The quote below is a version of the introduction Sheryl wrote for the Faculty Lounge thread when it first moved to KD. It's been edited to update it a bit, and to remove words such as "warn" and "excruciating" (as in "Be warned: the Faculty analyzes... in excruciating detail") because they make it sound like, well, a bad thing.

Hi there, and Welcome to the Faculty Lounge! Take a seat on a couch and check out an Elijah Wood movie. The Faculty analyzes Elijah Wood's performances, movies, and characters in detail. In the process we have been known to discuss everything from biology to whether PJ intends to evoke medieval paintings in his shots of Frodo.

An on-going debate in the Faculty is whether actors can make use of microexpressions, which are tiny changes in expression that pass by so fast people can't really see them, but that influence people's responses. The Faculty has been known to go through sections of EW's performances frame-by-frame in this debate, and then talk about what emotions he's trying to convey, why the character would feel that way, etc.

Since this thread was originally the Elijah Wood: Non-Swoon thread back at Imladris, I would like to ask that swoons here be kept to a minimum. Hobmom has a swoon thread where she puts up monthly wallpaper and does all manner of niftiness.

Basically, posters to this thread treat EW and each other with respect, and tolerate huge long posts on minutia and pure speculation- but don't require them.
Faculty research has also been responsible for a veritable explosion (one of my boss's favorite phrases ) of specialized areas of elwoodian study including Nat angst, camera angels, jaw setting, jawline acting, nostril acting, eyebrow acting, skin-fold analysis, [that muscle whose name I can never remember] analysis, "How does he do that?" moments, cloak action, Secret Sam Smiles, The One Expression, the Golden Ratio facial feature analysis, evaluation of Ed Burns' walking skills, micro-expression theory vs. repertoire theory of Elijah Wood acting, capping vs. the Gap, Try 17 vs. All I Want, Todd vs. Boy George, and whether it's possible to watch TAMTSNBN without permanent neural damage.

All that, and still no grant funding!

So find a seat, pop in a movie, and fill a cup at the water cooler (just one cup, though--Casey might still be hiding in the closet with that broom and we don't want him to get suspicious).

There's plenty of coffee, though!

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Welcome all, to our new home.

It's always nice to be home, isn't it? :) This thread does feel like home too!!

I have a question about the pics from ORC. Is there any meaning to the bracelets EJW is wearing on his wrist?

I believe what SA is wearing is this style hat, only on backwards ( Samuel L. Jackson also dons his hats this way.)

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HI!! IT IS SO GOOD TO BEE HOME!!!!! :k :k

THIS PLACE HAS REALY BECOME MY SECOND HOME!!!
AND ALL YOU LADIES ARE MY SISTERS!!! :k :k :k

here is some one who wants to congrat.us to our new home!! ;) ;)

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LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Hi all you Elijah fans!! And my weren't there alot of them at ORC. I'm home, HOney is still enroute.

I didn't sleep at all last night, so I want to give you a quick recap and fill in details later. Also, I want to save some for Honey to tell. Bunnie also has her own stories, as she actually bumped into HIM in a hotel lobby.

Quickly--let me tell you that Sean looked much better in person than in the photos. I liked his look. Elijah liked it too. "I back it." Really :)

Still on hair talk. Elijah looked beautiful, but Honey and I differed--I really wanted to see the new (now old) hairstyle. I looked forward to seeing it longer and brushed down. But Honey was ever so happy he had had it cut.

Ah....Elijah did have a new bodily function story. But I'll get to that later.
And there were references to Sean's book.... ;)

I tried to take notes while Honey stood in line hoping to ask a question, but Elijah and Sean bantered back and forth so quickly I can barely read my writing. But they were fabulous.

And let me attest to the fact that the book is beautiful--not just Honey's work (which is tremendous)--but all of the contributions are so intelligent and varied. It is a gift we can be proud of.

The photo op line moved quickly--but guess what? Hobbits hug!! (but not us because we didn't intitiate -- but we were happy). (We had heard that Billy and Dom hugged during photos-- turns out Elijah did too!) There were huge numbers of people there to see our boy. I was told that there were lots of tickets for Saturday only--that had to be Elijah. You could see through the curtain a bit while we were in line--as the fabric was not opaque. So you could see this steady line of people moving to his chair and hugging. And then people would burst through the curtains after their photo was done--some with squeals. People of all ages were in line. And men, too.

Elijah looked like a porcelain doll-in his red converse shoes and the jeans with the holes in the knees. I sort of, for myself, decided not to worry about talking to him because from all I had heard he was giving genuinely to each person--and this means hundreds of people constantly. I expect he loved the interactions--like one woman who had met him before was sweetly saucy enough to tell him he had better not give his standard closed mouth smile. I think he must have appreciated it--but for me, I felt I didn't NEED to interact. If I was alone with him somewhere--I would feel the need--or if there was any lack of praise I would have been jumping in for sure to tell him how brilliant he is. But as it was I know he was getting stimulated constantly, and I imagined it to be so tiring (as well as being very gratifying)--so I just thought a simple thank you and handshake might do? And I had nothing fresh to say to him. I figure we had said it in the book. Actually he didn't even know I was there when the photo was being shot. Honey sat down next to him and I stood behind (as directed) and leaned on the chair. He was distracted and he had the book and that was okay. I was distracted, too, and couldn't tell what was being said. I couldn't hear, or my brain just couldn't pull it all in. I didn't know that Honey had gotten tongue-tied! Honey will tell you how his arm felt and how his face looked from close up. I"ll leave that to her. When the photo was done I came around and he was sitting on the chair and we shook hands and he said "It's nice to meet you." And I just wanted to look warmly into those eyes and that's what I did--I said Thank you, and smiled. Even that little line from him was very nice as he looks directly and intently at a person. His voice was gentle.
Then our time is up and the next people hopped onto the chair.

Honey couldn't talk--I didn't talk. And the only thing we felt badly about later was that he didn't hear what the book WAS. BUT when we saw Billy talk later he specifically wanted to tell people that he looked through the gifts and read things...and that he felt so honored to be a person who people would think to put so much effort into giving something. And talked about specific things he received. And Sean mentioned items, too--from past encounters. Billy talked about eating garlic bread that someone gave Dom the day before--they had had it at dinner.

My guess is that all those Hobbit boys are very gracious about such things. Another woman we met said she has put a stamped postcard with return address and a box to check if he had got the gift, in something she had given him before--and she got it back. so here is hoping.

There are a lot of things to tell you.
I loved Sean and Elijah's Q and A together--though they didn't get to too many questions because they were on such a roll--bantering back and forth with one another.

One of the first people asking a question could have been from the Faculty (though she wasn't)--she commented on Sat. Night Live and asked him about doing more comedy. Complimented him on the way he can disappear into a role--and then asked about Ian Curtis role.

Elijah I think sounded a little wistful---he said he doesn't know if that is going to happen. That they just signed a director to the project, but he (elijah) hasn't even read the script. He said he would love to do the role--a big fan of Joy Division--but those would be awfully big shoes to fill. The woman who had asked said "You could fill those shoes!" And Sean said "with those big-assed hobbit feet!"

They were very funny together--and Sean was different with Elijah there than when I saw him a couple of months ago. He was comfortable and chewing gum and spinning on his chair and seemed the older guy...it was good having him play off of elijah.

On the other hand--Elijah was no kid. He held his own and then some and seemed very canny with the banter. I loved it. They wound down a bit towards the end--but they started off sitting in directors chairs in the front. Sean did look good, in my opinion--and Elijah looked lovely. The guy is made for the stage.

Elijah insisted they stand after awhile--because Billy had done his whole session standing. Sean opted for a stool after awhile that he spun on occassionaly--looking really relaxed. He got Elijah to spin on it once.

Early on there were some allusions to Seans book. ;)

They were talking about TORN and Sean went off in a direction--saying something along the lines that he liked to put some fast psychological ...
He didn't finish because... Elijah interjected here in warm deadpan: "Obviously"
Which brought a laugh.
Sean started in again going on about something about lore and TORN and I didn't get it
Elijah said "Where are you going with this."

And then someone in the audience shouted out something relating to Sean's book--

And Elijah, sitting in the chair, but turned to face Sean, again interjects--
in a warm--not loud--but bemused, pointed, tone----
"I read it, too, Sean."
you did?
Yes.

Sean--"Well its good for us to work these things out in public...." I can't remember his exact words here..

But then they went on to talk about the TORN site again and that they still check it to see what the other actors are doing...even though the other actors tell them, they still are drawn to it...


Oh they had previously said how they hadn't seen each other in a long time--they had been on different journeys..

I am going to post this now because I've been getting bumped. In a following post I'll add what each said about acting--how they do it. And what they learned from each other.

Oh, yeah--the bodily function story. Told with mature confidence in answer to the question "what is the most embarressing thing that has happend to you." :p I kid you not I looked at the ceiling and said "oh no--don't ask Elijah that question. Please Elijah, spare us!!" :z: But he didnt' spare us. and yet he carried it off with dignity. ;) :D

End of Part one :)
p.s.--we saw other hobbits, too!!

Thanks, Tg - what a beautiful new home :) .

And Frolijah is already eagerly awaiting our upcoming discussions...

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from Shelbyshire:
I have a question about the pics from ORC. Is there any meaning to the bracelets EJW is wearing on his wrist?

I know of similar bracelets made of semi-precious stones and it is said that these bracelets have healing power (depending on the stones); it was very trendy to wear such bracelets here for the last 3 or 4 years.

[Simulposted with Alyon] Hi, Alyon!!! :k Can't wait for the whole story :cool: !

Oohh, Alyon's back! :k I was hoping the thread could start with some adventures from ORC! Thanks for what you've said so far, Alyon, and I'll be really interested in hearing what they said about acting (and about the experience of looking warmly into those eyes? :) )

I've updated the stats in the first post. Thread #5 ended with 1091 posts and 31,099 views, which brings it to 10,671 posts and 260,405 views. That's just since our move to KD, of course ;) .

I raced through that last post and the computer almost ate it and I almost cried. I was so surprised to see it actually posted.

By the way--I want to take my mind off of Elijah long enough to say how wonderful it was to share this experience with Honey. It was fun to be decadently eager, even giggly--and unabashedly enthusiastic--with someone who totally is in the same game with you. She is truly a good friend and I totally enjoyed her company in this.


There is a lot to tell. I'll rattle on, and Honey can fill in the many holes when she gets back.

Another reference to Sean's book was when Elijah and Sean started telling a story about a Gillette razor commercial they were jokingly doing with each other after Gillette left complimentary razors for them. The commercial was along the lines of "I play a hobbit, but in real life I'm an actor--and actors who play hobbits need to shave to get that hobbity smooth face" (I don't have the exact words)

But Elijah prefaced by saying they did this when the had some down time during filming-- "I don't mean emotional down time, just some break time."

And Sean breaks in, in response to that emphasis -- "Did you really read my book?"
Audience laughs.
"Yes" came the firm response.

Another Audience Question (I am not writing these in order asked, by the way): How did you influence each other as actors?

Elijah said this was a new question they hadn't been asked before. And he said their influence on each other was, in a way, not necessarily about the acting process, but the constant support that they gave one another. And he went on about how their closeness informed the relationship onscreen. They held each other up....

Sean said he would talk about the acting.
He said he had been a fan of Elijah's for years. "I couldn't understand why I couldn't be as good as a child performer as Elijah. ...When you see that kind of acting it affects you. I admired his seriousness, focus, his talent and his ability to be comfortable in a role and with other performers." (these might not be the exact words, but in the close ball park. And then he also went on to agree with Elijah's comments about them supporting one another--and he says it affected the acting in subtle ways--like when or how much to prepare for a scene together. He mentioned one time when he came to set late and Elijah called him on it--"Aha!! You're being unprofessional!" He said that was good, it was Elijah telling him he shouldn't letting his own stuff (get in the way? he didn't finish the sentence)...he goosed me in the ass...

Elijah broke in to say that they did that for one another. And how they both pushed one another because the scenes were so important to them both.

Sean said it was like having an emotional medicine ball (he is talking about acting here) that he could throw at Elijah and see what he did with it, then Elijah would lob it back.

Elijah being asked how he resets his emotions when many takes are required on an emotional scene--answered a little like we expect him to. He doesn't really know. Then he says he just gets into an honest space and he stays there until the work is done. "I can't say that I have a process." Apparently the person who asked this question had asked the same of Sean during his book tour. Elijah said, did I do as well as Sean. Sean said YES. The woman said yes but that Sean had gone on for 15 to 20 minutes.

Audience laughter.
Then both Sean and Elijah said it's important to not be too analytical
Elijah "you run the riskk of being false by overthinking."

More later!!!

ETA: The new thread!! Thank you for starting it TG. And I'm so glad to see there are already pictures posted, so you know what we mean--hairwise and all. Thanks Wood and Achila for posting them. In the first post I mentioned that we didn't get hugged. It's because we didnt' initiate it. Hobbits hug back when you throw your arms around them, apparently. ;) Honey was close enough, but she froze up. But she had his arm!! I had his hand, and I'm happy enough with that. But Elijah was so geniuine in meeting everyone's eyes and acting kind. In retrospect, maybe a hug would have been nice since it was easy to get. But I have no complaints. I don't NEED it. I saw the eyes. :)

Wow! Alyon and Honey, it's great to be getting your reports. Thanks SO much for taking time out to send them. I can't wait for the next installment.

I was away for a while and have been reading the closed thread. I just wanted to say I thought the "Crossroads Discussion" that went on from Jan. 3 - 6 was just sensational. Fascinating! Thanks all of you who posted for being so provocative, thoughtful and articulate. I wish I had been there.

~ Mechtild

(I think zkg's "One Lad" has been adopted by enough people that it's time to recognize it. ).

Was that me?? :eek: :eek:

Re: Seeing The Eyes: Oh, wow!

Re: Reaction to book: What was on the CD? I don't blame him for saying "Oh my God!" when he saw Whiteling's drawing; I've had the same reaction myself. :) Sad that we'll never know what he thought. :(

I finally broke out my RotK EE but I think the first disk is defective. It keeps hanging up at the bottom of the stairs at CU. :( I'm having a hard time getting to the 2nd disk - Grey Havens, you know.

::: off to eat some more oyster chowdah :::

~grumpy (I was going to go to work tomorrow, which is a holiday. What say I just stay home?) ;)

Alyon, thank you for those wonderful reports! I'm so glad you're taking time to share the details with us, while they're fresh. I so appreciate it!

I think, in addition to the lovely drawings and presentation, that the CD will draw Elijah into the book. This guy is a music fiend; he'll be curious! :D

*Mariole looks around* Did we move again? Huh, it's as comfortable as the old place!

*cracks open the door, notices for the first time that she's standing in a VW bus with Faculty written on the side...* :p :k

grumpy,

Mine does the same thing. I took one back the same night I bought it because it kept freezing up on me at "The Stairs" It also froze during "The Last Debate" on the second disc. My second one does the same thing. I thought maybe it was my player but now I'm not so sure. Anyone else out there have that problem? :confused:

enai

enaiowen, I am not sure where mine does it, but I'll bet it's the same thing, if it is at almost exactly half-way through the disc. All of my LotR EE's do this -- they pause for a moment, always at the same place, always half-way through the disc. I brought back my FotR EE two times before finally writing to New Line. They told me about what is called something like "double-layering". There is so much information on the disc -- because of the four sets of commentaries that are on there along with the film itself -- they have to "double layer" the info. When it gets half way, the machine has to sort of reload or re-something (I'm terrible at machinies and computer lingo) so that there's this little momentary freeze while it's doing this maneouver. I also read about this phenomenon at an unrelated DVD website.

I noticed, though, when I played the EE's for my brother at his house on my recent visit there, his DVD player, which is a different sort than ours (though our is newish and not a cheap-o), played my EE's without the freeze happening, ever. They were the exact same discs, but there was no freeze. Perhaps some machines are better equipped to do the change-over from layer to layer than others?

I don't know if this is what you are describing. If it sounds like the same thing, that's all I found out about it.

~ Mechtild

mechtild

Thanks! I know exacly what you're talking about and it's always been just a sort of a "hiccup". This is a full fledged freezing up and it won't budge. I have to take it out and re-load it then try to get it to jump past the scene. It's possible that the two are related and that my player is just having trouble proccessing the information. I never had any trouble with the others though so I'm not sure. All I know is that it is most irritating as it happens just in time to interrupt Elijah's fantastic performance ( keeping things on topic ;) )


enai

Hullo Ladies,
It's very late and I'm tired, and freshly,NOT arrived home! I have a pic of Elijah from the back with the crying little girl. I'll post it later, under the title "How to simultaneously melt several hundred women into a massive puddle of goo."

Alyon, I am so happy that we go to giggle and squee, and share our Elijah!Experience together! You are the best! :k

The suppository story! :lol: :eek: :lol: ::Elijah noticing he's on a pedestal, tries to kick it out from under himself::

I forgot to LOOK for the glow. But in Trying Very Hard last night to fall asleep, I realized I'd seen it. From the tail of my eye. Yes, ladies it is real!

His arm across my back was very, very warm and so alive and real....

Elijah's red chucks, his right foot tipped on it's outer edge, his left perched on top of it. So (tempted to use Elijah's favorite adjective here) ADORABLE!

This morning in chuch the bible study was about

::drum roll, please:::

The prophet Elijah!

did honey! have trouble concentrating? See above remark about adjectives. honey's! standards are slipping.... :o

tonight on the way home from LA to the San Francisco bay area honey! observed the following:

two answers in her daily crossword puzzle: wrens, leos :D

an exit to Old Tobey Road

A license plate that read (heart) CATS

In conclusion, honey! had way too much fun at ORC and is totally CRUSHING on a Magic Man! You've never seen eyes so blue!

When honey! is no longer crazed with Elijah goodness, and sleep deprivation, she will endeavor to make sense.

h!

enaiowen, I brought back my FotR EE two times before finally writing to New Line. They told me about what is called something like "double-layering". There is so much information on the disc -- because of the four sets of commentaries that are on there along with the film itself -- they have to "double layer" the info.

Ah. I suspect that's what it is. I played the section on my IMac and it got through that part OK.

My Fellowship I disk does something similar when Gandalf and Saruman are walking through the garden at Isengard, but it just pauses a second or so and then keeps going. I bought Stigmata from deepdiscountdvd and had to return it because it did that all through the movie. :(

I still might send it back to Amazon, though - Actually, it's probably time to get a new DVD player since I got the cheapest one I could first time around. I'll be taking that disk to make sure it works, though.

BTW, I found The Faculty on a web search in about 2 seconds. If any of our nicknames are in that book, and he's inclined, he'll find it first time. :eek: :eek: If The One Lad searched before, which I vaguely remember he and/or Dominic have said they did at least once, he's probably already seen us.

~grumpyandfeelingabitlikeFrodoattheDisappearingBarrelsofIthilenwhenhesaidhecouldn'tputtheringonandhopingforsomemoreinfoonwhatwasinthebookwhenHoneyisuptoit

Honeyelf and Alyon, thanks again so much for the glowing reports! But, erm...

The suppository story! ::Elijah noticing he's on a pedestal, tries to kick it out from under himself::

Well? Did I miss something there? *nudge nudge*

enaiowen, yes, what you are talking about it different. Mine does what you describe for your FotR discs: On Disc Dne it freezes for a beat in that scene at the bottom of Orthanc's steps as Gandalf bows his head to Saruman, and on Disc Two as Boromir's shield is shown resting against the tree in Lorien, just before the Mirror scene.

~ Mechtild

**asking permission of Honeyelf and Alyon*** -- I found a transcript of the "most embarrassing incident" on lj -- since it appears to be word for word, would you guys like me to post it? I ask because I wasn't there and would never want to step on anyone's toes. :k

I'll try to post little snippets, as I could just go on and on and hog up bandwitdth big-time.

Firstly I wanted to say something about the fandom for the movies in general, and the fans of the One Lad specifically, at least based on my observations this weekend. Obviously I have managed to "see" only a few of you given the way we've met. You could all be cross-dressing wargs for all I know by my own evidence. But I don't think so!;)

If you listen to broadcast journalism in this country at all like I do you'll think we live in a house divided. At some point in the past year we've all heard some study issued by a bunch of concerned academicians, who state that minorities are feeling disenfranchised because they don't see faces like their own on TV or movie screens.

Now I don't know why it should surprise me, because the folks I know rarely behave like the media would lead me to believe. But I"ve always wondered about who was watching these movies, given their very white cast. I've always thought it would be a shame if folks who weren't white were missing them. Because the message (in this rorschach blot of a story) is such a lovely one. So...I've always wondered....

Well, standing in line waitng to have our picture taken with the one lad I saw a cross section of the world, and we were all there. Every color, size, and shape. Every possible combination of skin and hair color was represented, even the highly improbable. :D

Alyon and I had worried that we'd stick out like demented thumbs at our middling age. We needn't have done. There was everything from little girls -- tiny ones, as young as 3 or 4. (One of these would have a very close encounter later in the day.) There were aLOT of women in our general age range, as well as gobs of much younger, fresher, less-gravitationally challenged ;) ones.

And judging by the relative quiet in that hall, and then the excited bursts of laughter and squeeing, we are all quite smitten with the little creature who was escorted into the room at about 12:29pm.

honey!

PS. Achila, we're simulposting!:D

Yes, go ahead and post the transcript. I wasn't quite sure how to approach it, as it is rather.... :eek: But so so so :lol:

Thanks, honey (MWAH -- so glad you had such a good time, girl!). Here we go. This' what you get when you flirt with nurses (naughty boy)....(courtesy of primula_baggins):

Question: Most embarrassing moment?

Elijah: When I was in the hospital after my appendix burst was my most embarrassing moment. When your appendix bursts, it shuts down your system. Then you have to stay there until you “poo” or “pass gas”. A nurse tried to help the process and said, “Elijah, I have something here to help you.” She had a suppository and asked me “Do you want me to do it or should you do it?” She was attractive so I had her do it. And I didn’t really want to put anything up my bum. So after the suppository was applied it set off a flame inside me. It was like Mt. Doom inside. And I ended up pooing myself. After you’ve been in a hospital for a long time, you lose all dignity.”

PS -- For those of you who didn't watch last night, ESOTSM won nothing at the Golden Globes (oh well). No, Elijah did not appear to be there (although Dom and his "Lost" cohorts were, as well as Orlando Bloom, who presented "The Aviator"). And I made a mistake -- I previously reported that ESOTSM was nominated for 16 BAFTAS but that was just the first round -- my bad. The final set of nominations will be announced later today.

ETA: Sorry to edit again, but the BAFTA noms are just in, and ESOTSM retained 6 for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Directing, Editing, and Original Screenplay

Thanks, honey (MWAH -- so glad you had such a good time, girl!). Here we go. This' what you get when you flirt with nurses (naughty boy)....(courtesy of primula_baggins):


Geez. What is it about young men that their minds seem to concentrate below the belt so much?!?

He must have been in some pretty bad shape, though. How long *was* he in the hospital? It seemed like he made light of it, but if he shut down (which makes sense - any time they

(This is courtesy of Molly, who is purring for her breakfast:
01ha............ )

... mess around with bowel the whole thing shuts down, then they did some serious work in there.

I wondered if any of the guys would be at the Golden Globes. I'm glad that they still hang out even though Orlando has become such a Big Star.

~grumpy

(((Alyon and honey!))) Your excitement and state of enthralled squeeful grace is positively radiating from your posts! Thank you so very much! It's thrilling to read your accounts of your close encounter with the One Lad. I'm floating on air, visualizing it all. I'm so happy to have met you last summer. You are both wonderful people, and I can truly see you in my mind's eye as you relate your experience. :) :k :)

wow..you must have really had the time of your life honey and alyon. your reports are very interesting and i can't wait to read more :)

Geez. What is it about young men that their minds seem to concentrate below the belt so much?!?

That's because at their age, there's more testosterone in their veins than blood!

He must have been in some pretty bad shape, though. How long *was* he in the hospital? It seemed like he made light of it, but if he shut down (which makes sense - any time they mess around with bowel the whole thing shuts down, then they did some serious work in there.

A week. And because it burst (like mine did, a couple of years before Lij's), you have to stay in on heavy-duty antibiotics, and take them once you get home too. Lucky for Lijah, he had laparoscopic surgery -- I did not.

Is this old news that I’ve missed? A post on the IMDB says that in the same EW article as the EII info, there is a mention that EW will be starring on Broadway in "Glengarry Glen Ross" in March as Ricky Roma. Anyone know anything about this?

Delightful new home by the way!

That's not Elijah, that's Liev Schrieber in an upcoming revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross."

Is this old news that I’ve missed? A post on the IMDB says that in the same EW article as the EII info, there is a mention that EW will be starring on Broadway in "Glengarry Glen Ross" in March as Ricky Roma. Anyone know anything about this?

Wouldn't that be cool, but alas, no. The article was really about Liev Schreiber and that's who's going to Broadway in March.

See:

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ETA: Simulposted with Flourish

Oops! I guess the wish was father to the thought! Thanks guys.

Honey and Alyon - Thank you so much for relating your encounter with Elijah. It must have been an amazing experience.

And Honey - thank you for your proposal to make up the book, encouraging everyone to contribute, putting it all together, and presenting it to Elijah on behalf of The Faculty. :k It was a very generous thing to do. :) You made me almost feel like I was there!

Was I right in saying looking into those blue eyes would be memorable? :D


Kumari

You could all be cross-dressing wargs for all I know by my own evidence.
*raises hand * realizes no one else is raising theirs * slinks off ... I mean, walks off. That's what I meant* :o ;)

I'm so enjoying the Honey and Alyon love. You are the best for sharing this! And thank you, Achila, for your scholarly (heh) additions! :k

The "room" were they were doing the photo-ops was really just a corner, partitioned off by some thin black curtains. You could see through these quite well. As we watched we could see Elijah hugging people as they sat down next to him, or shaking hands.

