Buffy ,'Chosen'
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.
From Slate's movie club on Monday:
In any case, I'm told that Ian McKellan, a most uncloseted performer, was calling himself Gandalf the Gay on the set and trying to get the hobbits, Pippin and Mary—sorry, I mean Merry—to kiss goodbye. The queer stuff is actually more resonant in X2 (an underrated if overlong movie) in which McKellan is far campier.
::sigh::
and trying to get the hobbits, Pippin and Mary—sorry, I mean Merry—to kiss goodbye
My sigh might as well have been for that, the big old enabling pervert.
One of the specials last night described Pippin's main motivation as "getting back to Merry". How shippy.
I saw a mention earlier of Jackson doing a Hitchcock and appearing briefly in each movie - is he visible in the theatrical version DVDs of FOTR and TTT? That's all I've got to work with. Can someone tell me where/when he appears? Thanks!
Signed, Still waiting to see ROTK, but enjoying this thread 'cause I'm re-reading the book right now.
is he visible in the theatrical version DVDs of FOTR and TTT
Yes -- he's in the battle at Helm's Deep in TTT, and he's in Bree in FotR.
I had a terrible vision of Pippin with his hair in two short ponytails on top of his head, and I need it gone.
Oh lordy. Now I do, too.
Maybe a Non-Pippin pic will help
and he's in Bree in FotR.
You can tell it's him by the carrot he is munching on.
I love his bit at Helm's Deep, because it looks so almost out of place.
t Battle, battle battle
t Death, death, death
BEHOLD! Our Director and Leader!! Look at his chain mail! Watch him throw a big stick with a look of, "THIS is the COOLEST thing ever! Move the camera."
t continue battle and death
Yes, what I meant was that the White Council knew the Ring was lost, not destroyed. But everyone else except the very well-educated thought it was destroyed. The same way no one knew there was still an heir to the throne of Gondor, really...
One thing I love about the book is how dependent it is upon its own myths and legends. When Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli meet Eomer and co. for the first time and tell them about the hobbits they're tracking, Eomer is at first disbelieving, and says (paraphrased), "Do we walk in legends, or upon the green earth in the sunlight?" He always thought hobbits were just a tale, much like the Ring or Isildur's Heir; so part of the magic of the story, for me, is that the characters are living out parts of the legends that they themselves grew up with.
Random: which elf is Figwit? And what does that stand for, again?