Pippin?
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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 21, 2004 5:09:17 am PST #3484 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
Kathy A - Dec 21, 2004 6:11:58 am PST #3485 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
You mean during the Mouth of Sauron bit? That was Aragorn, right after he lopped off the guy's head just for being lippy. A nice follow-up to his reassurance to Gandalf back in Edoras .
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 6:32:30 am PST #3486 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That was the bit.
My recollection of the scene is that the Mouth comes out and says "Ha! We have your little friend, and we're perving with him right now!' Aragorn, reasonably rightly says "Bollocks, but just in case <wham>!" I mean, if I were Sauron, I'd have sent out the message of "I have my ring. Prepare to ..." Wait, I'd have sent no message at all either way. But still. If messaging were happening, I'd have told them I had the ring. Did he?
sumi - Dec 21, 2004 6:35:53 am PST #3487 of 3902
Art Crawl!!!
No, he didn't . . . which probably should have signalled to the quick-thinking that all was not lost.
Connie Neil - Dec 21, 2004 6:40:43 am PST #3488 of 3902
brillig
I had problems with the Voice. His, well, voice didn't seem synched to his mouth very well, and he talked too fast. I was wanting something more lower pitched and ominous, not just smarmy and icky .
Kathy A - Dec 21, 2004 6:48:27 am PST #3489 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I did like that they kept the Mouth's formal language from the book--the "thee"s and "thou"s. Other than that, he definitely wasn't ominous enough.
Nutty - Dec 21, 2004 6:57:54 am PST #3490 of 3902
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
if I were Sauron, I'd have sent out the message of "I have my ring. Prepare to ..." Wait, I'd have sent no message at all either way. But still. If messaging were happening, I'd have told them I had the ring. Did he?
I don't think he did, in the film; but I don't think he did directly in the novel, either. Just got shirty and said something like, "Here are the terms of your surrender."
Which he might have said, in the film, if he had still been in possession of his head.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2004 7:00:52 am PST #3491 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It may be one of those consensuses that smells like bullshit, but I'm in favour of white fonting EE details until, say, the new year, so that those who're waiting on Santa to deliver have a chance to see it.
I certainly appreciated the whitefont over the five days it took me to see it.
Dana - Dec 21, 2004 8:32:44 am PST #3492 of 3902
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I appreciate the whitefont, since it means I don't have to unsub, and I can get a general idea of reactions.
Kathy A - Dec 22, 2004 4:22:13 am PST #3493 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
For any relative newbies to the LotR world--The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-Earth for Dummies!
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