In the interest of research ;) I can tell you about some of my own autonomic responses. My hands were sweaty, which is really unusual. As that black curtain parted, and we were admitted, my heart started to flutter in my chest like a little trapped bird. I think if there'd been any more anticipation I could have arranged a swooning spell. Warning: Elijah may be hazardous to your health!;)

But when you walked through the curtain you were facing Elijah in his chair dead on. And I looked at him, and could feel this really goofy smile on my face. He looked up and out eyes locked for just a second, and then he looked away. Honestly, I know I can look a little intense at times, but I'm perfectly harmless really.

The lights above the chair were very bright, and his eyes are very, very blue. His pupils were maybe pin-pricks. But I just remember this impression of blueness, so blue. Bluer than I expected.

He is very small. Every inch of skin that was exposed appeared to be as perfect and smooth as the last.

like Alyon said, he's cut his hair, and I was thrilled no end. He has a beautiful forehead, and I was so glad to be able to see it.

His red chucks were very badly in need of a gentle bathing. Very dirty! And I love that about him! That he can go where he knows people will be observing everything about him, and still wear sneaks that look like he's just been out in the back yard digging holes!

He wore ripped jeans, and short of vintage green velvet, I can't imagine what could have made me happier. Even the little peak of right knee that we were treated to reavealed nothing but smooth, roses-and-cream skin.

I did observe what appeared to be a thin white scar in his left eyebrow. this would match with a picture I saw of him several months ago with a couple of stitches, and a bruise above his left eye. At the time I thought it was make up from the Hooligans shoot, but maybe not :confused:

I do remember saying "Hullo, Elijah," and handing him the book. I'm not sure if he returned my greeting, but he did say "Oh, wow! What's this?" I don't think this was a rhetorical question, but I couldn't answer. It was one of those moments when, despite having practiced :o , I just couldn't make my brain engage my tongue. He opened the book, and saw the cd there in it's little envelope. Then turned the fly-leaf to the first page where it said "For Elijah."

Then he opened the book to roughly the middle, where I'd strategically placed Whiteling's "The Ring is Mine." It must be quite startling to open a book and see your own face, beautifully interpreted in pencil, looking back at you with such intensity.

"Oh, ...my God! OK!" he said and shut the book. He looked up at the photog, and put his arm across my back. For such a small man, his arm was surprisingly heavy, those wiry muscles I suppose, and very very warm.

It was as I was looking at the photog, and smiling, and making embarrassing little noises in the back of my throat, that I saw that glow out of the corner of my eye. Just this sort of radiance, and I was aware that he was very near.

If I'd wanted I could have easily turned and kissed his cheek. Well part of me wanted very badly to do just that, but at the last instant I decided that it wouldn't be respectful, and that I probably oughtn't.

Dang! Still kicking myself for that.

Because, later when we went back and picked up the picture,I could see that we'd gotten back exactly what we'd given him: Respectful, politeness, with a good dose of nerves on the side.

But in some of the other pictures you could see that the folks had allowed themselves to have fun, and that he responded in kind. One one picture you could nearly hear him laughing, his mouth wide open, his eyebrows tilted upward. In another the two girls had book-ended him, and he had one leg over each of their laps! Good thing he hadn't worn the jeans we saw in the recent shopping pics! We'd have got quite a look! :eek:

later,
honey!

I was thinking about Elijah's 'most embarrasing moment' story, and why I can only imagine it to have been another cringeworthy 'too much information moment', despite him carrying it off with 'dignity'. I concluded that such experiences should probably only be related in public by comedians like Billy Connolly whose timing and outward appearance, especially facial experssions, carry such stories off well.

I can also see Billy Boyd pulling it off, but although I consider Elijah to have good timing for comic acting, I have never seen anything suggesting he has the skill for that kind of stand-up. I know we have discussed the porn and chocolates story before and he apparently did it better on one chat show than the other, but the one I saw fell so flat I just cringed.

I'd love to hear more comments on this part of the Q&A session from those who were there, and how it went down with the audience.

Originally Posted by Honeyelf
You could all be cross-dressing wargs for all I know by my own evidence.


*raises hand * realizes no one else is raising theirs * slinks off ... I mean, walks off. That's what I meant*

Mariole! You I have met, and you are not a cross-dressing warg! Not by a long shot! :k

Skater Girl, you're just gonna have to trust me that the suppository story was delivered with perfet comedic timing. Really, reading the transcript, it's very flat, but it didn't come off that way at all. We all had a pretty good idea what was ...um...coming down the pike, but we were hanging on every word.

But my favorite parts of that whole bit weren't included there. First, the story was in response to a querry about most embarrassing moments. Sean, being SeanTheControlFreak, wouldn't admit that he could remember having had a particular one. Love you, Sean, but *snerk*, we all have 'em kiddo!

Elijah started in about "...last year, when I was in the hospital..." Sean interrupted him with some sweet words about nothing being embarrassing about being in the hospital. Then Sean asked how many of us were aware that Elijah has been in the hospital. Approximatley a bazillion hands went up. "What was he in the hospital for?" Sean asked. As with one voice we answered Appendicitis.

Elijah stood there with this expression on his face, and then said. "I love you guys!" And of course we all answered that we loved him toooooo.

I can't tell you how funny Elijah was telling this story! When he said, of having this attractive nurse, um...place... the object in question "and this set off a fire inside me..." I wasn't sure if he was aware of the possible double-entendre, but we all just roared. It was so funny!

But then the best moment. When he'd done telling the story he turned and looked at Sean. "You know," he says, "sometimes I think I'm too honest for my own good..." there was a pause in which we all laughed "...but I don't care!" How can a man whose just described "pooing" himself be so adorable?

Apologies for simulposting all over every one with these long posts!

And Honey - thank you for your proposal to make up the book, encouraging everyone to contribute, putting it all together, and presenting it to Elijah on behalf of The Faculty. It was a very generous thing to do. You made me almost feel like I was there!

I'm so glad if I was able to make you feel you were there! It was exactly my intention! You ladies are all so wonderful, it was the least I could do!

honey!

Thanks for the additions to the transcript, honey -- and let me add my thanks too, for the book. Although I didn't contribute to it (because I felt that there was really nothing I could add to what was already going to be included), I felt very proud to see it and know how much love it carried. In that sense, I didn't feel the need to contribute to it to be a part of it.

Then Sean asked how many of us were aware that Elijah has been in the hospital. Approximatley a bazillion hands went up. "What was he in the hospital for?" Sean asked. As with one voice we answered Appendicitis.
Oh, I would have paid good money to see this! :p Wait, lots of people did. Cheers, Honey. That was splendid!

I have a very flat nose for a warg, but I do try to avoid those moonlit nights... ;) :k

*Glows* Absolutely wonderful posts, Honeyelf! Thank you SO much for offering such a detailed account of everything. I am so grateful you went, so that you could come back to experience what it was like to be there in person and then write about it so eloquently.

:k

~ Mechtild

Hi again!! And Hi Honey!!! Back you are, and in good form. I slept twelve hours last night!!! which doesn't quite make up for the sleep I lost during this trip. There was too much whirling around in my head to get any sleep.

Yes, I agree with Honey. The suppository story came off very funny--and Elijah told it with confidence and control. For the interest of accuracy, he used the word "wind", not gas. He did not tell it like a little boy, giggling. Just very matter of fact, and without reservation (which again had me trembling, wondering just what was coming next. Having been through a similar operation, I knew the gist of what he was going to say as soon as he mentioned "hospital"). When he first answered the question he said he didn't have one (a most embarressing moment), until he had the surgery. And after he said it wasn't so embarressing until later, after he got out--because in the hospital you have no dignity...

As an aside, knowing the surgery, he had tubes through his nose down into his stomach for probably 3-5 days, suctioning everything out of the stomach so nothing would pass into the intestine until it was "active" again. This hurts like hell in your throat after the first day. Of course you have an IV for fluids and one for Pain meds and maybe a catheter .......you can't swallow a pill--thus the suppository...

But back to prettier things. Elijah looked very composed and I was so grateful he carried this one off.

As to the glow. Yeah, he just looks so different than anyone else. And his skin is so smooth and pale, with pink on the cheeks. And I imagnined it was difficult having so many interactions coming at you on and on for hours...but he seemed to look at everyone individually....I saw glow.

Want to quickly note that all of the hobbits won the TORN awards for the catagories they were in. Dom won for best LotR actor in a TV role for, duh, Lost. Sean won for best Lotr related literary effort. And Elijah won as Patrick in ESOTSM --as best Lotr actor in a movie (beating out Viggo in Hildago and Orlando in Pirates..). Always and Forever won as best fan site--and Bunnie went up to accept the award.

Oh--we saw Shireling and her husband!! Though we didn't get much time to talk, that surely was a pleasure!

I'll get some coffee and my notes and be back.

I want to tell you about the beautiful quilt Honey made for me!!

Yes! We did see Shireling! And apologies, for you are a lovely lady, but when you said, in your letter to Elijah that you'd met him before, I must confess that I thought "mmmm, doubling dippng are we? I mean, isn't this a bit much? Some people don't get to meet him even once!"

Well, in retrospect I can see how this would become a bit addictive. Because there are moments that I really rue. Amonst those of course, my inability to articulate at the critical moment.

Another is the panel session with Elijah and Sean. I decided that I should get in line to ask the Ian Curtis question, ostensibly. But also to elucidate on the subject of the grey book, where I'd failed to do so earlier.

Standing in line to ask a question was a horrible mistake. I was mentally estimating whether I'd get to pose my querry, and getting a tad annoyed with the adoralbe Mr. Astin for his longish answers, and jealously measuring every ounce of oxygen he used, that our darling Elijah didn't get to fill with his own sweet voice.

And juggling my stupid recalcitrant camera, as though I was the only one there to record the goings on. Instead of watching Sean lead Elijah in a waltz I was trying to record it, and utterly failing. Instead of being in the audience to watch Elijah's sweet face as he held that little girl, I got a pic of his back.

but as our darling man himself says "I don't really believe in the idea of regret." I think I'll take a page from his book, and just bask in the memory of that glow.

honey!

As an aside, knowing the surgery, he had tubes through his nose down into his stomach for probably 3-5 days, suctioning everything out of the stomach so nothing would pass into the intestine until it was "active" again. This hurts like hell in your throat after the first day. Of course you have an IV for fluids and one for Pain meds and maybe a catheter .......you can't swallow a pill--thus the suppository...

Hmm, I didn't have that, Alyon. Just lucky, I guess :) But of course, I was kept on a liquid diet for a week, and was hoping never to see red jello again by the time I went home! It's funny, though, that Elijah said almost the exact same thing I did -- that when you're in the hospital, you totally lose your dignity -- and you don't really care.

Honeyelf, do I detect a note of softening in your attitude about our Mr. Astin?

Alyon! Thank you for the awards recap. GO, LIJ!!! *Shamelessly frolics* And Bunnie! Wow, I must hear that story sometime, when you've recovered. *Swoons*

Your descriptions of Elijah are ambrosia. I'm just wallowing in them.

This hurts like hell in your throat after the first day. Of course you have an IV for fluids and one for Pain meds and maybe a catheter .......you can't swallow a pill--thus the suppository...
These descriptions are also - painfully - evocative. I remember that shoot he did, I think just after this, with the 4 hobbits leaping... *looks it up* Right, Premiere, December 2003, "4 Hobbits Walk Into a Bar." Wasn't someone commenting on how skinny he looked there, and linking it to his appendecitis? Poor buddy. I can see how the above might do it. *belated gives him milkshakes*

I was mentally estimating whether I'd get to pose my querry, and getting a tad annoyed with the adoralbe Mr. Astin for his longish answers, and jealously measuring every ounce of oxygen he used, that our darling Elijah didn't get to fill with his own sweet voice.
Oh, Honey, this is so human! What a wonderful recap - again. I feel, not only as if I was there, but as if I were standing in line with you! :k

When am I going to hear the adorable little girl story? *swells with greed*

Firstly I wanted to say something about the fandom for the movies in general, and the fans of the One Lad specifically, at least based on my observations this weekend...

...I've always thought it would be a shame if folks who weren't white were missing them. Because the message (in this rorschach blot of a story) is such a lovely one. So...I've always wondered....

Well, standing in line waitng to have our picture taken with the one lad I saw a cross section of the world, and we were all there. Every color, size, and shape. Every possible combination of skin and hair color was represented, even the highly improbable. :D
:k Honey and Alyon :k -- I'm loving all your reports, but as a long-time Tolkienite, I think I was happiest to read this. No matter how many times it's explained that the characters in LotR are caucasian because the story is set in northern Europe, duh... :rolleyes: someone new always pops up to use it as evidence that Tolkien was racist. Which, if you read his letters, or even what he really is saying in LotR, is totally ridiculous.

So I'm glad that so many people who supposedly don't see themselves in the story "get it" and realize it's all about the basic humanness we all have in common. (And having such gracious, positive, human actors representing the movies can't hurt.)

Which leads into saying that I'm becoming more and more convinced that hobbits have the best fans in the world! :) I've mentioned a few times that I get a chuckle from the "People who bought this movie also bought..." lists at amazon for movies in which Elijah acts, but isn't the lead. So often the first half-dozen or so "also boughts" are almost entirely other EJW movies--not other movies made by the "star."

I was browsing for Billy's and Dom's work on amazon yesterday and found exactly the same thing. They don't have as many movies out there as Elijah does, but there's no question which actors people are buying them for. Not just in what they buy, but in the reviews. Dom has one line in Hostile Waters (but is onscreen quite a bit, from what one reviewer said). Who else is in the movie? You'd never know by reading the reviews which were all about Dom. :)

He has a larger part in Monsignor Renard, which is available only on VHS; the "also bought" lists on VHS-only movies are usually other VHS-only movies. Guess what was the #1 "also bought" for that one? No, not North... Child in the Night! :p

The first "also bought" for Master and Commander? Something with Russell Crowe, perhaps? Nah! It's all Lord of the Rings. :) And from the reviews, you'd sure think Billy carried Urban Ghost Story all by himself.

(It's more difficult to tell with Sean, because when you enter his name so many DVDs pop up--not just ones he's acted in, but also ones he directed.)

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(Honey, I'd love to use your "rorschach blot" of a story image in the discussion going on in the Trilogy forum about the RotK-EE, if that's okay with you.)

These accounts are just wonderful, everyone. I do so wish I could have gone, but I just couldn't swing the time.

Honeyelf, I want to add my thanks to other here. It was quite wonderful of you to use part (really most) of your precious (and dearly bought) 15 seconds for us. I feel in some small way I've been there, now, because something I've written has been possibly read by him.

Of course, if my entry was too late and you didn't get it in the book, please don't ever tell me. I'm happier in my illusion! ;)

That was quite a wonderful gift you gave us, and we won't forget it.

BTW, I'm actually quite good at inserting suppositories. I wonder if he'll have a need for one in the future? :D

And no, I'm not going to explain how I am so good at this particular skill. Unlike our dear Lad, I think there is such a thing as too much information.

Before I get back to ORC stories---
Thank you Achila for posting that bit on Liev Schrieber, and to Random and Flourish for their bits.

But back up!! What did he say about actors sitting around with lattes and getting on set to do their four lines? Okay--I have utmost respect for directors. I have seen that they have a lot of long term burden that actors don't have. A huge amount of work from pre-production through filming through post-production...BUT isn't this the guy who put Elijah through take after take after take?? Actors with significant parts get worked really hard--as it seemed he worked Elijah really hard. And though the actor doesn't have all of the other parts of the film to worry over-- the actor exposes himself or herself to the camera, they have to be brave and vulnerable--and that is grueling. How can he say that after his experience with Elijah?? And knowing Elijah as an actor who definitely had to work very hard in LotRs....
Sorry--this might be a fairer statement if not in an article about Everything is Illuminated with a picture of Elijah on top. THe irony of it!

Oh--I'm in Elijah protective mode :o . Turn it off *sigh*

:lol:
Back to ORC:

Ah, HoneyElf and I are on a roll. You are right Mariole, we are trying to spit it out and relive it while it is all still so fresh.


Oh--the suppository story--after it's telling, Sean said "The Honesty Hour with Elwood!" That's when Elijah, with no trace of sheepishness, said --"Sometimes I'm too honest for my own good ...but I don't care."

Honey and I were not there for the day show on Friday. In other words, we missed Dom's Q and A--which we were told by many others was brilliant. Dom talked about New Years Eve--where he and Elijah and Billy sat around like good metrosexual men and told each other all the things they liked about one another. Dom tossed out some secret words to the audience and instructed them to ask Billy and Elijah what they meant. The words were door , X, triangle, and roof.

When asked the next day, Billy refused to tell, but told the audience to ask Elijah, because he would tell. Turns out he did tell, and for all the mystery build up, there wasn't much to the words. Door was code word to shut the screen door so the mosquitoes didn't get in, X had to do with playstation, as did triangle, and roof was "get off the roof Nigel"--because Nigel always wanted to get on the roof. Elijah said there were many people around for New Years. (I wonder if they were all staying with Dom--or it was a party).

After someone asked the audience to sing Happy Birthday to Elijah Sean talked about how Ringers are so positive and give the vibe that they are happy to be alive. Very life affirming. This was still relating to Elijah's birthday so Elijah asked the audience "How old am I going to be?" and of course the right answer gets shouted back--Elijah looked delighted. Sean made some inference about Elijah being young while he (Sean) now was in glasses...and he said "I've known him since he was 18!" Someone in the audience shouted out "try seventeen!" Which he took to mean the movie and so he said to Elijah you had a movie called "try seventeen." Elijah sort of brushed it aside and said "It didn't do so well, it went straight to video."

They talked about all of the women at the convention. And again how the marketing people early on fretted as to how to draw more women. Elijah says "I see about four guys here!" And more talk about teh marketers worrying about getting something for women to relate to. He said something like--It's mostly Billy. Then something about viggo. And about hobbits taking second stage because "we aren't nearly so hot."

This is when Orlandos name came up and somehow this digressed into names that sound like flowers or underwear and you had to have such a name to be hot. Someone yelled out Elijah Speedo!! and he said NO. Sean says "His Briefness Elijah." Someone in the audience yelled out "Elijah Love Pants."

Okay--Faculty. Am I giving too many little unscholarly details??? Probably. :o

Asked about fame, Elijah said he didn't sign up for fame--he likes his privacy--but "if I complained that would be ridiculous because my life is so blessed."

Sean was teasing about people better not go up and say hi if they see Elijah on the street. Elijah was shaking his head like that's not it ...

I'm giving you little details--but important to remember is that however the little lines sound on print, the two of them were delightful. And I was impressed at the maturity of Elijah--his timing and the way he dealt with Sean. And I also liked the complete comfort Sean had around Elijah. They touched on what might be "issues" (as SEan put it)--but with humor and ease.

I wanted to say that we did see Dom when, along with Billy, he intoduced "World Without Sundays", on Friday night. Good band, by the way.

And we watched Billy's Q and A on Saturday. He was charming and sweet and funny. Elijah's photo ops were still going on in the next room when Billy was talking. As it finished up, Elijah was escorted through the back and up the side of our room--which we might not have noticed if Billy didn't point it out. Elijah walked right by us, but I didn't have enough warning for my camera to prime.

Billy made some reference to Elijah being hurt. That Elijah never gets hurt, but he got some bruise from falling or something. "It's the first bruise he ever got in his life!"

He also reference Elijah when someone asked what actors would bring him back to America if he had a chance to work with them--and he said "well, Elijah's here. I'd work with him."



Oh, Grumpy. You asked about the cd in the book. It was Honey's idea, not mine. But she included a recording my daughter made for me last year for Christmas--called Christmas in Mordor. It's quite funny. Caberet angst about Frodo and Sam's journey that disolves into humor. With orcs, mistletoe, puddings, hobbits, the light of Baradur at Christmas. yeah..all those things that go together SO WELL. Maybe when honey puts up the site with the book excerpts she can put a link to the song, as well.


The best thing I brought back from my trip was a fabulous Quilt that Honey--who is quite an artist--made for me. It is absolutely stunning. She or I will post a picture---(a photo of it was inthe book for Elijah). It is an exquisitely painted Frodo portrait in Rivendell, on quilt. This is a very artistic and professional job. Honey was actually in the area for a quilters convention. I went with her to show it to the person Honey learned the technique from and the woman was stunned. AND to our delight--she knew it was Frodo and was a big fan of the books and films (mentioned reading the Sil and Letters and more)!! She is going to put it on her own website. You have to see it as my description can't do it justice.


:k

oh yeah--don't go to Torn parties for the food. ;) Especially if you are a
vegetarian :k

Edited after reading Achila's post on surgery:

It might be that he didn't have the tubes. My surgery was not quite the same, but he did say something about tubes, and the supository story made me think it--since I know I wasn't allowed to swallow anything!! No pill for my blinding headache..which meant suppository for me, as well. :o Did your appendix actually burst?? My assumptions about his surgery might be wrong.

HI ALL!!!

HONEY,ALYON!!! I`M LOST FOR WORDS!!!!!!

I JUST CAN SAY THIS,A BIG BIG THANK YOU AND A BIG BIG
HUG FOR BOTH OF YOU FROM ME!!!! :k :k :k

READING YOUR STORIES MADE IT FEELS LIKE I WAS WITH YOU!!!!

THINKING ABOUT THAT MAYBE ELIJAH READ WHAT I WROTE FOR HIM
MAKES ME FEEL BLESSED!!!!

IS IT TRUE,IS HIS EYES REALY BLUER THEN THEY SEAMS TO BE THE PICTURES???
MY GOOD I SO WICH I COULED SEE IT AND TO HEAR HIM TALK!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR CHARING THIS WITH ALL OF US!!!!
YOU LADIES ARE THE BEST!!!! :k :k :k :k


LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

I'm giving you little details--but important to remember is that however the little lines sound on print, the two of them were delightful. And I was impressed at the maturity of Elijah--his timing and the way he dealt with Sean. And I also liked the complete comfort Sean had around Elijah. They touched on what might be "issues" (as SEan put it)--but with humor and ease.


From the pictures I've seen, what impressed me is the way Elijah listens when Sean talks. I'm sure he's heard it all a thousand times already, but it still appears as if what Sean's saying is the most important thing in the world to Elijah. This' something that people who have met him (and now you two can verify it) have described too. But I think it shows a tremendous amount of love between them, and it's so lovely to see.


oh yeah--don't go to Torn parties for the food. ;) Especially if you are a vegetarian :k

Yep -- although my memory of the food at the Oscar party is that it was pretty good. However, there were limited tables, so you had to eat it off your lap. And in a "posh frock", that was sort of nerve-wracking.


Did your appendix actually burst??

Yes, and that's kind of why I was surprised they did laparoscopic surgery on him (which, as I said previously, I didn't have).

From the pictures I've seen, what impressed me is the way Elijah listens when Sean talks. I'm sure he's heard it all a thousand times already, but it still appears as if what Sean's saying is the most important thing in the world to Elijah. This' something that people who have met him (and now you two can verify it) have described too. But I think it shows a tremendous amount of love between them, and it's so lovely to see.
This has been a big part of the discussion on how Elijah's able to be so natural in his acting. He can have his focus so completely on someone he's conversing with that some of them have been a little unnerved by it. Back in some of his early-LotR interviews, he said things that he seemed to think were completely normal, but which showed that he has an unusual ability to "read" people from small nuances. That's totally compatible with the micro-expression theory of Elijah Wood acting, of course ;) , with the research at UCSF demonstrating that there is a small minority of the population who are able to do this subconsciously. If he can understand micro-expressions subconsciously, it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to say that he might be able to "act" them subconsciously. The other option is that he can consciously control those tiny muscle movements that other people can't control. Either way, however he does it, it shows a tremendous awareness of other people's emotions.

(I keep forgetting to mention that I ran across an update on that research a month or so ago. Still at UCSF, still focused on "lie detecting" research, but much of it having been passed on to a younger, female doctor. I'd think hooking up electrodes to Elijah might give her a welcome break from all that security-related work. ;) )


Yes, and that's kind of why I was surprised they did laparoscopic surgery on him (which, as I said previously, I didn't have).
What can be done laparoscopically is expanding so quickly that I wouldn't be at all surprised if, even with the short time between your surgery and Elijah's, they were able to do a procedure on him that hadn't been available when you had your surgery.

THANKS to Honey and Alyon for all their wonderful reporting, and to Honey, again, for calling me from the site and making my day. :k

Don't even think of regret, dear ladies. Remember, YOU were there, and WE weren't! :D

I'm so very glad you had a wonderful experience all around, and I'm glad you're home safe.

What can be done laparoscopically is expanding so quickly that I wouldn't be at all surprised if, even with the short time between your surgery and Elijah's, they were able to do a procedure on him that hadn't been available when you had your surgery.
I'm sure you're right, tg -- it was 2 years. People don't realize what a nasty business it is for an appendix to burst -- all sorts of "unwanteds" end up cruising around unsupervised in the body. Appendicitis is the ailment we hear about as being "no big deal", but it actually is.

Was a summary of what was in The Book ever posted?

~grumpy,who is just now finishing 2nd breakfast. :D

(Maybe I'll go watcch the trilogy ;) )

Alyon! :k

Honeyelf! :k

I was hoping I'd find you - and your ORC reprts - here! Thank you so much for sharing, even though you you must be falling over yourselves (and 'accidentally' falling over the hobbits, I would hope) with exhaustion. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

(And Alyon, remember I asked you to kidnap little Billy and bring him home to me. Just a gentle reminder. :z: )

the ever-eloquent Mariole
Your descriptions of Elijah are ambrosia. I'm just wallowing in them.
Now there's a line that needs to go straight to a tasty fic. :) )

Love you guys! Thanks again! -- Vinnie

OH Vinnie!!!!!

I told you --you should have hopped the train with me!! (Though I ended up going by plane). There was a ton of Billy goodness. We saw him Friday night, Saturday day and then again Saturday night as he presented and accepted Dom's Lost award!!

He was very charming and funny during his Q and A.

