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.
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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.
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?
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.
Kathy A - Feb 23, 2004 3:49:49 pm PST #2024 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Some of the better RotK SAG pics:
Everyone sneeks a peek up Billy's kilt.
Liv's lipstick matches her dress.
§ ita § - Feb 23, 2004 3:50:54 pm PST #2025 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
God, I love that wee hobbit man.
Kathy A - Feb 23, 2004 3:52:04 pm PST #2026 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Doesn't it look like John Noble has his hand on Billy's ass in that first pic?
Noumenon - Feb 23, 2004 11:35:22 pm PST #2027 of 3902
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
According to MTV news, the LOTR box set is going to include audition tapes of actors who failed to make it into the cast, among them Vin Diesel and Kylie Minogue. Couldn't they cast Vin as a cave troll?
UTTAD - Feb 24, 2004 4:32:06 am PST #2028 of 3902
Strawberry disappointment.
Or Treebeard. Cue wooden acting gags.
billytea - Feb 24, 2004 4:35:43 am PST #2029 of 3902
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
According to MTV news, the LOTR box set is going to include audition tapes of actors who failed to make it into the cast, among them Vin Diesel and Kylie Minogue. Couldn't they cast Vin as a cave troll?
I'm curious as to which role Kylie auditioned for.