So, by my calculations, from Thursday to today I spent 23 hours at work.
As god as my witness, I'm leaving before lunch tomorrow.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strega - Dec 17, 2006 7:34:51 pm PST #6801 of 10007
sumi - Dec 17, 2006 7:38:05 pm PST #6802 of 10007
Art Crawl!!!
Missing visions with Arwen means missing out on Hot!Dead! King Elessar and Hot!Future!King Elessar with son. Also, I love the graceful Elven smithies - particularly when compared to the orc smithies from FotR.
I also love that Eowyn takes out more Oliphaunts than Legolas. And that, in the EE, I think King Theoden recognizes her when she is fighting on foot after her horse gets trampled and before the Witch-King attacks him.
I switched over from what was on tv to my EE around the time that Denethor was getting ready to burn Faramir. So, I'm not sure that the battle between Eowyn and various orcs that Theoden witnesses is in the regular version.
Kristen - Dec 17, 2006 8:08:46 pm PST #6803 of 10007
I'm catching up on my TV viewing. I'm up to this week's Ghost Whisperer and I can't help but wonder why Melinda is being attacked by the Giant Tiki from The Brady Bunch Hawaii episode?
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 17, 2006 8:11:28 pm PST #6804 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Who knew the Giant Tiki was an outraged Audrey Hepburn fan?
Kristen - Dec 17, 2006 8:12:40 pm PST #6805 of 10007
Matt, I think that probably makes more sense than whatever the official reason was.
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2006 9:07:23 pm PST #6806 of 10007
brillig
I'm not sure that the battle between Eowyn and various orcs that Theoden witnesses is in the regular version.
It's not. It's only in the EE that you see Eowyn kicking the ass of that Orc general and really looking like a competent warrior in her own right. It shall always remain my great disappointment, however, that Eowyn didn't stand up stronger against the Witch King. She didn't cower nearly as much in the books.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 17, 2006 9:15:47 pm PST #6807 of 10007
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Jackson did seem to have a harder time with the female characters, didn't he? Though it's not as if Tolkein gave him much to work with. At least Galadriel was perfect (except for the Smurf Vision special effects).
Sean K - Dec 17, 2006 10:01:04 pm PST #6808 of 10007
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I've said it before and I'll say it again -- I was disappointed that they didn't hew closer to Tolkien's original dialogue for the scene between Eowyn and the Witch King. In interviews they've [Jackson and Boyens] said that the language was too baroque, but they lifted Galadriel's "In place of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen..." almost word for word. I think they could have found something a little closer that still functioned. And with it being one of my favorite scenes in the book, it made for a bit of a let down.
Nilly - Dec 17, 2006 10:06:47 pm PST #6809 of 10007
Swouncing
Skipping and poking head to post that, according to the Buffista Calendar, today is Burrell and her DH's anniversary, and to wish for a great day and a wonderful year together to them both.
sj - Dec 18, 2006 2:53:06 am PST #6810 of 10007
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Happy Anniversary, Burrell and Burrell's DH!!!