Saturday, March 31, 2012

Design Time












4 comments:

Jordan said...

As if Sauron would have a little box to keep the One Ring in...

It's actually funny; he creates the Ring as the nexus of his power; the lynchpin of his world domination scheme -- and then he immediately loses it through carelessness and never gets it back.

P.S. one of those brilliant designs is a recipe for spilling coffee all over your bed.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

Which one? Don't get me started on how much of a numnut that Sauron is.

Jordan said...

I'm talking about the beige "bed-chair" item with the built-in lamp, pockets, and drink-holder. Guaranteed that thing's going to slide around on the bedsheets or your elbow is going to flail out at some point, and there you go: hot coffee spilling all over your bed.

The custom Rolex is exquisite.

Jordan said...

Also, come on...Sauron's campaign is pretty brilliant. His design for the ring worked out perfectly, because infusing his life essence into the ring (so that even when he was destroyed, he could re-manifest as long as the ring existed) along with giving the ring its addictive qualities combined with its tactical need to get back to Sauron...all of it's very clever. It nearly worked, too! He came so close to winning the whole ball game EXACTLY by means of the elements I've mentioned. The only reason he lost is a tactical error (as Gandalf points out to the Council): it honestly never occurred to Sauron that the power-block of Gandalf/Elrond/Aragon/Galadriel would (unlike Sauruman and Denethor) contrive a plan that specifically avoided taking the ring's power for themselves. Sauron just couldn't conceive of anyone thinking that way (and the ring was designed to actively prevent it; you WANT to use it if you're anywhere near it). But that was his only mistake. He nearly won anyway!