#This is probably the funniest Gandalf moment

[rivalsforlife]

OKAY. First of the painfully bloated Jackson Hobbit Trilogy down, over three separate sittings because I was a) stuck at the university downloading a file for my first sitting b) so exhausted from my big trip I had to fall asleep halfway through the second sitting.

And I didn’t even watch the extended edition. 

anyways as I recall this was the best of the trilogy though it’s already showing some heavy flaws. I often hear that like the main thing holding Jackson back was all the production drama, which I don’t doubt didn’t help, but lots of the issues I had are also some of the issues I have with his adaptations of the LOTR movies just taken to an extreme. probably because there’s so much more space to fill when you have to make three hobbit movies so why NOT add in a bunch of extra action scenes and battles. whatever was going on with thorin almost dying at the end is like the “aragorn falling off a cliff on the way to helm’s deep” thing amplified.

anyways time to sort through my notes.

The Stuff I Like:

- When they finally get to the beginning of the novel and have the conversation with Bilbo and Gandalf practically word-for-word? That was nice.

- They kept in the “That’s What Bilbo Baggins Hates” song which I’d forgotten about and was fun, and of course “Misty Mountains” works well and I liked hearing that as kind of the dwarves adventure theme thing throughout the movie.

- Okay a change I Did like was the additional focus on the dwarves and why they follow Thorin, and also distinguishing more between the dwarves when in the books it was kind of like... “Thorin is the king. Fili and Kili are young and interchangeable. Dori is the Hobbit babysitter. Bombur is fat. The rest of the guys are there.” Even though Dori as the Hobbit Babysitter got removed. Anyways stuff from the appendices like Azanulbizar as additional flavoring was I think a good addition. the “there is one I could follow... there is one I could call King” with all the dwarves looking to Thorin with respect was nice.

- Namedrops: Ungoliant! and also the origin of Golf, which is the funniest thing.

- The trivia section of this brought up that Orcrist belonged to Ecthelion which was honestly the highlight of the whole movie-watching experience for me! Because I don’t recall that ever being actually confirmed but it is my headcanon. Glad to see the representation for guys who stab a balrog with a spike on their helmets and backflip it into a fountain, killing the guy that killed one of my favorites in the silm. shoutout to ecthelion wish you got to come back too. you would have Handled it.

- All the Gollum Stuff was great. Both the riddles in the dark scene and the moment of pity. 

- The addition of Bilbo talking about home, and how since the dwarves lost their homes he wants to help them, was I think really good. probably could’ve ended the movie there. but then. well. we’ll get there.

The “I Think You Had Good Intentions, I Just Don’t Like How This Was Executed” Stuff:

- oh man way more elaboration on appendices stuff than I think is necessary to the point that we’re cutting away from the book for long stretches of time. And I mean I always love bringing up more lore stuff! But it really makes the movie lose its focus. 

- troll scene again gets extra battles in it instead of the dwarves coming in one by one and getting put into sacks. It also cuts out bilbo when asked if there was anyone else going “Yes! I mean no!” which I get why they did it but I did like that line. It also doesn’t have Gandalf mimicking the trolls to make them argue amongst themselves, though Bilbo taking on a sort of similar role is alright!

- I feel like when you’re in Rivendell you have the opportunity to add in little background easter eggs but they don’t deliver there’s just a bunch of weird statues of elf women standing there looking pretty. The closest thing they’ve got is what could be a Feanorian star but doesn’t quite look like it. I may be spoiled from rings of power which for all the criticisms at least does give me lots to look at and go “ooh silm reference”

- I Like Seeing Galadriel And Elrond. Every scene with them is enriched with the knowledge that Galadriel is his mother-in-law. I just really do think they take up a little too much time - some background for why Gandalf leaves later isn’t something I think is a bad addition but it just gets a little too much at times. 

- Saruman’s comment of “I would think I’m talking to myself for all the attention he paid” reminded me a lot of my grandma talking about my grandpa. which is some new perspective on the guy.

- Some of the Gandalf-Bilbo stuff later is a little. like when Gandalf is telling Bilbo it’s important to know when to spare a life feels a little Too Much. also his comment to Galadriel about why he picked Bilbo like “perhaps it is because I am afraid... and he gives me courage.” why? he hasn’t met bilbo in years? it didn’t make any sense to me. though I get what they’re trying to do here.

The Stuff I Don’t Like:

- Radagast with the bird poop caked onto his face and the sled pulled by rabbits is what made my dad quit the Hobbit movies after the first one, and thus spared him from the rest, so I guess I can thank radagast for that. but not much else.

- They just have a casual afternoon sprint from the troll dungeon to rivendell for... some reason. 

- anyways rivendell. there was no tra-la-la-lally-ing so what is the point of anything! and the elves were a little too stoic? they’re apparently vegetarians and playing peaceful songs? who are you guys trying to fool. I’ve read the Silmarillion. I know you guys are crazy.

- Elrond was out fighting orcs which felt a little odd to me. Probably because he’s normally a healer and supposedly in a time of peace, so I don’t see why he’d be going out himself to do this? It seems like more of an Elladan and Elrohir thing -- and, like, if you’re going to transplant Radagast from LOTR to the Hobbit you may as well do the same for the twins.

- Since I have been thinking so much about Galadriel and portraying Galadriel in adaptations lately I can probably say I don’t like what they do in later movies. but the main thing that bothered me here is that she has this moment where she’s talking to Gandalf and she just fucking vanishes like she can teleport or something?

- unnecessary action scene for the storm giants or whatever they are. why are they there. what are they doing. why. 

- of course the goblins and orcs being seemingly different species when they’re supposed to be the same thing gets a point here

- legolas shield surfing down the stairs is OUT the entire company surfing down a mountain on a crumbling wooden platform is IN

- The Main Issue is this whole Orc Revenge Plot thing though. no idea what’s going on here so it’s going to get several little bullet points. It’s kind of weird like I get you want a bit more setup than until the battle of the five armies part where Gandalf is like “oh btw bolg is here. you know the guy whose father you killed” but. why azog specifically? why does it have to constantly derail the plot from the beginning? I feel like having the namedrop of Azog (or probably Bolg) by the Great Goblin would be enough setup for now instead of several different fight sequences with the orcs that don’t need to be there.

- okay like first of all when they run out of the mountain and gandalf’s like “the daylight will save us from the goblins”. in the books the goblins continue to fight them and that’s why they’re there for the out of the frying pan and into the fire part. but instead the daylight I guess stops them but... not Azog and co? Why are they seemingly immune to sunlight? They aren’t Uruk-hai?

- So the last part is the worst and here’s where there’s multiple points. First: throughout most of the movie they have Thorin generally willing to put himself in danger for various members of his Company, including Bilbo when he nearly fell off the mountainside, and saving him from the trolls, and such. But then when they’re all falling off the tree he just abandons them to go after Azog. which may be a “blinded by revenge thing” but I don’t love it. everyone watching him as he goes look just as confused as I was.

