Royd Tolkien on the movies.

The pants are restless.

Bwah! Captain Obvious strikes again.

Do not put your trust in pants. They have forsaken these lands.

This is my favorite, I think:

Tonight we remember those who gave their pants to defend this country.

ooh, though, also

I come with tidings in this dark hour, and with pants.

Always good advice:

Abandon your pants! Run for your lives!

Just funny:

I do not doubt his heart, only the reach of his pants.

URLATE

ULKTRBL

Oh, these are good. I'm thinking about just surrendering to the GeekYay and going with NAZGRRL.

NAZGRRL

Nice!

NAZGRRL

That one's a classic!

From a report on TOR.c on a SAG Q&A with Jackson and some of the cast:

The moderator asked PJ about his distinctive style, especially his love of close-ups. PJ said "actor's faces are where the story gets told" (appreciative and enthusiastic applause from the SAG people, natch). He also pointed out he doesn't like using profile 2-shots, and avoids them whenever he can, as he really likes to be able to see both eyes...

Onto the topic of DVDs: PJ said he's always thought it would be cool to have "actor's cuts" of films as well, and he mentioned that while nothing is in place, he'd like to put out another special edition when HD-DVDs become popular -- he said it'd be a real "filmmaker documentary version", showing deleted scenes, talking about why they'd been cut, blooper reels, audition tapes -- getting into the nitty-gritty of the actual production itself. He also confirmed the ROTK:EE running time at 4:10 (he just finished it, apparently) and said there's a funny easter egg on the ROTK DVD when Elijah is doing live-via-satellite PR interviews from NY with reporters in Berlin, and how Dom pretended to be a German reporter and started asking the most unusual questions. (Come to think of it, he didn't say if this would be on the regular or EE version of the ROTK DVD; my guess is the EE)...

Questions from the audience: "Are you shooting THE HOBBIT in secret and calling it KING KONG?" Much laughter. John jumped in and said when they did reshoots this summer and fall, the first day back all the actors started off the day walking around like monkeys, hooting and hollering. (Dom, indignant, said that was the way he normally walked.)...

The tattoo question came up: PJ talked a bit about him getting talked into getting a "10" tattoo, but he said Mark Ordesky (!) and Barrie Osborne (!!) also got them, and how they were getting tattooed on the first day of FOTR's release in North America, and how he remembered sitting in the tattoo parlor, getting worked on, and seeing Mark Ordesky getting tattooed and getting phone calls about the early grosses at the same time.

For UK LotR fans:

Film Trilogy in Chichester this weekend

Lord of the Rings Weekend At Chichester Cinema at New Park

14th and 15th February

Saturday 14th February - The Complete Trilogy

See All 3 Films in 1 Day

The Fellowship of the Ring (PG) 10am

The Two Towers (12A) 1.30pm

The Return of the King (12A) 4.45pm

Pre-book a Lord of the Rings Lunch just £6. Comprising deli sandwich, Tyrell’s finest crisps and gorgeous homemade cakes from Hornet Provisions Co. Drinks and snacks available from the bar. There will be an interval of 30 minutes after Part 1 and 15 minutes after Part 2. Special offer: Book for all three films… Tickets £14 (public), £12 (Friends), £10 (students/unemployed), £8 (children under 15)

Individual Films: £5.50/£4.50/£3.75/£3

There is more going on than that- -If you follow the link you will see that this is something sponsored by the Tolkien Society and there are talks on various LotR film-related subjects on Sunday.

Oh for plane fare to UK!

I do hope that, perhaps next year, since there won't be a new movie to premiere, they run an EE-trilogy in theatres. "Only a fool's hope."