Aw. Well, that section is fairly light-hearted, so it might fit there after all. Any excuse for more Legolas...
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'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.
Kate P. - Dec 20, 2003 7:58:14 pm PST #519 of 3902
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Connie Neil - Dec 20, 2003 8:00:43 pm PST #520 of 3902
brillig
And more Legola-Gimli in the same shot. It's hard to believe in their growing friendship when you hardly ever seem them together. It's the biggest drawback to using the scale doubles. Isn't John Rhys Davies the biggest guy in the movie--other than our Maori orcs?
ted r - Dec 20, 2003 8:01:29 pm PST #521 of 3902
"You got twelve, and they got twelve. The old ladies are just as good as you are." -Dr. Einstein
So, you're holding in contempt an entire class of people
Critics are a "class" now?
I have a very low opinion of the profession of film critic, for which I was offering an explanation, but for which I do not intend to apologize. You are, of course, free to disagree and take in any stray critics you find cowering in the streets, victims of my class warfare.
Kathy A - Dec 20, 2003 8:03:53 pm PST #522 of 3902
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Isn't John Rhys Davies the biggest guy in the movie--other than our Maori orcs?
RotK--yes. Christopher Lee is a few inches taller than JR-D, IIRC.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2003 8:05:20 pm PST #523 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ted, you were the one that started with the word class, for the record.
Connie -- John was the tallest of the Fellowship. But I'm pretty sure Christopher Lee is taller.
Connie Neil - Dec 20, 2003 8:07:57 pm PST #524 of 3902
brillig
I'm pretty sure Christopher Lee is taller.
Powers of ultimate evil are supposed to be tall, I think it's in the rules. How else can one loom effectively?
Elena - Dec 20, 2003 8:10:13 pm PST #525 of 3902
Thanks for all the fish.
I've always had a bit of a problem with food critics. Because you can say that something wasn't prepared according the the receipe, but you can't say that it didn't taste good. Or, more accurately, you can only say that you didn't like it. Who knows what the next person will like.
Media critics, as well, can only really say that they enjoyed a movie, or that they thought it was good or bad or the best movie of the year. It's all opinion, all subjective. It is frequently not presented as opinion, but fact.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2003 8:16:09 pm PST #526 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, there's according to the recipe, and there's authentic, for instance. If a restaurant makes a mockery of Jamaican food, I'm not going to go there for a taste of home, and I don't mind knowing that up front.
If I'm in the mood for a nice adventure movie, and something being sold as one fails to meet genre criteria that the critic tells me about -- I've been done a service.
ted r - Dec 20, 2003 8:16:41 pm PST #527 of 3902
"You got twelve, and they got twelve. The old ladies are just as good as you are." -Dr. Einstein
Ita-true, and I shouldn't have. (That's what comes of switching back and forth between this board and another where I've been arguing about Bushonomics.) Still, I think the word used in the phrase "entire class of people" takes on a different meaning, as if I was oppressing some historical minority group.
§ ita § - Dec 20, 2003 8:17:41 pm PST #528 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't apologise for what you inferred from it, since those are the words I meant to use, and I don't get that subtext from it.