Timewaster's Guide Archive

I'm with Charity on this one, I'm thinking he used it all up somehow. While yes it was supposedly where all his wealth came from I believe that was all just a front. This is supported by the fact that absolutely noone(or at least it's not mentioned) has actual seen a large quantity of it at any one place. Also, he feeds the illusion by selling just a little bit to various nobles along way. What he used it on I'm not exactly sure but maybe it's used in the process of making inquisitors or maybe it was used to fight off the well spirit. I'm not sure but my gut tells me he used all of it or most of it in some way.

Maybe I missed something here but what ever happened to the boatload of atium the Lord Ruler had? You can simply answer that he never had it and he made it up but we know he was constantly mining the stuff from the Pits of Hatsin so where did it all go?

Even though I have seen the movie about 300 times, the ending of Braveheart gets me everytime....

Personally I thought this to be one of the better movies I've seen so far this year. It easily had to be one of the best acted movies I have ever seen. It's true it is really slow moving but the characters have so much depth and are so well portrayed that I found myself absolutely engrossed. I knew the movie was long but when I picked up the case after watching the movie and read that it was 2 hours and 40 minutes long I said to myself "Wow, it was that long." The people I talked to either loved it or absolutely hated it and the haters have a wide margin on those who loved it. I think most people expected it to be more along the lines of 3:10 to Yuma.  I just find it odd that there was so many who disliked this movie when I genuinely enjoyed it. What do you guys think?

On a serious metal kick as of right now....

As I Lay Dying
All That Remains
Killswitch Engage

Although in between those three I've been listening to Muse which really doesn't fit.....

I've decided to read the Wayfarer Redemption Series by Sara Douglas. I am currently near the end of book one and it is pretty good so far...

Awesome! That cover is freaking BA! That is pretty close to how I imagined Vin would look. I also like how the art is more realistic.

While I have to agree that I would love to see Robert Jordans WoT on the screen I am a little wary. I believe that good books can become good movies. Take for example the Lord of the Rings books and movies. Although, you are correct that large chunks are taking out in order to keep the time of the movie manageable. Also, it's nearly impossible for film to recreate those scenes in books where you get incite into what a character is thinking. By not being able to bring that to the screen you lose a whole lot of important character depth....

I personally think that the WoT would work better as a series on a network such as HBO. Which does a really good job with their originally series such as Sopranos and Rome. Making it a long running series gives you more time to get in as much as possible as opposed to a movie in which you get three hours. Even if you made a trilogie out of it you still only get nine hours. However, if you make it a series that last for say six years, at twelve episodes a year, and each an hour long you get 72 hours. Given the size and depth of the WoT series I think that that would be the best option.