Tolkien e o Silmarillion de Clyde Kilby. O Segredo do Fogo Secreto

O professor Clyde Kilby esteva falando com Tolkien ajudando-o a organizar a mitologia do Silmarillion no fim dos anos sessenta. No meio dos setenta, um ano antes da publicação do Silmarillion ele lançou um livro de reminiscências dessas interações com Tolkien onde ele enfatizou algumas das excentricidades e paradoxos da personalidade de JRRT.



O nascimento de Narya, Pássaro da Neve no traço de John Byrne, teria Fëanor também dado à luz aos Silmarils dada a similaridade com a capa do livro acima?

Nesse pedaço ele cita Tolkien afirmando que o Fogo Secreto era o Espírito Santo.

Professor Tolkien talked to me at some length about the
use of the word "holy" in The Silmarillion. Very specifically
he told me that the "Secret Fire sent to burn at the heart ofthe World" in the beginning was the Holy Spirit.27 He de-
scribed his problem in depicting the fall of mankind near
the beginning of the story. "How far we have fallen!" he exclaimed—so far, he felt, that it would seem impossible even
to find an adequate prototype or to imagine the contrast be-
tween Eden and the disaster which followed.
I only wish that at this point I felt able to discuss the pattern of Tolkien's myth in relation to the whole of mythology. There is no doubt of its general similarity in such ar-
chetypes as a creator, a creation, a "high" race and a hierarchy, protagonists and antagonists, a sense of doom,heroic undertakings, conduct measured in terms of moral
law, and an ending with a new earth and heaven. There
are many discussions which endeavor to decide whether
myth originates in history, religion, nature, the imagina-
tions of men or all of these.
My impression is that The Silmarillion is oriented as
much on a Biblical pattern as it is on that of Norse and
other mythologies. One interesting instance of this is the
depiction of light in Middle-earth before the creation of sun
and moon, following the model of the early verses of Gene-
sis. Many believe there was, as in The Silmarillion, a long
period of time between the two kinds of light. Milton's ex-
planation in Paradise Lost is an example:

"Let there be Light!" said God; and forthwith Light
Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure,
Sprung from the Deep, and from her native East
To journey through the aery gloom began,
Sphered in a radiant cloud-for yet the Sun
Was not; she in a cloudy tabernacle
Sojourned the while. (VII, 243249)

(...)

In this connection I should mention a lengthy account
which Tolkien asked me to read. It was in the form of a Job like conversation on soul and body and the possible purpose of God in allowing the Fall so that He could manifest

His own sovereignty over Satan all the more, of Christ's
incarnation, the spread of His light from one person to an-
other, and the final consummation at Christ's return. He
said he was not certain whether to include this in The Silmarillion or publish it separately.

Censura em Crise Infinita!! Páginas cortadas.

A verdadeira causa, que todo mundo hj esqueceu, pros cortes feitos na mini é o infame decreto muralha da China feipo pela Karen Berger. Citações com as provas logo abaixo.
E aí, logo em seguida, o scan da página de trade de Infinite Crisis contendo as páginas deletadas já completamente desenhadas por Phil Jimenez. Trazia Hector Hall e Furia II chegando ao Olimpo Pré-Crise escoltados por Daniel Hall, o atual Sandman e encontrando com seu avô materno, o Steve Pré-Crise da Terra 2.

Aproveitem



http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=7136

Brad Curran: Was there any difference in working with DCU editorial and Vertigo, besides the content?
Mike Carey: DCU/Vertigo - it's a Chinese walls kind of thing: the two establishments are separate, and they see themselves as separate.

http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/sept02/mcarey2.shtml

ST: With appearances in Young All Stars, Wonder Woman, Infinity Inc., and Sandman, The Furies have been one of the offshoot groups who tie the mainstream DCU with Vertigo. What makes these characters well suited to both universes?

MC: I have to confess at this point that the Furies of the title are the Greek spirits of vengeance, as shown in The Kindly Ones, rather than the super-team. So the only DCU character who appears in the book is Lyta herself, who has a sort of unique, borderline status because she was so deeply entrenched in Sandman continuity that she couldn't be extricated, while at the same time being a long-term member of a DCU superhero team.

