering her future, that she would be shown to have some contact with one of the Rangers. If this time line happened a year or so after the Battle of Five Armies Haldbarad might be a little to young?? I"m not sure how much passage of time passes between...

MithLuin, Is there an outline somewhere that points to what the frame will be doing episode to episode ... or is that the exact thing we are trying to hammer out now? I'm trying to keep up and the main narrative will be very information intensive for episodes 8, 9, and 10. It seems like we...