I'm glad someone looked this up, cause I was just sitting around idly thinking that Gimli was born before the Hobbit. But I a) didn't bother to look it up and b) didn't bother to post, so now I just look like a latecomer chiming in. But I am amazingly apathetic at the moment.
Tara: 'Your One-Stop Spot to Shop for Lots of New-Age and Occult Items.' Catchy. Giles: Think so? Tara: Uh huh. In a... hard to say sorta way.
'Sleeper'
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.
Liese S. - Jan 08, 2004 8:00:38 pm PST #1341 of 3902
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
P.M. Marc - Jan 08, 2004 9:04:59 pm PST #1342 of 3902
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So Gimli is older than Aragorn, but certainly younger than Legolas.
Cradle-robbing elf...
Volans - Jan 09, 2004 2:39:48 am PST #1343 of 3902
move out and draw fire
But in elf-years, Legolas certainly is a lad. So maybe it's an early instance of Gimli's race-sensitivity.
That and the fact he knows the word for "ladders" in elvish.
Jessica - Jan 09, 2004 4:29:21 am PST #1344 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Well, that'll teach me to say things without looking them up in the Appendices first. I'd just assumed that Gimli had to be born post-Hobbit because otherwise, he would have been included on the trip.
Katie M - Jan 09, 2004 4:30:22 am PST #1345 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
I actually have some vague memory of him complaining about not getting to go - either on that trip or on the attempt to resettle Moria - because he was too young. I'm not motivated enough to try to find it, though. (The ages were easy. Yay, family trees!)
Nutty - Jan 09, 2004 4:35:48 am PST #1346 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, you can't take a whole army of dwarves with you, when you go tramping around Rhovanion. Kind of conspicuous. Also, he would need a rhyme-y partner to go with him -- only the kings of dwarves get away with not having a rhyme-y partner.
showed Hugo Weaving in a blond wig. It was positively hideous.
Er, my (admittedly vague) memory of Hugo Weaving is that he is blond. Or anyway, sandy-haired. Although NSM with the long and Pantene-ed locks.
Jessica - Jan 09, 2004 4:41:55 am PST #1347 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In Priscilla, (when he wasn't in drag), his hair was a kind of highlight-y medium brown. It looked natural to me, but it's been a while since I've seen it.
Sean K - Jan 09, 2004 8:06:40 am PST #1348 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I cannot tell you how much it hurt my brain to see Priscilla for the first time in several years, after Matrix had come out.
I was sitting there, already knowing Terrence Stamp was in it, then Guy's Character came onscreen and I was all like "Hey, Guy Pierce, cool! He was nobody out here when I first saw this movie, how cute. Wait a minute.... How come that other guy is so familliar? Where do I know him from? He's so famil... Oh. My. God."
It was pretty funny.
Jessica - Jan 09, 2004 8:07:54 am PST #1349 of 3902
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You HAVE seen my Math of Hugo Weaving icon, yes?
Sean K - Jan 09, 2004 8:19:56 am PST #1350 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I think so...