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.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
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.
Calli - Mar 02, 2004 11:26:59 am PST #2129 of 3902
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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...
Kathy A - Mar 02, 2004 4:14:12 pm PST #2136 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Gandalf the White was damn scary at times. He'd never dance with hobbits at a birthday party. But, Gandalf the Grey probably wouldn't have given Denethor the smackdown or taken control of Minas Tirith. And that's a distinction I never got from reading the books.
§ ita § - Mar 02, 2004 4:49:36 pm PST #2137 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like Gandalf the White better, because he didn't have a silly pointy hat.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 02, 2004 5:09:55 pm PST #2138 of 3902
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Gandalf the Grey probably wouldn't have given Denethor the smackdown or taken control of Minas Tirith.
Well, they kinda expanded Gandalf's taking charge and Denethor's asshattedness for the movie. Denethor was a calculating cold fish in the books (and with more justification, which I still hope they'll clarify because why else bring up Palantir, except as a plot contrivance to get Pippin to Minas Tirith), but he came across as somewhat likeable in a gruff way, despite his smackdown of Faramir.