Very interesting.
Jilli -- I'm NOT arachnophobic and there were these images in the design gallery that were freaking me out. (For some reason the pale unpainted versions of the spider were more freaky than the painted ones.)
Buffy: You tossed that vamp like he was a... little teeny vamp. Riley: You wanna go again? C'mon. I bet this place is just teeming with aerodynamic vampires.
'Help'
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 - Dec 20, 2004 9:22:31 am PST #3471 of 3902
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Atropa - Dec 20, 2004 9:26:15 am PST #3472 of 3902
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli -- I'm NOT arachnophobic and there were these images in the design gallery that were freaking me out. (For some reason the pale unpainted versions of the spider were more freaky than the painted ones.)
It was interesting to listen to. Of course, it was probably made more interesting by the various "Nyyggaaah! Don't open your eyes!" interjections from Pete.
Connie Neil - Dec 20, 2004 9:59:54 am PST #3473 of 3902
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Hubby bravely kept telling me, "Don't look, not yet," but I was being brave and watching--until the funnel web spiders were mentioned. I'm sorry, billytea, but I'm not travelling to a country where those things are common. I wrote off South America due to jumping spiders years ago.
sumi - Dec 20, 2004 10:06:20 am PST #3474 of 3902
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Aren't funnel web spiders NZ? Not Australia.
Kathy A - Dec 20, 2004 10:17:46 am PST #3475 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Actually, I think that they specified that the spiders they modelled Shelob on were NZ's tunnel spiders, not the Australian funnel web ones. Christian Rivers tells about getting some from his home garden and bringing them in, which was an effort on his part considering he himself is a bit of an arachnophobe.
sumi - Dec 20, 2004 10:20:29 am PST #3476 of 3902
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It's pretty clear that the reason why the spider passages are so frightening is that not only was Tolkien arachnophobic but so is Peter Jackson.
Kathy A - Dec 20, 2004 10:21:24 am PST #3477 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Connie Neil - Dec 20, 2004 10:23:14 am PST #3478 of 3902
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t avoiding Kathy's links with the fervor of a holy martyr
New Zealand, Australia--big-assed spiders mean no visits from me.
Kathy A - Dec 20, 2004 10:39:37 am PST #3479 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Aww, but New Zealand also has the weta!
sumi - Dec 20, 2004 3:29:20 pm PST #3480 of 3902
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Oh, I watched from Book to Script last night and I enjoyed seeing two of the other "endings" -- how people would have complained had they actually had endings for each member of the Fellowship. ( It shows Gimli working with a gem and Legolas wandering in an forest. . .perhaps Fangorn? )