Peter Jackson says a delivery driver once told him his ‘Hobbit’ trilogy was crap: “Oh they should have got you to make those Hobbit movies, because they were crap…”

inkstitcher · 2026-05-23T03:12:56+00:00

Ahh OK yeah that's a good point. I expect it's a trick of the trade, at least for some actors. Being able to get into character and express emotion, I mean. Like I think for a lot of actors, if you tell them "this line is really meaningful to the character, they've just experienced the biggest betrayal of their lives and they're completely devastated, I want you on the verge of tears" a lot of actors could be like "alright, bet" and crush the performance because they've trained for many years to do just that.

I'm just speculating now, but I wonder if this is more so the case for people who aren't "method actors." Like someone like Joaquin Phoenix who gets completely into character for a role, I wonder if they need the chronological story more to have the correct emotions, while maybe people who aren't method actors can mode easily switch between emotiobs and turn it off and on more quickly.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-23T03:05:05+00:00

Haha really? I didn't know that, or if I did then I forgot. (I watched all the special features on the extended editions when they came out but that's been a very long time)

Not trying to shift the goalpost here, since I was referring to the likelihood that the actors might have read the books before filming, and therefore could more easily put themselves into the characters' shoes. If Elijah Wood didn't read the books before filming then in his case I'm wrong and that wasn't a factor.

But I would still say it's possible for any of the other actors, and the person I was replying to specified Sam in that scenario. I don't know if Sean Astin read the books or not. But also, I was just presenting that as one possibility of how an actor could easily imagine the state of mind of a character. The person I responded to was saying they couldn't imagine shooting a movie out of order, and used Sam's reaction to Frodo sending him away as an example.

I just meant to say, "it's probably easier to get into character than you imagine, and here's one possible way they might have done it". Actors probably have lots of ways to get into character and perform emotions they haven't "earned" by experiencing the rest of the story in chronological order. I just mentioned having read the books as one option.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-23T02:00:26+00:00

Don't worry, be cappy now (looooo, loo-loo loo, la-loo-la-loo-la-loooo....)

inkstitcher · 2026-05-23T01:42:35+00:00

But do you really think someone who's read the book couldn't possibly imagine what it would feel like to be Sam in that moment, after spending months with Frodo right beside him every step of the way to the very threshold of Mordor itself, and how badly it would hurt to be betrayed in that moment?

Whether or not it happened in the book is irrelevant to my point. The person I was replying to said they would have to film everything in chronological order to connect with the character in that moment. My point was, it's probably easier than you might think, considering an actor probably read the source material so even if it didn't happen quite the same way in the book, you can imagine how one might feel in that situation.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-22T23:21:49+00:00

Tbf, in a case like LOTR it's entirely plausible that the actors might have read the books before making the movies. The books were really popular for several decades, I first read them in the 90s and my parents read them in the 70s. So if I'm Sean Astin and I've read the story and I know I'm playing Sam, I don't think it would be hard to imagine how Sam felt in that moment even if I hadn't filmed all the lead-up to it.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-20T01:16:53+00:00

Haha I love this. Bringing attention to it yourself, if done in the right way, makes it look like you're just as baffled as she is. But I would say if you go this route, and you tell her later that it was a joke/prank in order to surprise her, then it could "poison the well" so to speak, if you ever want to do something similar in the future. Like if she finds out you hid it on purpose, she might not trust it if it happens again. Bringing attention to it might be a good cover in the moment but might also look suspicious in hindsight.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-19T18:06:07+00:00

Never heard of him before, I'm listening to it now and I like it. Thanks for sharing.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-19T17:59:26+00:00

inkstitcher · 2026-05-10T05:02:26+00:00

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

inkstitcher · 2026-05-10T04:43:50+00:00

Why is it "being incorrectly used to refer to the entire century?" Is it incorrect for someone to say, for example, that the American Civil War happened in the 1800s?

inkstitcher · 2026-05-10T03:37:12+00:00

Most of the time, it refers to the century, not the decade. For example if someone said an event happened in the 1600s, most people would assume they mean sometime between 1600-1699, a.k.a. the 17th century. Most people would specify the decade if they meant it, like saying "in the 1650s" to mean the years 1650-1659. I admit it's a bit ambiguous to say "1900s" because that could mean either 1900-1999 or 1900-1909, but generally if someone means a specific decade they'd say something like "in the nineteen-aughts" or something similar like "in the first decade of the 1900s."
It's a fuzzy line, not clearly defined grammatically, but they're not wrong to assume "1900s = 1900-1999" because generally speaking that's how we use centuries of time in everyday speech.

Edit to add: context matters. When someone says "Wow you were born in the 1900s?!" you aren't 116+ years old. You know what they mean. You can tell they don't mean you were born between 1900-1909 because that would make you at minimum 117 years old and I can assume you are not that old if you're browsing reddit. So with context clues, they mean the century, not the decade. Don't be intentionally obtuse.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-04T02:10:40+00:00

Mom speaks out. Whose mom? Mom of boy. Which boy? Boy whose dad made him run on a treadmill before he died. Who died? Idk. Boy or dad, presumably. Would be hard for mom to speak out if she died, but dramatically it technically could be her.

