For those who were looking for the sketches of the cast that appear in the end credits, here you go!
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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.
Kathy A - Feb 15, 2004 12:07:34 pm PST #1926 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2004 1:21:37 pm PST #1927 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ack.
I just watched the Paid Commercial Announcement from New Line, and it made Into The West weepy again by playing over an RotK montage. Fuckers. The montage included a distraught Eomer on the battlefield -- I'm assuming that's Gamling and it'll be in the EE. However, I also noticed distraught armoured up Pippin clutching a wailing Merry -- was that from Pellinor Fields and not in the theatrical either? It wasn't the shot from Gondor.
Consuela - Feb 15, 2004 1:24:28 pm PST #1928 of 3902
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, I bet that's from the Black Gate, where they learn Frodo's been captured.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2004 1:43:36 pm PST #1929 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yes, that makes sense. That's what I most want to see back in.
Jars - Feb 15, 2004 1:45:13 pm PST #1930 of 3902
Return of the King won four BAFTAs this evening, including Best Film. Huzzah!
Did I mention how much I love Stephen Fry? I love Stephen Fry.
Consuela - Feb 15, 2004 2:01:59 pm PST #1931 of 3902
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
That's what I most want to see back in.
Oh, me too, ita. It will help rectify the rampant stupidity of the military strategy there.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2004 2:06:08 pm PST #1932 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It will help rectify the rampant stupidity of the military strategy there.
It does have the most effects leaking over the movie -- moreso than Saruman's sudden disappearance. Going back too see RotK after I heard it had been filmed its absence screamed.
Beverly - Feb 15, 2004 8:51:15 pm PST #1933 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I want the two scenes mentioned above in the EE, too. Plus Merry swearing fealty to Theoden, which clip I've seen in "making of" shows and in trailers. Also, Angmar on the fell beast confronting Gandalf and Pippin on Shadowfax in the street in Minas Tirith. It was in the trailers, I didn't dream it.
Kathy A - Feb 15, 2004 9:02:43 pm PST #1934 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Actually, ita, it's not Gamling Eomer's holding in the trailer, it's Eowyn. The Japanese trailer has more of the picture available, and the person is definitely identifiable there.
They also filmed Sam ditching his pans, and, if you remember the trailer, there's a shot with Frodo asleep and Sam looking up. I hope that that scene is where he sees the star .
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2004 9:16:37 pm PST #1935 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why did I think I read that we see Eomer mourning Gamling? He does die, right?
Ah -- the Sam scene was shown being filmed in the special I saw.
I remember when the FotR theatrical came out, I'd seen all of the extra bits on it. Not so for TTT, but I'm pretty sure I'll have done it again for RotK.