Resoluções de Ano Novo dos Dark Lords

Melkinho

Nosso querido Dark Lord deseja um Feliz Ano Novo (tão vendo as "luzes natalinas" na coroa de Ferro logo acima mostrando que ele está cheio de boa vontade para com os homens?) mas para isso ele compilou uma lista de cem coisas que os Senhores das Trevas devem ou não devem fazer Ele também deseja ficar mais bonito como costuma ser representado pelos artistas "mudernos" que acham que ele é um herói prometeano mal-compreendido

Primeiro passo ir a um salão de beleza ( como aí embaixo Melkinho, lindérrimo ( vejam essa cabeleira longa e alva, lembrando o herói de Devil May Cry ou o novo Dark Lord dos games) pedindo pra Húrin Thalion fazer barba, cabelo e bigode nele antes de quebrar a lâmina e amaldiçoar sua família...



Depois conseguir uma bela garota...




E aí cantar a melô do Dark Lord

The Top 100 Things I'd Do
If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord

My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not face-concealing ones.
My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through.
My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.
Shooting is not too good for my enemies.
The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness.
I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them.
When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?" I'll say, "No." and shoot him. No, on second thought I'll shoot him then say "No."
After I kidnap the beautiful princess, we will be married immediately in a quiet civil ceremony, not a lavish spectacle in three weeks' time during which the final phase of my plan will be carried out.
I will not include a self-destruct mechanism unless absolutely necessary. If it is necessary, it will not be a large red button labelled "Danger: Do Not Push". The big red button marked "Do Not Push" will instead trigger a spray of bullets on anyone stupid enough to disregard it. Similarly, the ON/OFF switch will not clearly be labelled as such.
I will not interrogate my enemies in the inner sanctum -- a small hotel well outside my borders will work just as well.
I will be secure in my superiority. Therefore, I will feel no need to prove it by leaving clues in the form of riddles or leaving my weaker enemies alive to show they pose no threat.
One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation.
All slain enemies will be cremated, or at least have several rounds of ammunition emptied into them, not left for dead at the bottom of the cliff. The announcement of their deaths, as well as any accompanying celebration, will be deferred until after the aforementioned disposal.
The hero is not entitled to a last kiss, a last cigarette, or any other form of last request.
I will never employ any device with a digital countdown. If I find that such a device is absolutely unavoidable, I will set it to activate when the counter reaches 117 and the hero is just putting his plan into operation.
I will never utter the sentence "But before I kill you, there's just one thing I want to know."
When I employ people as advisors, I will occasionally listen to their advice.
I will not have a son. Although his laughably under-planned attempt to usurp power would easily fail, it would provide a fatal distraction at a crucial point in time.
I will not have a daughter. She would be as beautiful as she was evil, but one look at the hero's rugged countenance and she'd betray her own father.
Despite its proven stress-relieving effect, I will not indulge in maniacal laughter. When so occupied, it's too easy to miss unexpected developments that a more attentive individual could adjust to accordingly.
I will hire a talented fashion designer to create original uniforms for my Legions of Terror, as opposed to some cheap knock-offs that make them look like Nazi stormtroopers, Roman footsoldiers, or savage Mongol hordes. All were eventually defeated and I want my troops to have a more positive mind-set.
No matter how tempted I am with the prospect of unlimited power, I will not consume any energy field bigger than my head.
I will keep a special cache of low-tech weapons and train my troops in their use. That way -- even if the heroes manage to neutralize my power generator and/or render the standard-issue energy weapons useless -- my troops will not be overrun by a handful of savages armed with spears and rocks.
I will maintain a realistic assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. Even though this takes some of the fun out of the job, at least I will never utter the line "No, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!!!" (After that, death is usually instantaneous.)
No matter how well it would perform, I will never construct any sort of machinery which is completely indestructible except for one small and virtually inaccessible vulnerable spot.
No matter how attractive certain members of the rebellion are, there is probably someone just as attractive who is not desperate to kill me. Therefore, I will think twice before ordering a prisoner sent to my bedchamber.
I will never build only one of anything important. All important systems will have redundant control panels and power supplies. For the same reason I will always carry at least two fully loaded weapons at all times.
My pet monster will be kept in a secure cage from which it cannot escape and into which I could not accidentally stumble.
I will dress in bright and cheery colors, and so throw my enemies into confusion.
All bumbling conjurers, clumsy squires, no-talent bards, and cowardly thieves in the land will be preemptively put to death. My foes will surely give up and abandon their quest if they have no source of comic relief.
All naive, busty tavern wenches in my realm will be replaced with surly, world-weary waitresses who will provide no unexpected reinforcement and/or romantic subplot for the hero or his sidekick.
I will not fly into a rage and kill a messenger who brings me bad news just to illustrate how evil I really am. Good messengers are hard to come by.