I did try to catch him for you..but the trail of cookies didn't work!! :confused:

Elijah made little references to Billy throughout his Q and A. Billy's own was right before Sean and Elijah's. He said "we are supposed to say lots of positive things about Billy, because he told us to."


Oh!! Achila. I think that you, Honey and I now possess the same style of watch. Or is it Flourish?? I think Honey said it was Achila, but forgive me if I'm wrong. Frodo on the wrist. Can that be subtle?

Thank you to everyone who has expressed report appreciation. You know that half the fun is coming back to share it with all of you!! :cool: My husband is wondering why I am spending so much time on the computer today and I told him the trip isn't complete until it gets to the Faculty :D

And Grumpy, I think Honey is going to post the book entries on a separate site and password code it. They are all so wonderful. And yes, Ereshkigal, yours made it in!).

Oh!! Achila. I think that you, Honey and I now possess the same style of watch. Or is it Flourish?? I think Honey said it was Achila, but forgive me if I'm wrong. Frodo on the wrist. Can that be subtle?
ACK! My secret's out!!!! Yep, it's me :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/lijhug.jpg

Oh, if anyone knows where I could see what this looked like from the other side, I'd be so very, ever grateful! That little girl just folded herself right into him, and he just held her for several seconds. OH oh oh....

Everyone keeps asking questions and I keep running on, and forgetting to answer them!

Honeyelf, do I detect a note of softening in your attitude about our Mr. Astin?
Oh, yes, Achila! How can you not love a guy who has the good sense to love our lad?

ZK, I'll try my best to answer your question about what was in the book. In no particular order: the intro that I wrote. (I can post that as an attachment if anyone wants to read it later.) TG's letter, which talked about her watching TBFA twice in one day and crying buckets...Then I think was my daughter's photoshop of the SK3/Groucho glasses, (bad segue, huh? :confused: ) followed by your "'Lijah, the Tatooed Hobbit" song.
a parody of Hamlet ala Jackson, by "Anonymous" (((Brunhild where ever you are))). Whiteling's photo shop job of The One Lad in the "Frodo Doesn't Blink" tee-shirt. Whiteling's letter, and both of her gorgeous drawings! Alyon's letter/essay ("The Sun passes noon: Why middle-aged women love Frodo. And Why we are so glad of Elijah.") Which made me cry every time I read it. PM her if you want to see it. My own letter was in there somewhere, and my
my "artwork;" a pic of the quilt I made Alyon. Ylla, Shireling, Serena, Ereshkigal, Skater Girl, Lena, Goldenberry, EandMe, Wood, C4, Kumari, Moondancer, and Blossom all contributed letters. Kumari had a drawing as well, as you saw in the old thread. Bohemian's letter too.

I wrapped up with Mariole's letter, which was an amazing book end to my intro. If Elijah get's curious enough to dig around and find us, Mariole's letters had enough clues in it. She talked about a couple of the Glossary terms, and provided two "Froshadowing" examples.

ZK, Alyon and I briefly discussed the idea of having Alyon's daughter sing your song for the CD too, but time was too short by then.

"Christmas in Mordor" as sung by Addie is just a hoot! Her delivery is just unhibited, and full on! She's great with her actor's voice, at setting a mood, and very funny! When the web-site gets up I'll maybe include an MP3, with Addie's permission of course.

If I'm forgetting anyone it's just an oversight. I have it all on my hard drive, and it will be appearing on a web-site as soon as my daughter and i can put our heads together.

here's a pic of my "Frodo of the Shire" as it appeared in the book:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/DSC00618.jpg



(Honey, I'd love to use your "rorschach blot" of a story image in the discussion going on in the Trilogy forum about the RotK-EE, if that's okay with you.)

I'd be honored, TG. :k

honey!

Hello, Faculty Loungers! :cool:

I'm a lurker here as well as the Harem thread, and I just wanted to let you know that I loved the recap of your experiences at ORC. :) I was laughing out loud at the whole "fire inside me" story - I love it! Yup, hospitals are a place where you must leave all trappings of society "behind" (notices pun :p ) and just accept the help your body needs!

Whoever posted that they were afraid they were getting to TOO detailed - go crazy, girl; those of us who were unable to attend love details. :D

Lembas :)

go crazy, girl; those of us who were unable to attend love details. :D

Hear hear! *applauds*

BTW, there are a bunch of hobbit-boys pics from ORC at Sean Astin dot net --

http://www.sean-astin.net/gallery/sean_images/index.php?cat=13

like this one -

http://www.sean-astin.net/gallery/sean_images/albums/seanlijorc/lijorc10.jpg

:)

Honeyelf and Alyon, your reports are wonderful. Many thanks.

I have been squeeing all day ( with dignity, of course, as befits a member of The Faculty Lounge ;) )

C-dignity, always dignity-4

Just soaking it all in here :) . But one question--In the pic with the little girl, the room looks so small. I expected some kind of a big hall where you'd probably be miles from the stage, but it looks much more intimate than that. Yes?

More bits as I'm remembering them.

A woman asked both of them how they go about doing a scene over and over, specifically how did they "reset" the emotions. I remember Elijah's answer went something along the lines that he didn't "reset" to re-shoot a scene. Rather, it's abouit "finding a place of emotional honesty and staying in it."

OH! And another woman asked them how they handled all the women who throw themselves at them. Sean made some reference to his marriage, I think? And that he had three girls to go home to. Correct me if I'm wrong, Alyon.

Elijah said that he just "politely enjoys the attention," IIRC. Which sounds like accounts I've read of him encountering overly enthusiastic fans.

Mariole, way back you asked about the crying little girl, whose pic I posted above. The show "handlers" gave the boys the sign that time was up, and that they could answer no more questions. We all started heading back to our seats. But the little girl, who was maybe 4 or 5, began crying as she was carried away by her mum. Elijah said something like, "Oh, a crying child! We can't have that!" and ran to the front of the stage. Her mum handed her over, and she went quite willingly, and just curled into him. I think I remember him kissing her head, and Sean started singing real softly like he probably does with his own girls. It was adorable.

TG, the hall was a really large room with a lot of seats. Elijah was at the far left corner of the stage, and I was at the right corner, in the audience, taking a pic. I cropped alot of stuff out, and blew it up so it looks like I was a lot closer than I was.

It surprised Alyon and I, but the main events were not held in a real theater. There were rows and rows of staight-backed chairs, so you had to kind of look between peoples' heads. Kind of an odd set-up for such a big event.

I'm so glad I can share this experience with all of you, my dear "colleagues!" It's so much fun to relive it for all of you! Hi, Vinnie! :k

honey!

Honey, Alyon, your accounts of meeting Elijah and of what he said and did and others said about him have had me laughing and crying in turns today. Thank you!! :k
Regret?? Pardon me?

I’m so glad, for you and for the rest of us, that you had the courage to do what I for one probably never could – stand in line with thousands of other fans and meet Elijah and hand him a gift (even a gift as beautiful and appropriate as the book you put together, Honey).
It was hard enough writing to him, and part of me hopes he will never read that page. In some ways the ache Narya and Tg wrote about back in Thread Number Five is even worse after you have written something, because you know it could only have been hopelessly inadequate and probably repetitive too. But, as we know and have seen yet again from the reports, he’s clearly a forgiving guy!

As Mariole said:
Your descriptions of Elijah are ambrosia. I'm just wallowing in them.
Am joining you in the pool, Mariole. Wallowing a good idea - you can’t have your ambrosia AND eat it.
Come to think of it, all that talk of cream and roses makes it sound as if The One Lad really is good enough to eat. Having him (in any sense) definitely a better bet …. * slaps own hand * :o

And Honey, you saw The Glow too! As Alyon said,
Yeah, he just looks so different than anyone else.
My thoughts exactly at Karlovy Vary (and not just mine). I remember thinking he stood out like a beacon – and my view of him was far more fleeting than yours (sniff!). Which makes it all the harder to understand those folks who can’t see it – him - at all. God knows I’ve met enough of them – so many that I now avoid mentioning the LOTR films to new people for fear they will turn out to be blind too, and dismiss EW as the wimp they see in film-Frodo (I’ve heard that far too often, sad to say). How far from the truth can you get? We all know the exact opposite is the case – and it does my heart good to know that in fact there ARE so many people – including men! – who agree with us and admire and love Elijah to bits, just as everyone who knows him obviously does. So thank you both again for that! There are some very happy Faculty-ites around tonight!

Again as Mariole said:
It really is a compliment to Elijah, that he was able to reach out so well given the restrictions (to me) of his truncated dialogue and character portrayal. I will try to relax now.
So will I. I confess I’ve finally been reading the book (the Tolkien book, I mean :) ) and now know what you mean about truncated dialogue and character portrayal, Mariole – the films really do seem (to me) to sacrifice Frodo’s intelligence, resilience and leadership much too early and so lose some of the dramatic shock of his ultimate capitulation. But that, as you say, makes Elijah’s achievement all the greater, because he clearly succeeded despite all that in being the perfect Frodo for us and for millions of others. And yes, I too still hang on Elijah’s every move, wherever he appears in the movies or the extras, to the exclusion of anything else on that screen. So I'd have been paralysed as well as tongue-tied if I'd been with you, Honey! Never regret not being able to say what you wanted to say .... it just means you have more insight than most. :k

TG, the hall was a really large room with a lot of seats. Elijah was at the far left corner of the stage, and I was at the right corner, in the audience, taking a pic. I cropped alot of stuff out, and blew it up so it looks like I was a lot closer than I was.

Here's a pic I found in which you can get a sense of the scale of the room:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/elijahseanorc9.jpg

BTW, there are plenty more like it over at sean-astin.net (I'm still searching for one of Lij with the little girl for you, honey -- I could swear someone posted one somewhere)

ETA: Found it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/DSC_1408Internet.jpg

I haven’t checked in here for a while, but it looks as if I came back at just the right time, for all the ORC reports. Alyon and honey! – what a wonderful time you must have had! It’s so great to hear that EJW in person lives up to all our expectations, because sometimes I think, he can’t really be that charming, or that nice, or that gorgeous – can he?? Apparently he can! Thank you so much for sharing all the details with those of us who couldn’t be there. I'm almost jealous ;), but not really, because I never would have had the nerve to get near him, much less say anything to him. (It’s disappointing, however, to hear his comments about the Ian Curtis role.)

tgshaw wrote:
No matter how many times it's explained that the characters in LotR are caucasian because the story is set in northern Europe, duh... someone new always pops up to use it as evidence that Tolkien was racist.
I know. I have a very good friend who is African-American, and who refuses to see the movies because she feels that the whole thing is racist: caucasian heroes, mostly non-white villains (all those brown and grey and blue orcs), even the “dreadlocks” on the Uruk-hai. Arguments about northern European mythology just don’t cut any ice with her, unfortunately.

Re the Golden Globes: The very brief clips shown from ESOTSM included a glimpse of Elijah, I believe – with Mark Ruffalo in Joel’s apartment. You could see him for all of about 1 second. BTW, Howard Shore won for best score (The Aviator).

Elijah said something like, "Oh, a crying child! We can't have that!" and ran to the front of the stage. Her mum handed her over, and she went quite willingly, and just curled into him.
Oh, Oh. *heart stops* I just fell in love. :)

Lij is a Pied Piper with kids. He just seems to click with them instantly. *dies of the cute*

I'm so glad piccies are popping up. Wow! I wish I could browse tonight, but must rush out. See you later! :k

Honeyelf and Alyon, you wrote that a woman asked EW about doing more comedy after seeing him on SNL. Do you remember his reply?

C4

Achila, you foud one! OH, bless you! :k

C4, Elijah said he would love to do more comedy! ::yes!:: Oh, I hope he finds the opportunity.

I've heard that there are movies of Sean and Eljiah waltzing together up on the 'net. Haven't been able to find one yet. Any of you seen this?

hugs to all of you for sharing our little adventure , and letting us regale you with our thoughts today!

honey!

Honeyelf, regale all you want!

I saw Hugh Jackman in "The Boy from Oz" last year and from the moment he walked out on stage, the audience was in the palm of his hand. He missed a couple of lines; we could tell, he knew we could tell, but that was OK, we were all having so much fun together.

Was being around EW like that? I often wonder what comes first. The aura a performer projects or a sensitivity to the aura and a willingness to surrender by the audience to the aura projected. C4

ETA: Simulposted with Honey and Ceefour.

Yes, ceefour, I've got notes!! :) on it

He thanked her as she complimented him and told how well he disappeared into a character. She said that a friend of hers fell asleep and missed the first part of the show and then after viewing the rest swore elijah hadn't been in it!! (Meant to illustrate how well he disappeared into character).

He said he would love to do more comedy. Regarding SNL, he said that he was so nervous about doing it but wanted to so much...and he had grown up with the show. That he learned and grew so much from the experience. (my notes are a little hard to read :) ) "It meant so much to me on a human and profound level." (my notes have those words, though there may have been some connecting words--those boys talk quickly)

Thanks for posting the pic of the room, Achila. It actually extended back much further than that, even. Though chairs were not placed all the way back.

I can't remember, did I post the Peter Jackson part??? Forgive me if this is a repeat. A film clip was shown of PJ from New Zealand--saying hi to all of the Ringers and wishing he could be there. Peter looked GREAT. No glasses, lost a lot of weight. At the end he sent a message to his esteemed former cast. Hobbits and dwarves that are at ORC. He said "you promised me that you'd come down and get squashed by King Kong. But I haven't seen you yet. I need you. I need your help. So if you have some time up your sleeves, get on a plane and come to New Zealand I need the team back together."

Very sweet, I thought ;)

Oh--I know that I'm all over the board, but the winner of the fan art award was also Frodo-centric. i think it was called "Frodo's Dream."

Elijah also said the one thing he wanted to take from the set but didn't get was the hobbit portraits of Peter and Fran that hung in Bag End.
It never had occured to him to ask for the Ring--so it was very touching when Peter and Fran presented it to him when he visited them in the editing room.

(alright--that isn't really new info--but I'm trying to be fairly complete, here :rolleyes: )


Elijah's answer to the question "How do you manage all the attention from your female fans?"
He seemed a bit stumped.
" I don't know how to answer that question....I very politely appreciate them."

Also in the interest of being complete--regarding the suppository story. He did say "If that was too revealing, I apologize." Then he made the comment about being too honest for his own good.

Some of this isn't really new, but he was asked about Tig
"I stayed away from Tig, because for a long time I tried to understand it. Then about a year later when they came to me and said it was all a joke.... So my life for that year was a lie." And he and Sean demonstrated some of the ridiculous rules of Tig. Sean said some fan had given him a whole rule book for Tig. Very complicated.

The hobbits were cute.

Someone asked about PJs hobbit hole. Apparently it has been built--and there is a tunnel from it (Bag End) to the house. Neither have been there yet. Elijah said he hadn't been asked yet--but Sean said no, and told Elijah that Peter said there is a room in it with his name on it and he should come.

When Elijah was describing what he knew of it, Sean was looking thoughtful and Elijah questioned him. Sean said "I was just thinking of the gardening."
It was quite funny. They talked about SEan showing up at Peter's pretending to be the gardner.

That's it for now.

Hobbits hobbits everywhere.
My own pics aren't good as my camera doesn't have a zoom. But lucky for us all there are zillions of others out there with better equipment :cool: Good to see them posting pics.

Thank You So Very Much....Alyon and Honeyelf...for so much good reporting on ORC...and Achila I had faith you'd find another angle to that very special pic of Lij with the little one ;)
Not hard to see or understand why that little girl was so easily quieted once hugged by that lad :k
I also was touched by the obvious affection Elijah and Sean have for one another...and it's something I was certain of right from the beginning. It calls to mind the theory that most movie pairings(usually they're talking about male-female pairings) that have lasting affect on the audience stem from a real chemistry between the actors...most evident with Gable and Lombard....Tracy and Hepburn....Burton and Taylor...or even the magic that Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan seemed to have had. And I think that you can also translate that to same sex couplings such as Hope and Crosby...Jack Klugman and Tony Randall...and for drama one of my favorites was Gary Sinise and John Malkovich when they did a brilliant version of Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"....this particular one actually was responsible for my trip over here to begin with. Last year thru corresponding with Honeyelf I happened to mention how moved I was by real love between men(not sexuality...but love)
It was something that affected me from listening to my Dad's stories about WWII...the love between Frodo and Sam was something that touched me in a way I hadn't experienced since I saw "Of Mice and Men".

Movie magic only happens when "the stars are aligned" whether they're celestial bodies or actors..it's rare but when it happens it's so special. That's what Elijah and Sean created...to me anyway..and I think that only happens when at the very least they understand ,respect and have affection for each other. :D


(((Honeyelf))) (((Alyon))) and (((Achila.....for the wonderful pic that put a huge smile on my face)))

E.T.A...This is the letter I should have written to Elijah :confused: Why did I think of this so late? :mad:

(((Honeyelf))) & (((Alyon))) - you ARE (inter)national treasures :k !

Thank you so much for your vivid, passionate, detailed (;)) and simply fantastic reports! Like Serena said, there are some very happy Faculty-ites around. :)

Honey, your quilt looks gorgeous! I'm looking so forward to seeing your website about this wonderful Faculty work (which had never seen the light of day without you, btw).
*Whiteling wanders off to digest all the splendid impressions...*

Oh, that pic! Excuse me while I melt all over the keyboard ....

Later, having cleaned up sticky mess:

Pelagia:
Howard Shore won for best score (The Aviator).

No surprise there! That score is a different animal from LOTR, and it just illustrates the guy's versatility. HS is another of the LOTR miracles. His scoring is so ideal for whatever is happening on screen, so spine-tingling, so organic it seems to grow out of the story, and yet it stands alone as a symphony in its own right .... it is part of the soul of those films. I have piles and piles of wonderful CDs, but the FOTR and ROTK scores are the ones I play constantly (in the car anyway). The guy is a genius. (Thank goodness PJ recognised that! He clearly has a genius for picking the right personnel despite the Stuart Townsend story.) I also like the fact that Howard Shore takes his film scores so seriously, insisting on the best orchestras and singers and (I was told the other day) ensuring that players who are not needed for certain passages are nevertheless paid to sit there in order to keep the acoustic properties the same! That's perfectionism for you, and it fits the whole ethos of those films. :)

Thank you so much Honeyelf and Alyon first of all for allowing us to reach Elijah through you, and secondly for these entertaining reports. I am really enjoying reading them.

Also in the interest of being complete--regarding the suppository story. He did say "If that was too revealing, I apologize." Then he made the comment about being too honest for his own good.

I've been especially glad to hear that this story actually was delivered and recieved so well. Contrary to what my earlier comments may have suggested, for me it wasn't a case that the contents were 'too much information' but that would not have taken much for it to sound that way. When Billy Connolly described the effects of the drugs taken prior to a colonoscopy, he had the whole audeince, me included, in stitches laughing, and it is nice to know that Elijah is expanding his talents to be able to achieve this. There were moments during his appearance on Graham Norton's show last year, where he didn't seem totally comfortable in the position of comedically entertaining a live audience as himself.

I have piles and piles of wonderful CDs, but the FOTR and ROTK scores are the ones I play constantly (in the car anyway)

I'm so glad to hear about Howard Shore's win. I have had the FOTR tape looping in the car stereo constantly for the last 6 months, and I never get tired of it.

Skatergirl and serena (and any other Faculty members, of course), the Golden Globes site has the press interview of Howard Shore after winning on Sunday night. There is a brief mention of LOTR and EW.

http://www.hfpa.org/goldenglobeawards.html

Scroll down to Best Original Score-Motion Picture, then click on "Video" next to Howard Shore.

C4

and (I was told the other day) ensuring that players who are not needed for certain passages are nevertheless paid to sit there in order to keep the acoustic properties the same! That's perfectionism for you, and it fits the whole ethos of those films. :)

:eek: do they at least get to knit?!? (I hate sitting still!)

Last night I watched the Faculty. (A nice, and nicely Elijah obsessed woman we met at ORC mentioned it as her favorite eye candy, and I just had to see it again. Turned out I'd never opened the dvd. Must have seen it twice on TV.

Anyway, at one point Casey and Delilah turn up at a door marked "Faculty Lounge." Delilah tries the door, and Casey protests "We can't go in there!" tried to find a cap because I thought it would have been just so perfect and funny, given the speculation that he might now try to find us....

yeah,,, guess you had to have been there.... and, who are we kidding, we all have! ;)

me

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YLLA!

See -- the boys got dressed up all special too, in honor of your big day:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/2790130-M.jpg

Hope it's a blast, luv! x0x0x0x A

i was going to save this untill tomorrow but what the hack!!!!

I WISH YOU THE MOST WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY,YLLA!!! :k :k

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/erendil/we03.jpg

i know how much you love his profile enjoy my dear friend!!!!!


EDIT:JUST SAW I GOT A THIRD GREEN SCARE!!! THANK YOU ALL
FOR GIVING ME THAT!!! :k :k

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Happy Birthday,Ylla!!!!!
ylla:
this particular one actually was responsible for my trip over here to begin with. Last year thru corresponding with Honeyelf I happened to mention how moved I was by real love between men(not sexuality...but love)

I also have always been attracted to strong male friendships. Since I was a little thing--I even gravitated towards cartoons with special male friendships or loyalties. Give me Butch Cassidy and Sundance--and the Beatles special loyalty to one another. The Fellowship fits right into my tastes. It is very gratifying to me that the actors affection for one another is real and echoes those of their characters.

more ORC notes:

On a more personal level, I wanted to mention that we ran into another KDer at ORC that Honey and I had met at the Howard Shore Hoot--StormyDay!. You might not know her because she doesn't post here on the Faculty, but she is lovely and warm and she introduced us to some interesting people, particularly Princess of Geek, who I found absolutely charming , and Notabluemaia --also warm and kind and willing to share.

I mentioned the food before. Saturday night was the big dress-up night party. We paid our $65 and wonderful apetizers were promised. For me, being vegetarian, I knew only one was going to suit--the eggplant pate. But I would go along with that. I love eggplant. But it was ridiculous. We had round tables with white table cloths and two votive candles--no plates or other ornament. Then we had a totally insufficient amount of waiters walking around with little offerings on trays. I don't think the meat eaters got much either. But we vegetarians were on the hunt, trying to find the eggplant waiter. When he or she was spotted, we would swarm this little tray that had a bit of pate in a desert bowl for us to dip a knife into and spread on a cracker. There were no plates so we would each get about two little crackers and carry them back to our tables in our hands. I think I had 6 crackers all together.
I don't know if Honey got much, because I spent a bit of my time out foraging while she was at the table. Nothing to drink either, except at the cash bar. No coffee, tea, water or juice with our appetizers--unless you bought it. I think our $65 could have bought us a little more. IMHO :D

Just so you know ;)

Happy Birthday, YLLA! :k :k
look what the extra-terrestrials dropped off for you!:D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/ufo.jpg
I just had to post that because right now I have this thing for his scruffy sneakers. :o

Ylla said:and for drama one of my favorites was Gary Sinise and John Malkovich when they did a brilliant version of Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"....this particular one actually was responsible for my trip over here to begin with. Last year thru corresponding with Honeyelf I happened to mention how moved I was by real love between men(not sexuality...but love) It was something that affected me from listening to my Dad's stories about WWII...the love between Frodo and Sam was something that touched me in a way I hadn't experienced since I saw "Of Mice and Men".


I love what you said there. About real love between men. "Of Mice and Men" was one of the few films before LoTR that I went to see in the theater more than once. Frodo and Sam embody that kind of love, don't they? Something so pure it sets itself apart from anything of this world, and becomes spiritual. Simply beautiful.

ETA: simulposting with Alyon. Yeah, what she said about the food. I kept comparing it --perhaps unfairly -- with the lavish parties that Yahoo! throws. They were light years behind that. But it was worse than that even. Kind of like havng twenty guests and one bag of potatoe chips, and asking them to throw in for a six pack! :mad:

honey!

I simulposted with Honey--and I love that picture. Do you know where/when it's from? I assume that's the Big Thing from Radio Flyer hovering in the background. :p

This might sound strange, but I've never seen any film version of Of Mice and Men. Reading the story just one time tore me up so badly I've never tried to face it again in any form.

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Happy Birthday, Ylla!

I'm at work so don't have a huge selection of pics handy, but I can give the profile from the other side (still on Imagemagician from our jawline acting discussions) :p .

http://www.imagemagician.com/images/tgshaw/shoulder/jawline5.jpg http://www.imagemagician.com/images/tgshaw/shoulder/cap1995-crop.jpg

I've missed Notabluemaia! She used to post at CofE, and for awhile here at KD--not much in the Faculty, but in some of the other threads. Unless she's moved, she's only a few hours from here in Kansas City. Someone to remember if we get a Midwest Faculty meeting planned?

Alyon, sorry, but I had to laugh about your food comments. My thought was, "Hey, this was put on by geeks, right? I'm surprised they went beyond Mountain Dew and taco chips! :D :D (When I first came to this page, the ads were for eggplant recipes and artichoke dip :) .)

Looks like TORn got the message already--this is from their own report (and didn't Alyon and Honey scoop them royally on the reporting in general? WTG, ladies. ;) )

Around 9:45 the doors opened, and the elegantly dressed and costumed revelers enjoyed chicken satay, coconut shrimp, and other goodies (although, in the interest of unbiased journalism, it must be reported that many guests said not enough food was provided).

I simulposted with Honey--and I love that picture. Do you know where/when it's from? I assume that's the Big Thing from Radio Flyer hovering in the background. :p

TG, the photographer was Nick Koudis, and it was from the shoot that also included this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/nickkoudis13.jpg
IIRC they were taken soon after the appendectomy, and he looked really thin in some of the pics. At the time there was a story about he and Sean sharing a taxi, and Elijah showing him the pictures. "Stunning, man" was Sean's response. :)

simulposting with Flourish! :k

honey!

