We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!

Anya ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


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.


Kate P. - May 11, 2004 1:30:00 pm PDT #2624 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Oh, where his eyes change? I love that bit. I noticed it first time 'round too. t /proud

edit: referring to the prologue


Aims - May 11, 2004 1:31:43 pm PDT #2625 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I noticed it first time 'round too.

Oh yeah! Well, I watched the DVD of RotK AT HOME!

I never notice anything. :)


Aims - May 11, 2004 1:32:26 pm PDT #2626 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Any idea on what the easter eggs might be on the DVD?


Kate P. - May 11, 2004 1:33:38 pm PDT #2627 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Heh. Aimee wins. (Two more weeks, right?)


Beverly - May 11, 2004 1:33:42 pm PDT #2628 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

Yeah, his eyes do change. But I meant the change from Andy Serkis with appliances to CGI Gollum. The eye sockets changed, the bone orbits, from what you could apply onto a human skull to what could only have been done digitally. The shift was so subtle I wasn't really aware I'd noticed it the first few viewings.