Now THAT, I might watch.
It's also on DVD, fyi.
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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"
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
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 8:06:45 am PST #8988 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I was thinking they would have cast Uma Thurman as Goldberry.
Didn't they cast Uma as Arwen, but she had to back out due to pregnancy?
Sean K - Feb 09, 2005 8:08:22 am PST #8989 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
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.
Weird, Frank. I hear the same sort of accent in my head reading those parts.
I was thinking they would have cast Uma Thurman as Goldberry.
That would have been interesting.
I think TB would have removed a lot of momentum from film.
Yes this. Even if you just threw him in a little. Plus, as they say in the behind-the-scenes stuff, once you've established the Ring as this irresistable force of evil that starts destroying anybody who puts it on, any character, even just one, who can put it on and laugh at it, or resist its effects in any way, destroys the icon of evil you've worked to build in your film, and renders Frodo's journey void.
It's the same reasoning behind the much hated changes to Faramir, which I totally understood and agreed with. Not that I want to rattle a yardstick around inside that particular hornets' nest....
Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2005 8:14:39 am PST #8990 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Weird, Frank. I hear the same sort of accent in my head reading those parts.
I can only assume that Tolkien heard some kind of British Isles accent for him, but I've never been able to hear it that way in my head - mostly because I've never been able to figure out which one would be appropriate and not sound like a Monty Python sketch.