Well, they *have* seemed to get the message from their previous outing that it's better to serve "finger foods" -- that's progress at least. (You should not be expected to cut up a piece of roast beef with your plate in your lap while wearing a fancy dress!) Now they just have to work on quantity. They must've never had a Jewish mother like I did! :lol:

ETA: BTW, it looks like Howard Shore's The Aviator score will not be eligible for the Oscars. As reported on Oscarwatch:

Hate to disappoint you, but The Aviator score won't be nominated. The AMPAS Music Branch rules exclude scores "diluted by the use of tracked or pre-existing music" and/or "diminished in impact by the predominant use of songs," so Aviator was disqualified because, terrific as it is, the Shore score is only a minority of the prominent music in the film.

Oh well. Howard will just have to settle for the ones he already has, at least this year!

hi all!! having truoble seeing the latest pictures!!!!

is it just me???

love you all/wood

Wow, Honey, I would never have guessed those two photos were from the same shoot. Shows what camera angels are capable of, eh? :p

Wood, I can see the pictures fine, but there are times I can't when everyone else can... Hopefully, it's just an internet hiccup and you'll be able to see them soon.

IT WORKES!!!


I CAN SEE THE PICTURES JUST FINE


I JUST TESTING A LITTLE!!!! love /woodHOPE YOU DON`T MIND


EDIT:
IT WORKED!!! I HAVE NEVER FIGURING IT OUT UNTILL NOW!!!!!!

EDIT AGAIN,SORRY!! HONEY ,WERE CAN I FOUND THE REST FROM THAT PHOTOSHOOT??

to Ylla. I totally thought today was the 19th -- her birthday is actually tomorrow, folks. This' your brain. This' your brain on Elijah...any questions?

Achila!!! I Know But I Diden`t Want To Say Anything
Becuse I Wasen`t Sure About It!!! But Then I Remeber Her Saying
That Her Birthday Is The Same As My Grandmothers!!!!!

But Then I Hade Already Posted!!!!!

Hi Wat The ###### She Will Be Surprised Don`t You Think
Birthday Two Days In A Road!!!!!!!!
Not Everybody Gets That!!!!!!!

Love You All/wood

(and didn't Alyon and Honey scoop them royally on the reporting in general? WTG, ladies. )

Why thank you, Floursh. :) We aim to please ;)

So, ylla's birthday is tomorrow--does that mean more pictures? How about a birthday week?

I was unable to bring up KD for most of the afternoon. One sign of being an EW fan is nearly starting to hyperventilate because Honey and Alyon might be posting more stories or pictures and I can't get on KD or some other Faculty menber might be posting something really interesting and I can't get on KD and Young Master and Miss ceefour will want dinner and I can't get on KD and I have to go to work tonight and I can't get on KD and I need a paper bag...

C-I'm OK now-4

So, ylla's birthday is tomorrow--does that mean more pictures? How about a birthday week?

Somehow, I don't think she'd mind ;) ;)

Happy birthday tomorrow, ylla! (since I probably won't be online then)
Come back to Philadelphia soon, and I’ll buy you a drink (or a dessert) in belated honor of the event! We can watch All I Want ! (I’m sure Achila would put up with it, too.) All the best.

serena wrote, about Howard Shore:
HS is another of the LOTR miracles. His scoring is so ideal for whatever is happening on screen, so spine-tingling, so organic it seems to grow out of the story, and yet it stands alone as a symphony in its own right .... it is part of the soul of those films. I have piles and piles of wonderful CDs, but the FOTR and ROTK scores are the ones I play constantly (in the car anyway).
A friend of mine remarked, upon first hearing the FotR soundtrack, “Oh, I’m so glad to know that somebody besides John Williams can write rousing film scores!” Although I think HS is more versatile than JW. I’m with you – FotR and RotK seem to have become my main music-to-drive-by (TTT less so, perhaps because that soundtrack doesn’t seem to follow the course of events in the film so well as the other two – esp. FotR – do).

It's - just about - YLLA'S BIRTHDAY!

So -

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YLLA!!! (http://www.imagemagician.com/images/blossom/Ylla.gif)

Honey and Alyon It's a real treat to come here and read your wonderful reports on meeting Our Boy at Orc. He never fails to impress and delight us, does he? :) - despite the bodily functions! :eek: Thanks to you both for all the news and pictures.

Honey The book looks absolutely beautiful - really tasteful and classy. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into making it!

Did I dream this, or did either Honey or Alyon mention that Bunnie had bumped into Elijah in a hotel lobby?!!! Bunnie - where are you? I'm all ears!

I was unable to bring up KD for most of the afternoon. One sign of being an EW fan is nearly starting to hyperventilate because Honey and Alyon might be posting more stories or pictures and I can't get on KD


I had the same problem, ceefour. That paper bag trick is quite effective, by the way. :)

Oh, my. I, too, want to thank our intreprid con-goers, Honey and Alyon, for describing their experiences so vividly. Loved living it vicariously through your wonderful words! :k

And Happy, Happy Birthday to Ylla!

And was that ainon I saw a few pages back? How ya doin?

Happy Birthday, Ylla!

I tried to find you a recent picture, but all I had on hand was this one of Frodo and Sam at the ORC $65 per plate dinner, trying to share one meager drink from the cash bar while Gollum was off in search of the eggplant waiter. It wasn't a pretty sight, but it was the best I could do. :) Happy day, anyway! (Gorgeous collage, Blossom!) :k

http://home.ricochet.com/mdes/limages/nofood.jpg

I also have always been attracted to strong male friendships.
Me, three! I adore that in my fictional characters, and am lucky enough to have it in my Real Life. * <3s strong, wonderful men who aren't afraid to show their emotions * sends Jimmie Stewart a hug, wherever he's got to* :)

and I have to go to work tonight and I can't get on KD and I need a paper bag...
Ceefour, you are singing my song! I'm woefully behind on work, I'm supposed to be working now, but noooooooo, I'm checking in the Faculty, trying to keep up with the latest reports. I'M AN ELIJAH WOOD JUNKIE!!! *bares arms * whimpers for more*

This' your brain on Elijah...any questions?
Achila, you took the words right out of my mouth. :p That boy does something. Good, I mean. ;)

HAPPY BIRTH DAY YLLA


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/erendil/nose.jpg

one mor picture for the birthday kid!!!!!!!


LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

I tried to find you a recent picture, but all I had on hand was this one of Frodo and Sam at the ORC $65 per plate dinner, trying to share one meager drink from the cash bar while Gollum was off in search of the eggplant waiter. It wasn't a pretty sight, but it was the best I could do. Happy day, anyway!

:lol: :lol:

TG, I forgot to tell you about one of my acquisitions at ORC! Guess what I got? It has Frodo on the lid, and Sam on the bottom, and the other two hobbits at each end...Sadly it didn't come with a thermos! :D I have the elusive Frodo lunchbox! Couldn't resist! They guy gave me a deal, because I purchased that and the Frodo pro-literacy poster. "Read: Make it a Hobbit" :D

ETA: Regarding the discussion about strong, emotionally open male relationships. Recently I was walking behind a man, his wife, and their son who looked to be about 14 or 15. The man and his son were holding hands, and at one point the son leaned his head over to his dad's shoulder. It was just heart-warming.

I wonder if my own fascination with this sort of openess doesn't stem from the fact that my own father was not at all affectionate, and only tolerated our affectionate overtures until we learned to just keep our distance.

For that matter, perhaps that is what leads Elijah to be affectionate with his male friends, having lacked a father who was emotionally available.

honey!

Psst...

(Go check out the last few pages in the Harem thread. Mouth-watering discussion of various movie themes gone wrong--with much lovely praise of Elijah's Frodo-like qualities in as much as he behaved selflessly and with much consideration as an actor for the good of his fellow cast members and for the movie (thanks Maeglian) :) )

Wood, I can PM you with the quote you wanted, if you'd like. I'll dig it out.

Mariole:
I tried to find you a recent picture, but all I had on hand was this one of Frodo and Sam at the ORC $65 per plate dinner, trying to share one meager drink from the cash bar while Gollum was off in search of the eggplant waiter. It wasn't a pretty sight, but it was the best I could do

:lol: :lol:

Note to Alyon--to avoid losing it through your nose, put wine down before reading Mariole's posts. She's been on a roll.. :D :D

Hello, everyone! It's been a while since I've been able to catch up here (y'all talk so darn fast!), but I saw an LA Times article on Everything Is Illuminated posted over at the EII Yahoo group that was very detailed (yay! to the publicity folks for getting pre-pre-release buzz starting so soon), and had some great stuff about Elijah in it.

Schreiber said he had to "think strategically" about casting to get his film financed, picking Elijah Wood from among name actors of a certain generation to play Jonathan.

"Jonathan needed to be someone who, without doing much on the surface, could convey a lot behind the eyes," Schreiber said of the awkward, introverted character, who walks around in an unstylish suit collecting artifacts in Ziploc bags and making notes. "And I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood."

When the best eyes in the business showed up on their day off for in-costume photos and an interview, they were magnified times seven in the character's exaggerated Clark Kent-style glasses. The actor, who was as solicitous in person as Foer was reserved, is not an obvious choice to play the character based on the author. Except that both men look like they are 12 years old. (Wood is 23; Foer is 27.)

Wood, who has been acting since age 8, calls the role "vastly different" from anything he has done before. Midway through shooting, he said that the biggest challenge was not "to fall into the trap of simply playing the character deadpan -- to be so subtle that nothing's happening. Because there is this world going on inside of his head always."

He called Schreiber "articulate and incredibly specific, pointing out that in addition to a meticulous script, he had storyboards for every scene and made a ritual of his daily shot list. "He works all the time," said Wood. "It's really endearing -- that doesn't sound patronizing, does it? -- to watch him work as a first-time director, because he's so passionate and he pushes himself so much. There's something really pure about that."

In an interview that took place in between more pressing tasks over three days, Schreiber had the sniffles and a frog in his throat and complained of a headache and a pinched nerve in his neck, conducting one part of the ongoing conversation shirtless in his trailer, while being worked on by a Czech masseuse.

But he was full of energy on the set, betraying his obsession with the acting process by jumping up at the slightest provocation to give the actors a note, or circling them at close range during rehearsals. In one scene, just before calling "Action!," he told Wood to improvise, adding two lines of his own to the dialogue.

"He did it word for word as I had written it, but it was really good and really engaged and filled with interior life because I had asked him to engage with the script," Schreiber said. "Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused. And Elijah's so focused."

An actor after Schreiber's own heart, he admitted.

I can put up the entire article, if anyone's interested--the rest of it has more to do with the production as a whole. The LATimes online is, unfortunately, a subscription-only site, so a link won't help.

One great thing I'm picking up on articles such as this and the EW preview is that Elijah is getting mentioned as a "young man" or "man", not "former child actor" or "former teen-heartthrob" or other such limiting phrases. I really think that, between LotR and his string of films from ESotSM through EII, he really has managed to move past the high-school and late-teen roles that his acting peers (McCauley Culkin, et al) are still stuck in.

(BTW, EII was one of only four adaptation films that were previewed in that category in the EW article, and one of only twenty-one films previewed in total--Sin City didn't get even a preview!)

Skate, what a great article! I love how appreciative Elijah is of Schreiber. :k And vice versa!

I can put up the entire article, if anyone's interested--the rest of it has more to do with the production as a whole.

I don't know about anyone else, but having read the book, and looking forward to more than just Elijah's performance in the film, I would love to read the rest of the article.

It's a long one, but here you go!

His work illuminated

LIEV SCHREIBER WANTED TO TELL A PERSONAL STORY; IT'S JUST THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD WRITTEN IT FIRST. HE WENT EAST TO BRING THE TALE TO LIFE.
Los Angeles Times (CA)
January 16, 2005
Author: Kristin Hohenadel; Special to The TimesCalendar Desk

Like many young Americans, Jonathan Safran Foer came to this post-revolution, fairy tale city in the 1990s, joining the crush of literary pretenders in search of a modern-day Hemingway's Paris and Czech Americans in search of their roots.

Foer stayed for a few months in 1997, a period that included a badly planned, hapless three-day trip to Ukraine for clues to his Jewish ancestry. But what had been a failure of experience became a gold mine for his imagination.

His 2002 novel, "Everything Is Illuminated," became an acclaimed bestseller and perhaps the one great American novel to emerge from the Paris of the '90s.

The story traces a young American's Ukrainian journey in search of the woman who might have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Its introverted hero (who happens to be named after the author) is accompanied by his wildly extroverted interpreter-tour guide Alex, Alex's grumpy grandfather and a scrappy Seeing Eye dog, Sammy Davis Junior, Junior.

Alex's convoluted, thesaurus-and-American-pop-culture-driven English is the comic backbone of the book, and Foer has inserted elaborate imaginary historical passages to entertaining effect. As Foer points out, "it's really not an obvious choice" for a film adaptation.

Unless, of course, you interpret it as a road movie.

"The only way I knew how to adapt it was as a road trip," said actor and first-time director Liev Schreiber ("The Manchurian Candidate") on the Prague set in July. Schreiber, 37, grabbed the film rights based on a pre-publication excerpt in the New Yorker and wrote the screen adaptation himself. "I felt this could be like a really fun ride," he said. Set to open in August, the $7-million film is being distributed by Warner Independent Pictures.

A Jewish American who also has ancestors from Ukraine, Schreiber said he began wondering about his ancestry while traveling in Europe, working on films such as "Jakob the Liar" (1999) in Poland. Schreiber, who said he has been writing privately for years, had been working intermittently on a screenplay about his beloved grandfather -- a father figure for the actor who died when Schreiber was 26. Then he read Foer's book excerpt.

"I said, 'Wow, that's really on the money, and the jokes are much better,' " Schreiber said. While Foer had no technical script approval or formal role in the adapting process, he spent a weekend at Schreiber's country house in upstate New York talking out a treatment, and he read three drafts of the screenplay.

"Liev wanted my input probably even more than I wanted to give it," Foer said. "I didn't want to stifle him. I don't know the first thing about movies."

"There were definitely points where I would have loved to have just said, 'Jonathan, you write this,' but he wasn't having it," Schreiber said on location an hour outside of Prague, in a deserted house that was being made into a Ukrainian hotel for the day. "I sent him every draft I wrote. He just didn't read all of them," he added with a tight-lipped laugh.

"I had to get a little angry to let go of that crutch -- to go, like, 'Jesus, he doesn't want to return my calls, he doesn't believe I'm actually gonna make this movie.... So I said, 'Screw him, I'm just gonna make it.' "

Schreiber said that once he got down to it, the writing process was a swift three months.

He has taken a long, complex novel and turned it into a trim, stylish script, removing the historical passages, adding fantasy sequences for all the characters -- the dog included -- that he insists came to him in dreams: Hitler at an awards ceremony, the illusion of flight, Alex's childish sexual fantasies.

Schreiber frequently lifted Foer's memorable dialogue wholesale, changing at most a word, particularly in the case of Alex ("My legal name is Alexander Perchov. But all of my many friends dub me Alex, because that is a more flaccid-to-utter version of my legal name").

Foer said that Schreiber "took every liberty he wanted to, which is exactly the way I would have wanted him to do it." The author had already worked out an eloquent sound bite for his theory of detachment: "I feel like I made a sculpture of, say, a person that I loved. And Liev took a photograph of that same person. I don't feel protective of my sculpture -- I feel protective of the person."

'MORE ALEX THAN ALEX'

If the character of Jonathan Safran Foer is loosely based on the author, the character of Alex is based even more loosely on a tour guide named Alex (who, Foer said, "wasn't as fluent and wasn't funny at all").

Which makes it all the more remarkable that the filmmakers seem to have discovered Alex incarnate in the form of a New York-based Ukrainian Gypsy punk rock musician by the name of Eugene Hutz. "He's more Alex than Alex," Foer said. "It's uncanny."

Schreiber was meeting with Hutz about using music from his band, Gogol Bordello, when Hutz, who had read the book, scratched his chin and said of Alex: "You know, I am that guy." And everyone in the room paused and said, "It's true!"

Hutz, who is from a family of circus performers, seemed to be having a good time on set. "I'm naturally drawn to a very eccentric way of performing," he said in his strongly accented and eccentric English, adding that he was more challenged by the serious scenes than the "idiotic parts.""I was interested in Alex not being an actor," Schreiber said. "I wanted that flavor." But Schreiber said he had to "think strategically" about casting to get his film financed, picking Elijah Wood from among name actors of a certain generation to play Jonathan.

"Jonathan needed to be someone who, without doing much on the surface, could convey a lot behind the eyes," Schreiber said of the awkward, introverted character, who walks around in an unstylish suit collecting artifacts in Ziploc bags and making notes. "And I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood."

When the best eyes in the business showed up on their day off for in-costume photos and an interview, they were magnified times seven in the character's exaggerated Clark Kent-style glasses. The actor, who was as solicitous in person as Foer was reserved, is not an obvious choice to play the character based on the author. Except that both men look like they are 12 years old. (Wood is 23; Foer is 27.)

Wood, who has been acting since age 8, calls the role "vastly different" from anything he has done before. Midway through shooting, he said that the biggest challenge was not "to fall into the trap of simply playing the character deadpan -- to be so subtle that nothing's happening. Because there is this world going on inside of his head always."

He called Schreiber "articulate and incredibly specific, pointing out that in addition to a meticulous script, he had storyboards for every scene and made a ritual of his daily shot list. "He works all the time," said Wood. "It's really endearing -- that doesn't sound patronizing, does it? -- to watch him work as a first-time director, because he's so passionate and he pushes himself so much. There's something really pure about that."

In an interview that took place in between more pressing tasks over three days, Schreiber had the sniffles and a frog in his throat and complained of a headache and a pinched nerve in his neck, conducting one part of the ongoing conversation shirtless in his trailer, while being worked on by a Czech masseuse.

But he was full of energy on the set, betraying his obsession with the acting process by jumping up at the slightest provocation to give the actors a note, or circling them at close range during rehearsals. In one scene, just before calling "Action!," he told Wood to improvise, adding two lines of his own to the dialogue.

"He did it word for word as I had written it, but it was really good and really engaged and filled with interior life because I had asked him to engage with the script," Schreiber said. "Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused. And Elijah's so focused."

An actor after Schreiber's own heart, he admitted.

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Here's the rest of it!

EMOTIONAL CONTEXT

At 11 p.m. on a back street in Prague's Old Town, the late summer twilight had just faded into darkness, and the art department hosed down the sidewalk for a scene outside a fictitious neon-lighted nightclub. Some of the film was being shot in Ukraine, but most of it would be filmed here in the low-budget Eastern European shooting capital for American film productions.

Schreiber said Ukraine is a fifth character in his movie. "The character of the country is represented in the industrial landscapes and the flat wide plains and the fertile green hills and the temperature of the sun and the speed of the clouds," he said. "All of that has emotional context for me."

If Americans have been making movies in Prague for the last decade, this is one of the only films being made by Americans in Eastern Europe that is about Americans in Eastern Europe -- on the road, out of place, chasing ghosts, relying on the English of foreigners.

"I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor," Schreiber said of the language barrier. "So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost." But he felt more at home in his new role: "I direct in the same way that I act, which is thinking about what the scene needs. That's why I always thought I should try directing."

He also wanted a break from acting. "Acting kind of insulates you from the world," he said. "Ironically you go into this job that you think is going to allow you to be expressive to people and to connect to the world. And the more successful you are in a strange way, the less emotionally connected you are and the less often people emotionally connect to you."

For Schreiber, the tale of two opposites meeting halfway between cultures and identities is a story of the common ground that human beings share and rarely embrace.

"Obviously I'm projecting a lot of my own issues onto the script," he said. "But the idea of a Ukrainian kid and a sort of neurotic American Jew coming together is about as far-fetched as there is possible. And it brings that point home -- that ultimately our search for self leads to connection with each other. We have more in common than we thought."

His highest hope for the movie is a bit less serious-minded. "I think if it's fun, then everything works," said Schreiber with the pained expression he often wears. "I think everything stems out of a sense of play and frivolity and joy.... It just needs to be a good time at the movies."

Thanks for that Sharpe's Girl. I hope everyone else enjoys reading it as much as I did. I am looking forward to the film even more now. I wasn't involved enough at the time to know what sort of press Elijah's earlier post LOTR films were getting, but hopefully the advance interest being generated for this one will help move his adult career on another notch.

It will be interesting to compare this performance with Barney in Bumblebee. One a quiet character with nothing in his head, another with a head full of thoughts.

Sharpe's Girl, thanks SO much! What a juicy article to wake up to. And I enjoyed your "marginal notes", too. Indeed, the author of the article's assumption going in seemed to be that EW had arrived -- both as an actor and as an adult.

It is such a gem, I have taken the liberty of posting it in the TORc swoon thread (with credit to you and where I got it, of course), where I also hang out. We're very poor at gathering news over there.

Also, I never did say,

Happy Birthday YLLA!!!!!!!!!!!! :k

~ Mechtild

Thanks for the article, Sharpe's Girl -- I was just about to post that myself. Great minds think alike!

And finally, Happy Birthday to Ylla -- yes babe, I AM the dummy who blabbed that it was yesterday instead of today -- so don't forget to look at yesterday's postings too for your pressies. :k

Pelagia is on her way over for our big LOTR marathon moot -- this'll be the first time we've both watched all three EE's in a row, and the first time with anyone else. Should be grand -- wish you all could be here!

Happy Birthday, ylla!

Many thanks, Sharpe's Girl, for the LA Times article.

C4

thank you so much for the article ,sharpes girl!! :k :k :k

alyon,if you will please pm me!!! i woulde love you too!!!!!

love you all/wood

Sharpe's Girl, (finally giving credit where actually due :o ) thanks for the great article! I'm looking forward to the movie even more now, if that's possible. So gratifying to see an actor/director Schreiber praising Elijah for his prodigious talent!

Oh, ZK, I forgot that you were concerned earlier on that I'd used our screen-names in the book. Fear not. I only used first names so, unless your so famous in RL that I can get you on page one when I Google your first name, we ought to be good!

honey!

:k Thank you for the lovely accounts from TORC!!!

It's so wonderful ...I feel exactly the same as I do at Christmas when I allow myself to eat unlimited quantities of marzipan. You know you're full up, but you know you want it...more...more, more more!!!!

I am also looking forward to seeing everyone's contribution to the book.

DO YOU REALY THINK HIS LOOKING FOR US ON
THE NET??????? :eek: :eek: :eek:

IN A WAY I HAVE A TICKELING FEELING IN MY
STOMIC ON THE VERY THOUGHT OF IT!!!!! :rolleyes:

I KNOW SOME OF YOU DON`T LIKE THE IDER OF IT!!
BUT IN A WAY I THINK IT WOULDE BE FUN,HIM SNEAKING AROUND
IN HERE!! I MEAN WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE,DO WE???
WE HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHME OF,DO WE????

WELL THATS JUST MY OPINION AND I KNOW NOT ALL OF YOU AGREE WITH ME!!! BUT THATS OKEY!! :k :k :k :k

I REALY DON`T THINK HE WILL FIND US EVEN IF HE WOULDE BE LOOKING !!!
DO YOU THINK SO???

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Thanks for the article and the analysis, Sharpe's Girl!

I only used first names so, unless your so famous in RL that I can get you on page one when I Google your first name, we ought to be good!
*Mariole whaps her head* I keep forgetting that my RL first name is Cher! *embarrassed cringe* No, wait, that's someone else. Whew! False alarm! :p

I am also looking forward to seeing everyone's contribution to the book.
You said it for me, E! I'm like an alley cat who's just gotten fed. Now I'm hanging around, yowling for more. Thank you, Honey and Alyon, for all the luscious feedings! *licks chops*

DO YOU REALY THINK HIS LOOKING FOR US ON THE NET??????? :eek:
I'm sorry, Wood, but I truly, honestly think he isn't. I do hope he absorbed a little thankfulness from us all from that gorgeous book, though! :k

Wood, if he comes looking for us I'll eat my ::honey! looks around for something not too horrible:: I'll eat my art gum eraser! Ain't gonna be happenin' is my bet!

Would've been fun though, wouldn't it? ;)

honey!

ETA:
Oh, ZK, I forgot that you were concerned earlier on that I'd used our screen-names in the book. Fear not. I only used first names so, unless your so famous in RL that I can get you on page one when I Google your first name, we ought to be good!

honey!

Do you even *know* my first name? ;)



serena wrote, about Howard Shore:

A friend of mine remarked, upon first hearing the FotR soundtrack, “Oh, I’m so glad to know that somebody besides John Williams can write rousing film scores!” Although I think HS is more versatile than JW. I’m with you – FotR and RotK seem to have become my main music-to-drive-by (TTT less so, perhaps because that soundtrack doesn’t seem to follow the course of events in the film so well as the other two – esp. FotR – do).

I've always been slightly annoyed at John Williams's scores. They're good, and can sometimes be great, but there are times when they're just too obvious and/or overwhelm or don't fit the action. Example: The chase scene in Hook, where the Lost Boys were chasing Peter Banning/Pan around the treehouse.

I've been impressed with Howard Shore, though I don't know if I've ever heard any other stuff by him. But he seems to have a good feel for when to go quiet, when to go plaintive, and when to pull out all of the stops (literally, sometimes) and blast away. Good examples: Quiet: First theme in FotR. Plaintive (heartbreakingly so): Sam holding Frodo on the slopes of Mt. Doom, and the music when the hobbits are on ponies waiting for Gandalf, and then again when they help Bilbo down to the wharf at the GH. :::: bawl :::: Beautiful use of Sir James Galway. All stops: The Fellowship theme when the three are chasing the Urukai at the beginning of TTT, the building of the King theme during the lighting of the beacons, with the height of the music matching that incredible shot along the top of the mountain range, and of course, the pipe-organ-enhanced no-holds-barred Baradur destruction theme. Somehow he was able to write music to match Elijah's blue eyes. (Now how's that for shoe-horning an on-topic reference into this post?!?) ;)

I watched part of the last Appendices disk last night - the one with all of the last scenes. Most memorable moments so far: 1. Viggo kissing Billeh on the mouth during Sam and Rosie's kissing scene. Hysterical. Billy's description of it was even funnier, as was Dom's reaction because he hadn't known about it. 2. Orlando putting his arm around Elijah (I think during Viggo's last scene), pulling him close, and kissing him. 3. Elijah throwing himself into Viggo's arms at the end of Viggo's last scene. 5. Viggo wiping away tears with the back of his hand while still holding his sword and hugging Peter. 6. PJ trying to bring himself to say "Cut" at the end of take after take of Elijah's last scene. 7. Elijah and PJ sobbing on each other's shoulders at the end of the scene, and Peter saying over and over, "Thank you. Thank you".

