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LoTR: Return of the King - Pictures, spy reports and spoilers thread (ongoing)
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Posted on 01/15/2003 7:57:17 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Thanks for the ping!! Keep 'em coming
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posted on
01/16/2003 6:42:38 AM PST
by
dixierose
(American by birth, Southern by the grace of God)
To: Alkhin; HairOfTheDog
Hi, Alkin!
Great meeting another fan of Pippin the hobbit!
HOTD is the one with the ping list, but I'll keep you on mine anyway! :^)
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posted on
01/16/2003 6:47:07 AM PST
by
Pippin
(world's TALLEST hobbit)
To: HairOfTheDog
Boromir inherited that bitterness," says Noble. "It's what led Boromir to try to steal the Ring in the first film" I didn't really get that as a prime motivation in either the book or the film. If it had been, his big rivalry would have been with Aragorn, while actually you can see his respect and admiration for Aragorn growing all along. Although, as Tolkien said, they had not yet become rivals in the wars of Gondor.
I see Boromir as being primarily motivated by a desperate desire to defend his people, not personal ambition. Although there is an element of that there also, which of course the Ring plays on beautifully.
That's the big difference between Boromir and Faramir, who doesn't have that intense desire to shine in the eyes of others. Faramir's desire to help his people is unmixed.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:39:43 AM PST
by
Restorer
(Just my opinion, for what it's worth.)
To: HairOfTheDog
please ping me!!
To: HairOfTheDog
This is torture!!!!!!!!!!!
Can you ping me too?
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:46:25 AM PST
by
ElfArcher
(Were all going to die waiting!!!!!!!!)
To: HairOfTheDog
Only 331 days till the Return of the King.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:47:43 AM PST
by
ElfArcher
(Were all going to die waiting!!!!!!!!)
To: Restorer
His motivations were mixed. I think his resentment about the lack of permanent status of the stewards was "real".... but I would call it "righteously indignant". His motives were not corrupt, his understanding of what he was dealing with was. He couldn't grasp the unseen. He saw the ring as a weapon, not intrinsically evil. He saw the ring as an inanimate tool, which it really isn't. But his respect for Aragorn did grow, because he was a man, and could see the worth in Aragorn. He just honestly thought he knew better. The temptation of the ring cuts through every heart, and Boromir's heart just had the most fertile ground to plant the seeds of doubt. That is how I see him. :~D
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:59:53 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: ElfArcher; Charlie OK
Done and Done! Let us know what you hear out there!
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posted on
01/16/2003 8:01:43 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: HairOfTheDog
Please continue to spoil me.
Thanks.
To: GretchenEE; HairOfTheDog
Me too, I like being 'spoiled'.
BTW, do either of you have those nice pics of Treebeard? I've looked all over and can't find them.
To: LinnieBeth; ecurbh
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posted on
01/16/2003 2:09:26 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: HairOfTheDog
sure, add me to the ROTK spoiler list please :-)
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posted on
01/16/2003 2:24:10 PM PST
by
fnord
To: HairOfTheDog
"So "Daddy", will the new one's name be "Short Cut"? LOL! " Actually, the impending bundle of joy (BOJ) has the nickname "Mini Cut", this having been given by one of the fine ladies over at the USO Canteen FReeper Style, where I'm known to visit from time to time.
Mrs. Cut is due to complete the construction phase in early July. We're very excited...it's our first. I got to hear the heartbeat last Friday...how strange that it's so strong so soon. What a moment!
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posted on
01/16/2003 2:44:01 PM PST
by
Long Cut
(Soon to be known as "DADDY")
To: HairOfTheDog
Please add me to the ROTK spoilers ping list. Thanks.
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posted on
01/16/2003 2:59:21 PM PST
by
Elenya
(In defense of Faramir)
To: Long Cut
Congratulations, Long Cut! A spot in time indeed!
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posted on
01/16/2003 3:06:23 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
To: Long Cut; Pippin
Congratulations for LongCut...
and this is for my fellow Pippin-admirer:
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posted on
01/16/2003 3:14:53 PM PST
by
Alkhin
(One thing you have not found in your hunting and that is brighter wits!)
To: HairOfTheDog
Love these threads. Please add me to the ROTK ping list. Thanks.
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posted on
01/16/2003 5:58:16 PM PST
by
NYS_Eric
To: HairOfTheDog
Hair; great job, three and half hours for ROTK, wonder how long the "extended" version will be? That could add up to 10-11 hours for all three. Unbelievable.
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posted on
01/16/2003 7:12:14 PM PST
by
osagebowman
(Leithlo I philinn)
To: HairOfTheDog
I LOVE the part in Shelob's Lair when Frodo uses Earendil. I am so looking forward to seeing this movie (eleven months from now).
I have the feeling, from seeing FotR, TTT, and the special DVD features, and from all the other stuff I've read on FR and the Internet in general, that these actors and actresses absolutely know they are never going to have another filmmaking experience that even approximates "The Lord of the Rings," and somehow, somehow! they wish they could. Sort of like what the filmmaker makes you feel when Dorothy returns to Kansas.
To: Alkhin; Long Cut
Thanks for the picture, Alkhin!
congratulations, Long Cut!
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posted on
01/17/2003 4:45:06 AM PST
by
Pippin
(world's TALLEST hobbit)
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