Elijah Woods is just a pretty, pretty young man.
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Connie Neil - Mar 24, 2013 1:13:37 pm PDT #23916 of 30000
brillig
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2013 1:22:18 pm PDT #23917 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Tell it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 24, 2013 2:02:35 pm PDT #23918 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
They had trouble with Lee? I wasn't aware that any of his former co-workers ever had anything bad to say about him.
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2013 2:25:04 pm PDT #23919 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I seem to remember him being very, quite contrary in the press when Saruman was not included in Return of the King.
It might have been overblown at the time, because it seems Jackson accommodated Lee's inability to travel for the Hobbit by filming his scene at Pinewood.
My memory is that Lee is a true Tolkien scholar and was a bit overbearing about it.
Another side note...I did not realize that Neil Finn had done so much of the music on the Hobbit.
It tickles me that Danny Elfman, Mark Mothersbaugh, Finn and even Trent Reznick have gotten so deeply into soundtracks.
Connie Neil - Mar 24, 2013 3:15:16 pm PDT #23920 of 30000
brillig
Maybe he wanted the credit line I spotted in the Hobbit for Tolkien Scholar. Probably someone who could definitively say "No, we don't have names for the two blue wizards."
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2013 4:12:22 pm PDT #23921 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Connie, was the Tolkien Scholar credited as Lee?
I'm sure that would make him very happy.
The stories from the set, back in the day, included Lee carrying his first edition around, correcting things in the script. There were apparently a few, "Yes, we know, but for the _movie_ " arguments.
Honestly, after today's viewing, I really need to go back and reread the Hobbit. There was a lot I did not remember.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 24, 2013 4:54:34 pm PDT #23922 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
He rereads Tolkein every year and once met the man himself, so I can see him being a purist about the works.
Connie Neil - Mar 24, 2013 6:29:30 pm PDT #23923 of 30000
brillig
No, the Tolkien Scholar was a woman. I was thinking I'd be very pleased to put that on my resume.
dcp - Mar 24, 2013 6:48:37 pm PDT #23924 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
beekaytee - Mar 24, 2013 6:51:25 pm PDT #23925 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Oh, me too, but I'd never qualify.
I am daunted. Daunted I say. Any book, like the Silmarillion, that _begins_ with a glossary, is destined to be my undoing.
We it not for the Rob Inglis read audiobooks, I might not have gotten through the Fellowship at all. After listening, I was able to read.