There's a heartbreaking sense of open-ness, vulnerability and - don't know what to call it - need? when Elijah hugs someone like Orlando or Viggo in that way. Maybe it's because he's so tiny relative to some of those guys. I almost get a sense, though, that he craves affection from men. It doesn't seem sexual at all; it's almost like a kid hugging his big brother or dad. I could speculate as to the reasons, but if it's true, it's not hard to figure out. ETA: (Sekrit msg to honey!: GMTA ;) )

~grumpy

Do you even *know* my first name?

uh-HUH! :D Tricksy, aren't I? ;)

You pm'd me once with kind words about caring for an aging parent, remember? I do! :k ((((ZK))))

ETA:*Mariole whaps her head* I keep forgetting that my RL first name is Cher! *embarrassed cringe* No, wait, that's someone else. Whew! False alarm! :p
my husband knows a guy in the internet community who has probably the most common man's name in the western hemisphere. If you "google" it, he's right there on page one! :eek:

ETAAgain! Where's Bunnie? And Shireling? we want to hear from you two about your experiences with the One Lad!

honey!

HAVE A LITTLE QUSTIEN!!AGAIN!!!

IS THERE SOMEONE WHO NOWS WERE TO FIND INFO ABOUT
THE PREMIER OF HOLIGANS??? :z: :z:

I MEAN WERE, WHEN AND IF ELIJAH WILL BE PRESENT ON THE PREMIER????
PLEASE SOMEONE!!!! :z: :z: :z:

AND I MEAN THE PREMIER IN BELGIUM,NETHERLANDS OR LONDON!!

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Now I'm worried - we have a cat named Cher posting in the Faculty??? :eek: :confused: :D

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from Grumpy:
I've always been slightly annoyed at John Williams's scores. They're good, and can sometimes be great, but there are times when they're just too obvious and/or overwhelm or don't fit the action.

Oh yes. In literally every case I watched a movie and the music started after 2 minutes to be a pain in the neck it turned out that John Williams was the composer of the score. He simply overeggs the pudding.



So, today is THE day, right? ---
Happy Birthday, YLLA!
Have a great one :) !

I know you love art, so I tried to find an artistic Frolijah (no, this time NOT penned by me) -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/whiteling/frodo_good_drawing_rivka.jpg

Enjoy! He's gorgeous, isn't he?

Found here (www.rivkashome.com/mypics/myart)

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Sharpe's girl, many thanks for the interview. Very interesting. :)

Thank you for posting that interview, Sharpe's Girl. Fantastic!! I loved it. My kind of actor, indeed! :k

And Whiteling!! Gorgeous piece of art!!! :k

As to Bunnie, her story is so sweet/funny/fantastic. I posted a message to her asking her to get on over and tell it, or if not I asked if I copy it here. So soon you should hear. Sorry for the suspense, but I figure it's her tale to tell.. :D

Oh, Honey asked me what his hand felt like, as I was the "hand shaker"--but what I focused on more were his eyes with their very direct gaze, and his soft but firm voice saying "It's nice to meet you."

My we can make a lot out of a 4 second exchange!!! ;)

I was at Sundance last year--don't I wish it was this year, with the Ringers Premiere at Slamdance and Billy is supposed to be there for (whoops...what is it? On a Clear Day?), and what if Dom shows up to do the QandA for Ringers?? If you didn't get to ORC, think about Park City ;) :D (Dress very very warmly!).

Alright, we've turned this thread slightly swoony in the last few days. Hope it's forgiven, given the special circumstances!! :k

Just found this on TORn, from a poster named Lucia, and had to share it:
While I was waiting in line for my Elijah photo-op ....I peaked through the curtains and saw a very nervous and unhappy looking girl standing in front of the photo op chair. Elijah stood up and put his arm around her shoulders and sat her down next to him and then said something to her while he gently stroked her arm. She finally relaxed and as soon as she smiled, they snapped the picture and it was over. I thought, wow, what an incredibly sweet man he is to take the time and energy to make this a good experience for this person. Above and beyond the call of duty.

ETA: and image to go with Sharpe's Girl's article.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/jonathansleeping.jpg

honey!

1. It's great seeing the EII stuff, both pics and articles; thanks for the interview, SG. I feel better about the movie being based on the excerpt instead of the whole book after reading the director's take on it. And even though little Lij is all grown up, he can still give us "awwww" moments--love that sleepy one, Honey. :) I'm more and more looking forward to this movie.

2. Alyon, IMVHO, being excited is in no way the same thing as swooning ;) !

3. And... I can't keep up!!! :eek: :cool: :D

As to Bunnie, her story is so sweet/funny/fantastic. I posted a message to her asking her to get on over and tell it, or if not I asked if I copy it here. So soon you should hear. Sorry for the suspense, but I figure it's her tale to tell.. :D

I'm here! I'm here! But I'm afraid that I'm going to have to make you wait just a teensy bit longer, as I have some things (like kids!) to take care of first. I'd link you to the entry that I made in my LJ, but it is far from PG-rated. :eek: I'll have to do a little censoring, and then post it over here.

And it is far from scholarly! But not exactly swoony. Okay, well... pretty swoony. Yeah. :o But I'll get to it as soon as I can -- it's an amusing and lovely story!

Meanwhile, I want to drop in with some news I just heard about the Joy Division film, with the Ian Curtis role. The working title is Control, and it is to be cast in March and begin production in July. Here's hoping! :z:

I'm here! I'm here! But I'm afraid that I'm going to have to make you wait just a teensy bit longer, as I have some things (like kids!) to take care of first.

Kids? :eek: Sheesh. Can't they make their own dinner? (*) Have they never heard of peanut butter and jelly!? There are priorities, you know! ;) ;)

I'd link you to the entry that I made in my LJ, but it is far from PG-rated. :eek:

I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you! :p


Meanwhile, I want to drop in with some news I just heard about the Joy Division film, with the Ian Curtis role. The working title is Control, and it is to be cast in March and begin production in July. Here's hoping! :z:

:::: crossing fingers, toes, and eyes :::: :z:

Being in four recent blockbusters, and with the attention that EII is generating, and even some ripples over here about Hooligans, I'm hopeful. The Lovely Bones sales went ballistic when PJ announced that he was planning to do it; EII is an Opry book club selection, isn't it? So her fan base which is arguably more mainstream, might also have some interest in it. Plus, if there are any viewers who watch Lost and didn't watch LotR, the attention on Dom might prompt them to watch LotR, which would naturally lead to investigation of what that blue-eyed guy has done, and find out about EII, and buy the book, and...and... ;)

They're nuts if they don't cast him.

Hasn't he said that he's not getting as many good scripts as you'd think? ::: worrying ::: I hope his career doesn't slump. Someone said that he's referred to as a "man" or "young man" rather than "former child actor"; that's encouraging.

Now was that feet-up-eyes-closed picture the character taking a nap, or The One Lad being able to sleep wherever he is?

~grumpy

~grumpy (* sekrit message to Bunnie: You *do* know that I'm kidding, don't you?!?) :D

Thank You one and all for 2 days worth of birthday wishes
And your quite right Achila...I didn't mind one bit that the wishes started 1 day early ;)
Blossom thank you for the birthday gif
Whiteling lovely art...even if it wasn't yours! However I'm so glad your pics and Kumari's were in Elijah's book.

Speaking of birthday gifts.....Honey I am truly touched by the gift you sent me via e-mail.....what a lovely little something you sent me...amazing shopping you did :cool:
What a bad girl I am to not share your gift with all the rest of the ladies...but hey...it's my birthday and some things I just don't want to share ;)
Besides I'm sure they can wait a day or two........
Birthday perks....gotta love them :haha:

Thanks Sharpe's Girl for the great article

Honey it's such a good thing I didn't make it to ORC...I'm sure I wouldn't have been able to talk to him but man that nose of his...I would have surely been tossed out by security after I'm quite sure I would have tried to take a little playful bite right on the tip of that adorable nose...very gently mind you but yes I'm quite sure I might have embarassed all of us......ask my hubby if you think I'm joking....more than once I've nibbled at hubby's nose....earlobes he'll tolerate but the nose...I'm surprised he hasn't divorced me over the assault on his nose :o Now this is dangerously close to swooning but I'm sure this one indiscretion is allowed......a drive-by swooning...by the birthday-girl Ylla
Birthday Over....swooning is now over and out :rolleyes:

...with the attention that EII is generating...
Just flipping through my copy of Entertainment Weekly's 2005 Forecast issue. Interesting that Sin City isn't listed as one of their Movies to Look for. It is still slated for April, isn't it?

ZK said: ETA: (Sekrit msg to honey!: GMTA )
mmm-Hmmm, they do indeed! ;)

Ylla, the birthday girl said...I would have surely been tossed out by security after I'm quite sure I would have tried to take a little playful bite right on the tip of that adorable nose...very gently mind you but yes I'm quite sure I might have embarassed all of us......
Whooo! Does anybody else think it's hot in here? ;)

sekrit message to the Hollywood powers-that-be: hooliganshooliganshooliganshooliganshooligans

honey!

Somebody asked earlier on about the prayer beads Elijah was wearing at TORC. I found this at A&F:

So while I was waiting for Elijah after getting Billy's autograph, the girls in front of me asked him where he had gotten the brown, bead bracelet he was wearing on his right wrist and playing with constantly. He said that he had gotten it from a fan earlier that day, and I said to him that I thought it was really cool that he had gotten something from the fans that he liked enough to wear (note: If you look closely at the pics from Elijah and Sean's Q&A, you can see the bracelet on Elijah's wrist). He looked at me and said that he had actually gotten a lot of nice things from the fans, and I think he said that he was looking forward to going through all of it. (FYI - Billy specifically mentioned in his Q&A all of the great gifts he had gotten from the fans, and he thanked everyone for their generosity.)

Wood - You asked about the première of Hooligans. I remember hearing Feb 15 for London. I don't know how reliable that information is though.

Just to remind everyone that Chain of Fools will be available on DVD Feb 15 in Region 1. I just ordered mine from www.deepdiscountdvd.com for $9, with free shipping.

Another pic of Elijah hugging the little crying girl.

http://ewnow.photosite.com/~photos/tn/8963_1024.ts1106266546609.jpg

Lots of ORC pics here....

http://ewnow.photosite.com/ORC/ :k

OH,THANK YOU HOBMOM!!!!!! :k :k :k


ISEN`T HE A SWEATHEART!!!!

HE LOOKS GREAT IN ALL THE PICTURES!!!
NOW I JUST WAITING FOR THE PICTURE HONEY AND ALYON TOOK!!!! :D :D

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

from Elijah and Sean's panel discussion (not including the TMI story) can be downloaded at http://www.samwisegamgee.net/videos.htm The TMI one (and others) are at the LJ of lunarising -- thanks to all for rounding these clips up for us and hosting them. (And of course, that's www.livejournal.com/users/ and then add lunarising). Please make sure you "right-click-save". Enjoy!

Good morning to the Faculty! Thanks, Achila, for the link to the videos and pictures from ORC. The next best thing to being there! A question for Honeyelf and Alyon, what were EW and SA doing at the statue of Gollum?

C4

Removed confusing question to Achila and Honeyelf.

From Hobmom's website:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/gollumpetting.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/fishkissing.jpg

honey!

PS C4, bread and milk??? :confused: I woke up denser than usual this morning! :D

Hobmom, that piccie of the little girl is adorable. She looks so happy! What a precious moment. *melts*

But Honey, I'm even more confused by the piccies above. Is Elijah ... kissing the fish? This is unusual behavior. I'm sure there was a reason. There was, after all, a good solid basis for the ballroom dancing. I'm sold on that. But the fish kissing... this puzzles me. :p :D :)

Thanks for the links, Achila, and the bead-bracelet scoop, Eandme! :k

Mariole:But Honey, I'm even more confused by the piccies above. Is Elijah ... kissing the fish? This is unusual behavior. I'm sure there was a reason. There was, after all, a good solid basis for the ballroom dancing. I'm sold on that. But the fish kissing... this puzzles me. :p :D :)

Frankly I'm far more disturbed by Sean's hand on Gollum's knee! :p :D :)

Yes, EandMe thanks for the scoop on the bracelet!

honey!

THANK YOU ACHILA FOR POSTING THE LINKS!!!!!
YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!! :k :k :k :k

((((((AND EVERYBODY ELSE ARE THE BEST))))))))))


LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Hey guys,

* Firstly, I seem to have missed at least one birthday....Oops.
Happy belated birthday, Ylla. Have a wonderful new year in your life.

An oldie:
http://www.torbenhoyer.dk/wooyou2.jpeg

* Secondly...heeeeeelp....another one who can't keep up.

* Thanks to everyone (Honey, Alyon,...)for posting those great ORC stories.
It's been fun reading them. I've read Bunnie's experiences on her LJ and that was fantastic as well.
Good to see that you had a great time.

* Achila, thanks for the link.
Hobmom, thanks for that picture with the little girl. I'm afraid that my reaction to that photo was very predictable: awwwwww...how cute. ;)

HI MOONDANCER!!!!

GLADE TOO SEE YOU AGAIN!!!!! :k :k

AND I AGREE WITH YOU,THAT PIC,OF HIM WITH THE LITTLE
GIRL, mmmmmm so sweet and gentle, so want to bee a little
girl again!!!!! :p :D
no,swooning ?? what not me!!! :cool: :D

love you all/wood

I'm expecting a trouting for this (how fitting :D ), but I knew that pic with the fish reminded me of something ;) :

http://www.frodolivesin.us/ejw/3ac94e50.jpg

Sorry for the low visibility. That's the most difficult scene I've ever screencapped: dark, and not a very good quality DVD (and you can interpret that second point any way you want :haha: ). This scene makes up for a lot, though, IMHO.

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I wonder if the constant playing with the bracelet will become an additional nervous habit (Barney-esque though it is), or if Elijah will try to use it to replace another one (and I don't mean his nail-biting).

Another pic of Elijah hugging the little crying girl.

~grumpy melts into a puddle of goo; regains composure, pulls reading glasses well down on nose and glares over them.

Harrrrrumph. Hugging babies. Next he'll be running for public office.

~grumpyanddeterminedlytryingtonotbesentimentalandfailingmiserably
P.S. What are reputation points?

Hi, all! It's me, finally, with my, um, censored report. :o I tried to edit out the swooniest parts (though it's still pretty swoony here and there), and also the worst of the language. I did leave one censored curse in there, because, well, it's how it happened. ;) Let me know if I missed anything that needs to be changed, okay?

And I apologize for the length! Apparently, I'm rather wordy when I'm over the moon. Heh. So, Here goes:


Chapter One: Smile, remember to breathe, and say, 'squee'!

It is so lovely standing in a cluster of fellow Elijah girls who are all in various states of panic while waiting for their turn to be photographed with the object of their affection. About an hour before the photo ops were due to start, a group of us decided to go wait in the (unofficial) line, and consequently ended up being about two dozen people from the beginning. I thought my heart was going to beat out through my chest, just standing there, waiting.

Anyway, once we got into the walled-off area where the photos were being done, it was almost possible to forget the crippling state of my own mounting terror, because I had the joy of watching Elijah work during others' photos. He was charming, accommodating, funny, and he mugged and smiled and was just so... lovely! He looked happy, and like maybe he was even enjoying himself. I'd like to think he was.

Really very quickly, it was my turn. I was determined to try to get a genuine smile out of him, rather than the closed-mouth grin that he usually assumes in this sort of situation. I was wearing my 'I ♥ NERDS, I ♥ GEEKS, I ♥' DORKS' t-shirt (which, I must say, went over very well with the general population at the con), and I fully expected him to say something about it. However, when I managed to cross the ten feet to where he was sitting without my knees buckling, he looked up and took my hand and his eyes met mine and never wavered. Not that I'm complaining. O_____O

He smiled and said, 'hello,' and I said, 'hi' and sat down next to him. He leaned in close to hear me as I told him a few words that Dom had said would crack him up, and while it didn't make him laugh, he did start nodding emphatically and said, “There's also, 'Not on the roof, Nigel',” which made me laugh, and then it was time to turn to the camera, and by that time, we were both chuckling. Score!

So, he puts his arm around me and I lean in... and suddenly realize that my hand. is on. his thigh. o_O Well, I can't very well just jerk it away, can I? CAN I? I didn't expect it to show in the photograph, as the Dom photo ops that I'd seen cut off before the legs, but when I picked up the photo later, sure enough: there's my hand. On his thigh. :D AND TEETH. In that sort of smile that I just love, with the slightly open mouth and that little glimpse of his tongue behind his teeth. *wibble*

Following this was a short period of time before Billy was to take the stage, and I used it to calm down and stop shaking. I'm totally serious. I was so happy with how the photo op went, but the adrenaline needed awhile to work its way through.

Chapter Two: Presenting: Hobbits! All Singing, All Spinning, All Dancing!

And then: BILLEH! I'm not going to go into detail about his talk, except to say that he is easily one of the funniest and most charming speakers that I've ever had the pleasure to hear. I laughed so hard, and I just wanted to wrap him up and take him home. And I could have listened to him talk for at least two more hours. He was absolutely wonderful.

Then it was Elijah and Sean's turn. They were completely wonderful together. My only complaint was that their session suffered from the occasional lull, and they tended to forget that there were two immensely long lines of people waiting to ask them questions, and just kind of went off in their own direction. Which, admittedly, was sometimes quite entertaining, anyway. And they sang, and they spun on a stool, and they danced, and Elijah told about his stay in the hospital for his burst appendix (Sean (to the audience, disbelieving): Do you all know that Elijah had a burst appendix last year? Audience: YEEEESSSSSSS! Elijah: I love you guys. *heart*), and Elijah comforted a crying two year old girl to the accompaniment of exploding ovaries throughout the venue... and dang, but it was fabulous.

There was an intermission, then, and I decided to go grab a bite (I spent far too much of this con starving to death for fear of missing something) with some friends. When we were done, one of them spotted the goofy keychain that I had hanging on my messenger bag that I'd put there (along with my vintage 'Frodo Lives' button) in acknowledgment of my own geekdom. It's a small, plastic replica of the exterior of Bag End, with a little knob that turns and opens the door, and when you look in (through, really) there is a photograph image of Gandalf standing inside. My sister gave it to me for Christmas last year, and I put it in a box and didn't give it a second thought until I ran across it while looking for my Light-up Sting!Frodo action figure to take with me (geek, remember?).

So, they all start saying that I should totally show that to Elijah during my autograph time, because he would love it and geek out over it and it would be fun... but I was reeeally hesitant, because I knew my time with him was going to be severely limited, and I wasn't sure I wanted to spend it that way, so I sort of dismissed the idea.

Continued in next post...

Chapter Three: In Which Praise Is Given For Slow Elevators

At this point, there was still a little time before autographs, so I decided to go back to the hotel to brush my teeth. While I was there, I was joined by my roomies, Undone and Hope. When we had all freshened up, we got in the elevator and were chatting about autograph lines or banquets or some such thing and the elevator in the place takes FOREVER and when it finally comes to a stop, I'm staring at the door waiting for it to open (which also takes forever), and as it does, there, standing dead center, is Elijah Wood. :eek:

And I swear, you could not have planned it better cinematically, because he was right there in the middle as the door opened, and what are the chances? Especially when there are actually three elevators, and we could have been in any of them or he could have been waiting elsewhere, or or or... So it was FATE or DESTINY or some such thing worthy of praise and worship, I swear.

My eyes must have nearly popped out of my head, and the first words out of my mouth, under my breath to Undone, were: “Oh, my f***ing god.” And I glance at her, and she clearly hasn't seen him, because she looks all normal and stuff, so I think, Okay, maybe he's not really there... and I look back over, and OMG HE'S STILL THERE. And now I'm realizing that I have to get out of the elevator and practically trip over Elwood to do so, and... you know that scene in ROTK where Frodo is just outside Shelob's lair looking in, and the camera does this stretchy, special effect thing where the tunnel suddenly looks longer and longer and even more imposing? Well, I had a moment like that in the elevator, when it suddenly looked like such a long, impossible journey. And I was able to laugh later when I got in the elevator and realized that it was actually only about four feet to the door! But at that moment, it seemed nearly impassible.

I braced myself and stepped out, and as I went toward him our eyes met, and I sort of just froze up, but I managed to smile and say 'hi,' which he also did, but then I crossed in front of him and just. kept. going. But behind me, I hear Undone's voice and I turn around, and she's chastising him for chewing on his thumbnail! Apparently, after I'd passed by, he'd raised it to his mouth and was working on it with his teeth when she walked up to him and said:

Undone (teasingly): You really should stop biting your nails.
Elijah (in a sort of defensive whine): But it's not my nail, it's just my skin! (And he holds it right up in her face for her to see)
Undone: But you know, still. You should stop, because it's not healthy.
Elijah: But I'm nervous. I have to do something!
Undone (while STROKING his upper arm): Don't be nervous. Life is goooood!

Meanwhile, I glance past them, and there, on the fringes of the group that Elijah's with, is BILLY! Our eyes met for just a fraction of a second before he glanced down, and I imagined that he was discouraging interaction, so I left him alone. Besides, I WAS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO ELIJAH. Nothing against Billy, I love Billy, but. I WAS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO ELIJAH.

And the conversation is continuing, because: hallelujah, the elevator is the slowest elevator on the planet! Praise be!

Elwood: I can't help it. I've gotta be doing something.
Undone: Well, you could... (and she makes a gesture with her forefinger like she's going to PICK HER NOSE)
Elwood: But I already do that!

(BWAHAHHAHAHHAHHHHAAAA!)

Undone: Ohhhh... you're the guy in the car next to me at the stop light when I glance over and... (she makes a shocked, disgusted face)
Elwood: *smirks sheepishly*

By now, I'm trying madly to think of something that will keep him there talking for just a little while longer, because they're obviously late for the autograph signing and antsy to get going, but THE ELEVATOR STILL HASN'T ARRIVED. Can I get an 'AMEN'?

Then I flash on the keychain -- the humble symbol of my geekdom and gadgety piece of kitsch -- and I think, what the hell? and pull it off of my bag.

Me: My friends told me I should show you this... (I hold it up for him to see)
Elwood: Oh, no way.
Me: See? It's a little model of Bag End, and you can open the door... (which I do)
Elwood: Oh, no WAY.
Me (holding it up to his eye and I'm, like, five inches from his face and I have a perfect view of his skin and his eyes and his perfect profile and the scar in his left eyebrow): ...and it really should be a hobbit, but inside is an image of Gandalf. See it?
Elwood (peering into it): That is so cool!

Somewhere during this, he has taken it from my hand and is grinning and looking at it when a fangirl comes up and asks if she can have a photo taken with him. He agrees, and she asks me to take it for her, which I do, and when I'm finished, Undone (GODS BLESS HER) says, oh, so politely, that she's knows he's in a hurry, but could she trouble him for a photo as well? And he's handing me back my keychain as she's digging for her camera and turning it on, and I almost say, 'No, just keep it,' but I've suddenly become sort of possessive of this object that up until about a minute ago I'd barely given a second thought to. And then, Undone is handing her camera to Hope (GODS BLESS HER), and I blurt, “Can I be in the picture, too?” And, honestly, I can't even remember who gave me permission or if they even did, but suddenly I'm standing there squeezed up against him with my arm around him and his around me, with Undone on the other side, and Hope is taking our picture.

And by now, the elevator has come, and his group is inside waiting for him, but he's going, “Hold on, I'll be right there,” and Hope takes the picture AND THERE'S NO FLASH. And Undone is saying, “Cr*p, the flash was off!” But he's extricating himself and he says, “No, there's a lot of light in here, it will be fine!” (And he was right! The photo was a bit blurry and yellow, but it was there! HALLELUJAH, BABY!) And then he's heading toward the elevator and we're calling after him with thank you's and good-byes and see you later's.

Undone will forever be my hero for stopping and talking to that man when I didn't have the guts or wit to do so. And now I know definitively that he is somewhere between 5'5” and 5'6” or so, because WE WERE WEARING THE EXACT SAME SHOES. Gods bless red Chucks, too, while we're at it. And he is gorgeous, and gracious, and oh... so lovely. That SKIN. And, of course, his eyes. And did I mention gorgeous? And funny! And it was all so surreal and yet normal at the same time, because we didn't go all gushy fangirly on him, and actually had a rather twisted but fairly normal conversation with him, and it was spontaneous and memorable, and just the sort of encounter that I have always wished for (except my fantasy was always that it would be in a CD store *shrug*). Oh, man. I will never, ever forget it.

Continued in next post... :rolleyes:

Chapter Five: The Perfect Ending

More than ecstatic, the three of us make our way back over to the convention hall for the autograph session with Billy, Elijah and Sean. It's a long wait, and miraculously, I'm no longer nervous about speaking to Elwood when I get my last few seconds with him. So, I wait, and wait, and wait, and come to a decision of what I'm going to do and say when we meet this final time.

Again, we get the treat of watching him interact with other fans, and the order is: Billy, Elijah and then Sean, and they're separated from each other by a con staff member whose job it is to ensure that things move quickly and smoothly. Which they do. Except at Sean's end, where things slow down a bit and bottle up, because, well... it's Sean. Talking. ;-) *heart*

When it is finally my turn, I put my book down for Billy to sign, but something is odd and he's distracted by something that's going on off to the side where the security guard is letting the fans approach the table one by one. He takes the book and signs, but then looks back over to the side, and neither speaks nor acknowledges that he's heard me when I tell him, 'thank you'. And I didn't even say what I had planned to say, because I was so put off by his distractedness. And it was all so... un-Billy-like! But, I knew there were hundreds of people he had to deal with, and I just... I decided to just let it go. It was a bit disappointing, but at least I got to see him, right?

