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.
For any relative newbies to the LotR world--The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-Earth for Dummies!
As the author says in his introduction to the book, this is not an encyclopedia or quick guide to all the diverse beings, languages, and history that make up Tolkien's Middle-earth. Nor is it a set of plot outlines for the novels. Rather, what you'll find in The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth For Dummies is a basic guide to some of the possible linguistic and mythological origins of Middle-earth, plus a rudimentary analysis of its many themes and lessons for our world.
I watched my EE DVDs yesterday. People are saying he wasn't ominous enough, but I found
the Mouth of Sauron
to be pretty freaky.
It's funny, but among all the nitpicks about the differences between the books and the movies, the one that always sticks with me is a relatively petty one. It bugs me to no end that Glamdring (Gandalf's sword) doesn't glow blue in the presence of orcs in the movies, even though it's supposed to share that property with Sting.
I've been nursing a red-hot-coal of envy for all y'all's ROTKEE having but today, today was a grand day. $22.99 at Bestbuy. Just stumbled on it. No lines. No waiting.
Now all that's left is to find a cheap copy of TTTEE and I will have completed the last rung on Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Right above Self-Actualization and Transcendence.
PJEE haveage.
No really. I looked it up.
For all you others out there on dial-up internet access, WildDemon Cornelius's link is to a 9.6Mb Quicktime .mov file.
Oops, sorry...probably should have mentioned that (kicks self sharply in the ankle).
Which woulda been goodtaknow.
It took forevah. And then gave me no sound love...but hey, Leonard Nimoy.
exposty
Anyone familiar w/ this?
The link is Leonard Nimoy's rendition of "Bilbo Baggins." It's been mentioned here a few times over the years.
Yeah...the Buffistas seem like the sort of group that would appreciate that. I'm now going to go watch Fellowship on TV (Canadian CBC)
I watched RotKEE at a friend's house yesterday.
This is a friend with a tv much bigger than the one I'd watched it on before.
You know that scene where Sam tells Frodo something like "
See there is still beauty somewhere in the world
?" In the book he was
seeing a star in the sky --
but when I watched it on the 13" screen tv
all I could see was a sunset-colored cloud.
On the bigger screen?
I could see the evening star.
