It's disturbing and amusing at the same time.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
esse - May 01, 2004 3:36:57 pm PDT #2614 of 3902
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
sumi - May 06, 2004 4:47:57 am PDT #2615 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
TORN has a rumor of a new tv series set in MiddleEarth.
Also, according to the BBC Weta has the 3rd largest supercomputer in the world.
§ ita § - May 06, 2004 12:39:16 pm PDT #2616 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does anyone have a rec for a good LotR screensaver (for Windows)?
sumi - May 06, 2004 2:05:19 pm PDT #2617 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
My favorite screensaver is the one I have at work -- it's a file of LotR photos I've nabbed from everywhere. I have Windows 2000 at work and can do that. I'd forgotten that you can't do that with '98 and was distraught when I went to set my screensaver on my home 'puter.
§ ita § - May 06, 2004 2:07:26 pm PDT #2618 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That must be an addon. Mine don't do that.
sumi - May 06, 2004 2:09:53 pm PDT #2619 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Really? I can't believe that the university would do anything but the most basic. . . well, unless they got some huge deal for the many many 'puters they buy all at once.
Aims - May 10, 2004 7:33:23 am PDT #2620 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Watched RotK on Saturday night. Pippin made me cry again. He needs to stop doing that.
But something I noticed on the small screen that I didn't on the big was the very subtle, final transformation from Smeagol to Gollum in the prologue. All 3 of us pointed and said, "HEY!!"
Beverly - May 10, 2004 7:54:36 am PDT #2621 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Yeah, Aimee, it took my third or fourth theater viewing before I caught it, and then I had to see it another time to make sure. It was very subtle, as you say, but affecting nonetheless. PJ is a sneaky storyteller, isn't he?
Aims - May 10, 2004 7:55:35 am PDT #2622 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sneaky bastard he is.
Kathy A - May 10, 2004 8:25:45 am PDT #2623 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was watching the extended versions over the weekend, and listened to the director/writers commentary, and I must say that I'd love to see them do a chronological cut of the trilogy. I was thinking about it, and they could still do the Galadriel narration, but when she gets to "It snared a new bearer," they could cut to the Smeagol/Deagol prologue from RotK, and then cut back to the narration when Gollum says, "My Precious" at the end.