Next up was Elijah. I give him my book, smile and say, 'hi', and he says, 'how are you doing?', and I wonder if he recognizes me from the encounter in the hotel lobby, (the security person certainly did, as she had been there, too, and mentioned it to me as I went by). Not that it's important, or anything. I give him my book to sign, and as he does so, I say my little spiel that I'd planned, the gist of which was very fangirly, but honest, and at the end, I tell him, “I just want to say thank you, and that I would be so pleased if you would accept this as an early birthday gift.” And I hand him the keychain. “Really?” he says, taking it from me. “Yes, really,” I say. And he grins at it in his hands and says, with a trace of a chuckle in his voice, “That is so awesome! Thank you!” My heart is doing flips and handstands, but I manage to thank him and bid him farewell, and then move along to Sean.

And Sean? Is so lovely to interact with. He was focused, and sincere, and we talked about his book and how cathartic it was for him, and it was really, really lovely. And I wish that I had remembered to tell him how much my daughters have enjoyed his reading of A Bad Case of Stripes on that Storyline website, because I think he would really have gotten a kick out of that. Oh, well.

Epilogue: In Which The Perfect Ending Ends Even More Perfectly

The next night (after John Rhys Davies, who is a lovely, delightful man, and Charles Ross, who does an incredibly hilarious performance called The One Man Lord of the Rings Show), a few of us decided to go see the World Without Sundays gig that was about six blocks from the convention center. And who should show up, but Billy Boyd! And I actually managed to have a few words with him (without being pushy, or anything), and he was just lovely and funny, which was just the perfect capper to the weekend and totally made up for my autograph experience earlier.

All in all, it's hard to imagine how the weekend could have been any more fun. Not to say there aren't things that I would change, but for the most part, it was near perfect, and I think I blew my share of celebrity karma for my entire lifetime in that one weekend. It just doesn't get much better than this.

And you know? Undone was soooo right. Life is good!
:)

BunnieBugs, thanks for sharing your wonderful time at ORC. What a great story!

C4

ETA-Happy Belated Birthday to Mechtild! :D

Wood and Whiteling asked me through PM if there was any news on the release of Hooligans here.
Some time ago, there was even talk of a possible premiere here in Belgium.

So, I had a look on some Belgian sites. It's on the calender. Most moviesites have it on the 'to be released' list but they don't have a date yet.
Except for one site and it mentions:
Les sorties cinéma en Belgique en 2 mars 2005:
- Hooligans, USA - Realisateur: Lexi Alexander - Acteur: Elijah Wood - Claire Forlani...
The 2nd of March.

Bunniebugs - thanks for posting your ORC experiences. I really enjoyed reading it. I am totally in awe of people like Undone, who can sieze the the moment like that.

Have you managed to sleep properly since all that excitement? :) I think I'd still be lying awake every night reliving it all.

Undone will forever be my hero for stopping and talking to that man when I didn't have the guts or wit to do so. And now I know definitively that he is somewhere between 5'5” and 5'6” or so, because WE WERE WEARING THE EXACT SAME SHOES. Gods bless red Chucks, too, while we're at it.

Yep, Undone is MY hero too -- for lots of reasons -- LOL. And the pic of you with him, both of you in your red Chucks, was beyond cute -- thanks SOOO much for sharing this wonderful experience with us! :k

ETA: Another of Elijah with the little girl at ORC, courtesy of elfellon111:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/8962_1024.jpg

Also ETA: Elijah at Sundance yesterday, at the premiere of Billy's film, "On A Clear Day" (courtesy of patsie):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/elijahringers.jpg

THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU, THANK-YOU....

Alyon, Honeyelf, and Bunnie-bugs for sharing all of your truly FAB experiences at the ORC event !!! Mechtild and I have been linking to your accounts in the Elijah thread at TORC...so there are a whole load of other people also getting to share ( I hope you don't mind, but these stories are just too good to NOT share, if you know what I mean )
:k

I am so envious, but I feel as if I have been there myself, so interesting were all of your reports...
Honey...I have absolutely no doubt at all that Elijah fully appreciates the lovely book you made, and I, myself would have no problem at all if he managed to find his way here as a result...I reckon he'll treasure it, because he's like that...

Here's the very best ever picture I could find, of him hugging the lucky little girl...by way of a thank-you :-

http://bruce-hopkins.com/photos/elijahlittlegirl.jpg

Awwww...( Wendy melts into a puddle of goo ;) ...)

More photos here (http://bruce-hopkins.com/photos/orccon.html)

Yea, the ORC reports continue! :) I'm so happy to see your wonderful, witty write-up, Bunnie! Thank you for posting it here. :k

Tg, that was a startling Froshadowing you picked out! :cool: When I first got over the shock of this little boy being Gollum, :eek: it worked well! What an eye. :p

Nice to see you, Moondancer! *waves* And Achila-- thank you for the new pics! Now what's going on with his chin -- a Van Dyke? *awaits developments*

Harrrrrumph. Hugging babies. Next he'll be running for public office.
Oh, yes, yes! *waves frantically* I'd vote for him. Actually, I don't care if he actually gets on the ballot. I just want him to have a rally in my town so I'd get to shake his hand. *connives*

ETA: Lady Wendy, whahoo! How lovely of you to drop in, bearing gifts! Oh, that blue eye. *grins* Cheers!

Hi to you, Mariole...
I don't get to post in here as often as I'd like, mainly due to time constraints ;) ...usually only get time to read all the marvellous posts, before I have to go and do something else :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Today, though, I have time... :z:

Here's another present, this time gacked from A & F...thought you may be interested in the thoughts of Chairman Lij, aged 15 !!!

...from a German Teenie magazine called HIT! The interview was done in September 1996. It is a two page interview. On the left hand side is the text plus a picture of Elijah sitting on some ropes. He is wearing a blue chequered shirt with a white T-shirt underneath and brown corduroy trousers.



A HEARTBREAKER WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM

He is only just 15 years old but already he is being treated like a Superstar. We are talking about Elijah Wood. The cute actor is starring in a remake of the legendary TV series Flipper which is currently showing in cinemas.

In the beginning you didn’t want to accept the part in Flipper. How come?

Well, I wasn’t really interested because the idea of it seemed so commercialised. Films like Flipper are usually the ultimate box office hit. But then I read through the script and discovered that they would be using real, actual dolphins. I loved this idea. I knew it wouldn’t be like Free Willy but the thought that it would be nearly as good challenged me.

You also had to do special training for the movie.

Primarily this was training with the dolphins. I also learned to dive a little bit and how I could hold my breath under water for longer periods of time (without looking stupid). *laughs*

The film’s producer, Perry Katz, said that you are the best actor of your generation. How does such a compliment make you feel?

It’s very nice of him to say something like that. It’s really a great compliment. I also try my best. I love my job and I think that that’s half the work done already. That way I can put all my energy in what I am doing right now. But I’m certainly no better than any other actor.

You worked with Paul Hogan in Flipper and with Kevin Costner in the War (German title: Das Baumhaus which means the Treehouse). Were there any differences?

Paul Hogan is a real professional but so incredibly laid back. He has a lot of patience. And he is very funny. Unfortunately I didn’t really get to know Kevin properly. I didn’t have that many scenes with him in the War. But what I know of him is that he concentrates very hard when he works. He is also very serious.

Would you say he was unapproachable?

No I wouldn’t say that. He is simply a very serious person. He doesn’t talk a lot either; he is fully immersed in his work.

How would you describe your style?

I could probably be placed between both extremes. I’m serious but I wouldn’t start meditating before a scene and retreat completely. I like to concentrate when I’m working but I can also approach a character which I have to play in a relaxed and laid back manner and have fun in the process.

Have you ever had any real acting lessons?

No.

So you’re a natural?

I would call it a gift from god.

Are there any other actors with whom you would like to work?

Of course! I would like to work with either Kevin Spacey or Tim Roth. He was brilliant in “Rob Roy”. I would love to work with him. He is great at everything he does. Or John Malkovich – he is an amazing actor. It’s great working with really talented people. You always learn a lot from them.

Have you been particularly influenced by any actor?

Mel Gibson. He is very nice. In addition, he is a fantastic actor and director. I am really impressed by him and his talent.

How about Macaulay Culkin?

I haven’t seen him since we did “The Good Son” together. I wouldn’t describe myself as his friend anymore. I let myself be influenced by him for quite some time but now I feel rather sorry for him.

Do you get a lot of fan mail?

*thinks* I think most of the letters are now directed to some kind of service. I for one have not received any fan letters in a long time. Previously the entire mail used to be delivered to my house. That was incredible – mountains upon mountains of letters. I was totally impressed and thought, “oh my god, so many people actually know me!”

Can you tell us something about the dolphins you worked with?

We had three dolphins: Jake, Fatman and MacGyver. If one of them got tired, we continued working with the others. MacGyver was the most beautiful of the three. We used him for close-ups. Jake was the funniest of the three. He had the most strength. He was the “Stunt-dolphin”. And Fatman was the laziest. We used him for scenes which were shot with soft lighting.

How long did the shooting take?

It took 4 months.

Paul Hogan later said that he felt rather silly talking to a “robotic Flipper”. Did you feel the same way?

You get used to it. They looked very real. Between shoots I even caught myself patting them *laughs*. Then I stopped and thought: “Hold on, something’s different.” Walt Conti did an amazing job on those fake animals.

What was the best trick that you learned with the dolphins?

The “foot-roll” was the best one. Unfortunately they cut that scene from the movie. You lie face down on the water and keep your feet together. Then the dolphins come and turn you around with their noses.

Why is there no kiss at the end of the movie?

There was a kiss in the script but then we discovered that it didn’t really fit. The friendship between my character Sandy and Kim had not progressed enough to justify a relationship at the end of the movie.

What do you do when you’re not working?

I like to go rollerblading and watch a lot of movies. I also play a lot with my dogs. I have two dogs. They are bearded collies, which look a bit like sheepdogs, only they have less fur.

Do you still have time for school?

Oh yes, there’s enough time left for that. I am being home schooled when I’m at home in Los Angeles.

Are you a fan of the “Red Hot Chilli Peppers” and the “Smashing Pumpkins”?

I like the Smashing Pumpkins. They are one of my favourite bands. I don’t like the Chilli Peppers at all. I like the Beatles best but the Smashing Pumpkins are nearly as good as the Beatles.

Have you already decided which college you want to attend?

No idea. I definitely want to go to college though. I would love to study English. I love the classical authors. I just finished reading “The great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury.

What’s your next project going to be?

It’s called “The Ice Storm” and is directed by Ang Lee. Sigourney Weaver and Christina Ricci also play in the movie. I can’t wait to work with them; I loved “Sense and Sensibility”.

Remember I translated this from German into English so it may not sound perfect but it gives you quite a good idea of what the interview was about. There may not be anything new in here but I thought it might be nice to share my discovery. ;o)

I remember we had a discussion not so long ago about Elijah's reading choices...and I think that the two books mentioned here show quite an eclectic taste for decent quality fiction...
Wonder if he'll ever see that desire fulfilled, to go to college to study English ?!!

Hiya, Bunnie! You've re-entered earth's orbit, too? good to see you back,and to read your report!

From the "Hit!" magazine article, emphasis honey's!: Are there any other actors with whom you would like to work?
Of course! I would like to work with either Kevin Spacey or Tim Roth. He was brilliant in “Rob Roy”. I would love to work with him. He is great at everything he does. Or John Malkovich – he is an amazing actor. It’s great working with really talented people. You always learn a lot from them

Short of resurrecting Jimmy Stewart, John Malkovich is another of my favorite actors, and it would be terrific to see the two of them in something together.

The film’s producer, Perry Katz, said that you are the best actor of your generation. How does such a compliment make you feel?

And then Elijah went on to do the Ice Storm with Ang Lee, and decided that he wanted to take his acting seriously. Wonder of Mr. Katz' comment helped him to make that decision?

Thanks for the super pic of Lij and the little girl, and for this article, Lady Wendy!

honey!

Bunnie, your account of your Elwoodian encounters at ORC is fan-tastic. ;) Thanks so much for sharing. I cannot think of another celebrity with whom you could have a talk like this (besides the other hobbit boys, probably :D).

Achila, the pictures you brought are wonderful. Ditto the pictures of Lady Wendy! Elijah hugging the little girl make my heart jump with joy (I bet she's intending to marry him when she's grown up :k ). Thanks to you both. And what a nice interview - another record for his maturity beyond his years.

Moondancer, thank you for confirming the Hooligans release date :)
Btw, how big is your house? *tries to look very innocent*

well, whiteling!! ido trys to lokk very innocent!!!
moondancer do you have a room for me too?? :z:

sitting here drinking wine after looking at the extra materiel,my eyes are red
after elijah`s last take!!!!!

he is so gourges!!! no swooning,i know i stop right know!!!!!!

what is it about that man,why is he effect me soo???
or am i only drunk?????


love you al so much/wood

Thank you, Lady Wendy, for sharing that article. I never make it over to A&F anymore these days.

But I’m certainly no better than any other actor.
I don't know, Lij. There are a lot of actors... :p

I let myself be influenced by [Macaulay Culkin] for quite some time but now I feel rather sorry for him.
I wonder if this is an oblique reference to Richie Rich? Perhaps young Lij knew more about being outmaneuvered there than was comfortable. But it sounds like he worked through his understandable disappointment. I hope the days of the Macaulay Culkin and Mark Hamill comparisons are over.

*thinks* I think most of the letters are now directed to some kind of service. I for one have not received any fan letters in a long time. Previously the entire mail used to be delivered to my house. That was incredible – mountains upon mountains of letters.
Ah, the good old days of fame, when the mountains of letters ended up at the house! If he had mountains before, what does he have now? *ponders giant moving truck*

I love the classical authors. I just finished reading “The great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald and “The Martian Chronicles” by Ray Bradbury.
Just <3s him a whole lot! :k

Thanks for the report, Bunnie. And Lady Wendy, it is definitely okay to share the reports!! (speaking for myself anyway--mine are shareable).

(((Achila)))Elijah at Sundance!! That is so cool!!! I know, I know--I have nothing at all to complain about, but wasn't I just talking a little wistfully about being at Sundance one year too early so that I missed seeing BIlly this year?? It is so cool Elijah showed up!!! Anyone know if Dom was there for the Ringers film? Slamdance and Sundance are both in Park City, which is very small, having one main steet-several side streets-- and many theaters. I love to think of many hobbits converging there!! Did I read some cryptic line somewhere about Elijah deejaying there???

Thank you Lady Wendy, for posting the Flipper era interview!! Lovely! :)

(((Achila)))Elijah at Sundance!! That is so cool!!!

(((())))'s you back, luv.

I know, I know--I have nothing at all to complain about, but wasn't I just talking a little wistfully about being at Sundance one year too early so that I missed seeing BIlly this year?? It is so cool Elijah showed up!!! Anyone know if Dom was there for the Ringers film? Slamdance and Sundance are both in Park City, which is very small, having one main steet-several side streets-- and many theaters. I love to think of many hobbits converging there!! Did I read some cryptic line somewhere about Elijah deejaying there???

Don't know about the DJing, but TORn did report that all the hobbits and various and sundry other LOTR personel were supposed to be there at the premiere. I haven't seen any photos yet. I do know that the film's screening are moving to Salt Lake City next week, so we'll see. Stay tuned!

ETA: Just saw that someone else mentioned the DJing on their LJ. I did find some pics on Wire Image of the "Ringers" gang in Park City -- Cliff Broadway and co. -- no pics of hobbits so far.

Nothing really to add, just needed to thank everyone again for the reports, pictures, the "Flipper" interview, and all... Bunnie, what a weekend! (Looking at things from the other side--Can you imagine waiting for an elevator and having a complete stranger standing next to you tell you that you should stop biting your fingernails :lol: ? I hope one reason he could be as relaxed as he seemed to be--really enjoying the picture taking, etc.--was that he knew he was surrounded all weekend by people he could trust.)

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Mariole--When I posted those pics (Gollum with fish & "Little Sean" with daddy) I knew we'd run into a terminology problem. So, since you're a multiple-time contributor to the glossary, what would you call that? Not a Froshadowing, or even a Frodotype, because there's no Frodo involved at all? :confused:

The little boy, of course, is Elijah's one-and-only screen offspring (Ed Burns' nephew IIRC, so a little nepotism going on, but he is a cutie, isn't he? :) ). None of the movies in production seem to have Elijah in a father role--did Ian Curtis have any children?

Oh fantastic, Achila. And I bow down to you -- no one quicker to the news than are you!! :k

Was On A Clear Day part of the dramatic competition, I wonder?? If so, I'm pretty sure I know in just what theater they were all standing yesterday for the premiere. Really weird for me to know where the hobbits exactly stood, two weekends in a row. :cool:
:D

thanks again!!

tg,, I know you posed the question of what to call EW with Gollum and the fish and "Little Sean" to Mariole, but "Out of the Wood Work" popped into my head. Something related to his film work, but out of it, happening in real life. Just thinking!

C4

edited for clarification, I hope!

ceefour--Anyone's welcome to give suggestions! I just "picked on" Mariole because she called it a Froshadowing in her post, which, of course, it isn't. :p The "Out of the Wood Work" is a cute idea :D :D .

Thanks for rescuing me, ceefour! I think "Out of the Wood Work" is very clever!

Yes, I did misuse Froshadowing. *accepts fate * pages through the glossary as a refresher, and smiles* :)

ETA: Ooh, exciting, Achila! Does this mean EII will be released?!?! *crosses fingers*

From the forum on Oscarwatch.com -- the discussion thread was "Best Actor 2006 Contenders" (keep in mind that this isn't one of the "usual suspects" posting this :))

Ralph Fiennes has a better chance in Fernando Meirelles The Constant Gardener. Also we have the twin Capote projects, Every Word is True starring Toby Jones as Capote and the film Capote starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

Furthermore don't discount George Clooney playing a CIA agent in 1980's Middle East in Syriana, Elijah Wood in the adaptation of the book Everything is Illuminated, both Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain, Colin Farrell's second movie in Ask the Dust and possibly James Gandolfini for Romance & Cigarettes

While trying to find the thread Achila posted about, I found a new trailer for "Sin City" instead. There was no EW, however, but there seemed to be every other actor. :confused:

Go to oscarwatch.com, click on OW forum, click on Main Forum, scroll down to "new(?)Sin City Trailer." The link is in the first post. The trailer is a few minutes long, so it took a couple of minutes to download.

C4

THANKS FOR THE NEWS EVERYONE!!! :k :k

WHAT I CAN`T UNDERSTAND IS WHY ISEN`T THERE A TRAILER
FOR HOLLIGANS?????? :confused:
AND WHY ISEN`T ELIJA SEEN MORE IN SIN CITY TRAILERN????? :confused:

JUST WONDERING!!

OH,I FORGOTT,IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNOWS
WERE I CAN FIND THE ELWISHALPHABET??I HAVE ON IDEAR ABOUT MY TATOO!!! :p :D

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Moondancer, thank you for confirming the Hooligans release date :)
Btw, how big is your house? *tries to look very innocent*
Very subtle, very smooth... :D
It's not that big but we'll work something out once we get more details. OK?


Furthermore don't discount George Clooney playing a CIA agent in 1980's Middle East in Syriana, Elijah Wood in the adaptation of the book Everything is Illuminated, both Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain, Colin Farrell's second movie in Ask the Dust and possibly James Gandolfini for Romance & Cigarettes
Very cool!... :cool:

i was reading about the snow storm over
northeast of usa on the tv today!!

everybody who lives there are you girls okey???

ylla was going to stay at here work over the weekend
so i hope she will be okey!!

achila,pelagia,honeyelf,you live there right??have i mised sombody??
are you okey??

thanks moondancer about the release date!!!! :k :k
if your house is to small or all of us i guess you have hotells?? :lol:
or do you have hobbitholes??? :lol: :lol:


love you all/wood

Very subtle, very smooth... :D
Yes, innit? Subtleness is my middle name. :D
It's not that big but we'll work something out once we get more details. OK?
OK. But like Wood I'd love to stay even in a hobbithole, if available. ;)
Too bad it isn't the world premiere of Hooligans. What an alluring thought...attending a premiere with Elijah near by. *sigh*

Very interesting news about the 2006 Oscars! I can't even think as far ahead as Friday, and there are people predicting next year's Oscars. :lol:

But if they want to include Elijah Wood that's OK with me. ;)

The snow here (suburbs of NYC) is amazing, Wood--the first blizzard of the year and a very impressive one, dumping at least a foot of white stuff and probably more. It's still coming down and blowing about like crazy. Fortunately it's the weekend and I plan to stay indoors and watch a few DVDs...... maybe a trilogy or two......

I'm sure we will be completely dug out of the snow by tomorrow morning's rush hour. It doesn't often hit this hard, but we're used to it in New York. Down near Philadelphia (Achila?) they have two major pro football games to play today, so I'm sure they're working around the clock with those snowplows..... the show must go on!

Very interesting news about the 2006 Oscars! I can't even think as far ahead as Friday, and there are people predicting next year's Oscars. :lol:


I hesitated to post this, not wanting to jinx it. But I found it kinda thrilling to think that someone other than "one of ours" would talk in these terms about Our Lad, and of course, it was too good not to share!


I'm sure we will be completely dug out of the snow by tomorrow morning's rush hour. It doesn't often hit this hard, but we're used to it in New York. Down near Philadelphia (Achila?) they have two major pro football games to play today, so I'm sure they're working around the clock with those snowplows..... the show must go on!

Oh yes, the Eagles will be flying this afternoon, come hell or...whatever. This town has been to the brink several times with the birds, with no pay-off, so they're pretty amped around here. Not like *I* could care, tho!

Thanks for the concern, Wood -- we also had about a foot or so. Now to dig out...yuck.

More on topic, there were some cute pics of Lij with Billy in Sundance last night, at the LJ tinalikesstuff.

I hesitated to post this,

Oh, I'm glad you did, Achila! I don't really believe in jinxes, and you've made me look forward to the film even more. Thanks for the news.

FLOURISH,ACHILA I`M GLADE YOU ARE OKEY!!!
ACHILA,OF CURSE I AM CONSERED YOU ARE MY FRIENDS!! :k :k

AND THANKS FOR THE OSCARS REPORT!!!!!

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

:::: digs out of snowbank ::::

Harrrrumph. Media hype. Most of the time, when the storms come from the West, the mountains get it, and the Northeast and southeast get it, but Washington is usually spared. We got maybe 4 inches max. It's bitterly cold, of course (To Wood and Rikka it would probably be cause to wear a light jacket ;) ) and the cats are glaring at me to turn the heat up.

Anyway, whenever it snows, I think of this comic strip from waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back. :::: typing surruptitiously ::::

"While lying on my back to make an angel in the snow,
I saw a greenish craft approach, a giant UFO!

A strange unearthly hum it made; it hovered overhead,
And aliens were moving 'round in viewports glowing red.

I tried to run for cover but a hook that they had lower'd,
Snagged me by my overcoat and hoisted me aboard!

Even then, I tried to fight, and though they numbered many,
I poked them in their compound eyes, and pulled on their antennae!

It was no use! They dragged me to a table; tied me up,
And fastened to my cranium a fiendish suction cup!
All the math I ever learned, the numbers and equations,
Were mechanically removed in this brain-draining operation!

My escape was an adventure, I won't tell you what I did,
Suffice to say I cannot add, So ask some other kid.

-- alvin-Cay, "alvin-Cay and obbes-Hey", circa 1990

Anyway, I'm glad to see The One Lad and "Oscar" mentioned in the same sentence. Somebody must be impressed with what they've seen so far.

And I think it's sweet that the hobbits hang out together and went to Sundance. Although, being actors, it's kind of their job to go places like Sundance.

~grumpy

Anyway, I'm glad to see The One Lad and "Oscar" mentioned in the same sentence. Somebody must be impressed with what they've seen so far.

To tell the truth, I've always had a feeling about this one, which some of you who know me personally have already heard me say. This could get very exciting.


And I think it's sweet that the hobbits hang out together and went to Sundance. Although, being actors, it's kind of their job to go places like Sundance.

Well, Billy DID have a film premiering there on Friday, and as far as I know, Lij had never been before. They were also supposed to be at a screening of "Ringers" at the Slamdance festival (also going on in Park City) but I'm not sure when.

Wood, I'm OK! I live in Sunny California, several hours north of the One Lad. It snows here about once every 20 years or so, and then only for 10 minutes tops. Just for the novelty of it, you know! ;)

Achila, love the 2006 Oscar watch mention of Elijah! :cool:

honey!

Very cool news, ladies! I'm not referring to the snowstorm -- brrr! Stay safe, East Coasters! Flourish, be careful! Watch something that will warm you up, heartstrings or otherwise! ;) I won't tell you that I went biking in my shorts today; that would be mean. :p

No, I'm referring to Oscar buzz. I'll trust your feeling, Achila! I'll just get all happy in advance. It's time for someone to notice what Elijah did over the entire LOTR trilogy with his character transformation. I wouldn't be surprised if some folks in Oscar land think they "owe him one." We can hope!

Thanks for the Calvin poem, Grumpy! I must have read it before, because I was saying, "Calvin" before I got three lines into it. Very cute!

Wood :k Thanks for worrying...I'm okay...we are however still digging out from the blizzard...we got over 2 feet of snow here. I managed to get home from work alright thanks to my family who drove through the snow to pick me up from work Saturday night...then on Sunday my eldest daughter's boyfriend drove me in with his truck...and even he had difficulty negotiating the roads...we had been told that nurses could call the local police to bring them into work...but I guess even the police were overwhelmed with the situation because they were saying NO to the physicians who were calling asking for lifts.Anyway it's over and everyone here is safe and sound :D
TG...yes Ian Curtis had a daughter named Natalie...I believe she was very young when he died. I just bought the bio and haven't read it yet, but I did thumb thru the pics and saw photos of him with his wife and baby daughter.
Thanks Bunnie for the lovely ORC story...sounds like a great memory to hold on to :k

GODMORNING ALL!!!

