Shaz's World

Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Doctor Who, Jane Austen, and everything else cool!

[evanpalmercomics]

Part 1 of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Ainulindalë. 

Read part 2.

[sisterofiris]

Responses to “so what are you going to do after your degree in ancient civilisations?”

“the position of ‘ruler of Babylon’ has been vacant for a few years, hasn’t it?”

“well, someone has to translate those ancient curses in movies”

scream “ΒΡΕΚΕΚΕΚΕΞ ΚΟΑΞ ΚΟΑΞ” and run away

“destroy Carthage”

start reciting the Iliad and don’t stop until the person leaves

“I was thinking of killing a giant in Lebanon, losing my bro and going on a subsequent quest for immortality, what do you think?”

say nothing and keep building that sweet Hittite chariot you’re going to use to become a new superpower

“I’m going to construct a fort with all the Loeb books I own and never come out”

“bold of you to assume my studies will ever be over”

“et tu, Brute?”

[halcyon-travesty-blog]

[graphrofberk]

[morwennacarne]

congratulations, drake and morwenna carne! 

[albusowner]

<3 I thought this day might never come

[vavaharrison]

#creeping in like a tomcat

[albusowner]

I wish their kids got more air time

[vavaharrison]

Her name, it means “little she-bear”

[albusowner]

y  d o  i  f e e l  s o r r y  f o r  h i m

[albusowner]

It has been a LONG time since I have felt this way about a TV show / movie. I feel like my heart is breaking. I can’t get it out of my mind. I hated everything that Elizabeth did for Ross and Demelza, and yet I feel so grieved. That opening scene was a killer too.

[haiderabd51]

By @BarbroFarbror Twitter

[anakinh]

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) dir. George Lucas

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[spikespiegell]

*hears one second of sound from a lotr movie* are you watching lord of the rings

[android1000]

[lonely-silhouette-blog]

[eleanor-hates-pedos-blog]

This video,,,, made me so happy? thank????

[both-seeker-and-sought]

a work of true beauty and timeless impact.

[vanyataniquetil-blog]

Teleri Elf (by Tolrone)

[whiteladyofrohann]

Frodo Baggins + Happiness

requested by my tumblr awards winner @shiremaiden

[albusowner]

look at dis piece of cake

[albusowner]

My fears and hopes for The Incredibles 2

Ok I need a quick rant. I, like many others, am greatly looking forward to the 2nd Incredibles movie coming out this year. But amidst an age of terrible sequels I need to express some concerns.

Very often, what makes the sequel to a film ‘bad’ is that it loses the heart of the original. IMO, the best moments of any Star Wars sequel is when (warning: spoilers) we get extended scenes of Rey making ends meet on Jaku, or Luke reminds Leia that we’re never truly alone as he hands her Han’s golden dice, or we see the return of endearing hand-controlled puppets without the flashy, CGI show-offs which never fail to feel cold and alienating (pun intended) rather than helping us see a piece of ourselves and our humanity reflected back. No matter how alien or super a film becomes, we rarely keep watching unless we see our humanity. This is what makes the Ancient Greek plays so fascinating, and why we can never quite leave Shakespeare.

The temptation of those making The Incredibles 2 will be to ‘update’ and show off their new effects. To make it simply a dramatic superhero movie. This would be missing the point of The Incredibles 1. The heart of the original is the story of a very special normal family. The ‘superhero’ genre was simply a guise to present a story about a family. It was a hook to attract audiences to watch the story of ordinary 21st century people and their struggles. You can see this in the way that each family member’s powers simply accentuate their natural characteristics. Mr Incredible is every working dad who dreamed of being a hero and doing good as a young man, possibly even tasted his dream for a time, revels in independence - but who now with the pressures of maintaining a happy marriage, raising three kids, supporting them all financially and attempting to fulfil society’s expectations of who he should be and has had to take up a job in a field that doesn’t interest him, working under corrupt leadership and living the reality that so many people today can relate to. His special ability is strength, because he is expected to be strong for his family. Meanwhile, Mrs Incredible (Elastergirl) is flexible and stretchy - a representation of what many mums feel like when balancing children, marriage, and work for many. Most parents watching this movie could relate to these characters in some way, and I for one as I grow older relate more to the parent characters each time I watch it. Violet’s ability is to turn invisible, just like how many teenage girls wish they could be, or feel that they are at times. Dash can run fast, representing the hyperactive and/or competitive tendency of many boys in our over-regulated society. This is the story of a normal suburban family.

My fear is that the writers and director will forget this, and make The Incredibles 2 just a superhero movie, with a new villain and some cool effects. The Incredibles 1 was about an ordinary family. I hope movie 2 is too. I hope it retains the same heart. Luckily from what I can tell it’s the same director and all the same main voice actors, bar Dash where they had to find a different prepubescent male actor’s voice. The (mostly) same cast/director isn’t always a recipe for a good sequel movie, but it’s a good start.