Fandom SQUEEs!
Mar. 23rd, 2005 07:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalI got a care package from my best online friend today in the mail and among many many fantabulous things (see my photo blog for two), there were also quite a few videos. And 2 of those videos were the first 4 episodes of Farscape! Blockbuster sadly only has "the best of season 1" and I refuse to watch them out of order or missing episodes. So I didn't rent it, but YAY for the first four episodes! I can't wait to watch them tonight (as I sit down and try to figure out how much of my paychecks need to be withheld *pout*)
I'm on side B of Tape 3 of 4 for Fellowship of the Ring right now... and they're JUST now getting to the council meeting. Not that I'm surprised as they don't seem to be cutting much out at all, but, still, I'm worried they're not going to fit it all in! I suppose the battle scenes will all be short to make up for it. But I'm getting a real kick out of this.
Tom Bombadil was fantastic! With the singing and the voice and... yeah, I loved muchly.
Gloin is being pronounced 'Glow-win' which maybe is how it's supposed to be, with the accent, but that's not how I pronounce it in my head, so I giggle a little.
And Legolas' name has been mentioned one as he was introduced at the beginning of the council scene and it was pronnounced as 'Leg-OH-lass' with the first and third syllables said REALLY fast and the second highly stressed. And Denethor's was sooo strange I had to stop the tape to laugh.
But I really dig Boromir's voice. I thought it was strange at first but at least he's not a Viking.
And Aragorn's isn't too bad, either.
Frodo's voice is read by someone who can't act. Imagine "ow my shoulder" said in a monotone. *rolls voice*
It's very amusing to listen to, though. I keep yelling at the characters not to do things and such. And I honestly don't know anything they cut out yet... well, a few lines here and there obviously and lots of narration... except I did notice a few long songs being cut out... there have been quite a few versus of song, though. Especially with Tom. So that's been lovely.
Oh! ANd Glorfindel! I so love him, and it was really, really great to have him there all glowy and with his lovely horse to help Frodo.
Oh! Dunadan! They pronounce it "Done-a-din." As in "This is Aragorn. He is of the doneadin." *cringes* LOL
Yes, very amusing and enjoyable. Definitely makes my trips to work and back much more exciting :-) When Boromir recided the words from his dream about the sword and the coming of the king I got shivers all up and down my spine. But that's where I stopped.
I'm on side B of Tape 3 of 4 for Fellowship of the Ring right now... and they're JUST now getting to the council meeting. Not that I'm surprised as they don't seem to be cutting much out at all, but, still, I'm worried they're not going to fit it all in! I suppose the battle scenes will all be short to make up for it. But I'm getting a real kick out of this.
Tom Bombadil was fantastic! With the singing and the voice and... yeah, I loved muchly.
Gloin is being pronounced 'Glow-win' which maybe is how it's supposed to be, with the accent, but that's not how I pronounce it in my head, so I giggle a little.
And Legolas' name has been mentioned one as he was introduced at the beginning of the council scene and it was pronnounced as 'Leg-OH-lass' with the first and third syllables said REALLY fast and the second highly stressed. And Denethor's was sooo strange I had to stop the tape to laugh.
But I really dig Boromir's voice. I thought it was strange at first but at least he's not a Viking.
And Aragorn's isn't too bad, either.
Frodo's voice is read by someone who can't act. Imagine "ow my shoulder" said in a monotone. *rolls voice*
It's very amusing to listen to, though. I keep yelling at the characters not to do things and such. And I honestly don't know anything they cut out yet... well, a few lines here and there obviously and lots of narration... except I did notice a few long songs being cut out... there have been quite a few versus of song, though. Especially with Tom. So that's been lovely.
Oh! ANd Glorfindel! I so love him, and it was really, really great to have him there all glowy and with his lovely horse to help Frodo.
Oh! Dunadan! They pronounce it "Done-a-din." As in "This is Aragorn. He is of the doneadin." *cringes* LOL
Yes, very amusing and enjoyable. Definitely makes my trips to work and back much more exciting :-) When Boromir recided the words from his dream about the sword and the coming of the king I got shivers all up and down my spine. But that's where I stopped.
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Date: 2005-03-24 06:25 am (UTC)I really need to send you the mp3 versions of all 13 episodes of the BBC Radio Drama version. If nothing else, you *must* listen to Legolas and Aragorn as the elf spots the 105 Riders of Rohan heading towards them in TTT, and Legolas's enthusiastic reunion with Gimli after Helm's Deep. I don't know how much your email can take, attachment-wise, but I'd be more than happy to transfer them via Instant Messenger too, depending on your connection speed.
And I'm so happy you finally get to see Farscape! I can't wait to hear your thoughts regarding that fandom, especially since I have yet to finish it myself (I'm just starting the 4th, and sadly last, season).
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Date: 2005-03-24 07:42 am (UTC)This audio series is put out by Jabberwocky. They're all Brittish but I'm assuming it's different from the BBC radio drama since these came with transcript books and such. But just thought I'd check. If you'd really like a copy, I might be able to dig my duel cassette recorder out of storage and copy the tapes & mail them to you. Of course it's quite a lot of tapes (16 for the trilogy and then The Hobbit is another 8, I think) though I'd like to be sure it's not the same as the BBC version. *stares at tape* Doesn't say BBC anywhere that I can see *shrug*
As for the mp3's... oohhhh that would be great! Hmm. I'll have to figure something out transfer-wise. My connection is crappy and I've had much more success with e-mail than AIM transfers. But I think 3MB is my e-mail client's limit. So maybe online space would be better. That way I can download them using my smart downloader that helps keep things from going all PFFT thanks to this slow connection. I'll think about the options...
For the record, I think 'Glow-in' is the correct pronounciation of Gimli's father's name, but I still prefer the version Elrond used in PJ's movies
Glowin just sounds strange to me... but then again, I'm the queen of getting wrong pronounciations stuck in my head. I still think of Qui-Gon as 'Qw-eye-Gon' rather than 'Quee-Gon' thanks to reading more than watching. And don't get me started with anime...
Yay for the Boromir love too! I really like him more every time I read/watch him. Poor guy.
Oh absolutely. I especially like the larger backstory PJ gave him, but in general, I really do love him more and more. My mother absolutely loves him, and gets so emotional when he doesn't take his shield with him when he breaks away from the others to go after Frodo. "If he hadn't been so obsessed and distracted, he wouldn't have forgotten his shield and he wouldn't have died!" she says EVERY time the movie's on. It's just another example of something so small that makes a big difference. Of course, if he hadn't gone after Frodo in the first place... who knows what would have happened. I can't imagine Frodo sticking around with the rest of the Fellowship even without the Boromir incident. So many other reasons for him to want to go off alone. Anyhoo... I totally agree. He has a way of growing on you :-)
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Date: 2005-03-26 12:50 am (UTC)Hope to hear from you soon,
your KS,
Kate