Equal Opportunity tone lowering. . . or LOTR made me HOT!

[Biggirl]

Firstly, I'd like to take a little time to berate myself for not seeing this movie in a theater--

Biggirl, you money-grubbing, wait-for-the-DVD, cheap so and so. God, you are pathetic. Never ever let your children pick what movie to go to. You idiot!


Secondly, Hotcha! Men in tights-- whoda thunk?

Now I've heard certain members of this board go on (and on) about Elijah Woods. Not for me. Maybe if I was twelve those glistening, soulful eyes, that strangly small head sitting atop that even more strangly thick neck and those rosy-pink cheeks would have moved me carnally. Since I'm not twelve, give me doofy, dumb Samwise any day. There's a good boy Sammy-- now get me a beer.

I think I'm the only person on this side of middle-earth who would choose Borimir over Aragon. Not that I'd kick Aragon outta my bed- let's not get ridiculous here- but Sean Bean just hits the right spot for me in spite of his silly name. Plus, there's something about a redeemed man that makes him so much more interesting than a Hero.

However, for good old fashioned, panty-dropping, honey-get-the-firehouse-'cause-I'm-burning-up lust, nobody beats Legolas. Oh yeah. You, with your pointy ears and elvish hotness, shoot me with your arrows of love!


Thirdly, I don't care whether he's playing walking, talking software or an Elvish King, I'd rather wake up next to a gekko than that grinning skull head of Hugo Weaving. He scares me.

[Sauron]

Girls get hot? Like, carnally?









Ewwwww.

[UrbanChic]

Oh, good. I thought I was the only one who noticed what an odd neck Elijah Woods has.

[elfkin477]

Originally posted by Biggirl
I think I'm the only person on this side of middle-earth who would choose Borimir over Aragon. Not that I'd kick Aragon outta my bed- let's not get ridiculous here- but Sean Bean just hits the right spot for me in spite of his silly name. Plus, there's something about a redeemed man that makes him so much more interesting than a Hero.

However, for good old fashioned, panty-dropping, honey-get-the-firehouse-'cause-I'm-burning-up lust, nobody beats Legolas. Oh yeah. You, with your pointy ears and elvish hotness, shoot me with your arrows of love!

You aren't alone, I'd pick Borimir over Aragon too- I thought he was a much more interesting character(and more attractive!) I agree with you about Legolas too- will he have more lines in the other movies?- and was bitterly disappointed to see what he looks like outside the LOTR movies. Oh well, there are two more movies to enjoy that lovely blond hair in. I don't suppose anyone would find it suprising that I liked the elf best, lol. :D

My best friend, though, isn't 12 (she's 23) and drools over Frodo. She has weird taste in guys.

[Hamish]

If this is a poll, put my vote in for Legolas, too ;)

[cher3]

I was amused to read somewhere that they thought they needed to expand Arwen's role to capture the interest of female viewers.

Um....

[Biggirl]

Actual telephone conversation I just had with my husband:

Him: Go out for dinner and rent a movie tonight?
Me: No, I wanna see LOTR again. I'm in love with Legolas.
Him: Is he not cool? He was hitting people with those arrows-- like bullets, man. They were dead before they even knew what hit them!
Me:No, I want to have his children.
Him: He was great in the books, I don't know why your so surprised.
Me: So, we'll watch it again.
Him: Man, that ogre was shocked, he was so dead.
Me: Yes, I see you love him too.
Him: I'll pick us up some beer.



I swear, that was the actual conversation. I don't think my husband was really listening to me because he was so hot for Legolas-- in a totally het kinda brutish way.

[aquariusrhimme]

<QUOTE>However, for good old fashioned, panty-dropping, honey-get-the-firehouse-'cause-I'm-burning-up lust, nobody beats Legolas. Oh yeah. You, with your pointy ears and elvish hotness, shoot me with your arrows of love!
</QUOTE>

Amen to that Sistah! Legolas is such a hottie. There something about that long blonde hair and pointy ears that just makes me scream . ;) I too like Orlando Bloom much more dressed as an elf than not. If I ever got with him, I'd demand he gets all decked out in his Legolas outfit. However, as far as the human scene goes. I'm all about Aragorn. I dunno....yeah he looks incredibly dirty in the movie, but he's a ranger, and I have a thing for fantasy character Rangers. Maybe there's a psychological connection here...I always play an elven ranger in my rpg games...hmmm....

