#50072
01/12/2002 7:37 PM
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Errrrr, I was, um, joking, JazzO! Honest ...
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#50073
01/14/2002 9:26 PM
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I will not even tell you how long it's been since I read LOTR but the thing that confused me was Strider's sword. The sword that was broken shall be mended... something along those lines. Didn't the elves reforge the sword? My husband says that he carries it away when they leave but I missed it if it was remade. I want to see the movie again. Or maybe I'll reread the books.
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#50074
01/14/2002 9:34 PM
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#50075
01/14/2002 10:04 PM
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And I thought I was watching. Maybe why the book is almost always better.
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#50076
01/15/2002 5:43 AM
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Actually, though, Bingley, I'd like to hear your take on how the elves could have been made more, um, elvish!
I don't know how you would give the right impression, otherwise I'd be in show business. Elves are not just people with pointy ears any more than Vulcans are. Elves should be heartbreakingly beautiful and seem timeless. There should be an underlying grief and longing and a capacity for great joy beyond mortal ken.
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#50077
01/15/2002 8:57 PM
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Elves should be heartbreakingly beautiful and seem timeless. There should be an underlying grief and longing and a capacity for great joy beyond mortal ken. Swoon! All right, ladies, stand back, now. You've waited too long. He is MINE! [starry eyes e] (I do actually know an Elf who pretty well fits this description!) 
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#50078
01/15/2002 10:00 PM
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Elves are not just people with pointy ears any more than Vulcans are.Oh, I see. You wanted Leonard Nimoy to play Elrond. Well, why didn't you just say so?
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#50079
01/16/2002 4:05 PM
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I just can't stop calling Legolas "Legless". Ruins the moment for me every time!!
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#50080
01/16/2002 4:21 PM
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"Legless" might be a decent aptronym - he didn't make any footprints in the snow. (You think I'm lying? Watch it again!)
My first inclination when I hear his name is to feel sorry that he can't find his plasticine building blocks... ...Lego...lost...Lego...lost...oh, never mind.
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#50081
01/27/2002 7:45 AM
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Legolas still has me sighing[sigh] no footprints? I didn't notice.[sigh]wiping drool off chin-e....sigh
I did notice the pottery, though. Did anyone else, or is it just me? I must say I haven't been so glad to pay that much to watch a movie in years. I was terrificly impressed.
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#50082
01/27/2002 2:58 PM
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Tell me about the pottery - Mrs stales loves pottery so we'll keep an eye out for in during The Second Watching.
Like you Consuelo, Mrs stales also fell for Legless and therefore might miss the pottery!
(I mean what's with this guy? He can shoot arrows real quick so us blokes can respect him - but he's got the worst dye job you've ever seen.)
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#50083
01/27/2002 8:13 PM
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yeahbut® we all know IRL the women might be whispering about the etheral charms of Legless, but actually taking an orc to bed  PS: seen it twice, Legless does not hold me riveted, and I *still didn't notice the pottery... 
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#50084
01/28/2002 12:05 AM
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Well, we can dream, can't we? Although I personally can't think of a single Orc I've ever slept with, our fantasies often give you chaps the times of your lives, so don't try to understand it. Just say "Yes, dear." After all, the gents have the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders to drool over. BTW, Stales, the pottery is in the Bilbo's Birthday scenes, the Prancing Pony scenes, and Elrond's house has the most magnificent of all, of course. Anywhere they can be found eating and drinking, you'll see the pottery.
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#50085
01/28/2002 12:37 PM
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Legolas's lack of footprints in the snow is in the book:
Legolas watched them for a while with a smile on his lips, and then he turned to the others. 'The strongest must seek a way, say you? But I say: let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf, or over snow -- an Elf.'
With that he sprang forth nimbly, and then Frodo noticed as if for the first time, though he had long known it, that the Elf had no boots, but wore only light shoes, as he always did,, and his feet made little imprint in the snow.
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#50086
01/28/2002 8:12 PM
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Yes, I was made aware of it having been in the book by my resident Tolkein-scholar/roommate. I was, in fact, made aware of *several* things... *while* the movie was playing.  I'll be seeing it *alone* next time, thank you.  And as for Orlando Bloom (the stud muffin who plays Legolas) - as I shared with ladymoon by PM, there's some interview with him online where he comes off as some kind of walking hormone... "If a role requires me to kiss a pretty girl, I'll take it!" He's one of those cute-to-have-around-as-long-as-he-keeps-his-mouth-closed types...
