Reward for the whole trilogy, I wonder? I mean, not that RotK wasn't a very impressive movie, because it was.
(FotR is by far my favorite of the three, though.)
Nice acronym, Mom!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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.
Katie M - Jan 12, 2004 8:01:46 am PST #1395 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
Una - Jan 12, 2004 12:32:42 pm PST #1396 of 3902
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I would really, really love to see the Academy give PJ a special original award for not only making three movies *at the same time*, but also doing a damn fine job at it.
Of course, since I would love to see that, it won't happen...
quester - Jan 12, 2004 3:06:26 pm PST #1397 of 3902
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Oh, ABC! NBC owns Bravo. my bad
MechaKrelboyne - Jan 12, 2004 8:59:32 pm PST #1398 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Hee. Christian Rivers is my new TTTEE commentary hero. Re: the 'Meat's back on the menu, boys!' line:
"My only issue is that it implies the Uruks a) Come from a society that has menus, and b) those menus are selective enough to have things taken off and put back on again."
That line always made me squint a little, and that's exactly why.
Nutty - Jan 13, 2004 4:42:56 am PST #1399 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I'm a similar squinter -- NSM on that line but on, e.g., the elf-surfing later in the movie that he also mentions. I think Rivers is sort of a book-purist (not "it must be like this because it's in the book", but "it mustn't be like that because it's not the same mood as the book"). The difference between him and me is that he seems ultimately to agree with Jackson about crowd-pleasing moments, whereas I still sort of tolerate those moments, rather than like them.
Also, I realized recently, the reason why Rivers always looked sort of lopsided to me (in his interviews) is that he has one brown eye and one green eye. I did the same "Oh! That's why your face is uneven!" double-take when I got a good look at Jane Seymour.
Beverly - Jan 13, 2004 4:46:02 am PST #1400 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Except that even if her eyes were same-colored, Seymour's face is structurally asymmetrical.
-t - Jan 13, 2004 4:53:33 am PST #1401 of 3902
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So is Cate Blanchett's, or so it seemed to me while her face was really realy big on screen.
Which made me happy, because so is mine.
sumi - Jan 13, 2004 5:01:59 am PST #1402 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2004 5:42:39 am PST #1403 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ganked from a ganker (TOR.N message boards via WX):
How many hobbits does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to change it, and the other to look in his eyes and say “I’m glad you’re with me.”
How many Wizards does it take to change a light bulb?
None. There are better things to do with the time that is given to you.
How many Arwens does it take to change a light bulb?
None. She’s fallen mysteriously ill and doesn’t have the energy.
How many Dwarves does it take to change a lightbulb?
One. Well, actually it takes four, in order to reach. But it still only counts as one!
How many Elves does it take to change a lightbulb?
Three: One to fire an arrow at a stone wall at such an angle that it ricochets off the wall, a mirror, the floor, a wine jug, a passing troll, eventually flying past the ceiling and dislodging the bulb. Then one to find and install the sacred lightbulb of Tintalle Varda, filled with the eternal waters of Elendil’s drink bottle, and the last one to comment: “A new light fills the sky. A shining power rises in the East.”
How many Dark Lords does it take to change a light bulb?
None. That’s what orcs are for.
How many Orcs does it take to change a lightbulb.
None. They try but keep getting hit in the head by small rocks thrown by the two hobbits who are still trying to change their lightbulb.
How many Aragorns does it take the change a lightbulb?
It depends on whether the lightbulb can be reforged or not.
How many Gollums does it take to change a lightbulb?
None, ‘cause we hatesss lightbulbs, we does. And it was the fat hobbits fault. HE smashed the lightbulb. We sees him do it!
How many Peter Jackson’s does it take to change a lightbulb?
Three. One to change it, the other to have the new bulb fall dramatically off a cliff, smash and die offscreen, and the last one to rewrite this sentence so the lightbulb didn’t actually smash and die, but just to make the audience think it did.
How many Sarumans does it take to change a lightbulb?
Forty-thousand and one. One to change it but then find out the lightbulb-changing scene has been cut, and the other forty-thousand to get a petition going to reinstate this scene.
Katie M - Jan 13, 2004 6:55:01 am PST #1404 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
Three: One to fire an arrow at a stone wall at such an angle that it ricochets off the wall, a mirror, the floor, a wine jug, a passing troll, eventually flying past the ceiling and dislodging the bulb. Then one to find and install the sacred lightbulb of Tintalle Varda, filled with the eternal waters of Elendil’s drink bottle, and the last one to comment: “A new light fills the sky. A shining power rises in the East.”
Bwah!