I won't require high-ranking female members of my organization to wear a stainless-steel bustier. Morale is better with a more casual dress-code. Similarly, outfits made entirely from black leather will be reserved for formal occasions.
I will not turn into a snake. It never helps.
I will not grow a goatee. In the old days they made you look diabolic. Now they just make you look like a disaffected member of Generation X.
I will not imprison members of the same party in the same cell block, let alone the same cell. If they are important prisoners, I will keep the only key to the cell door on my person instead of handing out copies to every bottom-rung guard in the prison.
If my trusted lieutenant tells me my Legions of Terror are losing a battle, I will believe him. After all, he's my trusted lieutenant.
If an enemy I have just killed has a younger sibling or offspring anywhere, I will find them and have them killed immediately, instead of waiting for them to grow up harboring feelings of vengeance towards me in my old age.
If I absolutely must ride into battle, I will certainly not ride at the forefront of my Legions of Terror, nor will I seek out my opposite number among his army.
I will be neither chivalrous nor sporting. If I have an unstoppable superweapon, I will use it as early and as often as possible instead of keeping it in reserve.
Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those pesky time-travel devices.
When I capture the hero, I will make sure I also get his dog, monkey, ferret, or whatever sickeningly cute little animal capable of untying ropes and filching keys happens to follow him around.
I will maintain a healthy amount of skepticism when I capture the beautiful rebel and she claims she is attracted to my power and good looks and will gladly betray her companions if I just let her in on my plans.
I will only employ bounty hunters who work for money. Those who work for the pleasure of the hunt tend to do dumb things like even the odds to give the other guy a sporting chance.
I will make sure I have a clear understanding of who is responsible for what in my organization. For example, if my general screws up I will not draw my weapon, point it at him, say "And here is the price for failure," then suddenly turn and kill some random underling.
If an advisor says to me "My liege, he is but one man. What can one man possibly do?", I will reply "This." and kill the advisor.
If I learn that a callow youth has begun a quest to destroy me, I will slay him while he is still a callow youth instead of waiting for him to mature.
I will treat any beast which I control through magic or technology with respect and kindness. Thus if the control is ever broken, it will not immediately come after me for revenge.
If I learn the whereabouts of the one artifact which can destroy me, I will not send all my troops out to seize it. Instead I will send them out to seize something else and quietly put a Want-Ad in the local paper.
My main computers will have their own special operating system that will be completely incompatible with standard IBM and Macintosh powerbooks.
If one of my dungeon guards begins expressing concern over the conditions in the beautiful princess' cell, I will immediately transfer him to a less people-oriented position.
I will hire a team of board-certified architects and surveyors to examine my castle and inform me of any secret passages and abandoned tunnels that I might not know about.
If the beautiful princess that I capture says "I'll never marry you! Never, do you hear me, NEVER!!!", I will say "Oh well" and kill her.
I will not strike a bargain with a demonic being then attempt to double-cross it simply because I feel like being contrary.
The deformed mutants and odd-ball psychotics will have their place in my Legions of Terror. However before I send them out on important covert missions that require tact and subtlety, I will first see if there is anyone else equally qualified who would attract less attention.
My Legions of Terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters will be used for target practice.
Before employing any captured artifacts or machinery, I will carefully read the owner's manual.
If it becomes necessary to escape, I will never stop to pose dramatically and toss off a one-liner.
I will never build a sentient computer smarter than I am.
My five-year-old child advisor will also be asked to decipher any code I am thinking of using. If he breaks the code in under 30 seconds, it will not be used. Note: this also applies to passwords.
If my advisors ask "Why are you risking everything on such a mad scheme?", I will not proceed until I have a response that satisfies them.
I will design fortress hallways with no alcoves or protruding structural supports which intruders could use for cover in a firefight.
Bulk trash will be disposed of in incinerators, not compactors. And they will be kept hot, with none of that nonsense about flames going through accessible tunnels at predictable intervals.
I will see a competent psychiatrist and get cured of all extremely unusual phobias and bizarre compulsive habits which could prove to be a disadvantage.
If I must have computer systems with publically available terminals, the maps they display of my complex will have a room clearly marked as the Main Control Room. That room will be the Execution Chamber. The actual main control room will be marked as Sewage Overflow Containment.
My security keypad will actually be a fingerprint scanner. Anyone who watches someone press a sequence of buttons or dusts the pad for fingerprints then subsequently tries to enter by repeating that sequence will trigger the alarm system.
No matter how many shorts we have in the system, my guards will be instructed to treat every surveillance camera malfunction as a full-scale emergency.
I will spare someone who saved my life sometime in the past. This is only reasonable as it encourages others to do so. However, the offer is good one time only. If they want me to spare them again, they'd better save my life again.
