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Jun 30, 20233 min read
Common Online Debating Fallacies
Ad hominem An ad hominem is a personal attack injected into what is ostensibly a logic-based argument. It means attacking the person as a...
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May 31, 20231 min read
No, the New Lord Of the Rings Movies Are Not About "Another Ring"
It was satire, guys. Come on. Yes, Warner Bros will be making some sort of adaptations of Tolkien's writings. No, they will not have dual...
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May 2, 20231 min read
DUNE TRAILER TOMORROW!
The checkmark account @dunemovie tweeted today:
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Apr 5, 20231 min read
Brandon Sanderson On Fantasy and Emotion
Brandon Sanderson: Outside
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Feb 17, 20232 min read
Where's All the Light Coming From? And Suspension Of Disbelief
A common trope in movies, especially fantasy, is that even in nighttime scenes there will be a "twilight" level of light. The Lord of The...
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Dec 26, 20221 min read
"The Nature Of Middle-earth" Is Awesome
I recently received one of the latest collections of Tolkien's notes, The Nature Of Middle-earth. Edited by Carl F. Hostetter, it...
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Sep 2, 20221 min read
Character: Durin IV (show)
Universe: Arda (Amazon) Creature type: Dwarf Size: Probably about 4'10" tall Abilities: Great strength, likely mining and combat...
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Aug 17, 20221 min read
ROP Releases 6pm PT On September 1st!
(Early on the morning of the 2nd if you're in the UK.) Source (and another teaser)
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May 26, 20221 min read
Weta Workshop and Weta FX Are Working On The Rings Of Power!
Weta Workshop website source Weta FX website source
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Mar 2, 20221 min read
Priscilla Tolkien Dies Aged 92
Priscilla Tolkien, Tolkien's last child and only daughter, passed away yesterday.
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Nov 24, 20212 min read
Science Quiz
Here's a quick science quiz to help you know if you understand basic scientific principles. I'll use some questions from a similar quiz...
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Aug 16, 20211 min read
Character: Beta
Universe: Real World Creature type: RC robot Size: About 5 feet long (including hammer), weighs 250 lbs Abilities: Hammer attacks,...
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Aug 16, 20211 min read
Beta Hammer KE Calc
In this fight (at about the 0:51 mark) Chris Rose mentions that Beta's hammer "swings nine feet in point two seconds". I think that gives...
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Jul 1, 20211 min read
Character: Tombstone
Universe: Real World Creature type: RC robot Size: About 5 feet long (including bar), weighs 250 lbs Abilities: Spinning bar attacks,...
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Jan 19, 202113 min read
If I were to get mad about something, it might be this
Last April, a man named Oren Ashkenazi wrote a post on Mythcreants. It was titled, "Building Middle-Earth: What Tolkien Did Right – and...
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