So, um, there really is an "Atlantis" in the LotR books?
Cause, see, since I haven't read them, I trust you folks for my information. So....Atlantis? Like the Donovan song?
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
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. - Feb 09, 2004 2:19:19 pm PST #1798 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2004 2:23:28 pm PST #1799 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A co-worker just e-mailed me RotK EE scenes:
Director Peter Jackson told Entertainment Weekly magazine that some of the hour's worth of extra footage cut from the theatrical release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King could find its way into the upcoming DVD edition.
"I'm going to work on an extended DVD version, though I don't think all of that will make it in, because the pacing would be really weird," Jackson told the magazine. "But there's some good stuff that's not in the book."
Among the excised scenes: a humorous bit between Gimli (John Rhys- Davies) and Legolas (Orlando Bloom) having a drinking competition. "I really quite liked [it]," Jackson said. "But we felt [it was too comedic] at a point when we wanted to set up the tension of the story. And there's a sequence of Sam [Sean Astin] and Frodo [Elijah Wood] disguised as orcs, where they end up in the orc army for a while."
The purists should skip highlighting the spoiler font.
Consuela - Feb 09, 2004 2:24:46 pm PST #1800 of 3902
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
What Nutty is calling Atlantis is, in the backstory of the novels, the land of Numenor, which was located in the middle of the ocean, between Middle-Earth and Valinor.
So, basically Atlantis, complete with associations of lost golden age, and nasty fate (i.e., overthrown and drowned).
Theodosia - Feb 09, 2004 2:27:06 pm PST #1801 of 3902
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Númenor.
Actually, I just like typing the special code to make the little acute mark.
Steph L. - Feb 09, 2004 2:27:17 pm PST #1802 of 3902
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Aha. I bow to all y'alls knowledge.
And I feel pretty smart for twigging to the fact that "Atlantis" was too weird for LotR.
sumi - Feb 09, 2004 2:34:00 pm PST #1803 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Isn't that second thing actually in the book ita? Because I seem to remember it. . .
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2004 2:36:53 pm PST #1804 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes, it is, I think. I should unwhite that second part.
sumi - Feb 09, 2004 2:36:59 pm PST #1805 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Oh, and somebody on lotr_boys posted that Legolas arrow picture . . . I was going to ask you to do it, but now I don't have to!
esse - Feb 09, 2004 3:22:00 pm PST #1806 of 3902
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
The second part is in the book.
Volans - Feb 09, 2004 3:22:57 pm PST #1807 of 3902
move out and draw fire
One of my neighbors has a license plate that says FLYUFLZ.
I can't figure out how to reduce "They have a cave troll" to license-plate-ese.