- and ever since I heard it was the ringwraith theme they use when Thorin goes after Azog it’s been bugging me a ton.

- Azog is like “leave that one [thorin] to me” but then about five minutes later “you there random orc bring me his head” HE CAN’T EVEN DO IT HIMSELF?

- Bilbo tackles an orc which is. weird. but only THEN do the rest of the company rush in to help out Thorin. What were they doing all this time? Some of them were falling off the cliff or whatever, but those that later charged the orcs sure took their time so Bilbo could have his Big Hero Moment he really does not need

- Eagles being summoned by Gandalf and then leaving without him giving so much as a “thank you” made the Eagles seem more like a taxi service than anything. 

- anyways the Leap Of Bilbo (which is what I want to call it now. Bilbo’s Six Foot Vertical Leap, Beren-Style) gains Thorin’s respect, which doesn’t really happen until like after the barrels. and I do think it hurts their relationship development. Thorin respects Bilbo Now for the Leap Of Bilbo, and then I guess just continues to respect him a ton when Bilbo does canonical cool stuff, and then turns on him in the third movie. I think him just beginning to recognize Bilbo at the end of this (with the “you don’t have a home, so I’ll help you take it back if I can” speech, and recognizing he isn’t going to run away) and then really starting to respect him after the Mirkwood stuff would be a bit more natural.

- the Leap Of Bilbo makes him instantly thorin’s favorite when he wakes up he goes “the halfling...?” dude your people were falling off cliffs. you’re making no attempt to resist the fanfiction that’s going to come of this.

Anyways I think that’s everything I took notes on. I can already see where the problems are going to come in. and it’s just going to get worse from here. thanks for bearing with me.

#tolkien adaptation rankings #long post #I continue to be the funniest person to myself. the leap of bilbo. that's great.

[thorinds]

#Gandalf the exasperated (and probably underpaid) babysitter

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), dir. Peter Jackson

#FilmEdit #FantasyEdit #TolkienEdit #HobbitEdit #DoSEdit #Film: The Hobbit #The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug #Gandalf #M. #Marthe's GIFs #This is probably the funniest Gandalf moment #He just eventually gives up like an exasperated babysitter #It's been years and I'm still laughing at the last gif #I miss making gifs but I neither have the time nor the mental energy because I'm working on my master's thesis

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Entertainment Spotlight: Sandeep Parikh, Wizard School Dropout

Sandeep Parikh is a multidisciplinary entertainer and filmmaker. As an actor he’s appeared in popular shows like The Guild, New Girl, Californication and Community. He’s also writer and director of several digital series including the award winning interactive comedy That Moment When, Comedy Central’s The Legend of Neil, and most recently, the interactive comedy Wizard School Dropout. He’s also the founder and Chief Creative Officer of diversity-focused comedy house EffinFunny. Sandeep took time out of his busy schedule to answer some of our questions. Check it out:

Tell us about your role in bringing Wizard School Dropout to life.

I am the showrunner and EP on the full series, and director on 8 of the 12 episodes. My production company Effinfunny led by producer Jeff Winkler put the show together. Fantasy author and handsome devil, Max Gladstone came up with a brilliant concept, and it was up to my team and I to develop and execute it soup to nuts.

What elemental skill do you think you would be best at? 

I want to believe that I'm one of the rare fully balanced wizards, but probably fire. 

If your life was a choice driven show, what are the kinds of decisions that viewers would have to make on an average day? 

With a six month old baby it would be all about how to steal moments of sleep/stay awake, do you <beg spouse for extra hour> <inject caffeine directly into bloodstream> <pretend to go to the bathroom, but actually sleep on toilet> 

How would describe your experience making Wizard School Dropout?  

The biggest challenge of my career. It was my second rodeo with interactive and Eko, but of course we got more ambitious with everything, more episodes, more complex stat tracking, mini-games where the viewer is casting spells, drawing runes, targeting enemies, over 1200 Visual FX shots, plus my wife and I had our first kid right smack in between production and post. Thanks to a magical crew, imaginative writers, killer cast, and an unbelievable wife, I was able to pull it together.

Without any spoilers, what scene, moment, or choice from Wizard School Dropout are you most excited for audiences to experience? 

I suggest viewers fail some of the spell casting on purpose on a second playthrough, because some of the funniest stuff are scenes that only occur when you quote-unquote fail, and watch as Andy's magic gets blown back in her face, or otherwise go awry.

Do you have a personal motto or mantra? 

Just doing the longest OM in yoga class, does that count? Sincerely though, I just have to remind myself to trust when I'm feeling overwhelmed.

What fictional wizard would you most like to make a cameo in Wizard School Dropout?  

Merlin from the Sword in the Stone, Disney flick, was the first Wizard in my life. Honorable mentions to Gandalf, Allanon, and the Wizard from the arcade version of Gauntlet.

If everything that you did was narrated, whose voice would you want narrating your life? 

Keith David (as Goliath from Gargoyles specifically).

 You wake up tomorrow in the world of Wizard School Dropout. What do you do first? 

I want to try whatever a Brew Sky is since Andy describes it as "a drink so good it'll make you fly."

Lighting round! Answer in a few words: 

What your wizard name would be: Michael C. Jordan. I'll never reveal my true wizard name

 What you value the most: Camaraderie, Curiosity, Quality time with Family 

What you’d be if you were a food item: Eaten

Thanks for taking the time, Sandeep. Catch Wizard School Dropout here. 

#spotlight #entertainment spotlight #eko #wizard school dropout

[mantra4ia]

The Best of: Lucifer S2

***21 Days of Lucifer: Countdown to Season Five. August 7, 2020***

Top Moments:

Trixie meets Amenadiel in the hospital while visiting her mom and almost immediately calls him a guardian angel, calls him good, and refills his morale to 100% like a sage.

Linda meeting the divine Goddess while being awestruck and simultaneously fiercely protective of Lucifer “I’m not telling you anything.” Everything with Linda and Amenadiel really. This was a really strong season for the both characters, they are all-stars. And Rachel Harris can do anything with Duct tape apparently.

Lucifer trying to Chloe-proof everything in the precinct and being her body guard in an effort to thwart Uriel cosmic probability pattern from taking her out.

Lucifer’s traumatic meltdown spiral over the course of Monster after killing Uriel, ultimately resulting in him revealing his true face to Linda. God, that scene breaks my heart.

Maze and Linda on opposite sides of the therapy office door when Maze gets so excited about finding her calling and slides the first bounty check under the door made out to “Mazikeen Smith” because she’s the first person Maze wants to celebrate with.

