ALL the horses of Rohan were supposed to be gray.
Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --
'Serenity'
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.
sumi - Jan 08, 2004 12:14:22 pm PST #1322 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Nutty - Jan 08, 2004 12:17:00 pm PST #1323 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
And all the ones Imrahil and his peeps ride in on, and Strider's favorite brought down from the north. I think except for Bill the Pony, every horse in the whole fricken story is gray.
sumi - Jan 08, 2004 12:28:04 pm PST #1324 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
And we don't know what color Bill the Pony is.
Melpomene - Jan 08, 2004 12:45:37 pm PST #1325 of 3902
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'
I love it when this thread gets all Tolkien history geeky. I learn so much that I managed to miss while reading The Silmarillion.
It was difficult to make it through until I got to Beren and Luthien and the House of Hurin. Unfinished Tales is great because of the Hurin backstory.
Elena - Jan 08, 2004 1:52:06 pm PST #1326 of 3902
Thanks for all the fish.
"Get in the damn boat, Fodo" was my tagline for a while. It's what our friend's girlfriend (now wife) said toward the end of FOTR. She really had to pee.
Steph L. - Jan 08, 2004 2:30:14 pm PST #1327 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
"Get in the damn boat, Fodo" was my tagline for a while. It's what our friend's girlfriend (now wife) said toward the end of FOTR. She really had to pee.
Thank you! I knew it originated with FotR, but for some reason I associated it with Allyson.
Elena - Jan 08, 2004 2:32:16 pm PST #1328 of 3902
Thanks for all the fish.
To be fair, it does sound like something Allyson would say.
Actually, she'd probably say "Get your furry Hobbit ass in the fucking boat, Fodo.".
DavidS - Jan 08, 2004 2:42:52 pm PST #1329 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Actually, she'd probably say "Get your furry Hobbit ass in the fucking boat, Fodo.".
We need to videotape her saying "Get your furry quantum ass in the fucking rocket ship, QPB."
Volans - Jan 08, 2004 4:10:58 pm PST #1330 of 3902
move out and draw fire
it being said that all elves are blond
It says that most elves have dark hair. Legolas in the book is described as having dark hair. Faramir has black hair also.
Mike Martinez or somebody over at Suite 101 did a piece on how old Legolas is. It's never said, but his grandfather was at the Last Alliance smackdown and he wasn't, so he's younger than Elrond. He'd never been to Fangorn or Lorien. I would suspect he's around 1700, but dunno. I always thought of him as a younger son of Thranduil, not the heir. You know, expendable.
Kalshane - Jan 08, 2004 5:49:21 pm PST #1331 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.
Gotcha. So apparently the blond wigs were on sale when it came time to outfit the elves rather than there being a good reason for it.
I'm just glad they left Elrond dark-haired. I believe I saw an early production photo that showed Hugo Weaving in a blond wig. It was positively hideous. Not that some of the other elves looked any better.