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  • Peter Jackson To Honor Christopher Tolkien With 578-Film Adaptation Of

    From Bill O'Meally@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 18 22:24:48 2020
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

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    "Lest some think the movie will be too dull and stuffy, Jackson assured moviegoers there will be plenty of wizards lobbing pinecone grenades
    and wacky barrel rides down rivers. Orlando Bloom and that girl from
    Lost will also be there for some reason."

    https://babylonbee.com/news/peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8

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    Bill O'Meally
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    <p class="p1"><span class="s1">"Lest some think the movie will be too dull and stuffy, Jackson assured moviegoers there will be plenty of wizards lobbing pinecone grenades and wacky barrel rides down rivers. Orlando Bloom and that girl from <i>Lost</i> 
    will also be there for some reason."</span></p>
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    <p class="p3"><span class="s2"><a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8">https://babylonbee.com/news/
    peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8</a></span></p>
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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to omeallymd@geemail.com on Sun Jan 19 09:42:31 2020
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:24:48 -0500, Bill O'Meally
    <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:

    "Lest some think the movie will be too dull and stuffy, Jackson assured >moviegoers there will be plenty of wizards lobbing pinecone grenades
    and wacky barrel rides down rivers. Orlando Bloom and that girl from >Lost will also be there for some reason."

    https://babylonbee.com/news/peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8

    Nice!

    But too bad the site doesn't actually load.

    Too busy doing ... other things ... perhaps?
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sun Jan 19 14:09:12 2020
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On 1/19/20 12:42 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:24:48 -0500, Bill O'Meally
    <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:

    "Lest some think the movie will be too dull and stuffy, Jackson assured
    moviegoers there will be plenty of wizards lobbing pinecone grenades
    and wacky barrel rides down rivers. Orlando Bloom and that girl from
    Lost will also be there for some reason."

    https://babylonbee.com/news/peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8

    Nice!

    But too bad the site doesn't actually load.

    Too busy doing ... other things ... perhaps?

    It loads for me.


    --
    John W. Kennedy
    "The blind rulers of Logres
    Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
    -- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"

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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sun Jan 19 22:25:27 2020
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:42:31 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:24:48 -0500, Bill O'Meally
    <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:

    "Lest some think the movie will be too dull and stuffy, Jackson assured >moviegoers there will be plenty of wizards lobbing pinecone grenades
    and wacky barrel rides down rivers. Orlando Bloom and that girl from >Lost will also be there for some reason."

    https://babylonbee.com/news/peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8

    Quoted from the article:
    "Sources in the afterlife have confirmed that J.R.R. Tolkien is
    currently grilling his son on just what the heck actually happened in
    The Silmarillion."



    --
    Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
    http://BrownMath.com/
    http://OakRoadSystems.com/
    Tolkien FAQs: http://Tolkien.slimy.com (Steuard Jensen)
    Tolkien letters FAQ: http://preview.tinyurl.com/pr6sa7u
    FAQ of the Rings: http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/ringfaq.htm
    Encyclopedia of Arda: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm

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  • From Stan Brown@21:1/5 to Paul S Person on Sun Jan 19 22:24:26 2020
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 09:42:31 -0800, Paul S Person wrote:

    On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:24:48 -0500, Bill O'Meally
    <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:

    "Lest some think the movie will be too dull and stuffy, Jackson assured >moviegoers there will be plenty of wizards lobbing pinecone grenades
    and wacky barrel rides down rivers. Orlando Bloom and that girl from >Lost will also be there for some reason."

    https://babylonbee.com/news/peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8

    Nice!

    But too bad the site doesn't actually load.

    Too busy doing ... other things ... perhaps?

    Loads fine for me.

    --
    Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
    http://BrownMath.com/
    http://OakRoadSystems.com/
    Tolkien FAQs: http://Tolkien.slimy.com (Steuard Jensen)
    Tolkien letters FAQ: http://preview.tinyurl.com/pr6sa7u
    FAQ of the Rings: http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/ringfaq.htm
    Encyclopedia of Arda: http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to john.w.kennedy@gmail.com on Mon Jan 20 09:45:36 2020
    XPost: alt.fan.tolkien

    On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:09:12 -0500, John W Kennedy
    <john.w.kennedy@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 1/19/20 12:42 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
    On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:24:48 -0500, Bill O'Meally
    <omeallymd@geemail.com> wrote:

    "Lest some think the movie will be too dull and stuffy, Jackson assured
    moviegoers there will be plenty of wizards lobbing pinecone grenades
    and wacky barrel rides down rivers. Orlando Bloom and that girl from
    Lost will also be there for some reason."

    https://babylonbee.com/news/peter-jackson-to-honor-christopher-tolkien-with-578-film-adaptation-of-the-silmarillion?fbclid=IwAR1bTRT_0vZVtLVTOvqRI4Zu74aZLWcW3mDluUcR2G60MIh4CqQvd_SA3q8

    Nice!

    But too bad the site doesn't actually load.

    Too busy doing ... other things ... perhaps?

    It loads for me.

    Allow me to clarify:

    I see the page.

    I see the headline.

    I see the scroll bar.

    The scroll bar does not work.

    None of the (presumed) links at the top ("Trending" and so on)
    activate, never mind work.

    Clicking on the text and using the keyboard does not work.

    So, yes, technically it loads.

    But, realistically, it doesn't.

    After halting it and reloading it, I did get the scroll bar to work.
    Sort of. Once.

    Apparently, it is so busy loading ads and/or video that actually
    displaying the article is ... not possible. This would explain why the
    mouse is, except for moving about, disabled.

    Perhaps it only works if popups are allowed ... but I'm not planning
    on finding out.

    They really need to fix this. I couldn't even get the "Subscribe"
    button to work. How are they going to make money if people can't
    subscribe? Not that I was planning to, but still.

    But maybe they have a "thing" about IE 11.
    --
    "I begin to envy Petronius."
    "I have envied him long since."

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