Grab her and attach the pointy ears!

Over on lj somebody linked to this page which has sound samples of VM reading his poetry some in English, some in Spanish and one in Danish.

I sent it to a friend who is fluent in Spanish and she was surprised by how very Argentinian his Spanish is. (I mean, she knew but it's not the same 'til you hear it, right?)

I figured that there might be some people here interested in hearing how Argentinian his Spanish is too.

Someone said (here, I think) that his Spanish was so regional, you could almost tell the block he grew up on. I can't imagine having that good an ear, or that distinct an accent.

My friend isn't that good with Argentinian accents. She's better with Spanish accents and is very curious at how he'll do playing a Spaniard in a Spanish movie.

curious at how he'll do playing a Spaniard in a Spanish movie.

Good enough for his rabid fanbase, but they'd probably love his Xhosa too.

I could give him lessons...

In Xhosa?

You're probably right -- I did listen to the Danish and I have no knowledge at all of Danish. . . but I wanted to hear what it sounded like.

You know I completely missed out on the rebates for people who bought both the theatrical and EE editions of FotR and TTT -- because a. I didn't know about them and b. in the case of FotR I bought the theatrical waaaay later.

So, FYI -- there is going to be a rebate of $5.00 for people who have bought the theatrical release and the EE and $10.00 if you bought the theatrical and the Special Gift EE.

Here is what the new line guy said in the TORN interview:

We aren’t requiring cash register receipts for the theatrical DVD, but proofs-of-purchase and receipts for the Special Extended Edition will be required.

LotR Soundtrack EE!!

There were also a couple extra tracks that didn't make it to the final soundtracks for the movies...another Annie Lennox song, some music from a trailer that didn't work out. Two Howard Shore tracks that were in the movie but cut from the soundtrack.