Behind the Scenes: Sean Bean returns to film extended scenes between Boromir/Denethor/Faramir for The Two Towers
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Omg
Mediglyphics
This shit’s infuriating
Oh, this is a type of shorthand!
There are 3 main types, but from my research, this looks to be American Gregg Shorthand.
As you can see, there are set symbols for every letter.
Let’s break one of the words down:
Using the Gregg Alphabet as reference, we can see most of the letters in “atrophied” are present. But why no “o” vowel, and why is “ph” written as “f”?
Simple. In shorthand, you cut out all vowels in a word when writing it down, with the exception of words that BEGIN or END with a vowel (hence the “a” at the start being present), or like in the “i” in “atrophied”, to make it more readable when the sound could be harder to distinguish if it isn’t written. In “atrophied” if the the “i” isn’t written, it could be hard to tell if the writer meant a “fud”, “fad”, “fod” or “fid” sound, for example.
Also, since Shorthand is a phonetic writing system, you are encouraged to write down the phonetic sounds of words rather than the actual letter blends - in this case, write an “f” instead of a “ph”.
So in actuality, these aren’t just meaningless scribbles - it’s Gregg Shorthand, a writing system developed to take down notes more quickly than when written out in full, which is very useful in a medical or journalistic environment.
Some people can even write over 100 words in a minute! And, it’s been in use since John Robert Gregg invented it in 1888! Wow! So old!
Isn’t language amazing~?
So the whole reason Michael Sheen and Neil Gaiman became friends was because he was in Twilight. While doing press, he got annoyed at interviewers being all snooty and implying that this franchise was beneath him, so he was like “you know what? No, that’s not ok” and started defending fantasy genre stuff, mentioning how much he loved Neil Gaiman’s work. After that, Neil sent him some books to read and invited him out to lunch. And they’ve been friends ever since.
So it’s because of Twilight that we got to have Michael Sheen as Aziraphale in Good Omens. Thank you, Twilight. Thank you.
Guys, you forgot the part where Neil and Michael went out the first time to meet. Neil asked Michael if wanted to go somewhere posh (not sure if this is the right word) or interesting. Michael said he wanted to go somewhere interesting so they went to a sushi restaurant by the tarmac of an airport. They said everything they were served was great and there was one dish that the chef did not introduce as anything. While still there, FBI agents arrived and the chef apologized to Neil and Michael for the incident. Apparently, the sushi place was serving endangered species and the last dish they had was probably whale.
TL;DR Neil and Michael met for the first time in a sushi restaurant and was served whale meat.
My favorite part of the whole story is how Michael Sheen is driving Neil Gaiman around in his Mini Cooper (since Neil was visiting from out of town) and Neil’s just like, “did you find the secret compartment?” “What secret compartment?” And then Neil shows Michael a whole ass secret compartment in his own car that he just… knew about. For some reason.
Tennants reaction to everything: “that’s the most Neil Gaiman story ever.”
Bioware Gothic (all games)
- You read online that there’s a Sonic game, but you’ve never met anyone who has seen it, let alone played it.
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Ahh the Child of Bhaal has awoken.
- You’re in a bar and want to order a drink. You lean on the bar and move your hand slightly. The bartender gives you a glass. You toss the glass back in one gulp. You don’t recall seeing any liquid at any time. You shake your head and walk away.
- It is time for more experiments
- You’re talking to Lady Aribeth de Tylmarande. She is wearing plate amour. Her chest is jiggling like a bag of kittens, you don’t know why.
- You’re trying to find a good hair texture. Your hair looks like bubblegum. When you step into the light your face begins to melt into grease. Your love interest has a headache.
- You were talking to a party member. They start singing but their lips don’t match what you’re hearing. It’s very awkward. Where is that music coming from?
- You kiss your love interest in a dramatic cutscene, your hands clip straight through their back/hair/armour. It’s very romantic apparently.
- You have a dream about the past after performing a plot significant event. You awake with a new power for some reason. You never remember to use it.
- Bondari reloads but not you, not ever, you’re playing the Iron Man challenge and you hate yourself.
- You’re talking to your love interest. Their head starts wobbling back and forth. You try not to stare. They make a conciliatory gesture, but they forgot to put down their blasters first. You watch as their guns clip directly through their face.
- That one character you can’t romance is the only one you want to romance. Every time. You suspect a conspiracy. You collect metallic pantaloons to test your theory.
- There’s an upcoming game you’re excited about and a character you’re particularly interested in. You look them up online and then you see it, the letters that have haunted your dreams for years. “L” and “K”. You wake in a cold sweat, but you know it wasn’t a dream.
- There’s no cure for the taint, they say, but your dog says otherwise.
lion roars are not as powerful as some guy named frank with a trash can
how can you post that and not include the video
I’M FUCKING WHEEZING
*several seconds of feral snarls*
“great, great yeah that was good”
I liTERaLLY CAnT BTeAtHE
His face right after he finished 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 “Was that good?”
friendly reminder that half of the ringwraith screams in fellowship of the ring are just fran walsh, cowriter and pj’s wife, bc the sound department played him one they laboriously constructed out of scraps, and peter jackson was all ‘oh, fran can scream like that’
*jaw drops*
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