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After God only knows how many hours spent watching movies, LoTR week is now, tragically, over. And I’m now the owner of a TTT: Extended Edition DVD, which I went out and bought last night. The extra scenes fill in so many of the little gaps in the story.
And there are those extra Faramir flashback scenes full of shiny Sean Bean goodness (more Boromir! Yea!). Which, aside from their eye-candy quotient, really help flesh out Faramir’s character. However, I still don’t see the ‘Mir twincest. I just don’t. Possibly because incest squicks me, I don’t know. I do, however, see the Aragorn/Legolas. I don't ship it, because LoTR is one of the rare fandoms where I actually prefer the guys as friends, but damn do I see where the shippers are coming from. There’s not quite as much of it in FoTR or RoTK, but TTT is dripping with it. Though there is that manly armclasp near the end of RoTK where they look as if they’re about to kiss—until Arwen appears and she and Aragorn proceed to make out in front of half of Gondor. I love that scene. If I hadn’t seen my girlfriend in almost a year (during which time I’d nearly died too many times to count), that’s exactly what I’d do.
And then, of course, there’s Sam & Frodo. Who really looked as if they were about to kiss at the end. The Sam/Frodo vibes are inescapable. If one of them were a girl, this story would be considered one of the greatest love stories in 20th century lit.
And having said that-—Holy Fucking God, I can’t wait until Troy comes out. I loved the book (poem?), and having seen the actors’ names on the poster… Um, yeah. This movie is going to be God’s greatest gift to slashers ever. Especially when you take into account the fact that people have been nudging each other and sniggering over Achilles and Patroclus for almost 3000 years.
And there are those extra Faramir flashback scenes full of shiny Sean Bean goodness (more Boromir! Yea!). Which, aside from their eye-candy quotient, really help flesh out Faramir’s character. However, I still don’t see the ‘Mir twincest. I just don’t. Possibly because incest squicks me, I don’t know. I do, however, see the Aragorn/Legolas. I don't ship it, because LoTR is one of the rare fandoms where I actually prefer the guys as friends, but damn do I see where the shippers are coming from. There’s not quite as much of it in FoTR or RoTK, but TTT is dripping with it. Though there is that manly armclasp near the end of RoTK where they look as if they’re about to kiss—until Arwen appears and she and Aragorn proceed to make out in front of half of Gondor. I love that scene. If I hadn’t seen my girlfriend in almost a year (during which time I’d nearly died too many times to count), that’s exactly what I’d do.
And then, of course, there’s Sam & Frodo. Who really looked as if they were about to kiss at the end. The Sam/Frodo vibes are inescapable. If one of them were a girl, this story would be considered one of the greatest love stories in 20th century lit.
And having said that-—Holy Fucking God, I can’t wait until Troy comes out. I loved the book (poem?), and having seen the actors’ names on the poster… Um, yeah. This movie is going to be God’s greatest gift to slashers ever. Especially when you take into account the fact that people have been nudging each other and sniggering over Achilles and Patroclus for almost 3000 years.
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skirts armor!
Not that LotR didn't do a marvelous job there, but man, the only butt you could see was Legolas'. And Boromir looked about fifty pounds heavier with all that chainmail on--Sean Bean's gonna survive 'Troy'! Yea!
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Because I really think those would have added profound deeper meanings to the films.
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Who is so going to get a Best Supporting Actor for that role.
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