firmly in the "So glad Tom Bombadil wasn't in the movies" camp
So, so wrong. Eldest needed to be in there, just for the barrow-wight sequence. You don't do the whole thing, but a couple of heydol-derrydols would have done a world of good.
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JohnSweden - Feb 09, 2005 5:36:15 am PST #8978 of 10001
I can't even.
Steph L. - Feb 09, 2005 6:24:14 am PST #8979 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
My co-worker told me yesterday that PBS is no longer running Dr. Who, but will be running HHGttG instead. Is this true? (On my PBS station, Dr. Who was always on Saturday nights, so I assume that HHGttG will just go in that spot. Now THAT, I might watch.)
askye - Feb 09, 2005 6:31:58 am PST #8980 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I wish my PBS station would run Dr. Who. Or anything cool. They have a 2 hour block of Are You being served on the weekends and then a couple of other shows that have been run to death.
The other PBS affiliate also shows Are you being served and As time goes by and Keeping up appearances, but at least they throw in Coupling.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 6:36:30 am PST #8981 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Now THAT, I might watch.
It's also on DVD, fyi.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2005 6:37:48 am PST #8982 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The HGTTG series is only 6 eps long, so I can't imagine it replacing Dr Who, at least not for more than a month. (The TV show wasn't as good as the books or the radio show, but still worth watching.)
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 7:38:52 am PST #8983 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The TV show wasn't as good as the books or the radio show, but still worth watching
I've only heard bits and pieces of the radio show, but I'll definitely agree wrt the books. I really liked the Arthur and Ford, but Zaphod and Trillian seemed all wrong to me.
Sean K - Feb 09, 2005 7:43:44 am PST #8984 of 10001
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but a couple of heydol-derrydols would have done a world of good.
AAAARRRGH!!! No way. Just, ew.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 7:48:11 am PST #8985 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
AAAARRRGH!!! No way. Just, ew.
With Sean and everyone else who's against any Bombadil. As much as I like the Barrow-Wight scenes, it was worth losing to lose TB.
Granted, part of the problem is I've always heard Bombadil's voice in my head with a hillbilly accent, which can't be the impression Tolkien wanted to make. No idea why, but that's how it translated mentally.
beathen - Feb 09, 2005 7:50:00 am PST #8986 of 10001
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
part of the problem is I've always heard Bombadil's voice in my head with a hillbilly accent
I always pictured him as the Ghost of Christmas Present from the Movie Musical "Scrooge" - a big, happy-go-lucky guy without a care in the world.
Cashmere - Feb 09, 2005 7:58:59 am PST #8987 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I was thinking they would have cast Uma Thurman as Goldberry. I think TB would have removed a lot of momentum from film.