ONE OF US!!!!! ONE OF US!!!!!!!!
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
Spike ,'Potential'
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.
Astarte - Mar 02, 2004 10:59:11 am PST #2126 of 3902
Not having has never been the thing I've regretted most in my life. Not trying is.
Connie Neil - Mar 02, 2004 11:03:57 am PST #2127 of 3902
brillig
Hobbit! Hobbit!
Though I don't think Sir Ian Holm would be the best choice. Hmm...
tina f. - Mar 02, 2004 11:09:38 am PST #2128 of 3902
In the press room after the Oscars, PJ said he would want the Hobbit to feel like part of the trilogy and would want Ian M. to play Gandalf - but he didn't mention Ian Holm - and I think Holm is too old to play Bilbo at that age.
Of course, all this depends on MGM and New Line figuring out the distribution rights....
Calli - Mar 02, 2004 11:26:59 am PST #2129 of 3902
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I seem to recall Sir Ian saying that he'd love to play Gandalf the Grey again, and that G. the G. was a lot more fun to play than G. the White.
bon bon - Mar 02, 2004 11:48:45 am PST #2130 of 3902
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The best thing you could do is have a very subtle mass letter campaign, very subtle, very polite to New Line's boys and MGM's boys telling them to sort The Hobbit rights out.
I doubt that this deal is being held up because of lack of motivation. MGM probably has NL over a barrel trying to get as much of that sweet, sweet LotR money as possible...and there's not much NL can do about that. Perhaps they'll work out a distribution or backend deal instead.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2004 11:55:59 am PST #2131 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You made that sound like porn, you big contract!perv.
bon bon - Mar 02, 2004 12:18:29 pm PST #2132 of 3902
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Other contract!perv.
sumi - Mar 02, 2004 12:21:07 pm PST #2133 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
I'm pretty optimistic that the prospect of making piles of money will enable those two companies to come up with a deal.
Volans - Mar 02, 2004 2:40:28 pm PST #2134 of 3902
move out and draw fire
Nothing makes people stupid like piles of money though.
I have to admit yelling "One of us!" during any of Richard Taylor's acceptance speeches.
Oh, and, didja see that ratings for the Oscars were markedly up this year from previous? LOTR even loans fans to the Oscars!
Una - Mar 02, 2004 4:03:14 pm PST #2135 of 3902
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Gandalf the Grey is more fun to *watch* than Gandalf the White, too.
Well, except when he goes medieval. Then he's fun no matter how bleached he is...