stern look at MM
What? It did!
Illyria: Wesley's dead. I'm feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. Spike: Well, wishes just happen to be horses today.
'Not Fade Away'
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.
Miracleman - Dec 23, 2003 9:05:53 am PST #754 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
MechaKrelboyne - Dec 23, 2003 9:09:19 am PST #755 of 3902
... and that's a Pantera's box you don't want to open. - Mister Furious
Really? I liked him a lot better in this one. The short jokes at Helm's Deep bothered me way more than anything in RotK. In RotK, I felt I was to be laughing at his jokes, not at him.
True enough, and believe me, I was no fan of 'Or shall I get you a box?' and the like, but at least it was balanced by the ungodly number of necks hewed, the Flying Gimli attack, the Flying Gimli attack redux, saving Aragorn's life when the wall blew up and such. It seemed like more of a balanced fellowship. In RoTK, the humour (though I agree that it was better humour) was pretty much all there was for him. I wouldn't quibble, but if they have time for five more minutes of Pretty Boy and The Beast , they could've at least given gimli one cool fight sequence.
ETA t Amends sign to read 'And folks who didn't like Legolas v. Oliphaunt'
DavidS - Dec 23, 2003 9:14:37 am PST #756 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Concur with Mecha on the generallismo. I kept thinking, "I don't think those Oliphaunts can turn as quickly as the horses. Maybe coming in from the flanks and behind would be better, eh?"
Concur with MM on the Oliphaunt slaying. As I noted upthread, Legolas/Orly was much cooler with actual human-sized moves in FoTR when he was poking Orcs in the face with arrows and his whirling slashing attack in Moria.
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2003 9:15:42 am PST #757 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Legolas and the Oliphaunt took me right out of the scene, too.
But so did every time someone said "Retreat!" because all I could think was "Run away! Run away!" and then I'd start giggling.
Miracleman - Dec 23, 2003 9:16:02 am PST #758 of 3902
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Steph: BWAH!!
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2003 9:16:28 am PST #759 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
See???
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2003 9:17:24 am PST #760 of 3902
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I agree about the fighting evenness, Mecha. But I'd rather not laugh at him than cheer with him, if the negatives are correctly placed.
Next step is to have him kill more.
In both my viewings, Legolas slewing the Oliphaunt got the biggest cheer and Gimli "That only counts as one!" got the biggest laugh. Given my predelictions, I can deal with that division of labour.
DavidS - Dec 23, 2003 9:17:40 am PST #761 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It was really hard to avoid the Holy Grail associations too when Pippin kept yelling "He's not dead!"
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2003 9:18:32 am PST #762 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
But then, I also giggled whenever anyone got a "What the FUCK?" look on their face, which happened pretty often.
Aims - Dec 23, 2003 9:18:37 am PST #763 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hell, every time someone peers over the side of castle I think, "We've already got one!"