Ringers: Lord of the Fans...

[fajrdrako]

This evening, I watched the movie Ringers: Lord of the Fans with maaseru and maaboroshi. It's a movie about Lord of the Rings fandom; they were making it when we went to the "Gathering" in Toronto.

And it was very entertaining. I'm not sure if there was anything there that I didn't already know, but it was a nice overview of how Tolkien's works have been regarded over the years. Some of it was nostalgic and some of it was funny - like Leonard Nimoy's Ballad of Bilbo Baggins.

Oh yes, there was an item I've never heard of - a place in California called Hobbiton, with a low-tech recreation of Frodo's journey.

Favourite bits: the interviews with Coleen Doran, Ian McKellen, Terry Pratchett, and David Carradine. It felt a little odd when I realized how many people in this movies I've actually met, one way or another - I should have kept a running count. This is what happens when you spend your life going to cons of one type or another.

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[trialia]

I finished the porn :D

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!

[trialia]

1,908 words! I haven't written that much in literally YEARS. XD!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Loved your Roslin/Adama story, by the way. And it's not usually a pairing I like but you made it quite wonderful. Hoping for more.

[trialia]

Thank you very much! But with regard to the R/A story, I have to ask... which one? *G* I've written about 25 for that pairing now, though this newest one was the longest. In fact, I figured out by looking at my FF.net profile, Whirlwind is the longest single-chapter piece I've done in any fandom. ♥

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I meant Whirlwind. Very nicely written!

Whirlwind is the longest single-chapter piece I've done in any fandom

So - congratulations. Are you going to do a sequel?

[trialia]

Thank you kindly! ^_^;

*grin* Thanks again. And funnily enough, I finished its sequel after the convention on Saturday! It's called 'Inarticulate', just needs to go through beta now :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I finished its sequel after the convention on Saturday!

Wonderful! So cool.

It's called 'Inarticulate', just needs to go through beta now

I wait patiently.

[creativeelf.livejournal.com]

I have been wanting to see this for the longest time! Arg, i need to get my hands on it lol

You have met the people? haha thats so cool!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely movie - entertaining, I think, for anyone with an interest in Tolkien. Or in fandom.

Sadly, I have not met Viggo Mortensen or Orlando Bloom; though I've seen Ian McKellen live. But other people in the movie - there are fans I've met at cons who were featured in the movie, and writers like Terry Pratchett whom I've talked to and heard speak at cons, and there were a few people with brief segments in the movie whom I've known for years.

Which just means I've been hanging around in fandom for a long time. But it's such fun...!

And of all the people mentioned in that movie whom I wish I'd met, I suppose J.R.R. Tolkien heads the list. I find it amazing that - back in the 1960s particularly - those books appealed to every segment of society, from the highest intelligensia to the street people. How many books has that been true of? Not very many.

[filkferengi]

You can't meet Tolkien, but, if you'd like to hear him, I have mp3s of him reading some selections from LOTR. I can upload them, if you'd like.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I have those too - not on mp3 but on CD. Love them! (And thanks for the offer.)

He had just the voice he ought to have had.