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.
The English translation of the TORN article is a bit dodgy, making for rough reading.
The author's contention is that a longer movie is not a better movie...which I can't dispute. It's true that in most cases deleted scenes are blessings and I love the directors who have the courage to say, "That was cut because, well...it was crap."
But the author counters his own argument by describing the new EE scenes in a way that makes me want to see them even more!
And this is PJ we are talking about, working on a magical project. I can't imagine anything in the hundreds of hours of exposed film they ran through being truly awful.
I didn't think my anticipation could BE higher. I was wrong.
After reading the article, I too am more excited to see the extended version. With this project, it's not all about getting to the action faster. By adding in or extending scenes it may slow it down a bit, but, to me, it will be a more complete version and true to the original vision.
I was reading Cleolinda's recap of Lost, and noticed that she's a LotR fan ("Merry + Eowyn 4evah!"), so I decided to look through her archives to see her review of RotK. It was nothing special, but her repost of The Two Tickets is to die for.
I believe she is also a Buffy fan, as her latest LOST recap included "FIRE BAAAAD! ETHAN WORRRRSE!"
I tell ya, she is one of us.
Since I've commented a few times in her livejournal, I've been tempted to extend an invitation. But I fear the possibility of the throngs of her livejournal readers that don't quite fit the community also following the link.
Thanks for the link, sumi.
Matt, does her profile have her email address?
You're welcome, sa.
I can't wait to get home and see it myself. (I have no Quicktime here at work.)