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.
So, before Thranduil was King of Mirkwood was he one of Thingol's people?
According to Foster's Complete Guide to ME (I can't acually remember this stuff, so I keep a reference handy - my geekiness generally consiste of saying "Oh, yes, I think I remember something like that" when someone else mentions important details. I'm very good at the supporting nodding), Thranduil lived in Lindon before establishing his kingdom, that would put him under Gil-Galad? He does seem like the type to hang out with Thingol, though. Hm, handy reference not so useful.
Anyway, I just found out that Elijah will reign o'er Bacchus and Dom will be king of Orpheus this year. Yay hobbit Mardi Gras confluence.
Gil-Galad didn't rule until after the death of his father -- I don't know when that was.
Didn't Gil-galad take over pretty much as of the drowning of Beleriand?
Turgon (G-g's daddy ahd hey! original owner of Glamdring! How about that?) died in 511 First Age, Thranduil left Lindon some time in the Second Age. So sayeth Foster, anyhow.
Look! You can get a toy Frodo and a toy Sam in orc armor!
Awww, here are toy Frodo and toy Sam with their orc helmets on.
Frodo and Sam aren't on my cutie! list, but the Orc costumes pushed 'em
real
close.
Well, they were the cutest little orcs ever.
Andy Serkis is on my CNBC right now!
Just got done watching Charlie Rose, where he spent 25 minutes on RotK with Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and Andy Serkis. A very smart promotion for Academy members to watch (their ballots are due next Saturday), since they first discussed Peter Jackson and why he was a good director on set and his dedication to the pictures, and then went into the visual effects aspects of Gollum, and then the relationship between Frodo and Sam. All of the clips shown (except for the trailer) focused on the Frodo/Sam/Gollum storyline, and were well-chosen for Oscar material for EW and SA. No veering into war discussions, as happened last year with Viggo.
The rest of the hour is being spent with Alec Baldwin, who's shilling for his own BSA nomination for The Cooler.
