"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.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
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.
Steph L. - Jan 08, 2004 2:30:14 pm PST #1327 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
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.
Beverly - Jan 08, 2004 7:17:35 pm PST #1332 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
So if Legolas is, um, 2000 or so, and Gimli made his appearance after the events in The Hobbit, then I was right when I tch-tched him for calling Legolas "lad". Heh. Point to me. Two points, actually, he called Aragorn "laddie," too.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2004 7:26:25 pm PST #1333 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, Gimli is a smug crotchety bastard.
Nah, I got nothing.
edit: WAIT -- Gimli's younger than Bilbo? That's kinda fresh-faced.
Elena - Jan 08, 2004 7:30:20 pm PST #1334 of 3902
Thanks for all the fish.
Hell, at this rate Gimli might be younger than Frodo.
Katie M - Jan 08, 2004 7:33:09 pm PST #1335 of 3902
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Do we actually *know* that Gimli's younger than Bilbo?
I went and looked it up, and he isn't. Bilbo was born in 2890; Gimli in 2879. (The events of LotR take place in 3018-19.) So Gimli is older than Aragorn, but certainly younger than Legolas.
§ ita § - Jan 08, 2004 7:33:57 pm PST #1336 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So Gimli is older than Aragorn, but certainly younger than Legolas.
Ahh. So he owes nothing to the ring, then, save his continued relationship with his dad.