Something for LotR fans

[syredronning]

Excerpt from the part where someone asks if Stewart would have wished to play in "Lord of the Rings" (Yes, but...Stewart tells a long pre-story and then...)

"When we got on to the romance in it, I made the fatal mistake[...] I critized the script.[...]

" I said to him [Peter Jackson], I thought that it was a mistake in creating this romance for Aragorn. Oh, it's in it, but there is nothing like this awful mushy stuff in the book.[...]

"Listen, I said, there is only one love affair in Lord of the Ring. One. And that is between Frodo and Samwise."

Comments

[titc.livejournal.com]

Ah, the much-criticized Xenarwen... And Aragorn, unwashed and unshaved, with a big sign 'I'm here for the laaaadies' over his head... Hmpf.

I'm among those who just can't see the Sam/Frodo thing. I understand why people might feel it's there, but unlike K/S, I just... can't. I must have read too many books about JRR Tolkien, who would probably have had an attack if someone had asked him whether the S/F hot hobbit lurve was intentional... unlike GR. Tolkien fic never really works for me.

I would actually like to know the proportion of LotR slashers who came to it because of the movies, and not the books. It sure exploded after the films. And the proportion of slashers who first saw the films, or who prefer them, or who dislike JRRT as a person (very conservative). Such a beautiful love story when he was a young man, though ^_^... And I love his utter Britishness!

And, am making notes on the dark story, will send it back in the afternoon.

[syredronning.livejournal.com]

I can't see Sam/Frodo in a sexual way, because the hobbits are totally unsexual to me :) But hey, when you look at the scene in RotK when they meet again (Frodo in bed, Sam coming through the door), it's set up like a love scene from the illumination to the music, and Jackson had to be aware of that. (So I wonder now if he had Stewart's words in mind here, LOL.)

I didn't care for Aragorn's love affair, it was overdone and did nothing to the plot. I dunno for who it was put in, what Jackson intended to do, but I'm sure no fan would've missed it.

(And thanks for looking at the story, I'm very curious :))

[oboefreak.livejournal.com]

Here here. I actually love S&F, but most S/F is really disgusting because people haven't read the book and don't understand the barriers the book places on their relationship. So, I was in the fandom for about a week and then left it because it was so...bad. :nod: Gimli and Legolas, on the other hand...

[faramir-boromir.livejournal.com]

Are we *sure* that Patrick doesn't write fanfic? HOBBIT fanfic?

[syredronning.livejournal.com]

We aint't *ggggg*

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Yay Patrick! :D

[syredronning.livejournal.com]

Hehe, yes :)) He's so cool on stage anyway *yummy*