Ian McKellen - Page 4

bropous · 03-21-2002, 07:30 PM

You really ought to give "Gods and Monsters" a viewing, Nolendil. It is a very good film, and Sir Ian certainly deserved his Academy Award nomination with that performance. I "like" his character more in "Fellowship of the Ring", but "Gods and Monsters is definitely a performance worth seeing. Very different from Gandalf. But then again, so was Magneto.

[BTW, swept the place up, edited the non-sequitur comments previous and you're right, ain't the place for it. Sorry, all.]

[/I]EDIT NOTE 01/14/07: This is a TOTAL lie. I NEVER EVER said that ANYONE should EVER watch "Gods and Monsters". Someone with mod or admin privileges changed my original posting in the years since my original words were posted. I suspect real hanky-panky here, and I strongly suggest that others verify that their original posts have not been altered by someone with a counter-agenda to your own thoughts.[/I]

Pailan · 03-21-2002, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bropous

[BTW, swept the place up, edited the non-sequitur comments previous and you're right, ain't the place for it. Sorry, all.]

Swept? Did you use a street sweeper/ elephant vaccuum thingy?

bropous · 03-21-2002, 08:22 PM

"Swept? Did you use a street sweeper/ elephant vaccuum thingy?"

Uh, yeah.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-21-2002, 09:31 PM

Ian will (supposedly) quote Shakespeare in nearly every conversation! I think that's really cool, 'cause I'm a big Shakespeare fan. I've also only seen him in X-men and Fellowship, but I really want to see Gods and Monsters.

(Also, I would like to apologize for that, er, flame war)

bropous · 03-21-2002, 10:03 PM

Well, I really don't enjoy Shakespeare/Bacon very much, be it comedy, tragedy or history, but I'd sit through one of Shakespeare's/Bacon's plays even if Sir Ian played only a tiny part.

(I apologize too, Eruviel, but heck, that wasn't a flame war, more of a spark skirmish.

Guess my soapbox tendencies get the better of me on snowy days......and dang was it snowing here today! I guess it shows I've been hanging out in #politics again.......)

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-22-2002, 02:01 AM

Snow? Bropous, you have real snow? It keeps snowing here, but it rarely sticks.

You don't like Shakespeare?! How horrendous!

j/k. Each to his own, I guess. I would love to see Sir Ian in a Shakespeare play. That would such a great opportunity!

I just realized I could review Gods and Monsters for school, since I need to review a movie for film class. That would give me a chance to see it!

("spark skirmish"

)

Cirdan · 03-22-2002, 04:39 AM

For those of you who missed the Sixty Minutes II interview and would like to see the transcript:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in503531.shtml

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-22-2002, 04:50 AM

Thank you, Cirdan! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I never get around to seeing these things, it's great to be able to read them.

**crickhollow** · 03-22-2002, 11:06 AM

Thanks for the link, Cirdan! I don't have access to a TV on campus. *laughs* The transcript people spelled Khazadum wrong.

Pailan · 03-22-2002, 11:31 AM

Thanks for the link, Cirdan.

Quote:

Cazadoom

Well I guess not everyone has read LotR. Although I like the use of the hard sounding "C" in the attempt.

Tanoliel · 03-22-2002, 10:33 PM

Wheee! Oh, huzzah, thankee a thousand times, Cirdan, I never get to see these things either. I can't even see the oscars. *sigh* I NEVER watch them...it's just that LOTR is up, and, well, ya know....

So I'm taping them. Yay.
btw...what's with the pink thang?
-tano

markedel · 03-23-2002, 09:51 AM

Hmm wec ould start a whole thread out of that one. Meyenass Tireith. Lune. Brandooin. Anewmeyenass. Think of the possibilities.

