WHOOHOO! Over at Salon, Stephanie Zacharek bitch-slaps that tacky stereotyped NYT article about how women don't like LOTR.
It's simple. I slap 'em around a bit, torture 'em, make their lives hell...Sure, the nice guys'll run away,but every now and then you'll find a prince like Spike who gets off on it.
Buffy ,'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.
Betsy HP - Dec 22, 2003 8:58:48 am PST #653 of 3902
If I only had a brain...
Consuela - Dec 22, 2003 9:22:18 am PST #654 of 3902
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yay. Go you Stephanie Z.
One would hope the NY Times would be above such laziness. But it does stir up page hits when that sort of article gets posted, so I expect the editors don't mind the controversy.
Jessica - Dec 22, 2003 9:28:38 am PST #655 of 3902
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Very good article. I was hoping it'd be longer.
amyparker - Dec 22, 2003 9:46:19 am PST #656 of 3902
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
tina f. - Dec 22, 2003 9:54:09 am PST #657 of 3902
Hee! Funny cartoon.
WOOT - I'm going to see it again tonight. (This will by my second time.) Then once more on Wed. and I'll be done until it's DVD time. I need to get all my tears out tonight because I must.not.cry.about.a. movie.in.front.of.the.dad.
Kiba Rika - Dec 22, 2003 10:07:51 am PST #658 of 3902
I may have to seize the cat.
'suela is me, and I am 'suela.
The male geek factor was present from the first installment, "The Fellowship of the Ring," which New Line Cinema promoted heavily online to reach that audience. Online promotion is still a big part of the marketing strategy, as countless "Rings" Web sites help sustain the true fanatics.
Now this is of course not the craziest bit in this article but - what? Only men go online?
I don't understand how anyone could find those movies soulless. I think they capture all the best parts of the trilogy (in spirit if not in plot) and leave out all the political/linguistic/historical stuff that makes it hard for many people to get through.
amyparker - Dec 22, 2003 10:09:24 am PST #659 of 3902
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
And about the aforementioned book: I bought it for Kenny last night, then sat down and read the whole thing myself. Shhhh, don't tell him.
Volans - Dec 22, 2003 10:58:27 am PST #660 of 3902
move out and draw fire
Anne, absolutely you may tag. (I've been tagged! Hee! Even if I get what Micole said about it *feeling* like WWI).
Someone posted a "Lost Jewelry" notice on the BB at work today, and the next 20 response were things like "My precious...." and "Hang on to it, my nine servants will be by to collect it shortly."
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2003 11:03:04 am PST #661 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Someone posted a "Lost Jewelry" notice on the BB at work today, and the next 20 response were things like "My precious...." and "Hang on to it, my nine servants will be by to collect it shortly."
::snerk::
tina f. - Dec 22, 2003 11:10:59 am PST #662 of 3902
Another story of unbridled geekery:
Walking to the deli to get a soda this afternoon I went past a frame shop that had the most mesmerizing maps up in the window. These metallic/gold 3-D rendered HUGE maps of Rohan, Gondor, the Shire, etc. A woman stopped and looked into the window with me and then turned and said. "Did you ever think you would contemplate buying a metallic 3-D poster before these movies came out?"
FTR - I went in to ask how much the Shire one was, but thankfully for my apartment, they were sold out and the owner didn't want to part with the displays.
LotR is taking over the world! Wheee!