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#50087
01/29/2002 12:13 AM
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All right, I guess it's up to me to strike a balance in this Legolas love fest.
I have to tell you I think he looks kinda wimpish. Not somebody one could really have a good romp with...too fragile. If you get creative in any way you need a solid guy to prop you up. He looks way too wispy. Plus, what's with the baby face. Good grief, not a laugh-line on em.
Pfff...and I'm sure he cries at all those Hallmark comercials - wimp! Gimme Aragorn anytime.
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#50088
01/29/2002 12:52 AM
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Sigh. When I was sixteen, my father, laughing, told me "Connie, you are just like Jesus, you love them all." Aragorn, sigh.It's still true
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#50089
01/29/2002 4:44 AM
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Umm, Fiberbabe, what is a stud muffin ? Somebody who is overfond of small cakes? I have followed you in whiting it as presumably the word may offend those of delicate sensibilities, but I have no idea why.
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#50090
01/29/2002 8:49 AM
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Studmuffin = hunk, chick magnet etc - you know - stalesesque...
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#50091
01/29/2002 9:28 AM
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So what's the difference between a stud and a studmuffin? If stalesesque is a synonym could we have a photo please?
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#50092
01/29/2002 9:39 AM
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Studmuffin = hunk, chick magnet etc - you know - stalesesque...
You'd better get back from the mines soon, young man. Them geodes goin' to yer head and all.
Bingley, I think it's an 80s expression. You (read: we) didn't miss much...
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#50093
01/29/2002 10:50 AM
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Caution:word relatedBingley asks, all innocent like , "What's the difference between stud and stud muffin?" Well, Bingley, my sweet, the difference isn't all that much. Muffins are scrumptious, finger-licking good, so, by extension , a stud muffin would be a stud that also fits that description. Ah for the licker smiliecon!. Stud is definitly a noun. Is stud muffin a two word noun or what? I'm not the world's best sentence diagramer. tongue so far in cheek it's coming out the other ear-e
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#50094
01/29/2002 6:15 PM
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Well, I see that I don't have to enter into the fray of defining stud muffin, since the other ladies have been kind enough to clarify. However, I've never heard "stalesesque" used as a synonym... maybe it's just a regionalism, but I've heard "quordleplian" used far more often.
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#50095
01/30/2002 2:25 AM
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Bingley, my sweet
Consuelo, I like you and all, but--I have staked my claim; he is MINE. No one else's! [glaring suspiciously over her shoulder e]
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#50096
01/30/2002 3:58 AM
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I don't think he'd mind if we share, Jackie. Would you, dear? Besides, you have staked your claim in a lot of places. Let me help you maintain them!
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#50097
01/30/2002 4:57 AM
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Ladies, please, all claims must be properly registered at the claims office in Jakarta and will be attended to strictly according to date of filing.
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#50098
01/30/2002 5:26 AM
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#50099
01/30/2002 11:24 AM
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Bing cherie?? A--HEM. I don't think he'd mind if we share, Jackie. Well, I would! Bingley, I'm chartering a plane immediately. Note to other hopefuls: I intend to keep him very well-occupied; he won't have time for anyone else. [warning growl e]
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#50100
01/30/2002 11:34 AM
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Well, MY definition of a studmuffin is Robert Redford (right, Angel? ). Clint Eastwood (be still my heart) is not--he's too utterly cool and irresistibly aloof. For the younger set, Enriqué Iglésias most definitely fits the bill.
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01/30/2002 1:27 PM
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Well, MY definition of a studmuffin is Robert Redford (right, Angel? ). Yes, right, Jackie! And some of us have had the fine privilege of dining and dancing with Bob! [very smug, doesn't it make you wonder-e] Anyone wanting the true story of meeting Robert Redford and having dinner with him, PM me. I'm glad to share with those interested. He is truly a wonderful man, and a studmuffin!
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#50102
02/12/2002 2:28 PM
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring has just received more nominations (13) than any other film this year, including Ian McKellan for Best Supporting Actor (Go Gandalf!)...a brilliant performance, he deserves it! Also nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography (if they don't win this one, then suptin' ain't right), and a slew of others! I'll really enjoy this year's Oscar show pulling for LOTR, it should be exciting (which is a word I don't usually associate with that ceremony )! The road goes ever on and on......Evidently!
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