One of the oddest reviews about the old Hobbit animated movie I read complained that the movie tried to turn the book into a musical,
Hell, the dwarves sing a song in the first chapter, "An Unexpected Party," while cleaning up Bilbo's dishes.
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'".
Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"? Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Aragorn: I like "Strider." Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
Sean K - Jan 01, 2004 9:50:35 am PST #1005 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Steph L. - Jan 01, 2004 11:26:00 am PST #1006 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
She tried to cover her eyes with her sweater at one point.
That's what I did during the Shelob scenes. I'm not ashamed to admit it.
Kalshane - Jan 01, 2004 11:35:15 am PST #1007 of 3902
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Hell, the dwarves sing a song in the first chapter, "An Unexpected Party," while cleaning up Bilbo's dishes.
Exactly. I know there were quite a few songs in the LotR books that were never seen in the movies. I hope, if Peter Jackson does end up making The Hobbit after he finishes with King Kong, he keeps a good number of the songs. I just can't imagine The Hobbit feeling right without at least the dwarves clean up song and the goblins singing when they've got them all stuck up in the trees.
Beverly - Jan 02, 2004 5:33:23 am PST #1008 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Hmm. Just remembered a couple of notes I made, and then forgot in the tide of emotion in the rest of the film, at the return to Edoras.
The first was in response to a restored scene in EE TTT, when Theoden says to Gamling, paraphrased, "this is not a rout. We shall return" to Edoras. And here they were, come home again.
The second was a strong desire to catch even a second's glimpse of Haleth, son of Hama, and Éothain, the boy who brought his sister, Freda, from the burning village to warn Edoras. Freda was safe in the cave, but both boys fought at Helms Deep. I wanted to see that one or both survived, just as a matter of hope.
sfmarty - Jan 02, 2004 5:59:59 am PST #1009 of 3902
Who? moi??
Um, I am new to this thread, so I don't know if this has been posted or not. A friend sent me this link.
HoyaSaxa - Jan 02, 2004 9:05:23 am PST #1010 of 3902
Diablo Robotico Up.
Happy New Year, all. I saw the movie yesterday. A couple of quick questions, as I haven't read the books yet:
1. Where did the elephant army come from, what is its origin? And the men riding them seemed even more evil and relentless than the orcs and the urok-hai, which up to that point had been portrayed as most evil and relentless. They turned and ran in the big battle.
2. That army of the dead. Simply awesome.
3. Where in tarnation is Saruman? Alas, Christopher Lee escapes Yoda AND Gandalf on the silver screen!
smonster - Jan 02, 2004 9:07:38 am PST #1011 of 3902
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Where in tarnation is Saruman?
The EE DVDs, one fervently hopes.
Sean K - Jan 02, 2004 9:22:25 am PST #1012 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Where did the elephant army come from, what is its origin?
From the lands to the south of Mordor-- Near and Far Harad. And I suspect the men riding them were much more cocky than the orcs because they were riding giant elephants, and the orcs were not.
I know I'd be more cocky when riding a giant elephant, though I'd worry if I saw a girlie elf-dude anywhere on the battlefield.
§ ita § - Jan 02, 2004 9:24:48 am PST #1013 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He was NOT girlie.
Except in the elegant killer sense of the word, I suppose.
Sean K - Jan 02, 2004 9:32:22 am PST #1014 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
He was NOT girlie.
Whoops, sorry...
Metrosexual elf-dude.