[aquariusrhimme]

damnit I screwed up the quoting brackets!! ARG!!!

[teela brown]

You're right, Biggirl, you should have seen it in on the big screen. All that eye candy action was even more overwhelming.

Although I find the guys in LOTR you listed every bit as hot as you do, I'm a sucker for a Shakespearean actor with a meltingly warm voice and a tremendous presence. So, even though he plays for the other team, I could listen to Ian McKellan's voice all day. All the while looking at Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean, of course!

N.B.: Legolas at Helm's Deep is going to get major camera time, I'm predicting. We'll be seeing lots more of him.

[Homebrew]

Legolas (http://orlandomultimedia.net).... mmmmm


mmmm.....mmmm....mmmmm Oh yeah.



Don't go dissin' Hugo, he in Three (and eventually at least five) of my favorite movies, including The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Bedrooms & Hallways, and The Fellowship of the Ring.

[Fern Forest]

As of last weekend it was still playing in 105 theaters in the US and Canada. Not in my state though.

[robertliguori]

Mmmm....Urukai.....

I love being a perverted bastard.

Also, why are the elves always the hotties? I want dwarven women, dammit!

[Profane]

I'm totally hot for Legolas, but more in the same way your hub is. Legolas with that bow... :drool:

[Orual]

I think LOTR is the perfect chick flick. The endless parade of gorgeous, gorgeous men...

There is nothing sexier then a man with a sword.

Especially when that man is Aragorn ... *drool*

[lucie]

Another vote for Sean Bean over Aragorn here, although there was so much to choose from everywhere you looked...

I confess to a 30-year lech for Christopher Lee, and a more recent one (5 years or so ) for Ian McKellan. Mmm, voices.

Iv'e got to second the Uruk-Hai, or at least the main one. He had a truly great ass.

Pictures of Eomer in "The Two Towers" look potentially intriguing. Gosh, I haven't looked forward to Christmas this much since I was 10.

[burundi]

Legolas is a touch too pretty for my taste, but Aragorn and Boromir can look me up any time. And Merry and Pippin would be a blast to hang out with. Hell, any movie that can make hobbits remotely sexy is definitely worthy. And, yeah, arisu, nothing does it for me like swordplay. Buckle that swash, boys!

[amarinth]

Originally posted by JuanitaTech
Oh, good. I thought I was the only one who noticed what an odd neck Elijah Woods has.

No, you two aren't alone....

And Aragorn over Boromir, but it's close - very close.

Originally posted by LunaSea
I'm totally hot for Legolas, but more in the same way your hub is. Legolas with that bow... :drool:

It's the combination. He'd be amazing without the bow, but the the fight with the cave troll....
*melt*


Plus, there was someone in the Two Towers trailer - was it Eomer, or someone else? (I need to re-read the books again) December... big screen...

[Biggirl]

Orlando Bloom looks nothing like Legolas. He looks like. . .like. . . Pacey from Dawson's Creek! It's more than the hair, it looks like he rearranged his bone structure or something.

Sorry about Hugo Homie, but that guy seriously freaks me out. Every time he speaks on screen I expect a long, green forked tongue to come slithering out of his mouth.


Oh! Long, forked tongue! It's giving me ideas!


And as for the Urukai-- just imagining the nasty hot breath coming out of that rotten mouth is enough to make me give up sex for, I dunno, at least a few hours.


Another thought just hit me. How 'bout Aragon and Borimor--- at the same time!

One last thing. Where are all the Frodo lovers?

[cher3]

Okay, I'll admit to being something of a Frodo lover. I don't even really mind the neck thing much. In fact I'll take the whole set of hobbits. They're all pretty cute.

(One odd thing is that Elijah Wood doesn't really look all that much like Frodo, really.)

