flea and I have determined that Orlando has a tiny tiny head compared to most actors. In a head-off, James Van Der Beek would totally squash him.
No doubt Nutty will now appear to clarify exactly how many generations back, and who.
Heh. Being treated as the expert by new converts means I have learned to have an answer for this kind of question. The answer is, many generations, preferably with hand-gestures. Being specific only confuses the newbies.
Is there an Elvish one-drop rule?
My theory is this: if you're mixed, you're elvish by default -- unless and until your first
mixed
(i.e. not the original pureblood)
ancestor chooses to be human. So, Dior was an elf, despite both his parents dying of old age; Earendil and Elwing are sort of vague, guesswork-y cases, but seem to come across as elves; and Elrond and all his children are elves, until such time as some of them decide they're not. Whereas Elros made that one tiny decision in S.A. 0001, and none of his kids over the next 6000 years could get back the elvishness he gave up.
The funny part is, all of these ancestors made their choices (and did not subsequently change their minds) before having kids. What would have happened if, say, Elrond had his 3 elf-kids, and then decided he wanted to be human after all? Would the kids all suddenly become human (and do that funny super-fast-forward aging thing like in
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
)? Or --?
James Van Der Beek would totally squash him
Dawson's the 800lb gorilla of craniums, though. Who can't he squash?
Viggo no-ego-speaks-three-languages-LOVES-his-horses-carries-his-sword-in-public-is-adored-by-all-unites-nations-brilliant-photographer-singer-poet-painter Mortensen?
Maybe he has flies in his eyes.
I think David boreanaz could take a crack at that noggin. I mean, the forehead ridge alone qualifies as an offensive weapon.
(Seriously. I was looking at that big poster-type LOTR photo upthread, and Elijah Wood has a bigger head than Orlando -- and on a smaller body.)
(I don't know why famous people don't all fall over from the weight of their heads. They are like upside down weebles.)
Viggo no-ego-speaks-three-languages-LOVES-his-horses-carries-his-sword-in-public-is-adored-by-all-unites-nations-brilliant-photographer-singer-poet-painter Mortensen?
Maybe he has flies in his eyes.
Or a mote.
I don't know why famous people don't all fall over from the weight of their heads. They are like upside down weebles.
Pez dispensers, the lot of 'em.
(what does "flies in his eyes" mean?)
On the RotK soundtrack, where does the beacon lighting fit in? Is it The White Tree? I'm having terrible sequencing problems.
Yup, Track 4 (The White Tree).
Track 1 = Smeagol/Gollum prologue.
Track 2 = Gandalf, Merry, and Pippin head for the stables up to Gandalf and Pippin's departure.
Track 3 = Music is shifted around a bit here; beginning is the Orcs landing at Osgiliath, followed by Gandalf driving off the Nazguls, then the music from Gandalf and Pippin arriving at MT.
Track 4 = Beacons.
Track 5 = Charge of the Gondorian Brigade (and Pippin).
Track 6 = What the title says.
Track 7 = I think it's from after Theoden and Eowyn speak at dawn until the Rohirrim break camp (the Shire-y music is the Merry scene).
Track 8 = Arwen's vision of Eldarion.
Track 9 = Frodo and Sam on the stairs ("Go home.")
Track 10 = Aragorn gets a present from his future FIL.
Track 11 = What the title says.
Track 12 = The siege of MT.
Track 13 = The Rohirrim charge at Pellenor.
Track 14 = Aragorn releases the Army of the Dead.
Track 15 = Battle at the Morannon intercut with the slopes of Mt. Doom.
Track 16 = Cracks of Doom.
Track 17 = From Frodo waking up to Sam kissing Rosie (with no cuts that I can tell!)
Track 18 = Gandalf and the hobbits leave Hobbiton for the Grey Havens to the ship sailing.
I'm actually listening to my work copy (as opposed to my actual CD, which resides in my car) right now, and it is, as always, FG!
I've been dividing the tracks into themes. Tracks 2 and 7 = Merry/Rohan stuff, Tracks 3-5 = Gondorian trilogy, Tracks 8 and 10 = Rivendell/Elves, Tracks 12-14 = the Big Battle and aftermath, and Tracks 9, 15, and 18 = Sam/Frodo trilogy (the flute bits from Track 15 are more important than the rest of it). I'm seriously considering making another copy with the tracks in this order, instead of just fast-forwarding through the tracks.
