Nifty--thanks! Now to get over my irrational fear of Ebay.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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.
Una - Oct 05, 2004 8:11:38 am PDT #3072 of 3902
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
sumi - Oct 11, 2004 5:08:50 am PDT #3073 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
The Chicago Tribune has a review of the show.
I hear from other sources (friend of a friend who plays the French horn) that the orchestra involved in this production is essentially a "pick-up orchestra" -- was that the case with performances in other cities? I wonder how good it would have been with a group that performed together regularly?
Not that I didn't enjoy myself -- because I did. We had box seats -- in the second tier of boxes and were on the right hand side. I could see almost the entire stage and the screen. I actually found the visual component kind of distracting.
The hammer dulcimers sounded awful and there was this percussion instrument that they used during (I think) the Khazad-Dum section that was too dissonent.
Also, I didn't like the soloist for the Lament for Mithrandir.
Otherwise -- the Auditoreum is beautiful, there were 5 bass-viols!! (Or whatever you call-em), we got to hear the Hardanger fiddle, the percussion was mostly great (except for whatever that instrument was.)
The Q&A was good -- there were some v. interesting question.
Overall-- lots of fun.
sumi - Oct 12, 2004 4:19:59 am PDT #3074 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
The saga of Figwit continues:
NBC SIGNS FIGWIT TO DEVELOP NEW COMEDY SHOW
Bret McKenzie and his comedy partner Jemaine Clement have been snapped up by NBC after an executive saw them at the Montreal Comedy Festival in July. Bret was an extra in The Lord of the Rings who ended up with a speaking part in The Return of the King after he garnered a cult following.
This came from Wizard News.
sumi - Oct 12, 2004 6:28:40 am PDT #3075 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
RotK EE Easter Egg revealed!
Liese S. - Oct 12, 2004 5:51:35 pm PDT #3076 of 3902
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Whoot! That's great.
beathen - Oct 13, 2004 6:39:25 am PDT #3077 of 3902
Sure I went over to the Dark Side, but just to pick up a few things.
After I watch the EE, that Easter Egg is going to be the first thing I try to find.
sumi - Oct 13, 2004 6:42:01 am PDT #3078 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
I know!!!
I'm so glad that they put that on there -- it sounds like it's comedy gold!
Una - Oct 13, 2004 8:05:09 am PDT #3079 of 3902
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Any word on the blooper reel? </greedy>
Kathy A - Oct 13, 2004 8:41:09 am PDT #3080 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Wouldn't be surprised if the bloopers don't show up until the HD version, probably coming out around 2010 (just a guess from me). That one will probably have the audition tapes, and some more of all of the behind-the-scenes video that they have archived somewhere.
sumi - Oct 13, 2004 9:35:33 am PDT #3081 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
This from TORN:
Premiere Magazine Offers Special LOTR DVD
10/12/04, 8:04 pm EST - Xoanon
Jonathan There is a 'Rings' DVD Exclusive plus some clips from Viggo Mortensen's photo portfolio in the November 2004 issue of Premiere magazine. I bought the magazine the moment I saw it at Barnes & Noble, and I am pleased to say it is a great piece (it even includes a handwritten note by Viggo, along with some of his great photography) and definitely worth looking at. There are also memorable blurbs from the cast and a preview of the ROTK:EE coming out in December. It was a generous tribute by Premiere.