Aragorn does it for me, too, though--just so you don't think I'm too weird. Especially that evil little smile just before he goes postal on someone, or an army of someones.

[MamaHen]

Originally posted by Biggirl
One last thing. Where are all the Frodo lovers?

I am here. I'm a 29 year old woman but something about that boy makes me just want to spank him! He's been naughty I can tell! Bad bad little hobbit! Sorry but Legolas does nothing for me. I can't have lustful thoughts about a man who has better hair than I do!

[TPWombat]

Legolas is a posey git.

Check out his diary (http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/legolas.html)

heeheeheeheehee

[SisterCoyote]

I've had a mad crush on Sean Bean since he was Richard Sharpe, so mark me down in the Boromir category.

It's Elijah Wood's eyes. And his hands (but don't get me started on hands...) That's what does it (except I prefer Samwise...what's that actor?... because I prefer a man I can't break in half.)

And, I'm sorry, but Orlando Bloom/Legolas just doesn't trip my heart. He's so...so...Hollywood Pretty. Now, his skill with that bow OTOH...drooooooooool

[Lissla Lissar]

I watched FOTR again last night with two utter Boromir fans. One of them pretended to panic with lust every time he came on screen. I admit, he is cute. So is Legolas. The way he fights... (swoon)

Actually, they're all cute. Guys with swords are hot.

[Lissla Lissar]

And long hair. And cool clothes. Those're important too.

[elfkin477]

Originally posted by Lissla Lissar
Guys with swords are hot.

And bows and arrows, and guns... :D (maybe the guns part isn't PC but oh do I love movies about hitmen and/or the FBI....)

Although, I will say that the movie did disappoint me in that there wasn't a single woman among the fellowship. Lots of guys to look at is good, but I'm used to fantasy with at least one chick along for the whole adventure, so it seemed a little odd to me. Oh well, I liked it so much more than the books, which I refuse to try to read again, so I suppose I should be happy with that, and not expect prefection.

[Biggirl]

Well elf, the movie was based on the book. There are no women in the Fellowship. I know I'd have been pissed as all hell if they made such a drastic change in the story.

[Osbie]

Aragorn for me, thanks - even when I only knew him from the books. He's got that "weathered to perfection" look about him, and I love that he's so soft spoken.

Melts my butter I tells ya!

Hmmm, perhaps we should direct the fellas here the next time one of them starts a thread entitled "What do women want in a man?"

[Equipoise]

Poor Gimli, will no one speak up for Gimli? Ok, me neither, but I do love John Rhys-Davies' voice. I have ever since he played Sallah in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. JRD will be voicing 2 characters in The Two Towers, Gimli and Treebeard.

Aragorn for me, thanks - even when I only knew him from the books. He's got that "weathered to perfection" look about him, and I love that he's so soft spoken.
I'm an Aragorn lady myself too, though I understand the Legolas and Boromir lusting.

I can't wait for The Two Towers. I already have a healthy lust thing for Eomer, even though all I've seen of him is what's shown in the previews. Boromir's brother Faramir should get some hearts beating fast too, once we see him without that helmet.

Oh, December can't come fast enough!

(At least we'll have the Extended DVD in November)

[singular1]

Ah, yes-the beauty of Legolas.
Eat your hearts out, girls-
Mr. Singular has long straight thick blond hair (ribcage length), blue eyes and delicate features and a compound bow! He's more muscular than Legolas, tho (which is a plus). When we left the theater, people were actually ponting at him and whispering little elfin gossip.
He's the lord of my ring-
:D

but I still drool over Orlando,too. I guess Mr. Singular could be his dad..........

[KarlGrenze]

Legolas, Boromir, Frodo, all hotties...even Merry and Pippin were cute!

Arangorn?...Don't care much about him, mainly because it is a character I dislike in the book. No matter how good looking he is, I dislike his character so much I don't see the beauty.

Faramir should be as good looking as Boromir, at least, seeing that they were brothers...

[gobear]

I'd be the filling in an Aragorn/Samwise sandwich. Those two were smoking! Sean Bean is a handosme man, but his Boromir getup didn't do it for me. Ditto Orlando Bloom. The wifty, girly, elf look is not a turnon. I'd do Merry and Pippn in a heartbeat, though. Mmmm, hobbits.

