Funny Picture Thread

[comrade_general]

Those are good movie moments.

[Jubal]

My favourite part of LOTR itself is Gimli's song in Moria, which I know and can recite/sing entirely from memory I guess it's the feeling of ancient-ness about it.

[Pentagathus]

My favourite part (of the books) is somewhere within the first half of the fellowship when its all about the hobbits on tour. Probably because I reckon that that if I ate enough special shrooms and went hiking I could imagine I was doing that armadillo.

[Jubal]

I'm now imagining the hobbits as some kind of indie band. (Unlike the Dwarves in The Hobbit, who are literally a folk band).

[Glaurung]

I'm not sure I have a favourite bit of LotR: to me it feels somewhat like an arch, where the robustness of the whole structure depends on all of its parts. Extending that metaphor, the foundations must be the chapters "The Shadow of the Past" and "The Council of Elrond" - they explain everything that has happened before, and foreshadow and allude to everything that follows.

However, there are some bits which I seem to quote or think of particularly often:
Frodo and Gandalf in "The Shadow of the Past"
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

And a few pages later:
(Frodo) "He deserves death."
(Gandalf) "Deserves death? I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

Gandalf's outburst at Denethor in "Minas Tirith", ending with "For I also am a steward. Did you not know?"

[Jubal]

The quote that always hits me most emotionally/gets me closest to tears sometimes is this one:

'He said he was sorry he had never had a chance of talking herb-lore with me. Almost the last thing he ever said. I shan't ever be able to smoke again without thinking of him, and that day, Pippin, when he rode up to Isengard and was so polite.'

'Smoke, then, and think of him!' said Aragorn. 'For he was a gentle heart and a great king and kept his oaths; and he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning. Though your service to him was brief, it should be a memory glad and honourable to the end of your days.'

For some reason it always very strongly brings my Grandpa to mind (though doing crosswords would take the place of smoking in this analogy!).

[Clockwork]

Spoiler

[comrade_general]

Had to be done

[Jubal]

That's my country


(Inserting disclaimer that that was a joke and I and most Brits actually do quite like America, before anyone gets upset).

[comrade_general]

http://imgur.com/gallery/OJDz9fA

[Clockwork]

http://imgur.com/gallery/xWHFn

[comrade_general]

Trudat.

[Pentagathus]

I love those dinosaur suit videos, I think the figure skating one is my favourite. Also John cleese knows what's what.

[Clockwork]

Spoiler

I mean...They're not wrong....

[comrade_general]

Canada should also be a frigid ice and snow wasteland but other than that it's correct.