All midwives will be banned from the realm. All babies will be delivered at state-approved hospitals. Orphans will be placed in foster-homes, not abandoned in the woods to be raised by creatures of the wild.
When my guards split up to search for intruders, they will always travel in groups of at least two. They will be trained so that if one of them disappears mysteriously while on patrol, the other will immediately initiate an alert and call for backup, instead of quizzically peering around a corner.
If I decide to test a lieutenant's loyalty and see if he/she should be made a trusted lieutenant, I will have a crack squad of marksmen standing by in case the answer is no.
If all the heroes are standing together around a strange device and begin to taunt me, I will pull out a conventional weapon instead of using my unstoppable superweapon on them.
I will not agree to let the heroes go free if they win a rigged contest, even though my advisors assure me it is impossible for them to win.
When I create a multimedia presentation of my plan designed so that my five-year-old advisor can easily understand the details, I will not label the disk "Project Overlord" and leave it lying on top of my desk.
I will instruct my Legions of Terror to attack the hero en masse, instead of standing around waiting while members break off and attack one or two at a time.
If the hero runs up to my roof, I will not run up after him and struggle with him in an attempt to push him over the edge. I will also not engage him at the edge of a cliff. (In the middle of a rope-bridge over a river of molten lava is not even worth considering.)
If I have a fit of temporary insanity and decide to give the hero the chance to reject a job as my trusted lieutentant, I will retain enough sanity to wait until my current trusted lieutenant is out of earshot before making the offer.
I will not tell my Legions of Terror "And he must be taken alive!" The command will be "And try to take him alive if it is reasonably practical."
If my doomsday device happens to come with a reverse switch, as soon as it has been employed it will be melted down and made into limited-edition commemorative coins.
If my weakest troops fail to eliminate a hero, I will send out my best troops instead of wasting time with progressively stronger ones as he gets closer and closer to my fortress.
If I am fighting with the hero atop a moving platform, have disarmed him, and am about to finish him off and he glances behind me and drops flat, I too will drop flat instead of quizzically turning around to find out what he saw.
I will not shoot at any of my enemies if they are standing in front of the crucial support beam to a heavy, dangerous, unbalanced structure.
If I'm eating dinner with the hero, put poison in his goblet, then have to leave the table for any reason, I will order new drinks for both of us instead of trying to decide whether or not to switch with him.
I will not have captives of one sex guarded by members of the opposite sex.
I will not use any plan in which the final step is horribly complicated, e.g. "Align the 12 Stones of Power on the sacred altar then activate the medallion at the moment of total eclipse." Instead it will be more along the lines of "Push the button."
I will make sure that my doomsday device is up to code and properly grounded.
My vats of hazardous chemicals will be covered when not in use. Also, I will not construct walkways above them.
If a group of henchmen fail miserably at a task, I will not berate them for incompetence then send the same group out to try the task again.
After I captures the hero's superweapon, I will not immediately disband my legions and relax my guard because I believe whoever holds the weapon is unstoppable. After all, the hero held the weapon and I took it from him.
I will not design my Main Control Room so that every workstation is facing away from the door.
I will not ignore the messenger that stumbles in exhausted and obviously agitated until my personal grooming or current entertainment is finished. It might actually be important.
If I ever talk to the hero on the phone, I will not taunt him. Instead I will say this his dogged perseverance has given me new insight on the futility of my evil ways and that if he leaves me alone for a few months of quiet contemplation I will likely return to the path of righteousness. (Heroes are incredibly gullible in this regard.)
If I decide to hold a double execution of the hero and an underling who failed or betrayed me, I will see to it that the hero is scheduled to go first.
When arresting prisoners, my guards will not allow them to stop and grab a useless trinket of purely sentimental value.
My dungeon will have its own qualified medical staff complete with bodyguards. That way if a prisoner becomes sick and his cellmate tells the guard it's an emergency, the guard will fetch a trauma team instead of opening up the cell for a look.
My door mechanisms will be designed so that blasting the control panel on the outside seals the door and blasting the control panel on the inside opens the door, not vice versa.
My dungeon cells will not be furnished with objects that contain reflective surfaces or anything that can be unravelled.
If an attractive young couple enters my realm, I will carefully monitor their activities. If I find they are happy and affectionate, I will ignore them. However if circumstance have forced them together against their will and they spend all their time bickering and criticizing each other except during the intermittent occasions when they are saving each others' lives at which point there are hints of sexual tension, I will immediately order their execution.
Any data file of crucial importance will be padded to 1.45Mb in size.
Finally, to keep my subjects permanently locked in a mindless trance, I will provide each of them with free unlimited Internet access.