Cirdan · 03-23-2002, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tanoliel
Wheee! Oh, huzzah, thankee a thousand times, Cirdan, I never get to see these things either. I can't even see the oscars. *sigh* I NEVER watch them...it's just that LOTR is up, and, well, ya know.... So I'm taping them. Yay.
btw...what's with the pink thang?
-tano

i dunno, but my breakfast is singing, "I'm comin' up, so you'd better get....

BTW, you welcome. I missed it, too. It's on during reading time.

Cirdan · 03-23-2002, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by crickhollow
Thanks for the link, Cirdan! I don't have access to a TV on campus. *laughs* The transcript people spelled Khazadum wrong.

Yah, I noticed it , too. Don't these people keep all Tolkien material near by in case there is a need to check sources or references? They wouldn't last a day on the 'Moot!

**crickhollow** · 03-23-2002, 06:05 PM

Well, maybe that is expecting too much, but really now! It's not that obscure of a word in the world of FotR movie paraphanelia. All they needed to do was look on the back of the soundtrack...

Cirdan · 03-23-2002, 07:29 PM

Yah, they could have at least run the spell checker. But what can one expect from someone who hasn't read the greatest piece of fantasy literature of the 20th century and poses as a writer! May God have mercy on their soul.

shirechild · 03-25-2002, 04:23 PM

Ian deserved an oscar last night it just wasn't right. Though we did get all technical awards and tech is the most important part of a movie

Tanoliel · 03-25-2002, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cirdan
Yah, they could have at least run the spell checker. But what can one expect from someone who hasn't read the greatest piece of fantasy literature of the 20th century and poses as a writer! May God have mercy on their soul.

No, no, no. May ERU have mercy on their soul...as an elf, yu should know.

And I agree, shirechild, Ian DID deserve an Oscar...*sigh* and we also should've gotten Best Pic, but I won't get into that!
Welcome to the moot!
-tano

Cirdan · 03-25-2002, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tanoliel

No, no, no. May ERU have mercy on their soul...as an elf, yu should know.
And I agree, shirechild, Ian DID deserve an Oscar...*sigh* and we also should've gotten Best Pic, but I won't get into that!
Welcome to the moot!
-tano

quite right... sorry. No mercy from Eru for the academy of cheating Ian, though.

Welcome, also, to the 'Moot, shirechild!

Eruviel Greenleaf · 03-26-2002, 02:31 AM

Welcome, Shirechild!

Ian should have won. I'll say no more on the matter.

03-21-2002, 07:30 PM	#61
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	You really ought to give "Gods and Monsters" a viewing, Nolendil. It is a very good film, and Sir Ian certainly deserved his Academy Award nomination with that performance. I "like" his character more in "Fellowship of the Ring", but "Gods and Monsters is definitely a performance worth seeing. Very different from Gandalf. But then again, so was Magneto. [BTW, swept the place up, edited the non-sequitur comments previous and you're right, ain't the place for it. Sorry, all.] [/I]EDIT NOTE 01/14/07: This is a TOTAL lie. I NEVER EVER said that ANYONE should EVER watch "Gods and Monsters". Someone with mod or admin privileges changed my original posting in the years since my original words were posted. I suspect real hanky-panky here, and I strongly suggest that others verify that their original posts have not been altered by someone with a counter-agenda to your own thoughts.[/I] __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160. Last edited by bropous : 01-15-2007 at 12:40 AM.

