RicOlie_2

Ryan McAvoy said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Doing the above homework reminded me of the line in Groundhog Day about studying 19th century French poetry, as I was doing just that. :P Until six months ago I never would have considered that I would possibly be stuck doing such a thing....

If I'd learned to read French much better than I did in school, I'd be going straight out and buying an original copy of 'The Incal' (And it's sequels/prequels).

It's a primary influence on Star Wars but I often feel the English translation that I own is suspect. I'd be ordering a lot of other un-translated Moebius stuff in fact... plus the new issue of Charlie Hebdo ;-)

 Presumably, however, the translation was the influence, not the original...or does George Lucas read French?

But yes, a lot can be lost in translation. I plan to never again read a translation from French to English now that I'm mostly able to read them as they are.

I haven't been around for a few days thanks to French homework. I had to analyze a poem in French, and was supposed to create explanations for two others, memorize another, and prepare to read another expressively (though I'm marked on how well I read them all). I was given a week to prepare all that, but it's finally over (though I didn't finish everything I was supposed to do :P). And at the same time, I was given seven pages of Science homework.

All of the above was in French, of course, which increases the difficulty somewhat....

Doing the above homework reminded me of the line in Groundhog Day about studying 19th century French poetry, as I was doing just that. :P Until six months ago I never would have considered that I would possibly be stuck doing such a thing....

TV's Frink said:

FanFiltration said:

This is my personal literary Star Trek canon list.

This is stuff I have read, and I continue to re-read.

If it's not on the list, I did not read it, or I did not consider it worthy

of considering cannon.

This is where it all ends for me!

 

 Whatever happened to the bunny's "LOL" and his candy?

Post Praetorian said:

Seemingly it has led you to a missing king...

+S d3xc2

DE is now in a rotten mood because he no longer has a king either so he does something unexpected (well, maybe not quite so unexpected):

G k10 x k9

 I figured I'd lose the king anyway, so I thought it better to let it go and get another one instead of wasting time letting myself be chased around in circles.

Gc3xc2

I guess it just can't be done.

Pg8xf8

Rk7xk9

Gamble now taken. Let's see where this takes me.... :P

I'm going to take a gamble...R*k7

Ph9-g8

P*d2

JawsTDS said:

I'm highly considering it, since this would be my first time and it would be nice to go in the wake of Episode VII.

 I thought this is happening before TFA comes out....

^But remember that in Tolkien's time, one of the reasons for changing the story would have been the difficulty of representing some of it onscreen due to limitations in special effects. Although I suppose animated films wouldn't have had that problem.

I assume that lance was capturing on g3, not f3.

K-c2

Yes, but in this case you could have also meant the one on i8.

Sh6-g7

P*f1

Yes, it is funny.

If it ever was it isn't now....

I assume you meant "j7-h6"?

Nd4xc6

I believe it's because any page you've posted on takes forever to load for everyone who doesn't have a really good internet connection.

That still leaves room for visual references.

'Tis your turn to play the puppeteer.

Sj9-i8

and

Nc1-d4

Pd5-e6

I can't remember enough of the book to pass judgement.

For The Jungle Book Walt deliberately tried to create something original and avoid telling the same story in the book--IIIRC, most of the people working on the movie had never read it (though that's probably pretty normal).

I agree. I see the books and the movies as separate entities--I don't expect a movie to be entirely faithful to its source material. I expect it to do its own thing, and I got what I expected. I prefer the books, but the movies are great in their own way.

I was part of the former glory you traitor!

Pi8-h8

Does Ric really like pawns, or does he have deeper motivations? (Tune in next time to find out):

Nxh7