Found the Magic Trip Documentary!

You mightbe interested in this:
https://dt.iki.fi/there-and-back-again-hobbit-abridged
and ultimately this:
https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/
I have seen the first of the Hobbit movies in full and was so disappointed.
This cut was just the right thing, cutting 3 parts back down to what they really are: one story of ~300 pages.

Of course, this is already done, nothing for you to edit anymore!

Niiiiiice! Have you watched it yourself? So to download through torrent was ok? I havent watched them (haven't read it either, couple of times Lord of the Rings).

Since I wrote about it on my blog: yes, and yes.
Been a while though... I was able to find 2 blogs on archive.org:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150302...ut.tumblr.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20150323...wordpress.com/

The last one is still on the web:
https://tolkieneditor.wordpress.com/
The torrent file referenced therein still works (although afair the other version was of better technical quality).
6GB, probably nothing for an N900.

For a while I could not check my routers system logs. Now I could. Enabled Ddos and all kinds of stuffs, intrusion warnings and smurfattack. Should I seek help from Gargamel? I really need some help because now I do not wan't to use the router before it is secure. To use wlan the firewall have to be set to low, otherwise the web won't show anything or connect to any site. Made some searches and it was said to be ok, that NAT is enough and that connection suppliers have already disabled the most common ports which are attacked. I do not feel peacefull while smurffs are attacking. I am on their side! Checked what is smurffattack (do not understand any router stuff) and it seems someone is using my router for smurffattack against someone else, right? But how did he get access on my router? Was it by cracking my wifi so it would be a hacker close to my home? Or was it by installing ubuntu gamepack from a russian site without checking the download - and then gave access to router to that system even for just for some hours? But I hid the wlan, but down wps, defned devices with access permission but don't understand the lan settings at all.

Edit: Panicking is my thing. Reset the router and took from internet, changed admin and wifi passwords, connected devices, hid the wifi, set what devices are aloud to use wlan, disabled wps and upnn, made some other adjustments and connected to internet again. Friend says that my router identifies smurfs so I should not worry. Really should take some coursde on these matters to get peace of mind.

Soooo.... is it all good now? If not, you should probably start a dedicated thread on a suitable forum (not talk.maemo.org).

For starters...
As long as a thread with a pertinent topic in a pertinent subforum doesn't get derailed...away from the topic so thoroughly with continued non-topic discussion ...that it needs be asked to return to topic and so not muddy the thread for folks looking for answers ...
Its a balancing act of good behaviour...
No hard fast set rule here...per se

In a thread about nothing in particular ...
a general catch all ...off topic thread
inside of "Off Topic" subforum (though this is not...it is close in qualifying...Maemish created this thread here so it would be more visible to the community...But if anything it should be moved to "Off Topic" ....petitioning a mod to do so is a reasonable request.)

Inside this catch all off topic thread of Maemish's...however...
He can ....or anyone can ...
write about Azrael or Thundercats ...G-Force ...or Simba ...or any of the countless animated characters from the past,
or their celebrity toe nail clipping collection...
or whatever within decent and politic conversation...they wish to in a catch all...

Frankly we already have one...
Its an institution...called "the Final Countdown"... for every possible off topic meander.



As far as Tolkien goes...
LOTR in film was decent. The Hobbit had precious fewer moments.
I would rather watch the Rankin version of the Hobbit instead.

As far as JRR's books go...got them all in hard cover ...good reads....pull them out now and then.

Better than all of the above is to be read to..
BBC Radio Actors Guild doing 13 hour long LOTR ...
Nicol Williamson (Merlin from the film Excalibur) narrating The Hobbit for hours
And Audio Books of all JRR's other works ...
Is the way to enjoy them ..

Personally as far as the written word goes...JRR or any master ...should never be put through the meat grinder of an editor ..
That is serious abridging...and loss of good atmosphere and mood setting.

This thread has a title which is supposed to describe the purpose of this thread. If one who writes here does not succeed on that - some has found thid thread amusing though - that is a thing to critisize. It is uinder community because it is for community. Things here are not "Off Topic" as long as they try to answer the calling of the topic.

If enough people finds this thread not amusing at all, not giving for the community anything, and merely something off topic - I vote this thread to be moved under "Off Topic". Otherwise I hold my stand and try to give the community back something.

You can try to rationalize this all you wish...
And you can use whatever flawed logic in the doing Maemish.

Yes this is the "Community" subforum.

the title of your thread being "To Amuse the Community" is correct.
But just because the title contains the word "Community" in it ....does not a purposeful informative thread for the Community ...make.

The topics inside your thread are all over the place, no fixed direction, no continuity in inquiry ...
As great as it is to read...

It is a "Whatever - Is - On - The - Mind - Of - Whoever - is Posting - At - the - Time." thread

Which is fundamentally the domain of "Off Topic"

Taking a high road that doesn't exist doesn't fly with me either ..
Taking a stand to give back to the community ...
By posting "Off Topic" in the community thread...
You are giving back to the community by posting any where that it is a topical discussion.....
and non topical discussion too....
BUT Non - topical discussion is designated "Off Topic"

So you can just as easily give back to the community in "Off Topic"


Call it what you want...
Try to argue points of logic on this ...and attempt to convince me it is something it isn't ...

Sorry man...can't
Handing me a bowl of poo and telling me it is a tasty bowl of chocolate pudding ...does not a pudding make.

Can't swallow it man
haha

Well that became clear - again - your opinion of this thread. I accept it as a valid opinion, but now this discussion has gone off topic. I would surely love to keep this as an amusing thread. But - our discussions about this thread has been labeled amusing before, so maybe in the end this did not go off topic after all. You and me, we fit together as hot oil and water. Are you sure you are not able to come to our Maemo meeting to our summer cottage on 20th march?