Lucifer finally driving Chloe’s PD vehicle

The questioning of all of Lucifer’s ‘exes’ at the precinct / and finding Lucifer’s (fandom-nod) stalker with her giant string theory board during Stewardess Interruptus

Chloe saves LUX from demolition for Lucifer, first by quashing the police call, then by getting it declared a historic site.

Domesticated devil bliss: Lucifer in the Decker kitchen stealing Trixie’s breakfast sandwich that Chloe just made, and then telling Chloe that her dad would be proud of her and being bewildered that he made her cry.

Dan and Lucifer settle the record during, of all things, improv.

Honorable Mentions

Chloe beating a criminal with a yoga mat while enumerating the sins of betrayal, aka “there’s a special place in hell for women who betray other women”

Lucifer’s parent trap of Mum and God Johnson

Lucifer firemen-carrying his mother off of a dancing table at LUX

Amenadiel standing up for Lucifer to Mum when he’s in pain trying to ignite the blade

Maze blowing up Amenadiel’s car

The corvette stunt driving scene on the airport runway where Chloe looks like she’s about to toss her cookies

Trixie mutilating her doll and Lucifer getting excited about buying her a new one despite Chloe’s protests

Lucifer shocking himself back to hell

“Do not touch the charred crotch”

Maze and Dan team up to dispose of corrupt warden Perry Smith to the Russian mob

Dan and Lucifer team up to get Boris Sokolov in for questioning by staging a hit request on Lucifer, and Lucifer makes a complimentary remark in the sauna on how fit Dan is. 

The Tribe girls night out with Chloe’s lost time in which she invited Maze to move in.

The guys night out where Amenadiel fails woefully at dancing and keeping a low profile, revisits the “Cosmos” bit

At the end of Quid Pro Ho, Lucifer brings Chloe dinner in his penthouse to make up for the date he ditched.

Amenadiel brings Maze flowers and sees Penelope Decker again

The Chloe-Mum tag team aka Chloe pats down the Divine Goddess 

Chloe’s awkward “double date” case-setup with Dr. Garrity from the mental health unit, Maze, and Amenadiel, aka “I like the shape of your head.”

Lucifer and Dan being captured while Lucifer is mimicking him, Dan getting beaten and Lucifer breaking out of handcuffs to free them both only after the fact.

Best Guests:  

Timothy Omundson as God Johnson

Runner up: Michael Imperioli as Uriel in Weaponizer and A Good Day to Die. Alas, poor Uriel.

Note - I don’t consider Tricia Helfer as Mum a guest because of her season long arc

Funniest Moment:

Breaking out of the asylum planning and slo-mo execution with God Johnson

Runner up: The two part payoff when Lucifer complains about Mazikeen moving in with Chloe saying “you better not sleep with her before I do” when, only a handful of episodes later, Chloe and Maze pose as a married couple on a case (2x15) and Maze remarks “she’s a pistol in the sack.” 1-0 Mazikeen. 

Honorable mention: Ella and Lucifer re-enacting the stabbing rampage of Azrael’s blade in the wellness studio / Dan grabbing Azrael’s blade and trying to kill Lucifer over pudding

Most Memorable Dramatic moment:

The ensemble hospital scene in A Good Day to Die part one of which Mum and Lucifer collectively drag each other out of their own hell loops and the latter half of which Amenadiel levels up to Gandalf and holds his ground to help his brother succeed in rescuing Chloe.

Runner up: Lucifer confronts Uriel in Father Frank’s old church

Honorable mention: Lucifer sends mom into the void to start over

Best Fight scene:

Lucifer vs Uriel (2x05)

Runner up: The Tribe kicking *** and taking suspect names at the bar while getting Chloe drunk. Particularly Maze when she says, “No one calls my stank a stank,” breaks a pool cue and cracks skulls (2x04)

Honorable Mention: Maze and Lucifer beating the crap out of each other because Maze thinks Lucifer is going to abandon her for until they literally summon the ref (aka Linda) (2x17)

Favorite Trixie moment:

“Trixie Morningstar, nice to meet you.“ Trixie and Lucifer infiltrate the private school in Deceptive Little Parasite, and he later bonds with her and calls her clever after she reveals that she’s been putting on a brave face every time her mom goes to work. (2x15)

Runner up: Trix faking out Lucifer be going in for the hug and switching it up to the high five after she lets Lucifer take her first breakfast sandwich. (2x07) 

Honorable mention: Dr. Trixie - Wusses don’t get lollies. (2x18)

Favorite Episode:

God Johnson

Runner Up: A Good Day to Die

#21 days of Lucifer #Lucifer s2 #lucifer season 2 #Netflix Lucifer #lucifer on fox #god johnson #a good day to die #Lucifer moringstar #trixie espinoza #amenadiel #Lucifer x Trixie x Amenadiel #michael imperioli #timothy omundson

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Part I

Louis meets Harold at the elevators of SLWW and informs him that they’re going to tank the deal “because Harvey doesn’t want it anymore.”

Harold, who’s apparently been building up his backbone since his departure from Pearson Hardman (s02e12), asks Louis if he’s Harvey’s “partner or his lackey,” and Louis shuts him down by completely butchering Harvey’s “146 other things” quote from “Errors and Omissions” (s01e02). (To wit: “So you sign this cancellation, you get it back to us by tomorrow, or I will take that gun from your bluff, or I will call your hand, or I will take 146 other guns, and I will fire them at your face.”) The whole thing is actually pretty sad; Rick is giving it his all, but for my money, this comedic B-plot isn’t quite as comedic as they’d like it to be. Anyway then Donna shows Alex a folder with a picture in it and says she needs a perfect forgery of the piece in 24 hours, which he agrees to acquire for her in exchange for two, count ‘em two favors. Depending on what the piece is that she needs forged, I have to wonder if that’s even physically possible, but, well. Suits logic.

Harold then proceeds to blow the lid off of Louis’s scheme by calling Harvey on his private cell number, which he got from somewhere, and demanding that he return to his office so they can “settle this.” Harvey instructs Harold to tell him everything Louis said to him and then delightedly informs Samantha that Louis “is 100% running around town pretending to be [him],” which “might be one of the funniest things [he’s] ever heard.” Samantha replies that “Louis is jealous of [him], in love with [him], and intimidated by [him] all at the same time”; also, surprise, she was intimidated by him when they first met on account of the fact that he’s a legend, and I’m starting to think this entire episode is just a 44-minute long excuse for Korsh to stroke his own ego.

