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The New Hobbit Hole

Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: JenB
Don't even think about it! If you try to get rid of Hair, Overtaxed and I will feed you to a dragon. Or an eagle, we'll say it was you who called the Eagles stupid. Right OT?

RIGHT!!! Wait...you're on my side? :)

521 posted on 03/19/2002 11:25:17 AM PST by Overtaxed
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To: carton253
Yeah! Americans are God's chosen instruments of vengeance and rescue! And we provide transportation to Elfs, Dwarves, and Hobbits in need all the time...

No, I don't think that the Eagles represent anything except eagles, any more than I think Dwarves represent anything but Dwarves, or that Isengard means anything. Tolkien's not the symbolism type at all, I'd say. But it's an interesting idea...

522 posted on 03/19/2002 11:25:36 AM PST by JenB
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To: All
Just to interrupt with a question. Does anyone know if the next films will follow the book format or go chronologically from one group of characters to another? By book format I mean follow the adventures of what is left of the fellowship then go back and follow Frodo and Sam from when they crossed the lake.
523 posted on 03/19/2002 11:26:51 AM PST by doubled
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To: doubled
From the spoilers I've read, they'll be switching between the three different storylines fairly frequently. I guess that means it will be mostly chronologically. They apparently aren't going to make us wait as long to find Frodo and Sam as Tolkien did. ;)
524 posted on 03/19/2002 11:29:18 AM PST by Penny1
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To: doubled
It's going to switch back and forth between characters, not like in the books. Stupid short attention spans! JK - it makes lots of sense to do it this way.
525 posted on 03/19/2002 11:29:51 AM PST by JenB
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To: doubled
I am not sure we have heard the answer!... and I have wondered myself... I bet it jumps back and forth between stories.. (chronological)
526 posted on 03/19/2002 11:31:33 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: JenB; Penny1
Thank you
527 posted on 03/19/2002 11:32:50 AM PST by doubled
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To: JenB
Well, the only reason I thought they could be Americans was because of when they came into the battles. When all looked lost... then suddenly "The Eagles are coming." And if you lived during World War I and World War II, then both times, when the war looked lost, the Americans came.

Of course, I don't think the books are allegories... I just think they are great.

528 posted on 03/19/2002 11:35:51 AM PST by carton253
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To: carton253
Mine are Brigadoon, 1776, Guys and Dolls, The Fantasticks, and Les Mis.

Haven't been able to see "Ragtime" but love the music.

Detest Annie.

Had my fill of Rodgers & Hammerstein.

529 posted on 03/19/2002 11:38:13 AM PST by MozartLover
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To: carton253
Another source of LOTR MUSIC.
530 posted on 03/19/2002 11:40:58 AM PST by MozartLover
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To: MozartLover
Brigadoon, 1776, and My Fair Lady are the only musicals I can stand. I hate that sort of thing - but for some reason these three are different. 1776 is obvious; it's very patriotic and the songs are great. My Fair Lady I like because of the music, and because I like the story, but it does drag on now and then between songs.

Oh, bad image - just had a vision of the Hobbits performing the "Go Home with bonnie Jean" number out of Brigadoon....

531 posted on 03/19/2002 11:41:17 AM PST by JenB
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To: MozartLover
Ragtime was wonderful. I saw it on Broadway with Brian Stokes Mitchell. Fabulous! I have seen Les Miz more times than I count. I was fortunate to see the original cast on Broadway, so that meant I saw Colm Wilkinson as Jean Valjean.

Don't really like Andrew Lloyd Webber that much.

Sondheim, of course, is a genius! I love what he does.

Last musical I saw was The Scarlet Pimpernel.

532 posted on 03/19/2002 11:43:32 AM PST by carton253
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To: DonnerT
Brian Dennehey (Sp?) ... seen lately he's gained weight. Started a TV sitcom last fall... he is Irish, has sons that are firemen. Haven't seen it recently. Probably canceled.
533 posted on 03/19/2002 11:44:28 AM PST by Countyline
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To: carton253
"Don't really like Andrew Lloyd Webber that much. "

I've done "Joseph" twice. That was enough.

My daughter is playing for her college production of "J.C. Superstar" in a few weeks.

Sondheim! I love "Company."

534 posted on 03/19/2002 11:46:02 AM PST by MozartLover
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To: MozartLover
I have Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Passion (another great one) on video. Saw the original cast of Into the Woods. Sat in the first row. Bernadette Peters was the witch, and Chip Zien the baker. Fantastic! Not that fond of Company though I do like "Being Alive".
535 posted on 03/19/2002 11:47:51 AM PST by carton253
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To: MozartLover
I will tell you a funny Annie story. Saw the National Touring Company, so my Annie was excellent. Anyway, I worked for the Reagan campaign in 1980... and going into the election, the pundits were predicting that the election would be close. They were even saying that Carter might win.

Anyway, the night before the election, I went to see Annie. In Annie, Daddy Warbucks has invited Roosevelt to his house for dinner. And Warbucks says... "Democrats, democrats, what does one feed a democrat?"

The musical came to a stop while the audience hooted and hollared and clapped in appreciation. That was the first time I could relax... I thought, perhaps, Reagan would win.

536 posted on 03/19/2002 12:01:40 PM PST by carton253
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To: carton253
Oh...you mean the "Annie" Annie. I thought you were talking about "Annie Get Your Gun." Silly me!
537 posted on 03/19/2002 12:03:48 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: Overtaxed
Well, stay up with the conversation! :)
538 posted on 03/19/2002 12:05:59 PM PST by carton253
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To: carton253
That post was the first time you mentioned Daddy Warbucks.
539 posted on 03/19/2002 12:07:32 PM PST by Overtaxed
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To: carton253
LOL! I remember that line. Our audience also responded well.:)

My strongest memory, though, is when the dog jumped into the orchestra pit..............

540 posted on 03/19/2002 12:08:45 PM PST by MozartLover
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