I will not comment on the symbolism of that picture which I guess all of you female posters will admire. He looks rather like a figure out of
Ivanhoe, which is deliberate, of course. I went to that horrid thread -- how could you mention it without a barf alert? I am sure that the skeptics, who think TS is a put-on, were correct.
I am glad I missed SNL for both reasons, Ian McKellen's over-the-top behavior, which I guess is not a surprise, seeing the audience for that show, and no LOTR skit either (probably they decided that the props would cost too much).