Now, Harvey might think Louis pretending to be him is hilarious, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t going to take advantage of the opportunity to “have some fun.” I.e., Samantha calls Louis posing as Harold’s secretary and tricks him into thinking Harold is on the way over, which absolutely terrifies him for reasons that aren’t completely clear to me because Harold already knows Louis is involved and is already under the impression that Harvey doesn’t want to see him, so why wouldn’t Louis just say that Harvey’s out of the office? He doesn’t even have to say where he is, just “not here.” Anyway, Harvey and Samantha laugh uproariously at Louis’s panic until Harvey takes over to inform him that he knows what’s going on and Louis should come clean about whatever he’s done. Samantha seems to feel a little bad, maybe, but Harvey argues that “if you can’t do something to cause Louis to have a stroke once in awhile, what’s the purpose of living?” I know Louis is supposed to be this episode’s comic foil, but that’s…mean. Are he and Harvey friends or aren’t they? I’m starting to worry about Louis, this relationship seems pretty one-sided. Also a little abusive.

Oh, then Harvey wants to take the scenic route to the next exit, Samantha would really rather not, and Harvey talks her into it with the promise that “it’ll be fun.” I wonder how hard this is going to blow up in their faces. Not at all, probably. Also Alex asks Katrina for help with Donna’s forgery thing because Katrina has “clients in fashion and friends in ballet,” so he figures she has connections in the art world, which she does, and she was only being cagey about it because she “just didn’t want to be pigeon-holed.” But she doesn’t know who Gandalf is, which Alex should have known because he knows she’s “not a sports fan.” Alrighty then.

For some reason now we get a flashback to Samantha and Adam getting pulled over mid-escape because of the broken tail light, I guess to parallel Samantha and Harvey in the present day having to pull over because they hit “some kind of hole.” (A pothole, perhaps? I don’t know what makes me think Harvey would know a word like that, being a member of an exclusive car club and also presumably having passed Driver’s Ed at some point in his life.) There is, unfortunately, no jack in the trunk, and Samantha is furious, but never fear; Harvey is texting Triple-A, and they’ll be on the scene in an hour.

Except that you can’t text Triple-A to request assistance. They have a Roadside Assistance app, and obviously you can call them, but their texting service only sends members alerts for roadside events already in progress. So why bother pretending this is a real thing? Well, it’s not hard to guess that the text isn’t going to go through, and I bet Harvey is going to conveniently happen not to notice, thereby stranding him and Samantha on this secluded road for several more hours of forced bonding time until he conveniently does notice, but on a more fundamental and much pettier level, it’s yet another sign that Korsh is a very, very lazy writer. This episode is full of examples of the same trope; isn’t it convenient that Harvey rented not only a Mustang from the club, but the very model Mustang that Samantha has tumultuous emotional history with? Isn’t it convenient that Ron and Eric Kaldor owned the very same Mustang, so Samantha could be doubly traumatized? Isn’t it convenient that Ted Tucker, a man who desperately wants to meet Harvey Specter but conveniently has no idea what he looks like, happens to be the one to call right when Louis is making himself at home in Harvey’s office? Isn’t it convenient that Harold Gunderson is Reed Communications’ in-house counsel? Isn’t it convenient that he managed to acquire Harvey’s private cell phone number from somewhere? This is just all kinds of annoying to me, both as a writer with a much, much smaller platform that Korsh’s, and as a person who does her fucking research, despite having a much, much smaller platform than Korsh does.

Moving on. Harold calls Louis out on imitating Harvey, but after Louis’s sob story about just wanting to “get out of [his] own life and enjoy [himself] for one day,” he agrees to go along with the charade for one more meeting so long as Louis owes him one. Then we get another flashback to Samantha and Kaldor being all…flirty, I guess, as Kaldor drops the bomb that he wants to leave his wife for her— Wait, wait, Kaldor is married? And he has kids? Geez, I guess Samantha and Harvey aren’t as alike as they keep insisting they are. Anyway Samantha says their relationship has always just been a fling for her and she decided right this second that the whole thing was a big mistake, so uh, better late than never on that one. Kaldor accuses her of having daddy issues, conveniently balancing out Harvey’s mommy issues, and she kicks him out of the house that I think he was the one who was renting? Which is the conclusion of that storyline, and I gotta say, I didn’t really get much out of it. Obviously the point was to emphasize Samantha’s forlorn search for a surrogate father figure, but there’s been ample opportunity for the past season and a half to paint that picture via her relationship with Robert and they haven’t really run with it, so shoehorning it in now on top of her abrupt decision to find her birth father feels, at best…really convenient.

Actually, hang on, that whole mess might have another purpose: Samantha confesses her affair to Harvey and says she has “a terrible history with men,” which Harvey instantly diagnoses as a product of her childhood and oh my god these people really need to stop playing Armchair Psychologist for each other.

Brace yourself, because they’re just getting started:

“Deep down, for years, I knew I wanted to be with Donna. Just couldn’t access it.” “Why not?” “Because of the shit that comes from having a fucked-up childhood.” “What happened to you?” “My mom cheated on my dad for most of my life. I knew it, and I kept it a secret from him.” “Jesus, that might be worse than having no parents at all.”

Alright, look. You cannot spend the better part of eight seasons of a show having two characters clearly express, out loud, with their words, that they do not want to be a couple—not only that, but that they tried being a couple and made the conscious and mutual determination that they’re better as friends—only to throw them together at the eleventh hour and try to convince your audience that they’re a perfect match not by dealing with all that established backstory, but by pretending it never happened in the first place. For one thing, Harvey’s fucked up childhood didn’t prevent him from pursuing relationships with women; he actively courted Zoe and Paula (the latter of which being a mistake for a wide variety of unrelated reasons) and he broke things off with Scottie as soon as she got into a serious relationship with someone else. In fact, prior to Donna, Harvey very strictly avoided ever imitating his mother’s adultery, and no matter how much he allegedly wanted to be with Donna, I’m not so sure “You’re the first woman I’ve committed an act of infidelity with” is exactly the sort of romantic, soulmate-level declaration he seems to think it is.

Also didn’t Harvey telling people about what happened in his childhood used to be a really big deal? Wasn’t it a deeply touching and profoundly emotional moment when he confessed it to Mike in “High Noon” (s02e10)? So is Samantha suddenly being elevated to Mike-level status in Harvey’s eyes, or is he just totally cool now with airing all his dirty laundry to whoever because he and his mom have decided to try and play nice? No, don’t tell me, I’m not sure which one I dislike more.

I will take a small amount of solace in the fact that I was right about Harvey conveniently noticing that his text to Triple-A didn’t go through right after his and Samantha’s several hours of convenient bonding time.

Minor interlude: That favor Harold solicited from Louis? He wants to come back to the firm. Sure why not, that’s only like the eleventh most insane thing to happen in this episode, so who cares.

Anyway, Harvey walks about fifty yards up the road to find a strong enough signal to call Triple-A, conveniently gets a call from Donna at the exact moment that his service returns, and…forgets to call Triple-A. Yeah, alright, whatever. Samantha vents some more and admits that she’s afraid to meet the man who gave her up, which Harvey counters with the claim that she owes it to herself to meet him on the grounds that Harvey made up with his mother (not that she ever apologized or took responsibility for her actions or anything) and they’re both better off for it. Sorry, Judy, I guess we’re back on that “biological family is the only one that matters” kick, but better luck next time.