03-21-2002, 08:22 PM	#63
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	"Swept? Did you use a street sweeper/ elephant vaccuum thingy?" Uh, yeah. __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-21-2002, 09:31 PM	#64
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Ian will (supposedly) quote Shakespeare in nearly every conversation! I think that's really cool, 'cause I'm a big Shakespeare fan. I've also only seen him in X-men and Fellowship, but I really want to see Gods and Monsters. (Also, I would like to apologize for that, er, flame war) __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-21-2002, 10:03 PM	#65
bropous EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMED DCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Littleton, CO Posts: 1,176	Well, I really don't enjoy Shakespeare/Bacon very much, be it comedy, tragedy or history, but I'd sit through one of Shakespeare's/Bacon's plays even if Sir Ian played only a tiny part. (I apologize too, Eruviel, but heck, that wasn't a flame war, more of a spark skirmish. Guess my soapbox tendencies get the better of me on snowy days......and dang was it snowing here today! I guess it shows I've been hanging out in #politics again.......) __________________ "...[The Lord of the Rings] is to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts of will, and deeds of virtue of the apparently small, ungreat, fogotten in the places of the Wise and Great (good as well as evil). A moral of the whole (after the primary symbolism of the Ring, as the will to mere power, seeking to make itself objective by physical force and mechanism, and so also inevitably by lies) is the obvious one that without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless." Letters of JRR Tolkien, page 160.

03-22-2002, 02:01 AM	#66
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Snow? Bropous, you have real snow? It keeps snowing here, but it rarely sticks. You don't like Shakespeare?! How horrendous! j/k. Each to his own, I guess. I would love to see Sir Ian in a Shakespeare play. That would such a great opportunity! I just realized I could review Gods and Monsters for school, since I need to review a movie for film class. That would give me a chance to see it! ("spark skirmish" ) __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-22-2002, 04:39 AM	#67
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	For those of you who missed the Sixty Minutes II interview and would like to see the transcript: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/...in503531.shtml __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

03-22-2002, 04:50 AM	#68
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Thank you, Cirdan! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I never get around to seeing these things, it's great to be able to read them. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

03-22-2002, 11:06 AM	#69
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Thanks for the link, Cirdan! I don't have access to a TV on campus. laughs The transcript people spelled Khazadum wrong. __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-22-2002, 10:33 PM	#71
Tanoliel Eccentric Chocolate Crow Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Emerald City--Seattle, WA Posts: 1,861	Wheee! Oh, huzzah, thankee a thousand times, Cirdan, I never get to see these things either. I can't even see the oscars. sigh I NEVER watch them...it's just that LOTR is up, and, well, ya know.... So I'm taping them. Yay. btw...what's with the pink thang? -tano __________________ Wisdom for Short Attention Spans...Ozy and Millie. It rocks. Food Of The Gods: 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione Feed Me.... Another Online Dwelling Place... "All right, I confess. It is my intention to comandeer a ship, pick up a crew in Tortuga, to rape, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out." -Captain Jack Sparrow "The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify." -Amelia Peabody Emerson "Most people obey the orders of someone who is pointing a gun at their head." -A.P. Emerson

03-23-2002, 09:51 AM	#72
markedel 'Sober' Mullet Frosh Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Queen's Posts: 1,245	Hmm wec ould start a whole thread out of that one. Meyenass Tireith. Lune. Brandooin. Anewmeyenass. Think of the possibilities. __________________ "Earnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom"

03-23-2002, 06:05 PM	#75
crickhollow The Buckleberry Fairy/Captain Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Washington State again (I miss Texas). Posts: 1,345	Well, maybe that is expecting too much, but really now! It's not that obscure of a word in the world of FotR movie paraphanelia. All they needed to do was look on the back of the soundtrack... __________________ A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

03-23-2002, 07:29 PM	#76
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	Yah, they could have at least run the spell checker. But what can one expect from someone who hasn't read the greatest piece of fantasy literature of the 20th century and poses as a writer! May God have mercy on their soul. __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

03-25-2002, 04:23 PM	#77
shirechild Hobbit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: places unknown Posts: 15	grammy Ian deserved an oscar last night it just wasn't right. Though we did get all technical awards and tech is the most important part of a movie __________________ "Duct Tape is Like The Force, It has a Dark Side, a Light Side, and holds the universe together!" My theroy is: inocent until proven guilty... many times. Life sucks then you die...GoddTimes, Good Times FRODO LIVES

03-26-2002, 02:31 AM	#80
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Welcome, Shirechild! Ian should have won. I'll say no more on the matter. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

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