Funny LOTR

Okay, so the whole world now knows that ROTK has been nomiated for eleven Oscars. Naturally, I hope they win. They certainly deserve Best Score, Best Song, Best Director, Best Picture and I think Best Costume (oh, they deserve all of them) because few films' costumes have captivated me so. Arwen and Eowyn and Galadriel are real fashionistas. The other movies with beautiful period or otherworldly costumes - Wings Of The Dove, Titanic, and Attack Of The Clones (and there are sites to study these movie costumes). Perhaps I should have done this costume business in another post. I easily get sidetracked.

I actually meant to put up a link to this hilarious article on introducing modern techonology into Middle-Earth. It's by a Live Journal user called Molly J. Ringwraith who has quite a large following. Her writing is excellent and very, very witty. I recommend visiting her site and following her recommendations, particularly a Theresa Green of fanfiction.net, who has written a slew of owner guides to various Middle-Earth characters. Anyway, go here to read about how text messaging or SMSes could be really useful in Middle-Earth.

From the list, my favorite is number 5:

Cell phone call from Theoden to Eomer: "Yeah, we need you to turn around and come meet us at Helm's Deep. Right now. Oh, and bring the tank."

Oh, and possibly number 9:

Text message from Gandalf to Frodo: "It's OK, I'm alive. U guys in Mordor yet?"

Plenty of funnies on Molly Ringwraith's weblog. This one is good. It's a condensed parody version of ROTK. The first exchange had me aching from laughter (that I hope my neighbors don't hear). Please read here.

Like many bloggers and LOTR fans, Molly wanted to have more people read her posts and also to appear on Theonering.net. Well, she got her wish with this recent entry. Read her delight here. The content is so very good, and very apt after the Academy snubbed the LOTR actors, eleven nominations but no acting ones.

Posted by Monoceros at January 31, 2004 10:40 PM