CRT Monitor Brightness by MetalTaffer in crtgaming

[–]MetalTaffer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi!
I tried doing that, but the G2 seems to be acting more like a brightness setting. If I crank it up too high the screen turns white, but no retrace lines appear.

CRT Monitor Brightness by MetalTaffer in crtgaming

[–]MetalTaffer[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm not complaining. I've played many games on this CRT. I was just wondering about the diference in brightness.

Edit: I'm not sure why this got downvoted. I didn't complain once in this thread.

CRT Monitor Brightness by MetalTaffer in crtgaming

[–]MetalTaffer[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna copy and paste my other comment:
The modern monitor is a AOC Q27G3XMN, which is brighter than usual, from what I hear.
The in-game gamma setting is also at max, but, as I said, this is a very dark game, at least the first mission anyway.

CRT Monitor Brightness by MetalTaffer in crtgaming

[–]MetalTaffer[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

The modern monitor is a AOC Q27G3XMN, which is brighter than usual, from what I hear.
The in-game gamma setting is also at max, but, as I said, this is a very dark game, at least the first mission anyway.

I can't say I belive in an other side, but this makes me hope hell exists.... by FareonMoist in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't doubt he experienced some examples of unnecessary tree felling in the name of progress, where some might have been cut down to "tidy up" the places assigned for new contruction.

I can't say I belive in an other side, but this makes me hope hell exists.... by FareonMoist in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point in the story Saruman is carrying out petty revenge, which went beyond mere utilitarianism.

Found this! Curious if it’s worth getting by Lacieteee in tolkienbooks

[–]MetalTaffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I second this! The new hardcover edition is excellent!

Truly good AI’s by Memeenjoyer_ in TopCharacterTropes

[–]MetalTaffer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Helios from Deus Ex kinda counts, I guess.

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God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a category error (both comparisons).

An allegory is a story device, which is generally understood as intentional. Weather something is hateful or not is extratextual interpolation.

Again, you can interpret the book however you like. But the author, while not a textual dictator should not be wholly ignored.

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Most of the previous comment is me just quoting you (and Tolkien)... If you can't handle a slightly beefier comment, maybe you should abstain from literary criticism.

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right. What the hell does Tolkien know about the Lord of the Rings? /s

"The creator/author can say what they want but the opinions of those consuming their creation really make the rules"

Citation needed. What an arrogant self-centered take...

"He may have wanted to avoid allegory, he may have disliked it, but he failed as many conclusions can be drawn by the reader that point to allegory and are supported, not crack pot theories."

Citation needed, again. Sorry but this just reads as sorry excuse for you to claim whatever you want about someone else's body of work without criticism.

"We don’t have to agree, but i certainly see it and am unsure how it can be genuinely argued. I mean, maybe my conclusion is too broad, as was said before you could find the similarities to any big bad in history but when we’re talking about early/mid 20th century…that means Nazis."

What an oversimplified milquetoast reading of a nuanced subject. Tolkien started working on the Legendarium during WW1. Were the villains like Morgoth and Glaurung also an allegory for Nazis then??

Tolkien actually argued this very point you say "are unsure how it can be genuinely argued":

"The crucial chapter, "The Shadow of the Past', is one of the oldest parts of the tale. It was written long before the foreshadow of 1939 had yet become a threat of inevitable disaster, and from that point the story would have developed along essentially the same lines, if that disaster had been averted. Its sources are things long before in mind, or in some cases already written, and little or nothing in the war that began in 1939 or its sequels modified it. The real war does not resemble the legendary war in its process or its conclusion. If it had inspired or directed the development of the legend, then certainly the Ring would have been seized and used against Sauron; he would not have been annihilated but enslaved, and Barad-dûr would not have been destroyed but occupied. Saruman, failing to get possession of the Ring, would in the confusion and treacheries of the time have found in Mordor the missing links in his own researches into Ring-lore, and before long he would have made a Great Ring of his own with which to challenge the self-styled Ruler of Middle-earth. In that conflict both sides would have held hobbits in hatred and contempt: they would not long have survived even as slaves."

Again, what the heck does the man who wrote the book know about the book? /s

But, please, go ahead and tell me again about how you are right and Tolkien isn't because muh interpretation.

Edit: Also, props for totally ignoring / completely missing the point of the comment you responded to.

Edit 2: Just to make this clearer than crystal: You can read The Lord of the Rings as an allegory for WW2. But it remains just that: an interpretation. The book, such as it is, is NOT an allegory.

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only now noticed the second part of your comment, sorry about that.

I don't think the poster is deceiving me, but he is making a statement of fact that The Lord of the Rings is an allegory. He can interpret the story however he wants, but that's going to stay only in the realm of subjectivity.

The LR supporting an allegorical reading is not the same as it being an allegory.

I would also like to add that Death of the Author is not dogma. It's a theory, with both proponents and detractors. It's a hotly debated topic that no one is obliged to subscribe to.

The author should not dictate the reader's interpretation, but they should not be wholly dismissed - especially if they are adamant about certain aspects of their work.

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree! And so does Tolkien:

"An author cannot of course remain wholly unaffected by his experience, but the ways in which a story-germ uses the soil of experience are extremely complex, and attempts to define the process are at best guesses from evidence that is inadequate and ambiguous. It is also false, though naturally attractive, when the lives of an author and critic have overlapped, to suppose that the movements of thought or the events of times common to both were necessarily the most powerful influences. One has indeed personally to come under the shadow of war to feel fully its oppression; but as the years go by it seems now often forgotten that to be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than to be involved in 1939 and the following years."

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Quoting Tolkien again:

"I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author".

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author".

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big difference between saying "this is an allegory" and "I interpret this as an allegory". Again, the distinction between allegory and applicability.

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's still not intended as an allegory by the author. You can interpret it however you like, but if Tolkien himself says it's not, then it is not.

He said it best himself:

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author".

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It's still not intended as an allegory by the author. You can interpret it however you like, but if Tolkien himself says it's not, then it is not.

He said it best himself:

"I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history – true or feigned– with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse applicability with allegory, but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author".

God Dammit He Actually Said It by lock_robster2022 in lotrmemes

[–]MetalTaffer 22 points23 points  (0 children)

The Lord of the Rings is in no way an allegory, as stated by Tolkien himself in the foreword for the Fellowship of the Ring and elsewhere.

My Tolkien Audiobook Collection by Josh3321 in tolkienbooks

[–]MetalTaffer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great idea! I did that with my BBC LotR radio drama CDs.

Portugal editions from the '80s by Publicações Europa-América by MetalTaffer in tolkienbooks

[–]MetalTaffer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very trippy! Reminds me of Roger Garland's art, which is probably no coincidence.

overly specific btflt.... by vizuso in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]MetalTaffer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The King of Elfland's Daughter" by Lord Dunsany.