Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

Wash ,'Serenity'


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.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2004 1:22:39 pm PST #2213 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

James Van Der Beek would totally squash him

Dawson's the 800lb gorilla of craniums, though. Who can't he squash?


MechaKrelboyne - Mar 04, 2004 1:28:06 pm PST #2214 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious

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.


Nutty - Mar 04, 2004 1:30:29 pm PST #2215 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

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.)


bon bon - Mar 04, 2004 1:32:13 pm PST #2216 of 3902
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

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.


DavidS - Mar 04, 2004 3:54:22 pm PST #2217 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

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.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2004 4:00:41 pm PST #2218 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

(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.


Kathy A - Mar 04, 2004 4:22:51 pm PST #2219 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

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.


§ ita § - Mar 04, 2004 4:24:55 pm PST #2220 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Oh, thank you!


Kathy A - Mar 04, 2004 4:32:18 pm PST #2221 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

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.


Katie M - Mar 04, 2004 5:39:30 pm PST #2222 of 3902
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Scenes from the extended RotK. There's a lotta German in here. Whitefont: Grima! Grima and Saruman! It looks like they're doing that scene pretty straight, except killing Saruman at the end.