I often feel that casting a British actor in an otherwise american film tells you one thing about the character -- he (it's always he) will be a brilliant...
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WendellWag@xxx.xxx
Jun 28, 1999 4:35 am
In a message dated 6/27/99 6:51:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... tells you one ... Never ... Sorry, but that rule fails a lot of the time. Yes, it explains...
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Nagy Gergely
lamorak@xxxx.xxxx.xxx...
Jun 28, 1999 9:20 am
Hello, I announce that 'JPzsef' was a misspelling, it should be 'Jozsef'. It is pronounced as it is written, except for 'zs' being pronounced as the final 'g'...
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Diane Baker
dianejoy@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 28, 1999 3:44 pm
... Oh, you mean Kevin "Cost More?" He was a disaster. Personally, my favorite Robin Hood is Michael Praed from the *Robin of Sherwood* series which I wish...
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Diane Baker
dianejoy@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 28, 1999 4:14 pm
... Absolutely. This is going to be a major sore point. INVENTING lines for her to speak, and of course it won't jibe smoothly with the original. ... Right...
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Diane Baker
dianejoy@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 28, 1999 4:21 pm
... And don't we wish we could forget? ... New Zealand would be a nice place to visit. ... Are we going to heighten the "Arwen vs. Elrond" strain by kitchen ...
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Stolzi@xxx.xxx
Jun 28, 1999 1:34 pm
In a message dated 6/28/99 7:58:55 AM Central Daylight Time, ... I recommend that anyone interested in keeping up with this film drop in regularly at...
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Diane Baker
dianejoy@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 28, 1999 4:32 pm
... I would certainly agree. "Mythology" does seem a bit tinged with the notion "a story, which for the most part, should be disbelieved, but has to be...
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Mary Kay Kare
kare@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 28, 1999 9:49 pm
... What about the scene where she brings Aragorn his banner just before the big push? Hasn't she been riding, and hard, then. Not fighting of course, but...
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FrMacKen@xxx.xxx
Jun 28, 1999 9:52 pm
In a message dated 6/28/1999 4:45:59 PM EST, kare@... writes: << What about the scene where she brings Aragorn his banner just before the big push?...
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Lisa Deutsch Harrigan
lisa@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 28, 1999 10:23 pm
Yes, we do. I just haven't had time to respond. I do remember that at one point they were trying to get Leonard Nimoy to have plastic surgery on his ears. It...
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FrMacKen@xxx.xxx
Jun 29, 1999 1:21 am
Lisa, I stand corrected. Although, I am hesistant on saying that Mr. Nimoy would be good for this movie, but you have a point. Leonard is a good actor, much...
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Stolzi@xxx.xxx
Jun 29, 1999 3:24 am
In a message dated 6/28/99 4:53:32 PM Central Daylight Time, FrMacKen@... ... Oh no, I saw it, just didn't have any particular comment. I consider myself a...
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Diane Baker
dianejoy@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 29, 1999 3:02 pm
... I would concur. She does indeed bring the banner, but that's hardly major. I wonder if they need to say "major character", even if it's not a major role,...
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Diane Baker
dianejoy@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 29, 1999 3:17 pm
... Nimoy would be fine---if they don't give him ears, which means he'd have to play a (gasp?) human! (Which he has done.) ... Patrick Stewart (aside from...
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Joan Marie Verba
verba001@xxxxxx.xx.xx...
Jun 29, 1999 1:02 pm
... Just to be accurate, Arwen doesn't bring the banner. She sends the banner with Halbarad, who brings it to Aragon with Arwen's message. Arwen stays in ...
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Stolzi@xxx.xxx
Jun 29, 1999 5:44 pm
In a message dated 6/29/99 7:31:49 AM Central Daylight Time, ... Nimoy is too old, seems to me, to play an Elf at this point. Elves age, but not much visibly...
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David Lenander
d-lena@xxxxxx.xx.xxx....
Jun 29, 1999 6:02 pm
He could be a very old elf. Or how about an ent. Now that will be makeup to see.... Responding to the message of <2dbfeabe.24aa600b@...> ... David...
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Mary Kay Kare
kare@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 29, 1999 6:58 pm
... Perhaps Denethor then. He'd make a fine noble man gone wrong I think. MK...
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Stolzi@xxx.xxx
Jun 30, 1999 2:56 am
...this would bear repeating, and I happen to have the text hand: Of "Lord of the Rings", C.S. Lewis writes: "To say that in it heroic romance, gorgeous,...
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Jason Parks
thejay16@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 30, 1999 3:33 am
I thank those of you who replied to my previous querry on the merits of Tolkien. I found all your comments useful and long for more. If I ever finish and...
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Wayne Hammond Jr
Wayne.G.Hammond@xxxxx...
Jun 30, 1999 11:31 am
The casting information suggests that rather more unfortunate changes will be made to Tolkien's book than that Arwen should ride and wield a sword. ... The...
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Wayne G. Hammond
Wayne.G.Hammond@xxxxx...
Jun 30, 1999 1:25 pm
... My wife has just reminded me that, of course, Elrond attends the wedding of Arwen and Aragorn in Minas Tirith. Indeed I won't be surprised if the film ends...
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Matthew Winslow
mwinslow@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 30, 1999 1:28 pm
... First, let me say that this casting information is indeed concerning, but let's also keep in mind that it's *casting information*, which is notorious for...
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Staci Dumoski
unicorn@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 30, 1999 3:56 pm
... You didn't really expect that every detail from the novels would be recreated faitfully in the movie, did you? Peter Jackson has already said that he has...
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Wayne G. Hammond
Wayne.G.Hammond@xxxxx...
Jun 30, 1999 6:58 pm
... Actually I'm making tons of allowances for converting a very long book into only a six-hour film, and for the necessities of film versus the printed page....
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Joan Marie Verba
verba001@xxxxxx.xx.xx...
Jun 30, 1999 9:03 pm
... There's another factor to consider: most potential viewers either have no knowledge of LotR or only a small amount of knowledge based on distant memory....
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Staci Dumoski
unicorn@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jun 30, 1999 9:06 pm
... I have the oppsite opinion. I'd rather Peter Jackson takes what liberties he needs to make a good movie, rather than remain utterly faithful to the book....
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Stolzi@xxx.xxx
Jun 30, 1999 9:27 pm
In a message dated 6/30/99 1:59:19 PM Central Daylight Time, ... And, of course, is one of the things I'd most like to =see=.... if they could possibly do it...
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David Lenander
d-lena@xxxxxx.xx.xxx....
Jun 30, 1999 11:17 pm
Lothlorien would be a more ... This was the biggest problem with the Bakshi movie. After re-titling it (in my mind) as "Battle Scenes from The Lord of the...