HONEY,AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT I SHOULDE HAVE
KNOWN WERE YOU LIVED!!! :D

MARIOLE,biking in shorts?? :( it will be months before i can
do that!!!!! :rolleyes:

GRUMPY,well i guess RIKKA have it more colder and snowy
then i have.Were i live it can snow and blow very hard
and then its gone after a cuople of day!But this winter we have
only hade snow for two days and then it has only been rain!!
Januari is a very boring month becuse of the dark and the weather!!

Well i guess this is all for know,of to work soon!! See you all tonight!!!!

edit: simulposted with you YLLA!! Great that you are okey!!!
talk to you soon,okey!!!

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Popping up out of the shadows to wish everyone a Happy Birthday – both those who have recently celebrated theirs, and those whose birthday is imminent.

And just in time to catch the wonderful reports and pictures from ORC – just fabulous, almost as good as being there. Thank you so much for sharing.

I’m still looking in from time to time, but RL demands are pretty intense nowadays so can’t always keep up enough to contribute. I wish all the Faculty members a safe, peaceful and just plain great 2005.

Oh well, back to the shadows for me!
:)

For those interested, there are scads of new pics of The One Lad (thanks, zkg, I love that expression!) over at www.wireimage.com, at Sundance. Mostly shopping! They're not download-able unless you have an account, but fun to look at nonetheless.

Also, info about Mardi Gras, in case anyone's going:

Elijah will be on the Officers float, float number 2, which will follow Sean Astin on the King's float. Elijah could have rode in tux or costume on the King's float like the male cast of Drew Carry did when he was King. However, I believe he elected to ride with the officers as not to take anything away from Sean's moment.

However, they will be together at an open press conference and available for greeting and autographs Saturday morning.

From a New Orleans forum I frequent. Info to follow, as it comes in. BTW, this site -- www.nola.com -- has webcams set up for the parades, so it would be a good place to hang out come 5:15 CST, Sunday, Feb 6. :)

thank you achila for the news!!!

i have no idear how you find all the stuff!!!!
but you are a angel who share it with us!!!!! :k :k :k

i have been searching for houres about news of hooligans
and i can`t find anything!!!!! :confused:
here in sweden they don`t have a relese date yet!!!! :eek:


about mardi gras,isen`t it so sweet that THE ONE LAD don`t want
to take anything away from sean!!! thats way we all love him i guess
he is so sweet to his fellow friends!!!!!

love you all/wood

Wood,
A few posts back, you requested information about Elvish script...( something to do with a scheme for a tattoo ? )
I found a website for you to try...it seems to have Elvish script packages that you can download to your own computer, but if this site is no good, try putting the word "Elvish" into Google and see what it comes up with...I got loads of sites to try, but this one seemed the most promising !!
Hope it is of some use to you !! :cool:


Achila
I, too, am just grateful that someone, anyone, who speculates about the Oscar candidates, would even think about Elijah's possibilities, in that way...and, yes, it does seem that occasionally. an actor gets an Oscar not because they did a particularly great job of their role in whatever film they were in, but because they are overdue for one....and I'm sure that many highly-deserving Oscars are missed out on, because it simply had to go to someone who was due their reward this year... :rolleyes:

Daft, don't you think ?...

So, here am I, keeping my fingers and toes well and truly crossed for Our Man ...and his possible Oscar nomination, at least !!!...

it does seem that occasionally. an actor gets an Oscar not because they did a particularly great job of their role in whatever film they were in, but because they are overdue for one
My two cents is, I think a lot of awards work like this. (The Newberry awards leap to mind, in my case.) I think it's terribly hard to recognize everyone who deserves it, and some years the choices are just too tough. So someone worthy gets overlooked, and the voters try to make up for it later. If they screw up altogether :p, they give the person a Lifetime Achievement Award.

I'm not sure if this is intentional, unconscious, or even true, but it does seem that way!

Thanks for the news and links, Achila! *wonders what Sean will be wearing, as he balked at the tights idea* :p

thank you lady wendy!!!!! :k

i got what i looked for!!!!! :p :D

love you all/wood

Mariole, I just hope I'm still around when EW receives his Lifetime Acheivement Award from the American Film Institute. The eligibility rules now include actors still active, so there's hope. Tom Hanks received his when he was only 45, so that's 21 years from now, so I'll be... :eek: (Whenever I start to get too swoony, I remember that: 1. I am old enough to be his mother, and 2. To see any pictures clearly, except the really big ones in hi-res, I need to go get my reading glasses.)

How did we miss this? Speaking of the AFI, ESOTSM was honored on January 14, as one of their Movies of the Year Selections.

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/afiawards04/movies04.aspx

Lost was also honored in the TV category. Go Hobbits! :D

C4

WELL C4!! I`M REALY HOPE YOU STILL BE AROUND FOR THAT!!!!! :k :k

AND REAL GROWN UP LOVE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT!!! :p :D

METURE WOMEN IN LOVE IS THE BEST!!! :p :D :cool:
i think i spelled that word wrong but what the heck!!!

I HAVE SEEN THE CLIP WERE ELIJAH TELLS SEAN HE HADE READ
HIS BOOK,OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!
I CAN`T GET A CLEAR PICTURE ON MY COMPUTER,BUT I WISH
I COULDE HAVE BEEN THERE TO SEE THERE FACES IN CLOSE UP WHEN
ELIJAH SAS : I READ IT TOO SEAN!!! OH,THAT DEEP TONE IN HIS VOICE!!!
"sigh" WHAT CAN I SAY I LOVE HIS VOICE!! :p :D

love you all/wood

Just popped back in to pass on this little review of the "Ringers" film that has just premiered at Slamdance this week...

Ringers review (http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=10649&Pg=1)

The most interesting snip from it is this....

“The connections were so strong it seemed kind of natural for me to sit down with Philippa Boyens, the Oscar-winning screenwriter, to ask her the things that the fans really, really wanted to ask her, 'cause I had been listening to the fans for so long,” he explains. “ 'Why did you change the book like this? Why did you change the screenplay?' It was really wonderful to have that connective tissue there with the people behind the films."

It will be SOOOO interesting to see how much he pressed her for an honest and proper reason for some of their less popular changes, particularly to the character of Frodo...and what she says !!

*waves to estella rose* :k

It took a while, but finally got caught up with y'all! Alyon, Honey and Bunnie, thanks so much for sharing your ORC experiences with us! :) :k :k Such a delight to read how much fun you guys had, and Bunnie, I'm so happy for you that you got to have that perfect ending with Billy later in the evening. Umm. Not that I mean it that way. ;) ;)

*hugs the lucky ORC ladies who got to be with the hobbits*

Happy belated birthday, ylla!

Glad you're all enjoying the ORC videos and Sundance pics and so on. And speaking of Sundance, for those of you with the Sundance Channel on cable, they will be running a wrap-up of the day's events every night this week at 9 EST, so there's a chance we could see Elijah. I saw one pic today of someone interviewing him while he was in town, presumably shopping again (or picking out freebies, because I suspect that's what a lot of that stuff is), and although I'm not sure who the interviewer was, the Sundance Channel is a likely suspect.

There are literally dozens of photos of him on Wireimage now, walking around Park City in his sunglasses and his scarf, looking all shiny and handsome and young...so sweet! And, dare I say it, the press appear to be treating him like an A-list celeb, as they should!

And lastly, need I remind you all what this Friday is? So -- should we prepare for the massive pic spam like we had last year?

For those interested, there are scads of new pics of The One Lad (thanks, zkg, I love that expression!)

;)

over at www.wireimage.com, at Sundance. Mostly shopping! They're not download-able unless you have an account, but fun to look at nonetheless.

:::: wildly clicking on links trying to find pictures ::::

:::: giving up in despair ::::

Where are they?!? :z:

~grumpy

Grumpy, try Getty Images (http://editorial.gettyimages.com/MS_GINS/source/home/home.aspx?pg=1), and type 'elijah' into the search field. It's a veritable treasure trove, and you can even click the thumbnails to see the (watermarked) photos. :)

:::: wildly clicking on links trying to find pictures ::::

:::: giving up in despair ::::

Where are they?!?

Here -- try this: http://www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=CLB&str=1247&sfld=&styp=clbi&nvc=&nvv=&nm=Elijah+Wood&evntI=1165

Achila, And lastly, need I remind you all what this Friday is? So -- should we prepare for the massive pic spam like we had last year?
Could you spare time for a The Easiest Way to Post a Picture 101 post? I was not here last year but would love to join in the fun this year. But the problem is...how to choose my favorite among the hundreds I adore! Also, who is the guy that seems to be with him and sitting in the theater beside him? Is he from WWS? I'm not at all familiar with the band.

YLLA!!!
here is someone praying for your shoulder getting better!!!!!! :z: :z:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v399/erendil/57047d1b.jpg


I WILL SEE IF I CAN FIND A VERY SPECELL PICTURE!!!! :p :D


LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Achila said: And lastly, need I remind you all what this Friday is? So -- should we prepare for the massive pic spam like we had last year?
Oh Yes, Please! I'm counting on it! I've already found the perfect picture!:D
ShelbyShire asked: Could you spare time for a The Easiest Way to Post a Picture 101 post?
I'll attempt it Shelby! First, you need to go to photobucket.com and register for a free account. Next -- and here's the hardest part -- you need to find a picture! Right click on the picture to save it to your hard-drive. Now back to your photobucket account. Click on the "browse" button to open your file directory. Find your picture, and Open it. The directory name for the pic will pop up in the little window to the left of the "browse" button. Now click the "submit" button. Photobucket will tell you that the picture has been accepted. You'll scroll down to the pic, copy the info in the IMG window. Now back to Khazadum. Click on that little mountain Icon. Paste the IMG info into the dialog box that pops up, and click OK.

Hope that was clear? Here's a picture :D enjoy!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/thegap.jpg

Honeyelf, that's a bit small, don't you think? lol

Oscar noms are in -- Kate Winslet (Best Actress) and Charlie Kauffman et al., (Best Original Screenplay) for ESOTSM. The sad part is that if it had been released later in the year (and re-released for Oscar season), it would've most likely had a slot in the Best Picture category. Oh well. Congrats to them, though!

BTW, the guy sitting next to Lij in the video is his friend Jason.

ETA: Last night's "Festival Dailies" show on The Sundance Channel only featured filmmakers (can't imagine why!), so no shots of attendees. Keep watching tho -- you never know. As for Elijah, tons of funny pics of him in hats and with boxes of underwear and women's candybars (I kid you not) -- I think that if celebs pose with a product, they get to go home with it. Nice work if you can get it -- "can I pose next to that Porsche 911 you've got over there?"

Wood,
A few posts back, you requested information about Elvish script...( something to do with a scheme for a tattoo ? )
I found a website for you to try...it seems to have Elvish script packages that you can download to your own computer

I'd love to get the url for that please. :z:

Ainon! *gloms* So good to see you, dear. *kisses you on both cheeks, French style* :k

1. I am old enough to be his mother
Mariole fails to understand what this has to do with anything. Arwen was old enough to be Aragorn's mum, and then some! They were happy! :p

Lady Wendy, thanks for posting that Ringers article, which I followed to the review link. It sounds extremely interesting. I hope I get to see it!

Honeyelf, that's a bit small, don't you think?
:D

Mariole fails to understand what this has to do with anything. Arwen was old enough to be Aragorn's mum, and then some! They were happy! :p

Mariole, you are a woman after my own heart, dear. In Canada, they call us "cougars".

Hi all! I'm VERY busy now, so I can't join the discussion (alas! :()
I just want to share with you one beautiful pic - photo of a beautiful face of my favorite gothic statue - the Bamberg Rider... They say this is a portrait of Hungarian prince who lived in early 13th century.

.Eandme,

Here is the link to that site with the downloadable Elvish fonts...for some unknown reason, I forgot to post the link before, when I had every intention of doing so...( Idiot Wendy :rolleyes: )

Elvish Fonts to Download (http://www.sci.fi/~alboin/tengwartutorial.htm)

I hope that you can make use of it...

Don't worry Wood my problem is minor...just a rib that keeps popping out throwing my left shoulder out of whack
Hubby's theory is that I carry too much in my pocketbook...never know when someone needs a wrench or parts for a Mini-Coop :D

I have to admit I've just been hitting the highlites of the conversations over here as I'm not using all my brain cells the past few days....chiropractor is diverting blood flow to my injured sholder :rolleyes:
Achila what video is it that you mentioned with Lij and Jason?
Somehow I missed that in a post...I better start paying more attention...wouldn't want to miss anything important ;)

ETA
Thanks Ainon for the birthday greeting
Honeyelf...great pic.....just NOT large enough!!! love the sunglasses even if it hides the eyes

BTW Achila...in regard to your cougar comment....you know what a cat lover I am :k

Achila what video is it that you mentioned with Lij and Jason?

If you click on "Videos" at the top of Wire Image, you can watch two little videos of Elijah sitting in the audience at Billy's "On a Clear Day" premiere at Sundance. Nothing really exciting though (unless you count watching Lij put on chapstick as exciting). The guy sitting next to him (which someone asked -- sorry -- I can't remember who it was), is his friend Jason.

Achila said: Honeyelf, that's a bit small, don't you think? lol
:o Sorry! I can usually count on Photobucket to shrink any pic. :o
::honey! looks at pic again...decides she isn't all that sorry after all::

*puts on badge indicating that Mariole is now a member of Achila's Cougar Community* Meow! :D

Ylla, it sounds like your all parts for the Mini-Coop are giving you the wrench! You might want to try hubby's advice on this. Take care of yourself! :k

Rikka, that statue is gorgeous! Where is he?

:o Sorry! I can usually count on Photobucket to shrink any pic. :o ::

I was teasing, silly girl -- don't you dare make it smaller!

WELCOME TO THE CLUB,HONEYELF!!!!! :k :k

I ALSO LOOOOOOVE TO POST LARGE PICTURES
AND YOURS ARE GREAT!!!!!! :k :k :k


ACHILA,THANKS FOR THE THE DIRECT LINK TO THE PICTURES AND VIDEO!!! :k :k :k

LADY WENDY THANKS FOR THE LINK!!!
NOW I KNOW WHAT TATOO I WILL HAVE,I THINK
IF I FIND COURGE!!!! :p :D :cool:

YLLA,GOOD TO SEE YOU CAN TYPE AGAIN!!!!!! :k :k
I CAN SEE HIS PRAYER HELPED!!! :cool: :cool:

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Besides Kate Winslet and Charlie Kaufmann being nominated for ESOTSM, Faculty members might have recognized Joe Letteri's name in the Oscar nominations. He is nominated for Visual Effects for "I, Robot." He won for Visual Effects for ROTK and TTT.

Thank you, Honeyelf, for the large picture, which did not require spectacles!

Rikka, beautiful statue!

C4

Pics, pics, pics! Thanks, you picture providers of the Faculty :k , you make me happy!
I just want to share with you one beautiful pic - photo of a beautiful face of my favorite gothic statue - the Bamberg Rider... They say this is a portrait of Hungarian prince who lived in early 13th century.

Aww, Rikka, thank you :) ! It's one of my favourite gothic sculptures too - he's so beautiful and his horse is a beauty as well...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/whiteling/Bamberger_Reiter.jpg

Rikka, hope you don't mind me answering Mariole's question: he is to be found in the Cathedral of Bamberg (Germany), where he flaunts in all his gorgeousness aloft about 12 feet above the floor, attached to a pillar of the southern central aisle. A Hungarian prince, you say? I can believe that.

I am currently preparing myself to see Elijah in a violent soccer film :eek:, but I'm still very fond of the idea of envisioning historic roles in which I'd like to see him. I came across this romantic rendition of the German-Austrian minnesinger, Walther von der Vogelweide (ca 1170-1230):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/whiteling/WalthervdVW.gif

*dreamily glance* IMHO Elijah would be a perfect medieval figure - hey, and as a minnesinger he needs to SING... just a few centuries before Ian Curtis :D .

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Ylla, get well soon :k !


ETA: Found one more! What do you think - Brothers?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/whiteling/ElwoodIanlookPortrait.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/whiteling/henry_lauder.jpg

The young man in the portait is Henry Lauder, the brother of the painter Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869) and the painting can be found at the National Gallery of Scotland. In his case we'd need a fantasy author for writing a screenplay - there is nothing known about his life.

Whiteling!!! *stares at the Elijah art* :eek:

That's uncanny. That's just ... amazing. Wow.

Thank you for sharing the horseman pic. I must add him to my itinerary, should I ever visit Germany. I love statuary!

GREAT PICTURES EVERYONE!!!!!!

NOTHING TO ADD REALY!!

JUST POING IN TO SAY HI AND SEE
HOW YOU ALL DOING!!! :k :k

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Aww, Rikka, thank you :) ! It's one of my favourite gothic sculptures too - he's so beautiful and his horse is a beauty as well... A Hungarian prince, you say? I can believe that.
Oh, whiteling, I'm glad you know and love this sculpture, too! So beautiful, hamonic and inspired face he has. Very close to that ideal classical type of features we all like in our One Lad.

And here is the quote about who this Bamberg Rider was: "Today scientists believe him to be St. Stephan I, first king of Hungary. He was Emperor Henry's brother in law."

BTW, the novel about his marriage on Emperor's sister is already written! :D

I'm still very fond of the idea of envisioning historic roles in which I'd like to see him. I came across this romantic rendition of the German-Austrian minnesinger, Walther von der Vogelweide *dreamily glance* IMHO Elijah would be a perfect medieval figure ..

whiteling, thanks for another nice pic...
And, oh, how well I understand you! I'm also dreaming about some historic roles for EW, - from medieval or Renaissance, or Baroque time. He has an ideal phisical type for this kind of roles...

Last week-end I watched a very good movie - "Stage Beauty" - a real good one, I'm fall in love with it, I confess, even watched it again next day. It's about English theatre of mid 17 cent. Picturesque, refined and smart movie - as very British in feeling (made by British director with a lot of english actors - in fact, all but two leading roles). The movie has good and intelligent story, exellent camera work, bright characters and dialogues - it gives a lot of oppotinities for good acting! And there are a lot of good acting there! Great pleasure I got!from acting there! Especially from the leading role by Billy Crudup. Never saw this american actor before, but he's really good, very expressive face and eyes, true emotions, good taste and exellent skills in dealing with such a tricky material - IMHO, top-class work...

After watching Stage Beauty, I thought again that I would love to see the One Lad in such kind of historic films... may be exactly in British historic films.

I'm in the midst of moving (actually moving this time, not just taking over the adjacent apartment), so don't have much time here, and I know I won't be responding to everything. I can see that I might have to stay away from the thread while I'm at the office for the next couple of days though--those pictures can be pretty hard to hide :D :cool: !

BTW, the novel about his marriage on Emperor's sister is already written! :D
Has anyone bought the film rights ;) ?

After watching Stage Beauty, I thought again that I would love to see the One Lad in such kind of historic films... may be exactly in British historic films.
Portrait of Dorian Gray has been mentioned here before, and I just checked IMDb to see if it was time for a remake. And, well, somebody thinks it is, because there's a version in pre-production. With Ryan Phillippe as Dorian--yep, the same guy who was said to be connected with Picasso at the Lapin Agile. The blurb says it's supposed to be a "contemporary" adaptation.

So, what other great books would be in the public domain? :) I ordered my copy of Harvey (the play) today, BTW ;) .

A few interesting things popped up in an Elijah Wood search at amazon:

They now have a listing for the theatrical release of Sin City (and it comes up in an Elijah Wood search).

Back to the Future II popped up in the search, which hasn't happened before. But they still don't show Internal Affairs or Spy Kids 3D. (BTW, one of the customers who posts a lot of "lists" at amazon has a list of EJW movies that includes Paradox. From what I can find out, it seems to simply be the working title for BttF II, so if you see it mentioned don't think you're missing out on something.)

Another item came up in the search that I hadn't seen before. Only used copies available (and only region 1), but there are 20 of them, and now that I've ordered mine, I don't mind sharing :haha: :
What's New (http://www.frodolivesin.us/new/). I'm waiting to see how long it is before the "also bought" items on that page are Elwood movies :D. One of the reviews says: "Forever Your Girl" (1989) A very fun video, lots of dancing on this one". I just love the fact that this video came up in a search for "Elijah Wood." :cool:

(Another BTW--There were a couple of non-English-language reviews of Harvey posted, and it was so funny to see the name "Elwood" here and there among all those foreign [to me] words. :) )

Splendiferous pictures, Whiteling! Specially like the one of young Master Lauder, and propose this as a nice paralell Lij picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/nickkoudis13.jpg
Another item came up in the search that I hadn't seen before. Only used copies available (and only region 1), but there are 20 of them, and now that I've ordered mine, I don't mind sharing :haha:
TG, will my Faculty membership be rescinded if I admit I don't like Ms. Abdul enough for even wee 'Lijah to lure me into purchasing my own copy? I think I'll just wait for your screen-caps! :rolleyes: Good luck with your move! :k

In my perigrinations about the 'net this morning I came upon defamer.com, and a really interesting -though ultimatley silly - article.
GROSS INCHES INDEX (Millions of Dollars Per-Picture, Per Inch of Height)

All-time:
Mike Myers 1.82
Will Smith 1.39
Harrison Ford 1.35
Eddie Murphy 1.38
Tom Cruise 1.42

Young Hollywood:
Orlando Bloom 2.78
Haley Joel Osment 1.31
Elijah Wood 1.24
Tobey Maguire 1.11
Leonardo DiCaprio 1.03


Not sure what all that means, but Elijah has topped Tobey M., at least by this measure! But look at where Orli appears! :eek: He's what? Six feet tall? near there?

Yeah. Like I said, I'm not sure what all that might really mean. My husband is a fan of Wil Wheaton's blog, and Mr. Wheaton claims to have lost out on any number of roles due to his heighth. But one wonders if that is convenient excuse, being a thing over which he has no control. Looking at IMDB, I see he,at least, has gone the way of Mark Hamill, and is getting lots of voice work.

At 5'8" Mike Myers isn't hurting any. But then again, I'd hate to see Elijah get stuck in a "franchise" series like the Ausitn Powers movies; that way would lead ultimately to "screen death," wouldn't you think? I mean, Peter Sellers was a brilliant comedian, but the work he's remembered for is the "Pink Panther" series, while his riskier stuff is all but forgotten. I guess Mr. Sellers is hardly an example of having suffered "screen death," but what I really mean is I like to see actors playing a variety of roles. (Series like the Austin Powers one tend to gravitate to the level of self-parody sooner or later.)

OK, I'm malingering, and avoiding real work, so back at 'em!

honey!

HI ALL!!!!

READ ABOUT THE TRAIN ACCEDENT IN LOS ANGELES!!!!! :eek:

IS IT ANYONE HERE WHO LIVES THERE??
EVERYBODY OKEY???? :z: :z: :z:

TG,I HOPE YOU NOT FORGETTING US!!
AND GOOD LUCK!!!! :k :k :k

HONEY,I LOVE YOU PICTURE!!! :k :k

LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Morning thought regarding Possible historical roles for Elijah:

How about this guy?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/byron.bmp

Lord Byron. Has there ever been a biopic of him? Has everything, scandal, militarism, romantic poetry. Maybe there could be scenes where Byron imagines himself as the character of his most famous poem, Don Juan...???

Ylla, get out your screen-writing books! ;)

honey!

::drying up for want of news of interest::

Lord Byron. Has there ever been a biopic of him? Has everything, scandal, militarism, romantic poetry. Maybe there could be scenes where Byron imagines himself as the character of his most famous poem, Don Juan...???

Hmm...I think Ken Russell's "Gothic" had an actor as Byron -- hold on -- lemme check for sure -- yep, he was played by Gabriel Byrne (Julian Sands was Shelley and Natasha Richardson was Mary Shelley). But no entire biopic about him that I know of.

Hmm...I think Ken Russell's "Gothic" had an actor as Byron -- hold on -- lemme check for sure -- yep, he was played by Gabriel Byrne (Julian Sands was Shelley and Natasha Richardson was Mary Shelley). But no entire biopic about him that I know of.

Oh. ::deflated:: If Gabriel Byrne played him, Byron must have been a very large man...In which case the One Nibble won't do at all. :rolleyes:

In my poking about in various corners on the 'net over the past few days, I found only one review of Hooligans. Must say I didn't look much further than that one, because the reviewer had interesting reasons for liking it....:eek: :mad: Yech! thestuffonecanstepinoverinLJland!

honey!

from Honeyelf:
Lord Byron. Has there ever been a biopic of him?

In a word ..... yesssss. :p Lots of them. Usually on TV. We had a lot of discussion of this very topic well over a year ago, I seem to remember - hence my sig! Something about Byron being fairly small with big beautiful eyes and with skin looking like an alabaster lamp lit from within. Women fell at his feet. Sound familiar?

He led an extremely debauched life, however.

Could that be an advantage? :D

EDIT to add (this is what comes of answering the last post first!):
from Whiteling:
The young man in the portait is Henry Lauder, the brother of the painter Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869) and the painting can be found at the National Gallery of Scotland. In his case we'd need a fantasy author for writing a screenplay - there is nothing known about his life.

Whiteling dearest, that's uncanny. I was (far too briefly) in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh after New Year - Scottish portrait painting is second to none (Raeburn's paintings are to die for) - and I'm fairly sure I saw that very portrait .... Wonder if The One Lad has Scottish ancestors?