Samantha knocks on her father’s door, informs him that she’s his daughter, and after a quick flashback illustrating Samantha and Judy’s first meeting wherein Judy tells Samantha she doesn’t work for Protective Services (actually, as a licensed foster parent, she kind of does) and asks her to take a chance and trust her, present day Samantha books it back to the car (that was quick) to inform Harvey that she was the result of a fling and her father had no idea she existed, but that “he wishes he would’ve known.” Also her mother died when she was two, so it turns out no one gave her up after all. So that’s sweet. And anticlimactic. Except that now she has all this anger and nowhere to put it, but luckily for her, Amateur Psychologist Harvey Specter is on hand to advise her to “just let it go,” because that’s gone super well for him so far and it’s not like it took thirty years or anything.

Louis fesses up to Tucker about his identity fraud but convinces him to sign with them anyway, discerning in the process that “it’s great being Harvey, but [he’d] rather be [him].” How very after-school-special. Then Harvey gets home and Donna finally gets to reveal this big art protect of hers, and I mean we all know what it is, right? Family ties, parent-child reconciliation, repeated references to Harvey’s relationship with his mother? It’s that piece of shit duck painting that served as the “one happy memory [Harvey] had of [his] mother” prior to their reconciliation and that Elliot Stemple stole in “Accounts Payable” (s06e02) because he figured Harvey would only keep something so ugly if he had an emotional attachment to it. Well, Harvey is so grateful that he tells Donna she’s perfect, and as I do my best to suppress my gag reflex, she informs him that she’s actually “better than perfect” because the forgery she commissioned is now hanging in Stemple’s office after she “Thomas Crown Affair-ed that shit” and made the swap. Overcome by emotion, Harvey calls his mother to apologize for taking so long to forgive her (for the thing she never apologized for or acknowledged as a wrongdoing on her part), they exchange tearful “I love you”s, and end the conversation by “just [sitting] together for awhile.” No, seriously, they’re sitting in their respective houses holding their phones to their ears and not saying anything. It’s deeply weird.

Next week, Harvey gets arrested! Maybe. Probably. They might be fucking with us, but here’s hoping.

#suits usa #s09e07 #season 9 #analysis

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There’s this one lecturer who continues to say the funniest things, here are some samples from the last semester:

“Slightly undercooked research.”

“That’s very white male stale.”

 “You're all millennials aren't you? No, okay, tell me this, how do you feel about avocado?” [student remarks that they’re not good for the environment] “Oh my god, that's such a millennial thing to worry about.”

“One of my best friends is dating a man that dresses like a musician but like... has a steady job? Such a millennial.” 

“Harry Potter's not a wizard. Gandalf’s a wizard.” “My toxic masculinity is showing: To be a wizard, you need to fight an orc.” “HARRY POTTER IS NOT A WIZARD!” 

“I can't draw... I probably should have figured that out by now”

“This was like a mic drop moment... That's how you say it, yea? Yea, I'm cool.”

“When Trump's giving a speech, people don't sit there going “Ahhh, there's a ‘the’.” No! They're going “What an idiot.””

“IT CAN’T BE DONE... Well, no wait, I'm wrong, hang on.”

“JK Rowling wanted to tell her story, Joyce wanted to piss off academics for 100's of years.”

“Because I’m a white male that has hair.”

“Rolling delta… if you thought that was confusing… ‘hold my beer’ as they say.”

“I am a Star Wars nerd. Like proper, used to be in a Star Wars costuming group nerd.”

“You’ll get funky errors.”

“I’ll bet it was Conrad, because he wasn’t mental. Ford was a lunatic.”

“Look at these very controversial results! GOOD LUCK!!”

“I’m not sure how to do that. Nobody’s really sure how to do it.”

“I’m gonna use the presidential speeches again because they were on the desktop…… and I’m lazy.”

“All synonyms are not born equal.”

"I don't consider myself- Well, no, actually, more and more recently, I DO consider myself an old man..."

"My Twitter is just... honestly, it's just me ranting about things." "Last night I ran out of milk so I... well... I ranted about how annoyed I was"

"John Borstein is a German researcher that... actually, I don't even know if he’s German. Huh."

"Twitter is where I post work stuff, political stuff, ideas... how to take down the government."

"You don't send an angry email with comic sans."

"IF you were to all describe this pen..."  [stares intensely at the pen for a full 30 seconds]

"If you were to do mapping- I mean, mapping is just, mapping is great, I love mapping, you all know my feelings on mapping- ANYWAY, the point I'm trying to make-”

"Time really goes fast when you... man, time is really subjective, isn't it. Just think about this for a minute. Time. Like. So subjective. It's just based on that physical stuff like the earth circling around something and- anyway, think about it."

"I've seen some of your stuff and some things are pretty good! ... some"

"I think there was a plugin for this a few years ago but I think it died... cause everything does"

"If you get hit by a bus tomorrow, how will your project survive without you?"

“Don’t be stressed… I mean, do be stressed”

“Is Bing a search engine? Oh, it is.”

“They’re not boxers, they’re just gobshites from YouTube.”

“It’s an aesthetic class.”

"Before we clap, when are we having lunch?" 

Guest speaker: I am not sure this is the right time to go into Maths Lecturer: No, not on the first date.

#harry potter became something of a running joke after the skin incident #and seeing how the death of an owl had a bigger negative impact than some character deaths #his reaction to that was impeccable #as usual #long post #mine #hall of fame

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Lord Of The Rings: 10 Hilarious Fellowship Of The Ring Logic Memes That Are Too Funny

A wizard, a warrior elf, two brave humans, a likable dwarf, and four adventurous hobbits walk into Mordor... Jokes aside, since the original fantasy trilogy written by J. R. R. Tolkien was adapted into three epic movies, Lord of the Rings immediately became a cult icon. It's nothing to be surprised about. There are plenty of reasons why we've grown to adore these Middle-earth stories, especially the adventures of the Fellowship of the Ring, a group of nine set out to destroy the One Ring in the fiery pits of Mordor.

RELATED: Best Reaction Memes To Stranger Things Season Three

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first movie of the trilogy, and for that reason, it holds a special place in ever LOTR fan's heart. However, upon re-watching the movie (as is the case with the sequels) there are moments when you really have to wonder how much logic there is in some of the protagonists' decisions. That being said, the movie provided more than a fair dose of meme material since it first aired 18 years ago. Today, we're checking out 10 hilarious memes questioning this logic by re-visiting some of the best scenes of The Fellowship Of the Ring.

10 You were asking for it, Sauron

Everyone knows the first five minutes of the film showcases the famous Battle of Dagorlad. One moment, the mighty Sauron kills everything in front of him, and in the other he approaches Isildur and a chopping motion leaves him fingerless, and bodyless, because he lost his precious One Ring.