Nessa última...
ô,ô, I have a bad feeling about this...

Tolkien , Rackham e o Medo que vem do Mar.

Mor-dredd- Medo do mar. Esse parece ter sido um veio temático explorado amiúde por Tolkien na sua obra ficcional. O mar exerce em Tolkien, ao mesmo tempo, medo e fascínação, atraindo e enchendo de terror. Tanto é que, na prática, Tolkien criou dois "deuses" do Mar para explicar a variabilidade do comportamento do oceano: Ulmo era "profundo" e calmo, poderoso vala cujo nome significa "vertedor" e Ossë, cujo nome lembra Oceano ( um dos deuses titãs e dos numerosos deuses pelágicos dos gregos) era o maia que presidia o mar enquanto força da Natureza indomada e traiçoeira, possuindo uma esposa que era , mormente, calma e que aplacava sua ira , mas que quando entristecida podia fazer o mar se encapelar em vagas que arrastavam as pessoas para o fundo. Vale lembrar que, originalmente,Ossë era um vala como Ulmo era e não um servidor maia deste último.

Capitão Power episódio final -A Retribuição e seu "irmão" detonador-Z'Ha'Dum.

O final "marvado" de Capitão Power e sua conclusão que acabou comovendo até quem não acompanhava a série regularmente, como eu ( Porque óbvio de duas uma , se vc pega uma série que não acompanha ou assistirá o mesmo episódio fraco N vezes ou, justamente, aquele episódio relembrado pelos fãs ardorosos para o qual eles tiram os lencinhos do bolso.

Baseada em um episódio real da vida do próprio roteirista Joe (ahá) Michael Straczynski que precisou exorcizar seu trauma pelo menos um bom par de vezes dando em dois momentos emblemáticos.

"I've never talked about this before-said I was in a thoughtful mood-but I've known several people, friends, who've taken their own lives. In one case, I spoke to her just beforehand. Tried, through the phone lines, to reach her one more time, pull her back from the edge. I couldn't. Years pass. Time comes for me to write the last filmed episode of Power."'

"Jennifer Chase is going to die, partly of her injuries, partly of her own volition. Part of my life went into that scene, in the way it was constructed, and what was said. And what was not said, what never had the chance to be said, and thus still burns. I knew that, at the crucial moment of that scene, he couldn't be near her, as I wasn't near my friend...it had to be long-distance, hearing but not seeing her, and the terrible pain of arriving too late. I cannot watch that episode without crying. Ever."

Captain Power #122: Retribution (Part 2)
Enviado por Reese_Kaine. - Veja filmes em destaque e emissoras de televisão inteiras

Comparem o I love you de outro "Joe", o John Sheridan no fantástico episódio final da terceira temporada de Babylon 5, Z'Ha'Dum.

Outro caso de I love you-Kaboom.