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The Fellowship of the Ring was the closest to the book, and the only one of the movies I liked. The other two deviated way too much. That whole bit with Aragorn going over the cliff in The Two Towers? So not part of the book. I think I may actually have liked the 70s cartoon version of The Lord of the Rings better than the Peter Jackson movies. There was a very good film critique in The New York Times called "What Have They Done To Our Precious?" (or something like that) that pretty much hit the nail on the head as to why I dislike the movies so.

As for Star Wars...if I pretend the reboots don't exist, I'm a much happier person, lol.

I wish my dad was still around...

I like action games and I like RPGs. I don't like action mixed with my RPGs. I think it's because I'm old. I grew up on text adventures like Zork and dungeon crawlers like Wizardry, where everything was turn-based.

As for series being messed with: you ranted about one of my big ones in this blog. Star Wars is another. Han shot first, I remember him doing it on the big screen when I was eight, and he does it on the video cassette that I will hold onto until Hell freezes over. I hate the LoTR movies. I know I'm in the minority, but...

I feel for you. I'm dealing with redoing a bunch of written policies before we get fined by the Bureau of Labor Standards. I have acually fallen asleep at the computer due to the incredibly boring and repetetive nature of the material.

Well, I missed the previous blog, so no worries. As for getting banned for trying to debate something...well, I've had my share of arguments with idiots. None of them ever banned me, kind of wish a couple of them had, though, lol. Isn't it both amusing as fascinating as to what sets some people off?

It would be better if that envy tasted like a bbq pulled pork sandwich.

It's not a console I see myself purchasing, and my 360 is my favorite console this gen, so I'm by no means a fangirl. Many of the reasons I'm not buying one have already been mentioned. My other issue is that Microsoft seems to be moving away from a gaming platform and more to a bizarre computer/cablebox hybrid. I have a computer, I could have a cablebox if I so wished (I don't wish). What I want is a console I can shove a game into and play when, where, and with whomever I choose.

To be honest, though, I don't see myself purchasing a PS4, either. I have so many games in my backlog that I won't have to buy another game for many, many years and I'll still have more games in that backlog.

Whoa! Cool beans! Very envious.

I have no idea if it gets better, because I didn't like it well enough to bother watching more than the one episode.

Blake, the American one is called Elementary. I don't think it's as good as the British one, which is awesome.