And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


sumi - Feb 23, 2004 10:46:51 am PST #2014 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

So, Dominic Monaghan is going to be in a parade tonight?

(Oh, and Viggo was apparently in Chicago yesterday doing publicity for Hidalgo.)


sumi - Feb 23, 2004 10:46:54 am PST #2015 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

Ouise - Feb 23, 2004 10:51:17 am PST #2016 of 3902
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.

And an interview with Howard Shore about the soundtrack.

Thanks for the link -- I'm trying to convince my brother (who wants to write music for film and tv) to go to the concert tonight. I hadn't realized that Shore is Canadian. Nifty.


sumi - Feb 23, 2004 10:56:44 am PST #2017 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

And he needs to be convinced?

I have a friend who's seriously considering going to Columbus to see it there.


Ouise - Feb 23, 2004 11:45:50 am PST #2018 of 3902
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.

And he needs to be convinced?

Well, he never answered my original email telling him about the concert. He's not a good email communicator. I think he might be working, which would be too bad.


Kathy A - Feb 23, 2004 1:55:35 pm PST #2019 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Elijah Wood as Bacchus in New Orleans on Sunday.


amych - Feb 23, 2004 2:02:19 pm PST #2020 of 3902
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Bacchus? I dunno; it doesn't seem right, somehow. The god of wine and revelry should be older, and joyfully, seriously debauched.

Now, Ian McKellen as Bacchus -- that, I could get behind.


DavidS - Feb 23, 2004 2:07:37 pm PST #2021 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Bacchus? I dunno; it doesn't seem right, somehow. The god of wine and revelry should be older, and joyfully, seriously debauched.

Well, Bacchus did sometimes get conflated with Dionysus, who was young, dark, pretty and androgynous.


amych - Feb 23, 2004 2:12:40 pm PST #2022 of 3902
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Pfeh. Dionysus was a fratboy amongst gods.


DavidS - Feb 23, 2004 2:22:24 pm PST #2023 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Pfeh. Dionysus was a fratboy amongst gods.

Nay, not! He's sneaky and slithered in from Persia and bumped some boring Greek goddess off Olympus (Hestia - now that's Pfeh.) See, he's syncretic, and that's always cooler.