Bravo just can't take Liv Speaking Elvish any.more.
Bravo Bravo!
I notice Orlando and Viggo don't run about talking Elvish all the time.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
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.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2003 7:06:58 am PST #635 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean K - Dec 22, 2003 7:08:11 am PST #636 of 3902
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Liv, babe... You can't actually speak Elvish. You've just never forgotten your lines. And stop doing that thing with your breath when you say stuff in Elvish.
Aims - Dec 22, 2003 7:09:11 am PST #637 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I notice Orlando and Viggo don't run about talking Elvish all the time.
But, oh if they did. The love, it would expound.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2003 7:10:13 am PST #638 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But, oh if they did.
And just imagine if it were to each other ...
Aims - Dec 22, 2003 7:10:41 am PST #639 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t wanders off to bunk
tina f. - Dec 22, 2003 7:10:43 am PST #640 of 3902
I notice Orlando and Viggo don't run about talking Elvish all the time.
But, somehow, I don't think I'd mind as much if *they* did.
Because of
stop doing that thing with your breath when you say stuff in Elvish.
precisely this.
eta: well maybe because of the pretty too, now that I think about it.
Beverly - Dec 22, 2003 7:12:41 am PST #641 of 3902
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Okay, I know that during principal photography that Liv and Orlando had houses next door to each other. And that while the hobbit actors were off doing stuff together that Orlando was the only person, aside from the costume, wardrobe, hair and makeup people, that Liv seemed to spend much time with. But every interview I've seen with her for RotK, and many for TTT, she and Orlando are together. And everytime the camera pulls back for a two-shot while she's talking, he's sitting there looking bored to death. She talks and talks and nobody even asks him a question. What's that about?
Aims - Dec 22, 2003 7:14:01 am PST #642 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
She won't. Shut. Up.
And he's too British to tell her to piss off.
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2003 7:24:38 am PST #643 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Anybody see Bravo's special last night on Entertainment Weekly's top 20 entertainers of the year? Even though I already knew that the cast/creators of LotR were number one on the list - I *still* teared up during the montage.
I liked Jack Black's response to hearing he was up against the entire *movie* as Entertainer of the Year.
DavidS - Dec 22, 2003 7:26:06 am PST #644 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett got an early xmas present yesterday because he spotted it at Borders, became completely entranced, begged and begged for it and I knew I wasn't getting back to Borders before xmas: Lord of the Rings Weaons and Warfare. There are a ton of LotR products out now, but I can recommend this one. From the Amazon description:
As The Lord of the Rings draws to a triumphant and spectacular conclusion with The Return of the King, pitching armies of Men and their allies against the evil forces of darkness, this new book reconstructs the history and events surrounding the epic battles in Peter Jackson's awesome film trilogy.
Treating the filmmakers' notes, designs and props as a true archive, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare uses these records to present a full historical account of the War of the Ring. It assembles all the background information to outline the story behind each battle and examine the strategy used by the opposing forces. Each of the major conflicts depicted in the films - from The Last Alliance of Elves and Men to the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields - is illustrated with a unique diagram by the films' designers that reveals how each battle was fought.
Lavishly illustrated with 1,000 photos, paintings, maps, sculptures and sketches, most appearing here for the first time, Weapons and Warfare is an indispensable chronicle of The Lord of the Rings' many creatures, warriors, armies and battlegrounds. From the graceful and proficient Elven soldiers to the horrendous war machines of the Dark Lord, each culture's approach to combat is explained - how they fought, why they were fighting, what armor they wore and what weapons they used against their enemies. Now you can get as close to a marauding Orc as you could ever wish, without suffering the consequences!
Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, and with an exclusive foreword by Christopher Lee and an introduction by the Academy Award winner Richard Taylor, Weapons and Warfare promises to be the most striking companion to The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy ever published.
So, tons of geek detail to the weapons (how the Lorien archers spiral bound their fletching), descriptions of the Elvish fighting style (very little time spent on defense since they were so much faster they were in a constant fluid, balletic attack), and lots and lots of photos and schematic drawings, and battle plans and (importantly) historical detail from the Silmarillion that explains things.