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lavendertook Jan. 30th, 2005 12:25 am)
lavendertook Jan. 30th, 2005 12:25 am)Part of my Friday report that I failed to include because I mixed up my days was attending Ted Nasmith's talk about illustrating The Silmarillion. He talked about his grounding in natural realism and North American landscapes. Then he showed slides and talked about Christopher Tolkien's input in how he developed and revised some of the paintings. He also summarized parts of the book in explaining the illustrations, and I really enjoyed his story telling and how his tellings were reflected in the scenes he chose to paint. There's a new edition of The Silmarillion coming out with more of his illustrations, that I'm looking forward to.
So Saturday we got up bright and early and got out the door, and went back in the door, and then back out the door, and then back in the door, etc., because it was That Kind of Day, but that was OK, because we were together and could take it out on each other. (-; Actually, it was nice because it gave Abandonada and I more time to talk, which tends to get swept under the excitement of con attending where you're just enjoying experiencing things together. I went and explored the costuming, art and small lecture areas a little more, and did some more photo ops with Bingo--my ongoing, demented, and glee-inducing quest, and then joined Abandonada and Spookystoy for Billy Boyd's talk. And Abandonada gave me her seat for his talk so I got to sit up close in the Wizard's Circle. Billy's was the most entertaining to me of the hobbit actor's talks. He made fun of Creations expectations for his talk by humorously making an issue out of having to walk back and forth across the stage to address both lines of questioners on either side, as well as where he should be standing, which involved many comments on whether he should be "standing at a 45 degree angle" for this or a "60 degree angle" for that. Very cute.
Again, the questions for the most part were pretty lack luster. He did get asked, however, which Shakespearean characters he'd most like to play, and stated Hamlet and Richard III--Holy Not Playing to Type, Batman!--each being opposites of the sunny, easy, friendly persona he projects. Hence, I found his choices quite interesting and can't quite picture him in those roles, but I'd like to see it. His quick wit and playful sarcasm make him seem much more like how I conceive Tolkien's Pippin, as opposed to Peter Jackson's Pippin, who comes off as much more the innocent due to the film's lack of inclusion of Pippin's sarcastic witticisms.
And then he had to field the most painfully set up question from a young woman who told him how much she loved his singing and how she played it so much that her family couldn't stand it anymore. Oh, the nervous laughter we all made--the painful, nervous laughter! He turned to the audience with a wide-eyed Johnny Carson stare that let us all laugh off the pain of it. A true pro.
Then the room really filled for Elijah Wood's and Sean Astin's talk. Again the questions for the most part were lack luster and I have to say I really didn't enjoy this talk all that much. Though it was lovely to see them, their interaction seemed a bit tense and strained to me. From other reports I've seen I seem to be of a minority in feeling this way, but I felt very uncomfortable with the feeling I was picking up in their body language. And the tension might not have been so much between them as coming from Sean, who seemed very uncomfortable to me on that stage. He kept looking up at the screen projection of himself and then crossed his legs, seeming to be uncomfortable with his role as a sex object, or as a gay slash sex object as the case may be, since he seemed to forcedly bring up the subject of homoeroticism with discomfort. There may have been a million other reasons for his tension that he was bringing with him, but that seemed to definitely be a part of it. His dress too and the way he was moving in it made me think of baby dykes I had seen trying to project a butchness with his lumberjack look that wasn't quite sitting easily (and doesn't he know that wouldn't help anyway?)--I don't know--he just didn't seem comfortable, the poor guy.
Elijah, however, projected ease except in some of his interactions with Sean about holding the floor. That dance they did felt very forced to me, and not easily playful, and they couldn't have stood further apart during most of the talk, which added to the feeling of tension to me. Part way through though, each were at pains to offer compliments to the other, so they did project less tension as the talk went on, still the patter didn't work that well and the lack of good questions didn't help. But man, what was Lij thinking with that suppository story?!! And we thought that after all his tellings of the pissing in Wellington Fountain story there was no where for him to go but up--silly us! (-; In any event, he pretty much projects sweet easiness whether talking about getting suppositories or singing happy birthdays to fans with Sean, which really was quite a feat since he did have a bad cold.
So we stood on the autograph line for a long, long time. Still, the giddy energy around me of expectant fans was fun. While approaching the tables, I really enjoyed seeing Christine Astin walk in with Alexandra aka Elanor Gamgee. Since reading the unpublished epilogues in The End of the Third Age, I've been a huge Elanor fan, and I had just reread them, so I was all with the Elanor-love, and wanted her autograph for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mererid aka Elly-mun, but I refrained from bothering the youngun. It was sweet to see her give her dad, Lij, and Billy big hugs though.
