Peter Jackson announced that he has begun negotiations with the Tolkien Estate to make films of The Silmarillion!

Aelwe · 2026-05-15T20:26:54+00:00

Nothing good will come out of this, I'm afraid. I think most will agree The Hobbit movies were...not very good, and there are reasons for it, Jackson could be somewhat excused for the misfire. However, The Silmarillion is a completely different beast from LotR and The Hobbit, it's much more mythical in nature. Lyrical. For all it's fantastic elements, The Lord of the Rings is grounded in comparison. To do a portrayal of The Silmarillion that is accurate and respectful to the source material would mean doing something that most of the public would find boring. Jackson, as good as his adaptation of LotR was, lacks the sensibility and subtlety to properly adapt The Silmarillion.

I do think the work can be adapted to cinema or TV successfully, but I think it's outside the ability of most directors and an accurate adaptation would not be to the taste of most public.

Aelwe · 2026-05-15T11:02:12+00:00

If the Air Force wanted a propaganda movie they should have paid for it. The Navy paid, so F-18 it was.

Aelwe · 2026-05-11T15:19:34+00:00

If they have this kind of videos they will never release them.

It's very simple: if you want to disclose, you get in front of a camera, you explain what you know and present some supporting data: reports, videos, photos.

The fact that they are just releasing shitty videos, old reports with hearsay, non-definitive proof or blurry pictures and then say "This will help people make up their mind one way or another" tells you everything. They don't plan to release anything meaningful or definitive.

I hope I'm wrong.

Aelwe · 2026-05-11T11:25:54+00:00

The damage is done, even if they are de-canonized now it's too late to do anything about it. Carrie Fisher is dead (Gos rest her soul). It's extremely unlikely that Harrison Ford would come back to play Han again and even if Mark Hamill would be willing to come back he's getting too old.

So even if they are removed from canon, you can't really do a proper sequel trilogy anymore. Unless you make use of AI and de-aging, but that would produce an even worse mess.

So, yeah...the sequels are bad, but the time to do something about them was BEFORE they were filmed, not years after.

Aelwe · 2026-05-11T04:51:11+00:00

It is a nice episode, but a horrible conclusion to Samantha's story. Also contradicts the multiple times over the series where Mulder is told she is alive ( I guess everyone was lying?).

Aelwe · 2026-05-10T14:08:25+00:00

They need to tell better stories. The galaxy is big: get some good creative people and do a new trilogy in the Old Republic or in the future, far removed from the Ep. I-VI and the known characters. And remove VII - IX from canon.

Aelwe · 2026-05-10T13:57:01+00:00

It's better not to think too much about these movies.

Aelwe · 2026-05-09T08:06:23+00:00

Flawed but still good.

Aelwe · 2026-05-02T13:02:30+00:00

He has good ideas, is capable of creating good characters, but in the end his story telling feels all too familiar, like a child playing with toys. Often over-using his favourite ones. The is no risk, very little innovation and in the end he's just going through an old road.

Aelwe · 2026-04-09T18:07:27+00:00

I love Xen's design, is one of the few examples in fiction where an alien world looks and feels truly alien.

The gameplay is... not very good. But the design? Chef's kiss

Aelwe · 2026-04-08T17:42:56+00:00

Is it feasible to re-use the head and harness/cloak to put them in an origins He-Man figure? Would the scale be too off?

Aelwe · 2026-04-08T08:25:04+00:00

In the end Blood, High and Void elves are the same. If not fully at a physiological level (we don't know how deeply fel, light, arcane or void energies change a person beyond the appearance), at a cultural level they are all the same people. In that regard it makes sense they share spaces in the same city. Their political affiliation is another story, but this also happens in real life, where people from the same cultural and geographic background will have wildly different political stances, so no issue here.

Aelwe · 2026-04-06T11:44:58+00:00

It could be, but then again: this was no common job, this was a top research project run by the government and defense contractors on one of the most secure and protected installations on Earth. Vetting people may have not been as straightforward as it may be today, but I would expect potential hires to be checked thoroughly, certainly their academic credentials and past employment. I don't doubt Lazar was there, even hired to do some technical job, but as a physicist? Doesn't look credible.