Fantasy author for screenplay .... well, maybe I could give up work long enough to research it and cobble something together .... :eek:

So much to catch up on ..... sorry for long absence. Will make up for it. :)

Honey, I like the idea of Elijah as Lord Byron (gorgeous portrait, wonderful fabrics and colours, mmmh). I'm not so familiar with him (but I do know that he's jointly responsible for the masses of English people still visiting the romantic Rhine and looking out for the Loreley ;) ).
Uh, I vaguely recall Russell's film. I must admit, I have a soft spot for Julian Sands (has anyone here seen "Warlock"? Sands plays the son of Satan, and the great Richard E. Grant starres as medieval witch-finder. It's supposed to be a horror movie, but it is so full of unintentional(?) humour, it had me actually ROTFL :p ). Sands and Elijah would be one of my dream teams on screen :cool: !


I was (far too briefly) in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh after New Year - Scottish portrait painting is second to none (Raeburn's paintings are to die for) - and I'm fairly sure I saw that very portrait .... Wonder if The One Lad has Scottish ancestors?

Serena dearest, next time you go there for a visit, let me know. I'm coming with you forthwith. *imaging 2 Faculty members gushing and swooning, er, I mean searching over timeless male's beauty.... :D*

Fantasy author for screenplay .... well, maybe I could give up work long enough to research it and cobble something together .... :eek:

Yes, please!! :)

Hi all!

Personally I think EW would make an ace Chatterton:

http://www.artyst.net/W/Wallis19/WallisChatterton.jpg

(I bet someone's posted this famous pic before)

But can you imagine! Flaming red hair, frilly shirts, poetry, internal torment, suicide - EW is getting a bit too old to play an 18-year-old, though. ;)

I was reading Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber the other day and thought he would be perfect to play the young, beautiful blind piano-tuner.

One thing I hadn't considered is how great he would be in an epic war film like Saving Private Ryan. He's already played an innocent caught up in a great war - he could easily do it again.

In my poking about in various corners on the 'net over the past few days, I found only one review of Hooligans. Must say I didn't look much further than that one, because the reviewer had interesting reasons for liking it

Umm... can I ask what, or is it not suitable for this forum? Would be good to know if it can back up the already positive feedback there's been about it (but not, I suppose, if the source is very impeachable!)

About the Oscars - am very miffed that ESOTSM is not nommed for best pic, because I love the flick to bits. First of all I loved it because of EW :rolleyes: , then I loved it for itself, and the more I watch it, the more I love it. And this will mean that EW won't be at the ceremony, I suppose. Do we know if he will attend any of the others?

Pah! I don't know about you but I'm feeling like I did just before TTT came out, constantly refreshing this thread and A&F and googling Elijah to getting the smallest tidbits about all the new films he's going to be in this year. I better get some solid food soon or I shall go crazy (or be forced to recent a certain cartoon...).

Mad props for keeping us all entertained meantime, everyone. We always seem to find something to post about (Hope I don't temporarily knock the thread unconscious with that remark!).

I finally saw "Eternal Sunshine" for the first time last night, so thank you Random for bringing it up and giving me a chance to say, ages late, that I just loved it. What a clever premise, artful photography (loved the scene of the beach house coming apart, near the end), and excellent performances. I don't think I would have appreciated the chronology half so well had I not read what everyone here had to say about the film so many months ago, so THANK YOU all, for that! :D I live near the town where the story takes place, by the way, so that part was fun too.

I seem to remember someone asking why you couldn't see Elijah's face in some of the scenes though he was clearly physically present and even had some dialogue (in the bookstore, primarily). Could that have been because Jim Carrey's character (gee, I've already forgotten his name) had never met Elijah's character (ditto, I'm hopeless at this) and so had no mental image for him? Carrey met only Mark Ruffolo's character ( :o ) in the Lacuna office.

Interesting, though (if you'll forgive me for waxing on about an old topic), that it was implied that Elijah's character performed the "procedure" on Clementine (I remembered one! :rolleyes: ). Kate Winslet was wonderful, I thought.

After watching the film I went off to bed and dreamed of a ship sinking, though.

Oh. ::deflated:: If Gabriel Byrne played him, Byron must have been a very large man...In which case the One Nibble won't do at all. :rolleyes:


The One Nibble?!? :lol:

There was a Highlander episode that had Byron as the K'immie of the week - he was played by Jonathan Firth, who isn't exactly gigantic.

A brief search brought up the following:

Auchincloss, Eric. "Byron's Weight." TLS 4896 (Jan. 31, 1997): 15.
Letter to the editor which describes Byron's height of 5 feet 8 1/2 inches as average for his time. Byron's weight fluctuated from 150 to 203 pounds.

The height isn't far off -just 2 inches or so, but the weight is a tad high. I doubt if The One Lad tips the scales at more than 130 or 140. He's certainly elegant enough, though, to play that elegant young man.

Amazon replaced my RotK. Maybe I'll goof off and go home and watch it. :)

~grumpyandwonderingifHoneyeverhadtimetogethosescansupanywhere :::: hopehopehope ::::

from Whiteling:*imaging 2 Faculty members gushing and swooning, er, I mean searching over timeless male's beauty.... *

Oh yesss! Let's do it !!! We could catch the ferry from Zeebrugge to Rosyth .... daydreaming

Oh OK, let's investigate Brussels first, just in case.
Anyone know if "release date" is synonymous with "première"? Involving presence of lead actor :z: ?

Random, the Chatterton pic!! Thank you :k Someone may have posted it before, but I'd completely forgotten it (maybe because said young dead poet looks alarmingly like a former boyfriend of mine :eek: )

But I COULD see Elwood in that role. Most definitely. Just needs a screenplay (sigh).

But what I really wanted to post was this Yahoo Movies review of ROTK by I8Yoda. He seems to have liked it.
Well, I just 'returned' from seeing this movie and I have to admit that I am at a loss as to what to do next. Of course, I called my brother and my roommate right away to share my news. Once the obligatory gloating phonecalls were finished however, I found myself dumbfounded. Dazed and confused as it were.
In plain English, I must say that the reason I cannot decide what to do next is because I am still in shock. Not the kind of shock that would result from an ill-placed bullet to the groin from your nemesis. Nor the type of shock resulting from seeing your wife run off with the local preacher while whistling your wedding song. Nay, my friends, the shock I am in is the kind that can only come from having just witnessed the greatest movie event of all time. Perhaps I could better describe this movie by saying that my DVD collection just barely escaped a toss from my second-story window. Now, my collection is not some old, jaded, dust-gathering stack of polymer. Instead, I have the best of the best. They are well-worn and well-watched movies. I am throwing them out. All of them. They are not worthy of any more discussion. They are not worthy of another glimpse. They are but garbage when compared with what I can only describe as the Middle-Earth juggernaut of accomplishment and excellence. Future endeavors will be ever-reminded of what movies can be: that is, what movies should be. Please, friends. Stop reading my review. Stop wasting your time. Stop stop stop. Just drive to the theater now and join the phenomenon that is about to engulf your community and swell you with a feeling that everyone but you has just seen the movie that will change the way we look at movie-making forever.
Well friends, I am off. I have finally decided what to do next. Leave my woman. Quit my job. Abondon my apartment and begin living in the theater so I don't waste another moment of my life on this Middle-Earth.
:) :D

What I'd really love to know but never will is how many of the trillions who saw the three LOTR movies went to see them for Elijah's sake alone. We know most of us did on at least some occasions - and we can't be the only ones bitten by the Frolijah bug. Had Frolijah had no greater effect on me than, say, Legorlando, I might have seen the movies a total of 7 times (maximum of 3 for FOTR, which I thought was an extraordinary film even without Elijah; 1 for TTT; 3 for ROTK). As it was, I made .... erm .... 26 (?) visits to film theatres to see the three movies :o . So 19 of those tickets were bought for Elijah's sake alone. What I'm wondering is what Elijah's personal net financial contribution to New Line's coffers was, and whether New Line and the other movie companies are aware of it. I hope they are.

PS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIJAH !!!!!!!!!!

In my poking about in various corners on the 'net over the past few days, I found only one review of Hooligans. Must say I didn't look much further than that one, because the reviewer had interesting reasons for liking it Umm... can I ask what, or is it not suitable for this forum? Would be good to know if it can back up the already positive feedback there's been about it (but not, I suppose, if the source is very impeachable!)

Hmmm...probably not suitable for this forum. She really had nothing positive to say about Elijah at all, rather than appreciating how pretty he is. :rolleyes: We all know that! But how was the acting? No; she was definitely seeing the movie through her particular filter, and was therefore most un-informative.

ETA: if people want to read 'slash' fic that is their right. What tics me off is that some of them persist in seeing everything through that filter! Like Elijah himself has said - why can't two guys be close friends without everyone saying they must be gay? This woman's take on Hooligans was that it was - unintentionally - the "'Slashiest' film EVAR!" Please!

~grumpyandwonderingifHoneyeverhadtimetogethosescan supanywhere :::: hopehopehope ::::

:z: Beggnig just a little more time, please? My daughter is buried in homework, and she's the one with the technical knowhow. she'sgrumpytoo! ;)

honey!

happy Birthday Elijah

Hope You Will Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!!





Love You All/wood

Happy Birthday, Elijah!
May it be filled with many "wishes come true!" And lots of interesting scripts!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/lijbrithday2005.jpg
honey!

Happy Birthday, Elijah!! :)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/whiteling/football.jpg

"Honey, this goal was quite a scorcher!"


You were right - you've got THE perfect picture :D . Even the numerics are spot on. :k Where does it come from?

Hmmm...probably not suitable for this forum. She really had nothing positive to say about Elijah at all, rather than appreciating how pretty he is. :rolleyes: We all know that! But how was the acting? No; she was definitely seeing the movie through her particular filter, and was therefore most un-informative.

No, it was definitely not suitable for this forum, although I will tell you that this particular person is not an Elijah fan, and she thought he was great in it. So that's tells you something.

So anyway, without further ado, let me lend my birthday greetings to our One Lad, with hopes that he achieves everything he wants in life. Happy Birthday, baby, and thanks for all the hours of pleasure in the dark (tee hee)!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/2373567.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/2094511.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/aquila0212/790048.jpg

Here’s to His Lijness on his 24th! It’s too early here in the US for champagne corks to be popping, or for the ale to be flowing. But maybe later.

If only that was a brilliant, provocative script that he’s reading here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Lalage/MeandMyCat-010.jpg

EJW can’t stay forever young, of course. But I expect that he’ll continue to use every faculty he has, to give us complex, multilayered characters who aren’t just black and white. Everything is illuminated when he’s onscreen, so he’s sure to have a deep impact on every film he’s in (even in small roles).

As for his private life, all I want is for him to stop smoking! That would be paradise.

And if the chain of fools that makes film-distribution decisions doesn’t release Hooligans in the US, I’ll be ready to start the war! :mad:

(BTW, I finally learned how to post pictures!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELIJAH!!

Hope you'll have a great one and many more to come :)

ok..i'll find pics later..

Just realised His Lijness (nice title, Pelagia .... and nice use of titles too! :D ) shares his birthday with the late Jackson Pollock, a highly innovative if socially impossible artist. And Artur Rubinstein. And Mikhail Baryshnikov. And who was born yesterday (as it were)? Wolfgang Amadeus somebody.

Not bad company. All gifted, inventive, original, unconventional, and hopefully immortal, just like The One Lad. May his future be blessed.

http://www.born-today.com/Today/01-28.htm

Y100 (the local “alt-rock” station here in Philadelphia) lists celebrity birthdays at 6:30 am, on the Monday-Friday morning show. I tuned in this morning, and they mentioned Elijah and Alan Alda. One of the guys said, of EJW, “Do you think he’s ever going to be able to do anything else after Lord of the Rings”? The other guy mentioned that he was going to be in “a comic-type movie with Bruce Willis – sort of a noir thing about crime fighters.” But they didn’t know the title, apparently; nor did they know about EII, or ESOTSM, etc. I would have rung them up and set them straight, but I’m too shy. . . . :o Oh, well -- at least they DID mention him.

Pelagia Congrats on posting your first pic...how appropriate for the One Lad's birthday :D ...love your choice of pics...The Me and My Cat screencaps are among my favorites and I've used them in my posts many times because they are so sweet.
In honor of Lij's birthday here is a cute pic I aquired somewhere...wish I could remember where..Achila maybe you can help me out here? I swear if anyone can tell you where info can be found it's her....a plethora of all Elijah facts and figures!!!
I'd love to give the one who did this credit...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/ylla/ORC-dancedrawing.jpg



Happy Birthday Elijah

Achila maybe you can help me out here? I swear if anyone can tell you where info can be found it's her....a plethora of all Elijah facts and figures!!!
Actually, it's called "having too much time on my hands"! And unfortunately, no, I don't know where that came from -- I've never seen it before. Bunnie? You out there?

Waiting for Pelagia (hee -- sounds like a movie!) to come over -- we're doing the Lad's birthday in style today.

Happy Birthday, Elijah!

It may be a shock...

http://www.frodolivesin.us/Pics/09624540.jpg

...but, yes, you really are 24 years old!

http://www.frodolivesin.us/Pics/0ae4a540.jpg

Here's hoping you'll never lose that gleam in your eye(s).

http://www.frodolivesin.us/Pics/09ac2520.jpg

Such great posts to read and look at! Special thanks to serena for that review, which gave me what I needed just after seeing some disparaging remarks about the movies, and to Achila for another opportunity to say, "I love his ties!" (picture #2)

I've been laboring in Shelob's lair again, and for some reason this pic seemed to fit with the art discussion. Maybe because it reminds me of the classic Greek "tragedy" mask?

http://www.frodolivesin.us/Pics/0b2594f0.jpg

And to round things out, here's a nice hand shot :) :

http://www.frodolivesin.us/Pics/0b175470.jpg

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TG, will my Faculty membership be rescinded if I admit I don't like Ms. Abdul enough for even wee 'Lijah to lure me into purchasing my own copy? I think I'll just wait for your screen-caps! :rolleyes:

I hope not! Because I may never watch all of Sin City, and there are others who stay away from... various other movies ;) . Specialization is an important factor in research, after all. Since it's just available on VHS, it may be awhile before there are screencaps, though.

I have to say that I don't know enough about Ms. Abdul to know if I like her or not. The only time I remember seeing her at all was with Elijah--Oscar night, IIRC--when a reporter talked to them together and he said how grateful he was to her for his first break and she said how wonderful she thought he was. Evidently they were "caught" talking--the reporter hadn't planned to bring them together--so I thought that was nice.

For research purposes :p , though, I'm keeping an eye on the video sales. The fact that there are only used copies makes it possible to track numbers. Since I first posted, three copies have been sold, and it's pretty safe to say that the first two were for Elijah's sake--since they were bought through the link on my website, and I don't think it draws too many Paula Abdul fans :p . I won't find out about the third one til tomorrow's Amazon report. (They don't tell us who buys something, because of privacy rules, but they do tell us what items are bought and whether it's through a "direct link" like that one.) At the prices the videos are being offered for, I figure I make a whole 10-15 cents apiece, but it's kind of fun to keep track. :)

I've never seen it before. Bunnie? You out there?
I'm afraid I'm stumped on this one, too, though it's entirely possible that I have some other fan art by the same artist, as I sometimes visit Japanese sites. But I don't read Japanese! So, I'm not much help. :(

While I'm here, though, I thought I'd contribute a couple that were taken just this past weekend at the Sundance Festival, where he is looking (IMHO) exceptionally lovely and very much his age.


This one was taken at a display promoting computer video games:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/bunniebugs/Elijah/geeking.jpg

And this one, he was just partying and having a good time:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/bunniebugs/Elijah/Image23small.jpg

Happy, happy birthday, Elijah! Thank you for bringing me such joy!

That's it for now, but there may be more, later. :D

HI ALL!!!I WAS IN A BIG HURRY THIS MORNING
SO HERE COMES SOME MORE FOR THE BIRTHDAY BOY!!!!

HOPE YOUR LIFE WILL BE FULL WITH JOY,PLEASURE,LOVE
AND GOOD SCRIPTS!!!
AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING SO MUCH OF YOU SELF TO ALL OF US!!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS!!!
:k :k :k :k :k :k

was it too much,hope not heso deserves every word of it!!!!!!!
i coulde keep going on and on but i think this is not the place!!! :p :D ;)


LOVE YOU ALL/WOOD

Ok, I think I figured it out now.

http://allstarz.org/~liamaiken/elbday.jpg

all grown up now

http://allstarz.org/~liamaiken/elbday2.jpg

Whiteling said: You were right - you've got THE perfect picture . Even the numerics are spot on. Where does it come from?
Whiteling, I don't know what event that was. I found the pic on sean-astin.net snooping around for ORC pictures. They have dozens of Frolijah and Seanwise together, each one cuter than the last. It's easy to see the brother-like closeness they developed over all those months in New Zealand.

Achila said: No, it was definitely not suitable for this forum, although I will tell you that this particular person is not an Elijah fan, and she thought he was great in it. So that's tells you something.
I'd like to apologize for bringing it up here. :k

Pelagia, the text of your birthday "card" is perfect! :lol: Can I snag a little bit of it for my sig-line?

this is for TG who said:
and to Achila for another opportunity to say, "I love his ties!" because I noticed at ORC that his was only straight for seconds at a time. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/giggle.jpg
this one is for Ylla, because what isn't in your pic of the waltz incident is Elijah's index finger hooked around Sean's thumb. It's just so durned cute!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v377/honeyelf/waltz.jpg
Enjoying all the nice pictures that come raining down on this "holiday!"
Speaking of rain, it does rain here in Sunny California, contrary to what Mike and Bobby's mom tells them (in Radio Flyer) -- and is doing so right now! In fact, we just had a peal of thunder that stirred me to my soul! (We don't get those very often! :eek: )

honey!

Not enough time yet today to try my "first picture post" but maybe later tonight since I now have instructions. I would still like to wish the One Lad...

Happy Birthday Elijah Jordan Wood! May you be blessed!!

from our small hobbit hole in Middle Michigan!!! :k

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, ELIJAH !!!

May your coming year be blessed with all the good things that you so deserve...you lovely, lovely man !!! Thank-you for bringing Frodo to life in such a resoundingly beautiful way ...
:k :k :k

Here's a beauty of a pic, from the same computer games thing, I think....just because it's your day...and, well. just because...:D

http://salogel.com/elijahsundance01.jpg


Tonight, I have the pleasure of watching "Forever Young" for the first time...gacked from Channel 5 yesterday...I'll tell you what I think afterwards...Now, I'm off to tgshaw's site to see what I shoukld be looking out for, during said movie !!

Wendy, that picture is gourgeous! Oh, how I wish I could paint!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE PERSON WHO GAVE ME A SCREEN CHARACTER TO CHERISH BEYOND MY FONDEST DREAMS!


I just followed links at TORC and from Flourish to come over here and gawk, especially the ones in BunnieBug's and Lady Wendy's post boxes.

Hey -- I thought this wasn't a swoon thread...? :D

-- Mechtild

Happy Birthday to Elijah Wood!

C4

P.S. Holy smokes, Lady Wendy! :eek: Even though your picture was large and crystal clear, the eyeglasses were put on anyway!!! :D

P.P.S. Mechtild, this is not a swoon thread (not that there's anything wrong with that). We are um- a- er,(C4 is mesmerized by pretty pictures)....what are we again?

Ceefour, you wrote,

P.P.S. Mechtild, this is not a swoon thread (not that there's anything wrong with that). We are um- a- er,(C4 is mesmerized by pretty pictures)....what are we again?

I was only teasing. I know the rules here. :p

~ Mechtild

Mechtild, since this is a National Holiday here in Elijahland, I'm guessing the rules can be tweaked a little bit! ;)

C4

Rushing in just in time to say:

http://www.imagemagician.com/images/blossom/HBElijah.jpg ]

Lovely pictures ladies.

Lady Wendy - That picture of yours is beautiful! I hope you enjoyed 'Forever Young.' I did. :)

Rushing out to go back a couple of pages and catch up...

[Simulposted with Blossom. What a great collage! But, of course, he has the same expression in each picture ;) .]

Looking at Bohemian's pics--I see the first one is from ye olde "officially unofficial" site that was around before the LotR movies. From the expression on Elijah's face in the second one, I'm trying to decide if it would be a good idea to offer him a Luna bar--or not :p . But can someone explain what seems to be coming out of the end of his left pant's leg. It's probably something I'm just not looking at right. He didn't hurt his foot, did he? :confused: [Very politely avoiding the opportunity to make a joke about SA's dance lesson ;) .]

And, yes, Lady Wendy, another vote for "gorgeous picture" here :) ! I've said before that Elijah doesn't know how to take a bad screencap, and now I'm wondering if the same is true of his candid pictures!

Hope you enjoy (or, probably, have enjoyed, by now) Forever Young. It's a totally fun movie, but a well-made totally fun movie which, for some reason, doesn't always seem to happen. Ten-year-old Lij trying to impress the girl of his dreams in the library has got to be one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen on film :lol: ! (And the bit of "eyebrow acting" when he glances over at Daniel... :lol: )

I'm glad that movie came up. I felt kind of bad that I had mostly angsty pictures to post this morning, so here's a nice happy Nat to even things out. :)

http://www.frodolivesin.us/ejw/468276f0.jpg

I notice on that page of screencaps I mention a Radio Flyer scene where Elijah does some similar acting, which I said I'd post if it were on DVD. I'll have to make good on that now; I'd forgotten all about it.

But can someone explain what seems to be coming out of the end of his left pant's leg. It's probably something I'm just not looking at right. He didn't hurt his foot, did he? :confused: ]


That's a boot, TG! The fabulous, paint-spattered boot on his right foot is his own, but on his left foot is an 'UGG' brand boot -- big, thick, soft leather -- that he is trying on.


I've been looking through my photo files today (and omigosh, what a tedious task! :p ), looking for something appropriately celebratory, when I happened to remember this one, which is one of my very favorites for so many reasons:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/bunniebugs/Elijah/ew001.jpg

This is from his appearance on the Tonight Show in March of '04, when he was promoting ESOTSM. I remember thinking that he seemed so incredibly happy and relaxed, and it is one of my favorites of his appearances. LOTR was finally behind him, and it seemed possible to actually see him embracing the future. It was a wonderful, wonderful thing.

Happy Birthday, Elijah!

You've come a long way, baby. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/carrolb/genew9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/carrolb/swordplay.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/carrolb/2004-gg-016.jpg

(oh,and Lij? I bought lottery tickets today for the first time in 6 months. I used your new age as one of the numbers, together with most of my 'usual' ones. It just felt like a lucky day today, being your birthday and all. :D )

Here goes my first attempt at picture posting...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Shelbyshire/EJWandcat.jpg

Also, a little something I came up with for Elwood...also a first attempt...

Happy Birthday Frodo!

What, that’s not his real name? Oops! Oh, what is his real name…Michael? Willard? No, that was a rat. Mark? Stud...I mean, Stu? Huck? Nat? Isn’t that an insect? Sandy? No, girl’s name. I know, his last name is Skywalker. No, same first name though, Luke? No! Barney? NO! Does he look like a purple dinosaur? I hope not. North? Yea, right, And his sister is South? No! Tom? Patrick? Dodger? Casey? Mikey? Already said Michael. Leo? No, not a dinosaur and not a lion. Of course, he does look as soft and cuddly as one. Wren? No! It can’t be an animal name. I’ll bet he can be as wild as one though! Jones? Sean? No, that’s the name of that guy that played Sam. Matt? Kevin? Now that’s a scary name, isn’t it. Jonathon? Mumbles? A penguin? No! I know, I’ll just call him The Guy, maybe it could be “The One Guy”. Wait! I got it! It’s in my church book! I know it is! I saw it last Sunday! Here it is! It’s Elijah! That’s it!

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Okay, my "geek" moment has passed. Thank you Faculty for all the wonderful pics and moments in the life of the One Lad.

*Inspired by Pelagia's movie verse on page 9.*

Continuing with the festivities, this, from Autograph Collectors Magazine:

Expect to walk away empty-handed if you ask Britney Spears for her autograph; but if you happen upon Johnny Depp he may very likely make your day.

Autograph Collector magazine says Spears is the worst when it comes to signing autographs, topping the publication's 13th annual top 10 "Worst Signers" list.

The magazine's publisher Steve Cyrkin told People magazine that no one is better than Spears at "showing their fans how little they mean to them."

The magazine's 13th annual list was determined by the magazine's "who's cool and who's 'cruel'" survey, according to People.

Other stars who made the "Worst Signers" list include star couple Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake, Leonardo DiCaprio, Eminem and the Olsen twins.

Reality show personality and Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton was No. 10 on the "Worst" list, according to People.

Depp topped the top 10 "Best Signers" list, followed by the likes of Tom Cruise, Mike Myers, Angelina Jolie and Elijah Wood.

from Achila
Depp topped the top 10 "Best Signers" list, followed by the likes of Tom Cruise, Mike Myers, Angelina Jolie and Elijah Wood.
IMHO, that's a lot more important than some silly list in People magazine. :cool: Not because I ever expect to get an autograph from Elijah, but just because it shows what kind of a guy he is (to people who didn't already know ;) ).

[A bit OT, but related: When I was in high school, a composition teacher gave us the assignment to write to a celebrity. We'd be graded on how well we wrote the letter, but if we got a reply, we'd get an automatic "A" for the assignment. While others were writing to rock stars or pro football players, I thought, "Now, who would be most likely to write me back?" I sent a letter to Charles Schultz, and was the first one in the class to get a response. A personal letter, too, because I'd asked specific questions in my letter, which he answered. (And, no, I don't plan to sell that letter and/or signature on Ebay anytime soon :p .)]

Oh, oops. I posted again, didn't I? :p That calls for another...

http://www.frodolivesin.us/FotR/026f5d20.jpg

...birthday picture!

Lovely geek moment, Shelbyshire :D . And you've been an official member for quite some time (in case you hadn't noticed ;) .)

Yes, tg, you are right. I hesitate to mention this as it is EW's birthday and all, but Council of Elrond lists that TAMTSNBN is on tomorrow at 11AM on Toon Disney.

I definitely need to learn how to do this picture thing by next January.

Shelbyshire, the Faculty members have let me stay, I guess you can stay, too. ;)

C4