I’m of the opposite opinion: my intense love for LOTR is why I despised the prequel–trilogy so much. We moved to New Zealand eight years ago, and it truly is Middle–earth. We toured Mt Ruapehu (Mount Doom and Mordor) and the guide took us to all these spots, held up his iPad with scenes from the movies and then showed…

Last year we took a tour of Hobbiton at Matamata, and this was the exact scene that ran trough my head as we got to Bag End. Spectacular directing, acting and editing.

Pretty much. Just squealed like a girl at my desk.

I was responding to all of Tony's comments and replies throughout the thread he started, addressing them in one comment (which, admittedly, was an idiot thing to do considering). Yes, I went a little overboard. But even if his only intention was to proclaim his unwillingness to engage in sweet sweet man-sex, I'd still…

No. You don't get to call gay sex "disgusting and repulsive" and then claim not to be a bigot yourself. There are no qualifiers to bigotry — your statement, whether intended or not, reeks of hate the sin, not the sinner fundamentalist bigotry — "I'm fine with gay marriage ... [but] I find the sexual practices of gay…