tarotgal

Angst and hurt padawans, man that takes me back to 1999-2000 and all the TPM fic I devoured back then!
Yeah *G* I totally flipped out seeing the 3-D trailer for TPM. And with a Qui/Obi writer in my RL Writers' Roundtable group (cleverly changing the names and setting, but I know it's really Qui & Obi) and this book I'm a quarter of the way into now, I'm excited to start on Day 2 of the giftfics tonight (I was writing them out of order; big mistake, tg!)

Don't worry about my gift fic. I'm going crazy with holiday prep right now too, so I understand. Feel free to push mine back to whenever to take some stress off yourself!
Too late. Yours is done (and about 8 pages long... so much for my "I'll limit it to 3-4" original plan). Good thing you're in a LotR mood now...

The Hobbit Trailer, oh man. I was genuinely shocked by how moved I was by it. Not because of the story itself, but because of the sheer joy in seeing Middle Earth again! I think I started off smiling at Bag End, then I got a little choked up in Rivendell and ELVES! By the time they were showing sweeping shots of the band of travelers moving across that gorgeous and familiar looking landscape of mountains and craggy hills, I was so emotional I had tears in my eyes and thought I might even cry. And then when I saw Gollum, I laughed and almost felt giddy. YES, LOTR is back!! SO EXCITED!
Awww! I must admit, after it finished playing, I screamed out loud (a shriek, actually). It really is like another world going on somewhere and we're suddenly getting new glimpses of it. I'm sure I would have liked it fine with a different director and all... but having the same look & feel and familiar characters is INCREDIBLE. Well worth the wait, just for the trailer!

My only complaint: too many dwarves with no beards/incredibly short beards. They alternatively looked like humans or Klingons to me. No self-respecting Dwarf would ever go out with his beard in such a state! At least that's what LOTR fanon has taught me. *G*
Hahaha You're so right! There were a few that looked like short rangers to me because of it. And I know now I'm going to have a tough time seeing Richard Armitage as Thorin, not Richard Armitage or Sir Guy of Gisborne. A longer beard would have helped in his case. Very TOS Klingon looking indeed!