Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.

Mal ,'Safe'


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.


Atropa - Sep 20, 2004 11:19:12 am PDT #3058 of 3902
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Oh, my god. Then please tell me the people sitting behind him/her smacked him/her. Or offered some pointed comments.

I have no idea. We were up in one of the balconies, and the insane person was down on the main floor.

I also saw women wearing flowing I'm an Elf Princess, dammit! dresses without proper underpinnings. Now, I know for a fact that IaEPd dresses can look lovely on plus-size figures, but they NEED to be worn with a bra. Honest.

Oh, and then there were the giggly teen girls who had made themselves Hobbit feet by gluing curly fake hair on the tops of flip-flops. B for effort, C- for actual execution.


sumi - Sep 25, 2004 6:39:14 am PDT #3059 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

Okay! Now, the the Official LOTR Movie Website says that RotKEE can be pre-ordered starting October 1st with the release date set for December 14th.

(I found the announcement over at TORN.)


Kate P. - Sep 25, 2004 7:42:24 am PDT #3060 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Yaaaaayyyyyy!

Damn, it's gonna be hard to wait until Dec. 25, though. But it's so close to Christmas that I can't really justify buying it for myself. Gah. I hope at least one of my friends will be less frugal than I am...


sumi - Sep 25, 2004 9:54:08 am PDT #3061 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

It's my Xmas present to myself!

It's only going to be hard for me to have the money -- given that it's on-sale the DAY BEFORE my payday.


sumi - Sep 29, 2004 4:41:53 pm PDT #3062 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

TORN has the high rez images released by New Line up on their site.


Kathy A - Sep 29, 2004 5:38:09 pm PDT #3063 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Some of those new scenes make me wonder--"Eowyn's Dream?" "Merry's Simple Courage?" The first is probably that still we've seen of her lying on the couch/bed at Edoras with Aragorn sitting next to her. The second--who knows? I do hope that last shot is of Sam looking up at the only star he can see in Mordor; I've always loved that line in the book.


Kathy A - Oct 03, 2004 1:37:59 pm PDT #3064 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

There's an article with excerpts from Sean Astin's new book here--the first mention I've seen of what exactly was paid to the actors.

Astin only got $250,000 for all three films? Damn--Jackson does know how to keep the budget low, doesn't he? To compare, I remember reading in his Rolling Stone interview that Astin got $300,000 for his role in 50 First Dates.


Consuela - Oct 03, 2004 1:52:59 pm PDT #3065 of 3902
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

And yet -- $250K for what, two years' work? That might be low by actor's standards, but it sounds pretty good to me. Plus the fact that if the movie was a success, it would do wonders for their careers. Which pretty much is what happened.


sumi - Oct 03, 2004 5:04:20 pm PDT #3066 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

Hey, has anyone else here tried to order the gift set of the RotKEE on Amazon? I couldn't find it listed at all.


sumi - Oct 03, 2004 7:49:19 pm PDT #3067 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!

I found it!

I could only find it by looking at the place on the page where it said people who buy what you bought also bought. . .