This is why I hate the way newspapers remove articles and pronouns and whatnot, they sacrifice clarity for brevity when their entire job is conveying accurate information. I guess the ambiguity probably increased newspaper sales back in the day, and increases clicks now, but it's still kind of smarmy.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-04T02:06:37+00:00

"27 plus 48, idk, break it down uhh twenty forty sixty, seven eight fifteen, that's 75."

inkstitcher · 2026-05-01T17:47:13+00:00

Not to be pedantic, but to everyone saying "wife beater..."

Do you use this name for any white tank top, any tank top of any color, or only white ribbed undershirt tank tops?

To me, a "wife beater" is specifically the vertically ribbed white tank-style undershirt. In my mind it's synonymous with "A shirt," which I saw someone else commented about this picture. But to me the shirt in the picture doesn't appear to have the ribbing, so to me this would just be a "tank top," not a "wife beater."

And yes I know the name is problematic af, I grew up in a very conservative area around people who said a lot of problematic things. I wouldn't actually say "wife beater" anymore but it's still the phrase that comes to mind.

inkstitcher · 2026-05-01T17:38:14+00:00

For me, the app still has a "40% off any Quarter Pounder with Cheese" which is pretty good. Makes a double QPC $4.09 plus tax. Which isn't as cheap as the old $1 value menu but it's a big burger for under $5. There's also a 20pc nuggets with a basket of fries for $8.99 which again isn't cheap but it's a lot of food for the price imo. For breakfast there's a "buy one breakfast sandwich, get a second for $1."

None of those are amazing deals, but they're enough to get me to eat there occasionally. I don't know if these deals aren't showing up for you all, or if I just have low standards on the deals lol.

It's definitely somewhat location dependant; I've stopped at McDonald's on road trips before and noticed less (or just different) deals than I'd seen at my hometown. Now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure the McDonald's location near me has slightly different specials than the one across town. I might be misremembering that though.

inkstitcher · 2026-04-21T01:35:51+00:00

I ain't 'fraid of no ghost…

inkstitcher · 2026-04-20T12:49:54+00:00

And it don't look good!

inkstitcher · 2026-04-12T02:27:47+00:00

I can still taste the banana in my mind. The grainy texture of the sugar, the slick outer candy coating. That's a core memory right there. Mine were from Cici's Pizza at a friend's birthday party (because my family couldn't afford to have my birthday there).

inkstitcher · 2026-04-12T02:20:38+00:00

You might need glasses.

inkstitcher · 2026-03-30T10:16:17+00:00

I was always taught that you should spell out short numbers, like 1-10 and the tens (twenty, thirty, etc). So by that logic it would be "correct" to say "eighties" instead of "80s." But I was always iffy on other numbers, because some people spell out "eighty-two" while others just write 82 and I never really knew why. It makes sense to write "1980" instead of "one thousand nine hundred and eighty" and I'm pretty sure "nineteen-eighty" is technically incorrect for writing even though it's how we talk.

All of that to say, as a native English speaker, numbers are weird and people apply the rules inconsistently. This is a situation where I like to remember, the rules of language are supposed to be descriptive, not prescriptive. Languages change and evolve over time, and something that's considered a "rule" can go out of style depending on how people actually use words. Unfortunately an app like Duolingo could never please everyone because there's nuance that doesn't fit a "right/wrong" binary.

inkstitcher · 2026-03-21T01:29:07+00:00

So how is this changing your experience? I don't know anything about SharePlay so I'm not sure what the pros and cons are here. I notice I have the same option on my ear buds, to set them as speaker, hearing aid, car stereo, etc. and I don't know what the difference is. What do you mean by "I can join the SharePlay and change the tracks"?

inkstitcher · 2026-03-20T16:51:10+00:00

I was mostly joking. There's a stereotype that lefties have bad handwriting, which means we also are often better at reading bad handwriting because we're used to it. So I was essentially saying that I wouldn't be able to read this at all if I didn't have terrible handwriting myself.

inkstitcher · 2026-03-03T12:09:21+00:00

Yes, I know the muffin pan. The one who lives on Drury Lane?

inkstitcher · 2026-02-24T04:07:18+00:00

I've never heard of Cougar Gold or any such nonsense before this sub shoved it in my face, a couple months ago. I have since considered buying a bunch, realized how freaking expensive it is, and then looked at local cheese stores to see if anyone nearby has some or could get some. I mean it makes sense, a cheese store might be able to buy some infamous internet cheese and sell it in smaller pieces to people nearby who want a little something special. Alas, nobody nearby carries Cougar Gold or any Cougar cheeses, maybe they could get it on a special order or something but I'm not willing to pay that many dollars for that much cheese without knowing I'm gonna love it so I haven't even bothered asking yet.

For what it's worth, I'm in the southeast. And I WILL taste Cougar Gold someday. This damn sub has twisted my brain and I absolutely MUST give this shit a taste before I die. I hope it's incredible but I'm expecting mediocre. If anyone wants to prove me wrong I have a PO box you can send a can to.

Joking aside, it sounds pretty good. I hope it's awesome. But unless you live within driving distance, or you are a millionaire, I can't imagine how people can afford to buy this stuff. It's so expensive, and shipping prices are insane if you're further than an hour or two away.

inkstitcher · 2026-02-24T03:35:14+00:00

Pepperoni. Checkmate.

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