[KarlGrenze]

Oh Biggir...I forgot to say that all your comments about Hugo have kept me laughing this morning... :)

[Lissla Lissar]

(schoolroom bragging voice) Oh, yeah, singular1? My fiance looks like Legolas too, but with dark hair... and he plays with swords.

After we saw FOTR the first time, there was a strong "dye your hair" contingent among the people we saw it with.

[Peta Tzunami]

<Humphf!> In the middle of my post whilest searching for something 6 million pop-ups appeared and crashed my browser--now I must start again.

As I was saying:

BigGirl wrote:
You, with your pointy ears and elvish hotness, shoot me with your arrows of love! Oh my dog! Was I laughing so hard at this--not you, of course--just your word selection. Sheer amusement.

Now...Shhhhhh! Me SO may be lurkin' about, but...

That Billy Boyd (http://www.billyboyd.net/) "Pippin" is all that and a bag of chips in my book. Something about that accent, those green eyes and the shape of his mouth just does me in. Also, in the third photo on this page (http://www.angelfire.com/celeb2/hotstuff0/BILLYBOYD.htm), he reminds me of Irishman, Glenn Quinn (http://ljconstantine.com/doyle/images/doyle_fave_full.jpg), "Doyle," (may he RIP) on TV's Angel, who is "hottie" (as they say) himself.

[Orual]

Originally posted by Equipoise
Boromir's brother Faramir should get some hearts beating fast too, once we see him without that helmet.

From what I could see in the trailer, he's quite hot. And he actually looks related to Sean Bean. This is a good thing. A very good thing.

[QueenAl]

Friends of mine who never usually go for feminine guys were woozy over Legolas. You know that the actor got so adept with the bow and arrow, that they had to ask him to slow down the reloading for the movie, or the eye wouldn't be able to follow it on screen? Elijah Wood has the most fascinating features. Including the boxer's neck. I'm not so sure about Aragorn, personally. Sure, I'm gay and perhaps not the best judge, but he's just so hairy and dirty! I kept wishing he'd fall in the river just to get a bit cleaner!

I'm watching the movie again right this moment, and though there are only two female characters, they are both highly fantasy-worthy (in all senses of the word). They couldn't ever have picked a better actress for Galadriel than Cate Blanchett; not many people can carry off 'noble resignation' and still give the impression that they are holding down an incredible well of power inside themselves. And she's not so bad to look at, either. Arwen gets better on every viewing, especially in the scene where she's outriding the ring-wraiths (even though that wasn't in the book).

I haven't read the Two Towers yet. What are the female roles in that one like? Do we get to see more of Galadriel?

[KarlGrenze]

Not much of Galadriel. Eowyn is the main female character that appears in that book. Strong willed, a warrior...pretty, too.

[Hodge]

Mmmmm....Eowyn. She's played by Miranda Otto (http://www.theonering.net/movie/cast/otto.html) in the upcoming movie. Nice to have some more female eye-candy, although I doubt she can compare to Cate Blanchett's ethereal beauty.

[Cougarfang]

*Thinks about the Fellowship*

*KERTHUMP*






:D

[Arden Ranger]

I have had the hots for Legolas since I read the books and I swear my jar dropped when I saw pictures of Orlando Bloom (who does nothing for me) as Legolas the first time.

My god, he is beautiful!

I want to do such nasty things to him.

Aragorn, OTOH, would just have to spank me for wearing out the elf. I think that's only fair.

[Arden Ranger]

Heh. Broke the damn jar when my jaw dropped, it did.

See? Just thinking about it has me all flustered. I think I'll go watch the movie again.

[SolGrundy]

Man. Tolkein was much cooler before all those dumb old girls started getting into it.

[Primaflora]

David Wenham is Faramir.

Oh my. This is gonna be good. He's *hot*. Hotter than Sean Bean. Elijah Wood looks like a frog. I'm sorry but it's the truth. Hugo Weaving did nothing for me as Elrond although he was cool in Priscilla. Where I ask is Guy Pearce? Hmmmm?