RELATED: The Lord Of The Rings: 10 Hilarious Frodo & Sam Logic Memes That Are Too Funny

Ridiculed by many fans for the lack of logic, this scene portrays Sauron as a half-cooked villain who, instead of protecting the one thing that makes him unkillable, slowly extends his finger bearing the One Ring towards his enemy, practically handing it on a silver platter.

9 Elron's Biggest Failure

After chopping the One Ring off of Sauron's finger in that faithful battle (which proved easier than it should have been), Isildur was joined by Elrond on a quest to Mount Doom to get rid of the ring. It's perfectly understandable that the ring would affect Isildur so as to make him unable to toss it, but the thing that bugs many fans is that Elrond (a superhumanly quick and agile elf) did nothing at all to help get rid of the ring but yell after Islidur.

Of course, if he did that which could have easily been done, then we wouldn't have our beloved story in the first place, would we?

8 Gandalf the Oblivious

This is a clever one that plays on the fact that we never got any evidence that Gandalf actually attended any of Bilbo's Birthdays, as in the movies, so in the books. In all likelyhood, Gandalf - a wizard thousands of years in age and one of only five great wizards of Middle-Earth - probably had a lot better things to do than attend every single one of Bilbo's birthdays.

RELATED: The Lord Of The Rings: 10 Hilarious Frodo & Sam Logic Memes That Are Too Funny

The old Bilbo was also extremely surprised to see Gandalf on his 111th birthday, proving that he was by no means expecting the wizard's company that day. Gandalf may be a great wizard, but perhaps his memory doesn't serve him as well as it used to.

7 You (don't) have my axe

Bilbo obviously meant this figuratively. Or maybe it was supposed to be a joke, given that he knows he shattered his axe moments earlier. To someone who didn't read the books, there would be multiple potential explanations for this mishap, but given that the axe-shattering never happened in the books, we pin this one on Jackson.

It's actually sad, given that the axe that now lay shattered in pieces around the One Ring was the same axe that Jackson made Gloin carry in the Hobbit trilogy, with the intention of being passed on to his Son, Gimli. Nevertheless, this is still a clever meme and we have to give it out to the person who first thought of it.

6 Barefoot to Mordor? Challenge accepted!

Everyone knows Hobbits have abnormally large and hairy feet that allow them to walk around barefoot, especially in the soft and grassy Shire. But how would that protect him from getting stung, cut, or hurt on his long journey?

Choosing to go on this adventure with absolutely no footwear does seem a little unusual, even for a hobbit, so it's amazing that Frodo went the entire three Lord of the Rings movies without any shoes. More so considering the treacherous terrains and perilous situations he'd encountered on his way to Mordor.

5 Gandalf the Oathbreaker

Gandalf embodies the classic Scumbag Steve in this meme. Many of us know the story: Before Bilbo's famous birthday party, Bilbo asks Gandalf if he'd keep an eye on Frodo, to which Gandalf answers: "Two eyes, as often as I can spare them."

RELATED: 10 Funniest Reaction Memes To The Sony-Disney Spider-Man Fallout

Yeah, and then he puts the most dangerous object in existence in Frodo's palm and urges him on a six-month one-way trip to Mordor to get rid of it. Nice way to keep an eye on someone, eh?

4 Boromir was a huge spoiler

Sean Bean's a terrific actor and the perfect casting choice for the role of Boromir in Lord of the Rings. That being said, the man is a walking spoiler, as none of the characters he plays make it out of his movies alive. And, surprise, surprise: Boromir meets an early end in the Fellowship of the Ring as well.

Whether this is just a coincidence or he was purposely cast as Boromir knowing the character dies in the first movie remains up to debate, but is nevertheless an interesting observation, cleverly mocked by this meme.

3 Gandalf the Scumbag

If things were that simple, The Lord of the Rings would be a boring few-page story with no purpose or excitement. Nevertheless, the question of why Gandalf, after entrusting Frodo and the Fellowship with such a dangerous task of defeating Sauron, didn't at least use his eagles to spare them the perilous six-month journey remains one of LOTR's most popular plot holes that still makes no sense to this day.

RELATED: The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: 10 Questions We Still Want Answered

The explanation offered is that the eagles only helped Gandalf because they are indebted to him for saving their king. Despite this, the entire Middle-Eearth was at stake, so this reasoning still makes little sense.

2 Never skip upper body day

Where the books describe Gandalf as barely grasping the end of the cliff, the situation is obviously a bit different in the movies. We are talking about one of the most powerful wizards of Middle-Earth, someone immortal who's able to fight the Balrog for days, yet getting himself over the edge is a task too great.

While it seems that Gandalf had more than a decent grip on that cliff and him falling down makes little sense, we can possibly conclude that defeating the Balrog and emerging as Gandalf the White was a part of his plan from the beginning.

1 Legolas' unlimited arrow cheat code

The most mysterious member of the Fellowship of the Ring, Legolas never seems to run out of arrows, in the first movie as well as all the other sequels. This begs the question of whether his arrows were somehow enchanted. But, more likely, it's just a huge plot hole that made this elf more badass and competent in large-scale battles.

It makes even less sense when we consider that he uses elven-made arrows, which would surely have to require him to make a trip back home in order to restock. We'll never know, and as Frodo would say: "all right then, keep your secrets."

NEXT: The Lord of the Rings: 10 Facts About Frodo They Leave Out In The Movies

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Live-blogging The Hobbit pt. 6 (it’s been so long I had to check)

Queer Lodgings

“And though the Lord of the Eagles became in after days the King of All Birds and wore a golden  crown, and his fifteen chieftains golden collars (made of the gold that the dwarves gave them), Bilbo never saw them again—except high and far off in the battle of Five Armies.” Nice subtle foreshadowing to the fact that the dwarves probably get back Erebor, and the riches to make golden collars therein, and a more direct one to the battle of Five Armies.

Also, is it too dumb to get kinda sad that that’s the last time they see each other?

“‘I always meant to see you all safe (if possible) over the mountains,’ said the wizard, ‘and now by good management and good luck I have done it. Indeed we are now a good deal further east than I ever meant to come with you, for after all this is not my adventure. I may look in on it again before it is all over, but in the meanwhile I have some other pressing business to attend to.”

The dwarves groaned and lookd most distressed, and Bilbo wept.”

Gandalf: “Mkay, bye now, you’re welcome.”

Dwarves: “We want to Die.”

Bilbo: *straight up starts crying*

1° image, the book: “‘And why is it called the Carrock?’”

2°image, a google search: “The word Carrock is somewhat of a linguistical joke on Tolkien’s part; in Anglo-Saxon carr means “rock” and in Welsh, carreg also means “rock, stone”.

