Thanks, Dana. It keeps making me smile, and I keep thinking of it at random moments, especially after my English class had a moderately long debate over the was/were thing the other day.

THANK you, Dana. The funniest LotR-related thing I've seen lately may actually have been posted here. It was a still of Boromir at the CoE, with his hand in a, um, circular gesture and leerish expression, captioned, "Wanna blow the Horn of Gondor?"

Now where did I see that?

Yeh, I just loved it so much I rushed right over and posted it without looking to see if it already had been. Oh well. It's good to know that a fine sence of humor is universal.

Yes it is. Especially when ninjas are involved. And laser bears. But especially ninjas, because they make everything cool/funny.

My trilogy holder thingy arrived! (I'm sure it has a better name -- I just can't remember what it is.)

Now, where to put them where they are both on display and easily accessible to watch?

Slipcover, that's what it's called -- but not really like the one on my couch at all.

Maybe it's a "slipcase".

I ordered mine and I'm still waiting.

Brought over from Movies:

Didn't they cast Uma as Arwen, but she had to back out due to pregnancy?

Actually, Uma was up for Eowyn and Ethan Hawke (whom she was married to at the time) for Faramir, which would have made the pick-up filming interesting, to say the least, since that took place after the divorce. Those were the last two major roles cast due to the holdup from Uma and Ethan being unable to coordinate their schedules.

Well, I'm glad we ended up with the cast we did. Nothing against Uma, but I'd much rather see long lingering close-ups on Miranda Otto. I think it's the freckles that seal it for me.

I don't know. After watching RoTKEE, I don't think Miranda Otto was the right choice for Eowyn. Or she was written wrong in the script or got wrong direction. But she should be death-wishy personified, not trembling and fearful.