Legolas is mine though, all mine.

I saw it in the theatre and Mr P drove me insane by saying "North Island, South Island' over and over again. He's also driving me insane by insisting we wait for the November DVD.

I think I'll go and buy the video now.

[Osbie]

Originally posted by SolGrundy
Man. Tolkein was much cooler before all those dumb old girls started getting into it.


Girl cooties! Girl cooties!

BWHUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

[ratty]

This movies warrants at least one change of panties, possible more.

I agree, Orlando Bloom himself is good-looking, in a wholesome, teen-idol sort of way, but as Legolas? Hot damn, that is one sexy elf. His hotness burns with the fire of a million suns. :D
And Aragorn is nothing to sneeze at himself. The first movie I ever saw Viggo Mortensen in was 'The Prophecy', and his evilness somehow only added to his hotness. I go for menacing. I don't know what it is about me gettin' all het up fer menfolk with weaponry. I generally abhorr violence, but there's something primally attractive about well-built males f***ing s**t up.

I don't understand all the fuss over poor sad old Frodo and his unfortunate head-shape, although I will say he has stunningly beautiful eyes.

[Peta Tzunami]

Originally posted by Primaflora
...He's also driving me insane by insisting we wait for the November DVD.

I think I'll go and buy the video now.

<subliminal chanting> Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. Buy them both. Buy it. Buy it. Buy it. </sub>

Why should WE be the only ones buying multiple copies of the same movie? ;)

[TelcontarStorm]

** side steps pool of drool **

I'll contridute to this growing lake, pass the hankie.
I was always the Aragorn woman. He was funny and sexy in the books, and John Hurts' voice in RB's production, just turned me on! But Viggo? He plays him as a dour faced young hardass.
Sean Bean actually made me like Boramir.
But Yaaaaa... Dominiqe Maugham has 'em all beat! gives me a whole new reason to watch those Hetty Wainthrop Investigates reruns on PBS.
The character of Legolas was so undeveloped that he just screams for a bit of rounding out so to speak...{parody on}
Dateline Middle-earth. This is the Two Towers brodcasting systems 6 o'clock report ** ticker tapes **
Found today, in the lower vaults of Minas Tirith was an ancient manuscript containg several pornographic drawings of Elvish origin. Historians are now pouring over the document. In question is the mythical histories of the begining of the third age, and the lives of the celebated "Nine Walkers". Previously believed to have retired in quiet seclusion to learn the art of ship building, it seems the heir of Tharinduil had quite the career as an elvish rouge.** eyebrow raise ** Pictures at 11 {parody off}

I'm emailing this page to a friend, a fellow Legolas lover.

[Lissla Lissar]

Hm. I fell in love with Aragorn when I first read the book. I fell in love with Legolas when I saw the movie.

I cannot, however, marry either of them (as I've explained to Geoff) because I can't imagine them having pillowfights.

[Tolkien voice] "And in the halls of Minas Tirith was heard a giggling..."[/Tolkien voice]. No, it doesn't work. Nevertheless, he still gives me pained looks when I cheer too loudly for Legolas and Co. and says things like, "You don't hear me carrying on about Galadriel, do you?"

[leechbabe]

Mmmm all those boys were hot in one way or another.

Only issue I had was why if the wizard, dwarf, elf and hobbits can all seem to keep up a reasonable standard of hygene the humans couldn't?

Boromir, Aragorn - TAKE A BATH AND WASH YOUR HAIR!!!! Please.

Currently reading Pilgrim by Sara Douglas and aside from constantly expecting FOTR characters to pop up in it (think I watched the DVD once to often), I find it amusing that her characters occasionally long for a hot bath or a shave.

[amarinth]

Originally posted by leechbabe
Boromir, Aragorn - TAKE A BATH AND WASH YOUR HAIR!!!! PleaseMaybe that'll be in the director's cut....

The bath scene. They get into the natural hot spring. They soap up. They rinse their hair. They rise out of the hot steamy water....

[DemonSpawn]

Originally posted by cher3
I was amused to read somewhere that they thought they needed to expand Arwen's role to capture the interest of female viewers.