Tolkien turn on your location I just want to talk.

“‘What! A furrier, a man that calls rabbits conies, when he doesn’t turn their skins into squirrels?’ Asked Bilbo.

‘Good gracious heavens, no, no, NO, NO!’ said Gandalf. ‘Don’t be a fool Mr. Baggins if you can help it[…].’”

This might be the funniest moment in the whole book. I’m trying to think of ways to parody it like the bulletpoint before last and I can’t think of anyway funnier than this. It also sounds so modern?

Anyway, what’s “turn their [rabbits] skins into squirrels” supposed to mean?

Relevant quote: “‘[…] Bombur is fattest and will do for two, he had better come alone and last. Come on Mr. Baggins! There is a gate somewhere round this way.’ And with that he went off along the hedge taking the frightened hobbit with him.”

First off, um, rude. Stop picking on Bombur.

Second, lmao, Bilbo can’t get any peace.  

“Standing near was a huge man with a thick black beard and hair, and great bare arms and legs with knotted muscles. He was clothed in a tunic of wool down to his knees, and was leaning on a large axe. The horses were standing by him with their noses at his shoulder.

‘Ugh! Here they are!’ he said to the horses. ‘They don’t look dangerous. You can be off!” He laughed a great rolling laugh, put down his axe and came forward.”

Dang, you made me get all menacing for nothing.

“Here they sat on wooden benches while Gandalf began his tale, and Bilbo swung his dangling legs and looked at the flowers in the garden, wondering what their names could be, as he has never seen half of them before.”

I love how child-like adults are in children’s stories.

Also, I can just imagine Gandalf thinking “yes, now you just sit there on your hands and don’t interrupt, for goodness’ sake.”

Lastly, further confirmation that Bilbo likes flowers. (Besides, you know, that moment at the start where it says in the narration that he likes flowers.)

“‘Good heavens!’ Growled Beorn. ‘Don’t pretend that goblins can’t count. They can. Twelve isn’t fifteen and they know it.’”

So do you, Bee. You figured it out a page ago.

“The dwarves listened and shook their beards[…]”

.

.

What

.

What exactly is this supposed to mean.

Are their mouths trembling out of fear or like

Is grabbing your beard and shaking it a common dwarven way to show fear.

“‘One question at a time—and none till after supper! I haven’t had a bite since breakfast.’

At last Gandalf pushed away his plate and jug—he had eaten two whole loaves (with masses of butter and honey and clotted cream) and drunk at least a quart of mead—and he took out his pipe. ‘I will answer the second question first,’ he said, ‘—but bless me! This is a splendid place for smoke rings!’ Indeed for a long time they could get nothing more out of him, he was so busy sending smoke rings dodging round the pillars of the hall, changing them into all sorts of different shapes and colours, and setting them at last chasing one another out of the hole in the roof.”

Gandalf spends the majority of the book .5 seconds away from being the victim of a murder attempt. (Attempt being the key word here.)

Also shout out to “they must have looked very queer”, like yeah, those rainbow coloured smoke rings must have.

“Bilbo thought he knew what the wizard meant. ‘What shall we do,’ he cried, ‘if he leads all the Wargs and the goblins down here? We shall all be caught and killed! I thought you said he was not a friend of theirs.’

‘So I did. And don’t be silly! You had better go to bed, your wits are sleepy.’

The hobbit felt quite crushed, and as there seemed nothing else to do he did go to bed[…].”

Gandalf: Bilbo I’m begging you to shut up. Go try turning off and on again.

“in there the wild things are dark, queer and savage.”

… tumblr?

Also, first mention not to stray off the path.

“As the light faded Bilbo thought he saw away to the right, or to the left, the shadowy form of a great bear prowling along in the same direction. But if he dared to mention it to Gandalf, the wizard only said: ‘Hush! Take no notice!’”

Bilbo: um Gandalf, remember that bear man that warned us not to be out at night because he implied that he would kill us in his bear form? I think he might be following us, right now, at dark.

Gandalf: read 0:47

“Mr. Baggins’ eyes are sharper than yours, if you have not seen each night after dark a great bear going along with us or sitting far off in the moon watching our camps.”

Gandalf: I’m as surprised as the next person, but it does seem like Bilbo is the brain of your operation. V sorry.

“I have, as I told you, some pressing business away south; and I am already late through bothering with you people.”

Gandalf is so quotable.

“That depends on your luck and on your courage and sense; and I am sending Mr. Baggins with you. I have told you before that he has more about him than you guess, and you will find that out before long. So cheer up Bilbo and don’t look so glum.”

Gandalf: I’ve said before that Bilbo is a key part of this quest and I won’t let anyone contradict me, no, not even you, Bilbo.

I like to imagine that every time Gandalf starts talking about how skillful Bilbo’ll turn out to be, he’s in the background making faces of either anger or consternation, maybe even making noises. No, sir, we hobbits are bred to be useless and proud of it.

“‘Don’t you worry!’ said Thorin. ‘It will get lighter all too soon. Before long I expect we shall all wish our packs heavier, when the food begins to run short.’”

Thx

Again, don’t stray off the track.

“‘[…] And I am not going to allow you to back out now, Mr. Baggins. I am ashamed of you for thinking of it. You have got to look after all these dwarves for me,’ he laughed.”

Gandalf how bad is you opinion of the dwarves

(For those unable to read the print on the image, the context is Bilbo asking if they have to go through and, after Gandalf assumes the question is about whether to go through with the quest at all and playfully scolds him for it, clarifying that he’s only asking for an alternative to actually going through the forest, like going around. Didn’t feel like quoting the whole exchange, but I also didn’t want to give people the wrong impression.)

“Before you could get round it in the South, you would get into the land of the Necromancer; and even you, Bilbo, won’t need me to tell you tales of that black sorcerer.”

Wizard so done with local hayseed.

“‘Good-bye then, and really good-bye!” said Gandalf, and he turned his horse and rode down into the West. But he could not resist the temptation to have the last word. Before he had passed quite out of hearing he turned and put his hands to his mouth and called to them. They heard his voice come faintly: ‘Good-bye! Be good, take care of yourselves—and DON’T LEAVE THE PATH!’”

Lmao, bolding mine, of course he had to have the last word.

Extra: “Now began the most dangerous part of all the journey.” As in… until now? The whole journey, including the dragon? I mean, I know in hindsight it wasn’t that bad and Bard took care of it but, like, the absolutely most dangerous part?

I know it’s taken me a lot of time, it was part actual business, part my exec dysfunction at work. I’ve actually already read well into the next chap, but I didn’t take pics, which is what I’ll be doing as soon as I finish this post.

