~ Lord Of The Rings, Spam Free, And Many A Thing.
December 26, 2007 by Bakkouz
Filed under Art & Entertainment, Editorials, Internet, Offbeat
So, Where were we? Ah yes, I remember now, Happy Holidays Everyone 
I have to say though I am not too fond of the Cold. Although i do prefer it to the summer time. Anyway, Lets not speak of this now.
I am currently reading the Lord of the Rings books, which i borrowed from Hal, And I must say, I’m enjoying them immensely, more than i thought i would, really. They are truly magnificent, and dare i say, more enjoyable than the movies, you see, after reading the first book (The Fellowship) and then re-watching the first movie, I really felt like it wasn’t a true interpretation of Tolkien’s vision. the movie seemed flawed, and not as vibrant as the book, see, the book has much more detail than the the movie, and many characters and events that are in the book are missing from the movie, also, many events in the movie have been altered and are very different from the book, which make the movie seem incoherent and at some spots weak (you know this if you read the books). I am not at the beginning of the second book (The Two Towers), speaking of which, did you know that also many book fans were not very satisfied with Peter Jackson’s interpretation of the Books, and some even edited the Two Towers movie into something called: The purist edition. which is basically the same movie but without the differences and alternations from the books, Anyway, The boos are magnificent, if you are a fan of the movies, you definitely must read the books.
On a completely different note, I have been getting a lot of spam comments on this blog lately that slip by akismet, 99% of them are from “Anonymous”, I wondered why akismet was unable to detect these comments and I was forced to activate comment moderation for people who don’t have any previously approved comment, as an extra measure, but this proved to be tiresome since the amount of spam comments I was getting was becoming rediculous, and I had to resort to an extra method of protection, which came in the form of the plugin called WP-SpamFree. it just basically inserts a piece of javascript in the code that is invisible and does not affect human readers, but bots cannot process. you really should get it, So far I’ve had 99% success rate with it, it does not prevent trackback spam though, which isn’t so bad since akismet is highly efficient at catching those.
And now for something completely different, Check out the fast and the furious, arabic style 
chikapappi on Wed, 26th Dec 2007 9:28 am
where were you!
Jano on Wed, 26th Dec 2007 1:25 pm
huh shof sho be7ke..
Noura on Wed, 26th Dec 2007 4:55 pm
First of all, welcome back, wallahi you were missed ..Hope you had a good break and eid..
I didn’t read the books, I flipped through them..
To be honest with you I enjoyed the movies so much, I didn’t care how accurate they are.. like you said I knew that a lot of characters and events are missing but I think Jackson captured the idea and it was nice entertainment and an imaginary trip.. He wasn’t true to the books but the result is still as good 
sharkooseh on Thu, 27th Dec 2007 9:00 am
1- not interested
2- not interested
3- not interested
4- why this post is still here?
HUH
kinzi on Thu, 27th Dec 2007 10:15 am
Bakkouz, can’t believe you hadn’t read the books before!!! I still have the copies I read when I was 12 (yea, antiques now, worth some money). I reread the whole
set before each film came out, too.
Very true the movies were different. Somehow, I wasn’t bothered since Peter Jackson SO captured the essence of it all. DId you hear he and New Line finally reached agreement to have him produce The Hobbit also? I am SO excited…and am hoping Christopher Tolkien could some day expand Silmarillion into some kind of trilogy as well.
Qabbani on Thu, 27th Dec 2007 12:08 pm
Welcome back
well i just update akismet , i hope it better now,
i still got many spam , i will check the new thing u post , and see
Bakkouz on Thu, 27th Dec 2007 1:46 pm
chika: Here and There, you know, the holidays and all
Jano: moooooo gasdiiiiii
Noura: Thank you, Hope you had a good eid too and happy holidays
Sharkooseh: no comment
Kinzi:Yes, true, I do not know if Christopher Tolkien would expand the Silmarillion into a trilogy, though for some reason i doubt it.
Qabbani: Hala 3ammi, yes the WP-Spamfree should help you alot
sharkooseh on Thu, 27th Dec 2007 2:16 pm
ok
Andrew on Fri, 28th Dec 2007 8:01 am
LOL the fast and the furious arabic style is really funny. And that plugin you suggested is working really well across my blogs. Thanks.
Firas on Fri, 28th Dec 2007 4:12 pm
You know, movies are made so you don’t have to read!
Happy Eid and a happy new year Bukseh
MommaBean on Sat, 29th Dec 2007 2:42 pm
Too funny. You have just described the complaint heard from fans of books about every single movie ever made (with the notable exception of Forrest Gump, where I humbly submit the movie was better and more understandable). I have to admit that I was never able to get into LOTR or any of Tolkein’s stuff (my bother was a big fan), but I have experienced this MANY times…
Maher on Sat, 29th Dec 2007 9:58 pm
LOOOOOOOOOOL @ the clip! hilarious!!!
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Nizar on Sun, 30th Dec 2007 6:33 pm
It’s usually like this that the books are better than the movie
simply because if they mention all the descriptions and small details about the characters and the events that happen it will be a very long boring movie.
Maioush on Mon, 31st Dec 2007 8:27 pm
Happy new year bakkouz
Opal Ring on Tue, 17th Jun 2008 10:45 am
Hmm, Its a best One ! :heart: :biggrin:
Its a Wonderful picture/clip. Your right though it can help you brand. And every little bit helps to every big bit.
I enjoyed the movies so much, I didn’t care how accurate they are..but most I loved is to laugh…… :tongue: :biggrin:
HAPPY LIVING…..