Um....

Well, they must have been talking about the gay female viewers.

Chicks with pointy ears ... mmmh! Oh yes!

[Sauron]

Originally posted by amarinth The bath scene. They get into the natural hot spring. They soap up. They rinse their hair. They rise out of the hot steamy water....

Well, you know, there actually is a bath scene in Tolkien's book, with the four hobbits.

But this thread has confused me even further about what women want in a man. A long time ago, it was looks. Then it became money. Then humor. Then power.

Apparently I got stuck in the "power" mode. So I went out and became the most powerful being in the Second Age. So now what happens? Women switch back to looks. Scruffy looks, apparently.

I just can't win.

[bifar]

OHO! Sexy LOTR! Ahem yes I will second and third any votes for Elijah Wood. It is a little freaky but he is undeniably gorgeous and sexy in a low-key, sex-slave rather than rampant-animal kind of way. What can I say? Is it his delicate pale skin, his tortured fingers, his soulful eyes, his beautiful mouth? Erm, yes that could be it…

Oh and I adore Boromir, too. I cheer each time we get the first sight of him riding into Rivendell. (And I’ve watched the DVD… how many times?) But I love ‘em tortured. And his affection for Merry and Pippen is very cute.

Final vote goes to Elrond. Although when he speaks he’s as funny as all out. The way he says Mordor as Morrrrrdurrrrrrr is hilarious. But I’d definitely do him.

[KarlGrenze]

bifar...I'm waiting for the naked Frodo scene in the last part of the movie (Return of the King).

[Orual]

Originally posted by Sauron
I just can't win.

One word for ya, Mr. Dark Lord: Visine.

[Chronos]

It's funny... I remember a thread here a while ago about breasts, and one of the female posters pointed out that all the males in the thread had bad spelling, as though they were distracted. The names, for the record, are Aragorn and Boromir.

And there are not just two female characters in the movie. Rosie Cotton is quite cute, as well. Of course, if I tried anything, Sam would kill me...

[bifar]

bifar...I'm waiting for the naked Frodo scene in the last part of the movie (Return of the King).

Hee hee! Me too, Karl, and that makes me feel like a very, very bad girl. But naked dirty Frodo? Hooboy.

[caveman]

Originally posted by Biggirl
Actual telephone conversation I just had with my husband:

Him: Go out for dinner and rent a movie tonight?
Me: No, I wanna see LOTR again. I'm in love with Legolas.
Him: Is he not cool? He was hitting people with those arrows-- like bullets, man. They were dead before they even knew what hit them!
Me:No, I want to have his children.
Him: He was great in the books, I don't know why your so surprised.
Me: So, we'll watch it again.
Him: Man, that ogre was shocked, he was so dead.
Me: Yes, I see you love him too.
Him: I'll pick us up some beer.



I swear, that was the actual conversation. I don't think my husband was really listening to me because he was so hot for Legolas-- in a totally het kinda brutish way.

from the Very Secret Diaries (http://home.nyu.edu/~amw243/diaries/gimli.html):
"DAY SIXTEEN

Legolas told me Aragorn is way into Frodo. Sam will kill him if he tries anything. Suggested to Legolas that we might want a leader who is less of a lech. Legolas then asked if I wanted to take a bath with him. Beginning to suspect that all that Elvish poetry about the glory of warrior-bonds between men just big cover-up for illicit spanking games."

[caveman]

bolding mine, of course

[Equipoise]

I had said
I can't wait for The Two Towers. I already have a healthy lust thing for Eomer, even though all I've seen of him is what's shown in the previews. Boromir's brother Faramir should get some hearts beating fast too, once we see him without that helmet.

I just saw some new photos and realized I had the characters of Faramir and Eomer (rather, the actors who played them) switched. I was actually lusting after Faramir.

In trying to keep this straight in my feeble little head...

Eomer (Karl Urban), the badass-looking long-haired blond guy with the kickass helmet, is Eowyn's (Miranda Otto) brother, and nephew of King Theoden of Rohan (Bernard Hill). He's heir to the throne of Rohan. Rohan is close, WAY too close, to Isengard (where Saruman's lair, Isengard, is).