#The Hobbit #liveblogging #Bilbo Baggins #Thorin Oakenshield III #dwarves #hobbits #The Company of Thorin Oakenshield #Gandalf

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Lord Of The Rings: 10 Hilarious Fellowship Of The Ring Logic Memes That Are Too Funny – Screen Rant

A wizard, a warrior elf, two brave humans, a likable dwarf, and four adventurous hobbits walk into Mordor… Jokes aside, since the original fantasy trilogy written by J. R. R. Tolkien was adapted into three epic movies, Lord of the Rings immediately became a cult icon. It’s nothing to be surprised about. There are plenty of reasons why we’ve grown to adore these Middle-earth stories, especially the adventures of the Fellowship of the Ring, a group of nine set out to destroy the One Ring in the fiery pits of Mordor.

RELATED: Best Reaction Memes To Stranger Things Season Three

The Fellowship of the Ring is the first movie of the trilogy, and for that reason, it holds a special place in ever LOTR fan’s heart. However, upon re-watching the movie (as is the case with the sequels) there are moments when you really have to wonder how much logic there is in some of the protagonists’ decisions. That being said, the movie provided more than a fair dose of meme material since it first aired 18 years ago. Today, we’re checking out 10 hilarious memes questioning this logic by re-visiting some of the best scenes of The Fellowship Of the Ring.

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10 You were asking for it, Sauron

Everyone knows the first five minutes of the film showcases the famous Battle of Dagorlad. One moment, the mighty Sauron kills everything in front of him, and in the other he approaches Isildur and a chopping motion leaves him fingerless, and bodyless, because he lost his precious One Ring.

RELATED: The Lord Of The Rings: 10 Hilarious Frodo & Sam Logic Memes That Are Too Funny

Ridiculed by many fans for the lack of logic, this scene portrays Sauron as a half-cooked villain who, instead of protecting the one thing that makes him unkillable, slowly extends his finger bearing the One Ring towards his enemy, practically handing it on a silver platter.

9 Elron’s Biggest Failure

After chopping the One Ring off of Sauron’s finger in that faithful battle (which proved easier than it should have been), Isildur was joined by Elrond on a quest to Mount Doom to get rid of the ring. It’s perfectly understandable that the ring would affect Isildur so as to make him unable to toss it, but the thing that bugs many fans is that Elrond (a superhumanly quick and agile elf) did nothing at all to help get rid of the ring but yell after Islidur.

Of course, if he did that which could have easily been done, then we wouldn’t have our beloved story in the first place, would we?

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8 Gandalf the Oblivious

This is a clever one that plays on the fact that we never got any evidence that Gandalf actually attended any of Bilbo’s Birthdays, as in the movies, so in the books. In all likelyhood, Gandalf – a wizard thousands of years in age and one of only five great wizards of Middle-Earth – probably had a lot better things to do than attend every single one of Bilbo’s birthdays.

RELATED: The Lord Of The Rings: 10 Hilarious Frodo & Sam Logic Memes That Are Too Funny

The old Bilbo was also extremely surprised to see Gandalf on his 111th birthday, proving that he was by no means expecting the wizard’s company that day. Gandalf may be a great wizard, but perhaps his memory doesn’t serve him as well as it used to.

7 You (don’t) have my axe

Bilbo obviously meant this figuratively. Or maybe it was supposed to be a joke, given that he knows he shattered his axe moments earlier. To someone who didn’t read the books, there would be multiple potential explanations for this mishap, but given that the axe-shattering never happened in the books, we pin this one on Jackson.

It’s actually sad, given that the axe that now lay shattered in pieces around the One Ring was the same axe that Jackson made Gloin carry in the Hobbit trilogy, with the intention of being passed on to his Son, Gimli. Nevertheless, this is still a clever meme and we have to give it out to the person who first thought of it.

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6 Barefoot to Mordor? Challenge accepted!

Everyone knows Hobbits have abnormally large and hairy feet that allow them to walk around barefoot, especially in the soft and grassy Shire. But how would that protect him from getting stung, cut, or hurt on his long journey?

Choosing to go on this adventure with absolutely no footwear does seem a little unusual, even for a hobbit, so it’s amazing that Frodo went the entire three Lord of the Rings movies without any shoes. More so considering the treacherous terrains and perilous situations he’d encountered on his way to Mordor.

5 Gandalf the Oathbreaker

Gandalf embodies the classic Scumbag Steve in this meme. Many of us know the story: Before Bilbo’s famous birthday party, Bilbo asks Gandalf if he’d keep an eye on Frodo, to which Gandalf answers: “Two eyes, as often as I can spare them.”

RELATED: 10 Funniest Reaction Memes To The Sony-Disney Spider-Man Fallout

Yeah, and then he puts the most dangerous object in existence in Frodo’s palm and urges him on a six-month one-way trip to Mordor to get rid of it. Nice way to keep an eye on someone, eh?

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4 Boromir was a huge spoiler

Sean Bean’s a terrific actor and the perfect casting choice for the role of Boromir in Lord of the Rings. That being said, the man is a walking spoiler, as none of the characters he plays make it out of his movies alive. And, surprise, surprise: Boromir meets an early end in the Fellowship of the Ring as well.

Whether this is just a coincidence or he was purposely cast as Boromir knowing the character dies in the first movie remains up to debate, but is nevertheless an interesting observation, cleverly mocked by this meme.

3 Gandalf the Scumbag

If things were that simple, The Lord of the Rings would be a boring few-page story with no purpose or excitement. Nevertheless, the question of why Gandalf, after entrusting Frodo and the Fellowship with such a dangerous task of defeating Sauron, didn’t at least use his eagles to spare them the perilous six-month journey remains one of LOTR’s most popular plot holes that still makes no sense to this day.

RELATED: The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: 10 Questions We Still Want Answered

The explanation offered is that the eagles only helped Gandalf because they are indebted to him for saving their king. Despite this, the entire Middle-Eearth was at stake, so this reasoning still makes little sense.

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2 Never skip upper body day

Where the books describe Gandalf as barely grasping the end of the cliff, the situation is obviously a bit different in the movies. We are talking about one of the most powerful wizards of Middle-Earth, someone immortal who’s able to fight the Balrog for days, yet getting himself over the edge is a task too great.

While it seems that Gandalf had more than a decent grip on that cliff and him falling down makes little sense, we can possibly conclude that defeating the Balrog and emerging as Gandalf the White was a part of his plan from the beginning.

1 Legolas’ unlimited arrow cheat code

The most mysterious member of the Fellowship of the Ring, Legolas never seems to run out of arrows, in the first movie as well as all the other sequels. This begs the question of whether his arrows were somehow enchanted. But, more likely, it’s just a huge plot hole that made this elf more badass and competent in large-scale battles.

It makes even less sense when we consider that he uses elven-made arrows, which would surely have to require him to make a trip back home in order to restock. We’ll never know, and as Frodo would say: “all right then, keep your secrets.”

NEXT: The Lord of the Rings: 10 Facts About Frodo They Leave Out In The Movies

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