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I actually *do* have a problem with the color grading in LOTR; watching the BTS's, I often find myself thinking the "before" is much better than "after" (especially when they turn stuff stupid-blue). And yes, I have the same issue as Teague with the "bloomy" stuff, coz it *literally* is a copy of the layer, blurred, and screened on top (they even say this in some docu) and it looks just as cheap as that. It makes it look like a dream sequence, while it's not... like Frodo waking up in Rivendell... way too bloomy and defocused, made me think it was a dream.

Basically, it looks to me as if they had a new toy in the toybox and totally overdid it. It sohuld have been dialed back 20% in pretty much every case.

/Z

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There are some shots in the ROTK that look so obviously graded it's a little grating; quite a few especially with lighting around the eyes. Along with the dodgy comp, it even makes me go eurgh.

So instead of a powerful reaction shot of Eowyn reacting to the fell beast swooping down upon her uncle, it's this awfully fake shot.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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My heartiest congratulations to everyone involved; this is truly an epic achievement.

I was unable to be there in person, and was only in the chat briefly; I'm seriously tempted to just wait for all three episodes to be released so I can experience a taste of what it must have been like.

I won't, but I'm tempted.

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Thought about doing the same thing, Matt, but it just wouldn't be the same, I guess.

That, or we European people do our own LotR viewing with the commentaries. And balrog burgers. Oh yeah.

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That was one crazy night!  We drove down to Dallas to see my baby niece when this was going down.  I caught the majority of it though.  The kid wanted to sleep most of the time anyways. smile  Cute kid too smile

This was great fun!  I hope everyone has recovered gracefully.  The good news is, if you do another marathon trilogy, the flicks won't be 13+ hours...

BRAVO!!
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Obviously, the story doesn't represent Middle-Earth as a whole, I just wanted to know if more existed elsewhere and if so, where. Thanks for the spot on answers though.

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A hearty thanks to everyone who participated in a very singular experience.  It was also nice meeting some forum folk like Paulou and Jeff for the first time, both of whom, along with Cloe Z, made outstanding sous chefs. 

I had such a blast and am deeply humbled by everyone's kind words.  Serious Business hat tips go to all who spoke but especially Trey and Mike.  Double special plus thanks to Mike and his roommates for letting me do my whirling dervish routine in their kitchen, I hope I didn't wreck it that much. 

The three F's, people.  Film Fighting, and Food, that's how you make a Doty.  Anytime I can combine two of those three with good friends, I am a happy man.  In ten years I'll probably do something similar with Grayson (and whatever siblings Rachel poops out between now and then) and when I do, I will tell epic tales of what his father participated in on this day.  Thanks again, DiF'ers.

Eddie Doty

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Can't thank you enough for the food. I really don't think we would have made it all the way through on pizza and donuts.

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^^ That.

And whatever the hell was in those scrambled eggs, I've been pining for more of it ever since.

You will gives us the recipe, precioussss.  GIVES IT TO US.

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Eddie Doty

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If you don't have Creme Fraiche available to you, sour cream works as well, but in a slightly less amount, otherwise the sourness can over power.  I'm not a huge chives fan, but as Gordo says, you can put pretty much whatever in there as you desire.  Protecting the egg is the key.

The Balrog Burgers were my own design and believe it or not, that was the first time I ever made those.  They came out pretty good, but I want to tweak a few more things next time around.

Eddie Doty

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I still really wish you guys had taken pictures of the food or showed it to the chat sad Those Balrog burgers sounded intense.

ZangrethorDigital.ca

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Gordon Ramsay is my god. When he gives you lemons, they come with a recipe for the most amazing lemonade.

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Those burgers were, like … my god. You guys just don't know. I want them in my face.

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"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   cool

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I covet your precious...

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*hiss at Dave*
My precious....  mad

"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   cool

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Huh. Google Chrome doesn't display the rings next to the usernames.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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I can see your ring (snigger), and I'm using chrome.

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That's really weird. It isn't my adblock or anything.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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Wait, doctorsubmarine is from Farmington?  Holy carp, dude, I'm Cheshire.  Wicked cool!

As another aside, congrats to all, and thanks for the entertainment.  Kitchencam was amazing.  I just hope I could provide a little fun and relief and sugar rush to all you folk.  Can't wait to hear what I missed in the digital downloads!

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Whoa! CT high-five!

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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God loves you!

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