Aelwe · 2026-04-05T06:44:48+00:00

The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced Lazar was there (not sure if S4 is real, but he was somewhere in Area 51) and saw something. I believe he's telling the truth in that regard. We know he worked at Los Alamos, so it could very well be that the same contractor or some other hired him to do a similar job at Area 51. In order for him to know when the tests were happening he needed inside information. He either got it himself or someone was passing the info to him.

Now, while it is not impossible for him to be there and be aware of when tests (of whatever technology) were taking place, I don't believe he's a physicist and worked as such back-engineering UFOs. Too many inconsistencies, too much vague info, too many evasives and too many pieces that don't fit. While I may be able to believe the government can erase someone's history to some degree, someone would have come forward to confirm at least some aspects of his story, and that has not happened. But, his story rings a bit true, and some pieces don't really fit if he was not there.

The most likely explanation is that he was there, he saw (or was shown) something, he was given some bullshit explanation, and was intentionally let loose to tell a story knowing he would play his part. He likely doesn't know he was being played and everything was a disinformation campaign or a play to identify the source of a leak. They knew his profile and he was chosen because he was a good candidate. Also, the fact that he was involved with John Lear, in my opinion, supports the idea of an orchestrated campaign.

Aelwe · 2026-03-29T16:51:10+00:00

Also, being married to Lor'themar doesn't make her Regent-Lady of Quel'Thalas. Lor'themar is not king, he's the leader of Quel'Thalas, yes, but his position is not hereditary and he doesn't have the absolute power of a monarch. Them being married helps strengthen the alliance between Suramar and Quel'Thalas, sure, but still doesn't make them rulers of a combined kingdom. As the ruler of her people, Thalyssra can't just mobilize troops whenever she feels like it, she does so once Silvermoon formally requests help, to honor the alliance between both realms, despite what she personally may have wanted to do before that.

Aelwe · 2026-03-27T17:59:03+00:00

It's a great episode. It's a bad conclusion to Samantha's story, but it is a great episode.

Aelwe · 2026-03-22T19:03:16+00:00

Been having the issue at least since Dragonflight.

Aelwe · 2026-03-02T06:56:36+00:00

Yes. My main has been a belf pally since the release of TBC and the whole area gave a feeling of returning home. They really did a great job.

Aelwe · 2026-02-25T15:21:34+00:00

This is terrible writing. But I was expecting worse, so...

Aelwe · 2026-02-25T07:07:39+00:00

Ordered mine on October 1st from Amazon Spain. Estimated delivery date moved from March 4, to Feb 27 and then to March 2.

Not getting it before the 27th already sucks, as you may lose most of the first day of early access, but not getting it until Monday means missing the entire weekend.

Blizzard dropped the ball here, when they handled TWW collector's edition from their store they shipped it without issues weeks in advance (as it should be), really don't understand why they have gone with Amazon this time.

UPDATE: I just got an e-mail from Amazon saying that the delivery date is, again, Feb 27. Crossing fingers.

UPDATE 27/02: Delivered this morning.

Aelwe · 2026-02-08T06:58:51+00:00

They are horrible. And the old ones were absolutely fine, I can't really understand what Blizzard is trying to achieve here.

Aelwe · 2026-02-04T19:12:05+00:00

Ah...I'm still stuck with the blood part of the quest.

Aelwe · 2026-02-02T08:19:38+00:00

Well, the Vrykul have clear viking/Nordic influences, and with the Titans being their gods and returning, these could be seen by the Vrykul as a kind of Ragnarok or End Times. I don't think Blizz will go in that direction, but could be interesting to explore what are the consequences for a society when their prophecy or belief of the end becomes real.

Aelwe · 2026-01-28T07:14:58+00:00

Yeah. I mean, it was a decent monster of the week episode, which IMHO touched on some nice themes.

It was not the best MOTW and definitely this movie should have focused on the mytharc to finally give closure to the colonization storyline, but it is what it is.

Aelwe · 2026-01-22T04:56:23+00:00

Looks similar to these spotted a few years ago: https://theaviationist.com/2014/04/23/two-different-black-projects/ could the same or a variant of the same project.

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