Faramir (David Wenham) is the sensitive-looking shorter-haired brunett, and is the late, great, Boramir's brother. Their father, Denethor, is the Steward of Gondor (the guy who takes care of the place in lieu of a king, who will be Aragorn). Gondor is close, WAY too close, to Mordor, where Sauron hangs out.

(Sound of Tolkien fans cringing in disgust)

I have read the books, but I don't plan to read TTT again until after I've seen the movie, since I want the movie to be fresh and surprising. I don't want to be sitting there worrying or even thinking about the changes made. However, I do want to make sure I know who all the characters are and where they're from. I think it will enhance that first viewing.

Anyway, Faramir...such a babe!

[teela brown]

Equipoise said:

Faramir . . . such a babe!

Amen to that, Equipoise! You were probably looking at the same set of new pix that I was. Okay, ladies, check out our guys here, and add to the list Faramir and Eomer. Look for and click on the small word "next" to view all the pictures. WARNING, maybe some spoilers here, as well as a godawful clutter of popups:

New TTT Pix (http://www.empiremovies.com/gallery/twotowers_01.shtml)

[Iteki]

Arwen, drool. Galadrial, DROOL. So far so good. Legolas, drool.
Huh? Legolas, drool? Ok, he looks like a girl, and elves don't count anyhow, dyke cred still intact.

Aragorn, drool. *MEEP* Wtf? Hee hee....
I haven't really managed to rationalise that to myself in any way, but what the hell, if you gonna drool over a man, then what better man than SwordStud... I mean Aragorn doh

[Equipoise]

pugluvr, yep, those are the pics I was looking at! They're nice, but they might be the last I look at. I'm conflicted. As the time gets closer to December 18, I want to see more more more more MORE, but on the other hand, I want to have surprises and not have so many images burned into my brain. What to do, what to do.



Originally posted by Equipoise

Eomer (Karl Urban), the badass-looking long-haired blond guy with the kickass helmet, is Eowyn's (Miranda Otto) brother, and nephew of King Theoden of Rohan (Bernard Hill). He's heir to the throne of Rohan. Rohan is close, WAY too close, to Isengard (where Saruman's lair, Isengard, is).

Ooops, I meant to change the second Isengard, the lair, to "Orthanc," which is the name of the tower Saruman lives in.


Preview is my friend, preview is my friend...

[SpazCat]

Originally posted by Biggirl
One last thing. Where are all the Frodo lovers?

*points to signature*

Something about a man carrying a Ring of Doom just does it for me.

How about Elrond for you elf-lovers out there? Personally, I think he has scary eyebrows but the rest of him is niiiiiiiiiice.

[partly_warmer]

Originally posted by TelcontarStorm
** side steps pool of drool **

I'll contridute to this growing lake, pass the hankie.
I was always the Aragorn woman. He was funny and sexy in the books, and John Hurts' voice in RB's production, just turned me on! But Viggo? He plays him as a dour faced young hardass.
Sean Bean actually made me like Boramir.
But Yaaaaa... Dominiqe Maugham has 'em all beat! gives me a whole new reason to watch those Hetty Wainthrop Investigates reruns on PBS.
The character of Legolas was so undeveloped that he just screams for a bit of rounding out so to speak....Ah, ha, all you LoTR DVD blind lovers (from this (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=129514) thread. You see? *Rational* people do think Aragorn read his lines with constipation mode full on!

And Boromir... wow ... they should have been so lucky for all their casting. The movie would have been been one of the 10 all time greats.

Legolas??? Girls... what? I'm blond, blue-eyed and tall, and I think he looks like a rag mop. No lines, barely to stand upright, always seems to be looking for a cue card.... the gene pool is in danger...

[leechbabe]

Originally posted by partly_warmer
Legolas??? Girls... what? I'm blond, blue-eyed and tall, and I think he looks like a rag mop. No lines, barely to stand upright, always seems to be looking for a cue card.... the gene pool is in danger...

