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.
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.
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2003 9:15:42 am PST #757 of 3902
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
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!"
Calli - Dec 23, 2003 9:19:03 am PST #764 of 3902
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Mmm-hmmm, well, I'll have to disagree about the Legolas vs. the Oliphaunt issue, mainly because the Oliphaunts themselves had already taken me out of the movie a bit. I don't know why I'm perfectly fine with orcs and trolls, but not Oliphaunts. Maybe it's because they're so close to elephants, which are already cool and exotic in my book, and then have the various add-on that leave me going, "Wait, elephants tusks don't do that."
OK, there's also the elf-lust clouding things for me. But it's mostly the Oliphaunt thing.
Aims - Dec 23, 2003 9:20:00 am PST #765 of 3902
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Would it have taken people out of the scene had it been a stunt with a real elephant and not CGI?
DavidS - Dec 23, 2003 9:21:27 am PST #766 of 3902
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Would it have taken people out of the scene had it been a stunt with a real elephant and not CGI?
Do they have elephants who are 8 stories tall?