I'm very tired of Sean's lectures on theory of acting.
I wonder if he lightens up for the last one.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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.
DavidS - Apr 12, 2004 11:20:02 am PDT #2514 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sean K - Apr 12, 2004 11:37:21 am PDT #2515 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I thought my lectures on theory of acting were quite entertaining and enlightening...
What do you mean you weren't talking about me?
esse - Apr 12, 2004 6:44:40 pm PDT #2516 of 3902
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Are your friends also LOTR geeks?
Huuuuuuuuge ones. Hence our desire to go over there.
Because SA's comments and the lack of Dom and Billy to smack him down ruined the actors' commentary on TTTEE for me.
Eek! I didn't mean to ruin. Sorry!
So happy that it's the DomBilleh commentary for RotK! They were so cute and funny together, and while I loved all four of them together, Elijah and Sean get a bit tiring with their constant talky meat-ness. Billy and Dom know the value of a good funny.
sumi - Apr 12, 2004 7:51:48 pm PDT #2517 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
You didn't ruin -- they did -- I've already heard SA (Sean Astin) pontificating.
esse - Apr 13, 2004 6:25:06 am PDT #2518 of 3902
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Ahhhhhhh. I get it now. Heh.
helentm - Apr 21, 2004 12:00:58 am PDT #2519 of 3902
Religion isn't the cause of wars. It's the excuse. - Christopher Brookmyre
Whew. First post in this thread, having made it to the end, and I want to ask something.
I mean, I really enjoyed ROTK. I was majorly impressed by Gondor, which looked just the way I thought it should, and loved Merry and Pippen, and was very glad Gimli got to be badass, instead of just comic relief. And I was inexpressibly relieved that the ending had 'well, I'm back', and was good, and I wasn't even bored by the battles.
But (you knew that was coming), I couldn't stand the stuff with Sam and Frodo and Gollum that was just made up. Gollum turning Sam against Frodo, and Sam leaving. It was out of character and complelety unneccesary, and just made me furious. So I'd really like to know, am I alone on this? Did it bug people?
JohnSweden - Apr 21, 2004 5:46:42 am PDT #2520 of 3902
I can't even.
So I'd really like to know, am I alone on this? Did it bug people?
Not alone, yes bugged. Ten page screed omitted, but said screed talks about hating addiction as metaphor (again, still), among other things.
I also enjoyed the movie very much, bring on the EEs, but PJ, stay on target. Sheesh.
Katie M - Apr 21, 2004 6:51:02 am PDT #2521 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
The additions didn't bug me as much as I'd've thought they might. (I reserved my buggedness mostly for Eowyn. More despair, dammit! Well, Eowyn and wishing they'd drop about twenty minutes of battle footage.) I think what I really missed, though, was the audience bait-and-switch on the Ring. I regret that we didn't get to see Sam's temptation.
Stephanie - Apr 21, 2004 7:55:38 am PDT #2522 of 3902
Trust my rage
IIRC, Faromir was not ever tempted to keep the Ring for Gondor in the book. That bugged me a lot while watching.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2004 7:57:28 am PDT #2523 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It bugged me that he wasn't tempted in the book. So that change didn't bother me -- especially since it seemed a very different sort of temptation.