Methinks I see the green eyed monster rearing its ugly head :p

[Arden Ranger]

Lines? LINES?

Who the hell needs Legolas to talk anyway?

Not, me, baby, and he doesn't need a script for the only sounds I want him to make. ;)

[Deadly Nightlight]

Pervy hobbit fanciers!

[KarlGrenze]

Deadly, any problem with that? ;)

[Deadly Nightlight]

Nah Karl, after watching the movie a million times I am getting attached to Merry and Pippn ;)

[dorkusmalorkusmafia]

http://diaries.diagon.org/

My personal favourite is Samwise aka Sean Astin. Dang he is hot!

[Deadly Nightlight]

legolas is starting to get hot too, whats happening to me LOL

[Hazel]

Originally posted by KarlGrenze
Legolas, Boromir, Frodo, all hotties...even Merry and Pippin were cute!

Arangorn?...Don't care much about him, mainly because it is a character I dislike in the book. No matter how good looking he is, I dislike his character so much I don't see the beauty.

Faramir should be as good looking as Boromir, at least, seeing that they were brothers...

So, what is it that makes you dislike Aragorn in the books?

[Hazel]

Originally posted by leechbabe
Mmmm all those boys were hot in one way or another.

Only issue I had was why if the wizard, dwarf, elf and hobbits can all seem to keep up a reasonable standard of hygene the humans couldn't?

Boromir, Aragorn - TAKE A BATH AND WASH YOUR HAIR!!!! Please.

Currently reading Pilgrim by Sara Douglas and aside from constantly expecting FOTR characters to pop up in it (think I watched the DVD once to often), I find it amusing that her characters occasionally long for a hot bath or a shave.

In the book The Fellowship of the Ring, the hobbits are occasionally delighted to get the chance for a good, hot bath. There's a scene near the beginning of the book where they have hot baths, with a lot of spashing, and the singing of a bath song Bilbo had written years before.

[K364]

Originally posted by TPWombat
Legolas is a posey git.

Check out his diary (http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/legolas.html)

heeheeheeheehee

Here are the complete diaries (http://diaries.diagon.org/)

Hilarious! Some excerpts:

Aragorn

Day Six:
Orcs killed: none. Disappointing. Stubble update: I look rugged and manly. Yes!
Keep wanting to drop-kick Gimli. Holding myself back.
Still not King.

Day Eleven:
Orcs killed: 7. V. good. Stubble update: Looking mangy.

Legolas may be hotter than me.
I wonder if he would like me if I was King?

Borimir

Day One:
Went to Council of Elrond. Aragorn acting all superior as usual. He thinks he's so great because he's shagging that bit of elf crumpet on the side. I mean just because someone has a broad chest, firm, defined muscles, an outdoorsy tan and loads of manly stubble doesn't mean that....what? Got distracted there for a bit.

Seem to have agreed to go on some sort of mission while distracted by Aragorn's enormous...rudeness.

Ooops.

Day Three:
Stupid Ring, stupid Quest, stupid Fellowship.

Day Four:
Frodo dropped Ring today. Picked it up, but Aragorn made me give it back. Arrogant bastard. Wonder how he'd feel with Horn of Gondor shoved right up his...

Stupid Ring.

Legolas

Day One:
Went to Council of Elrond. Was prettiest person there. Agreed to follow some tiny little man to Mordor to throw ring into volcano. Very important mission - gold ring so tacky.

Day Four:
Boromir so irritating. Why must he wear big shield like dinner plate all the time? Climbed up Caradhras but wimpy humans who cannot walk on snow insisted we climb back down.

Am definitely prettiest member of the Fellowship. Go me!

Day Six:
Far too dark in Mines of Moria to brush hair properly. Am very afraid I am developing a tangle.

Orcs so silly.

Still the prettiest.

[KarlGrenze]

Originally posted by Hazel


So, what is it that makes you dislike Aragorn in the books?

Like I said before, I found it a superman know-it-all.

[lee]

Elrond it is for me! I thought Hugo was sexy as all get out. mmmm mmmm!
I thought Cate was the best choice for Galadriel, but neither she nor Arwen did a thing for me.