I keep hoping we'll hear something this week. . .
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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 - Sep 14, 2004 6:04:35 pm PDT #3037 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Sheryl - Sep 16, 2004 4:54:39 pm PDT #3038 of 3902
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Late report from Worldcon: LOTR: The Return of the King won the Hugo for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, and Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the MTV Movie awards won Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form.
sumi - Sep 16, 2004 5:02:58 pm PDT #3039 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
That's great.
Kathy A - Sep 16, 2004 6:55:17 pm PDT #3040 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Gollum's Acceptance Speech at the MTV Movie awards won Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form
"And, Peter Jackson? Who do you think you are, you fuckin' HACK!"
Hee.
Aims - Sep 17, 2004 6:52:24 am PDT #3041 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"Dobby likes us."
Kathy A - Sep 17, 2004 8:21:01 am PDT #3042 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
And, of course, the extreme meta-ness that is "Piss off, Serkis."
sumi - Sep 17, 2004 8:50:39 am PDT #3043 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
As I was walking home tomorrow I was thinking how amusing the FotR actors commentary is. . . it must be time to watch that again.
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2004 12:25:45 pm PDT #3044 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been doing a rewatch of FotR with production and post- commentary.
I'd forgotten (or never noticed) that Gimli and the hobbits are the correct relative sizes to each other. How cute. Also, odd.
sumi - Sep 18, 2004 4:54:44 pm PDT #3045 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, the hobbit actors are tiny.
Kate P. - Sep 20, 2004 5:41:40 am PDT #3046 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I went to see the LOTR symphony yesterday in Hartford, which was so much fun. I hadn't listened to the soundtracks in a few months, so I loved hearing all my favorite bits, like the Ents storming Isengard, and the first iteration of the Rohan theme; I think it's track 3 on the TTT soundtrack, although now I can't recall exactly what scene it's in, but it's so noble and triumphant, as opposed to the melancholic feeling it takes on later. Oh, and I'd forgotten what a beautiful piece of music that is for Aragorn's coronation, the song that he sings as the newly-crowned king. And "Into the West" still makes me cry, just a little bit.
Unfortunately, the boy soloist who sang that high, keening lament just after Gandalf falls into the abyss of Khazad-Dum was really terrible. Solidly off-key, couldn't hold the note, barely even keeping correct time. I felt bad for him, because that must be so embarrassing, and he's in seventh grade, so I'm sure his voice is changing, but--this is a professional orchestra! I was honestly shocked that they couldn't find someone better. Anyway, not to rag on the poor kid, but it was really painful to listen to.
Otherwise, it was a very enjoyable afternoon. There were a number of women wearing Evenstar pendants, and a few women who were dressed in long, flowy, Arwen-style dresses. It was kind of nice to not be the geekiest one in the crowd, for a change!