I wasn't getting any autographs, so I didn't have to get nervous about greeting the actors, since I'm a bit shy with any new person I meet, and I just enjoyed being able to see their faces up close without pressure. Yes the "Big . . . Blue" 's are really that big and blue and pretty and he does make really funny expressions with that mobile face of his. And Billy does crinkle up his eyes in a sweet, interested smile for each fan he greets--always gracious. And Sean did look more relaxed now. Unfortunately, right before we got up to the table, Sean grabbed Elijah and they stepped out to take a look at how long the line still was behind us, and were sobered by the sight, so were understandably more brisk in moving the line along, much to my friends' disappointment. Abandonada still sweetly got Sean's signature for me to give to a friend I wanted it for.
So we drove back yet again to the apartment to get changed into Our Finery for what we thought was a dinner, and the awards. But it wasn't a dinner. Wait staff just walked around carrying trays of finger food here and there, but not to where we were sitting. The others got up to go sit and watch the awards, but me, I get vicious when I'm not fed. Beware the hobbit-identified at feeding-time. So I stalked up and down the isles pouncing on wait persons and snatching tid bits for me and my tribe to tide us over. I made a beeline for one wait person approaching a tab;e and the poor people at the table cried, "Don't take any--we haven't had yet!"
"My friends and I haven't either!" I replied as I snatched some and scampered off with my quarry. It was a jungle out there, I tell ya. I'm not a big fan of award ceremonies either, so I can't really report much there.
Later that evening I did spot the really wonderful majestic Galadriel look alike and asked her to pose with Bingo for a photo op which she graciously agreed . As she kissed his head for the pose my flash didn't go off and I had to change a roll, and she quiped, "Oh fine! Make me stand here with the bear looking stupid!" Poor thing--she was a good sport.
Emerald Rose was good--I'm a big fan of Celtic music and they were covering some of my favorites, but we were hungry and tired, so we headed home. Once there, Abandonada warmed up a yummy pizza for us, and there were action figures to play with, and all was made better before we headed off to sleep looking forward to Sunday.
To be continued . . . .
So Saturday we got up bright and early and got out the door, and went back in the door, and then back out the door, and then back in the door, etc., because it was That Kind of Day, but that was OK, because we were together and could take it out on each other. (-; Actually, it was nice because it gave Abandonada and I more time to talk, which tends to get swept under the excitement of con attending where you're just enjoying experiencing things together. I went and explored the costuming, art and small lecture areas a little more, and did some more photo ops with Bingo--my ongoing, demented, and glee-inducing quest, and then joined Abandonada and Spookystoy for Billy Boyd's talk. And Abandonada gave me her seat for his talk so I got to sit up close in the Wizard's Circle. Billy's was the most entertaining to me of the hobbit actor's talks. He made fun of Creations expectations for his talk by humorously making an issue out of having to walk back and forth across the stage to address both lines of questioners on either side, as well as where he should be standing, which involved many comments on whether he should be "standing at a 45 degree angle" for this or a "60 degree angle" for that. Very cute.
Again, the questions for the most part were pretty lack luster. He did get asked, however, which Shakespearean characters he'd most like to play, and stated Hamlet and Richard III--Holy Not Playing to Type, Batman!--each being opposites of the sunny, easy, friendly persona he projects. Hence, I found his choices quite interesting and can't quite picture him in those roles, but I'd like to see it. His quick wit and playful sarcasm make him seem much more like how I conceive Tolkien's Pippin, as opposed to Peter Jackson's Pippin, who comes off as much more the innocent due to the film's lack of inclusion of Pippin's sarcastic witticisms.
And then he had to field the most painfully set up question from a young woman who told him how much she loved his singing and how she played it so much that her family couldn't stand it anymore. Oh, the nervous laughter we all made--the painful, nervous laughter! He turned to the audience with a wide-eyed Johnny Carson stare that let us all laugh off the pain of it. A true pro.
Then the room really filled for Elijah Wood's and Sean Astin's talk. Again the questions for the most part were lack luster and I have to say I really didn't enjoy this talk all that much. Though it was lovely to see them, their interaction seemed a bit tense and strained to me. From other reports I've seen I seem to be of a minority in feeling this way, but I felt very uncomfortable with the feeling I was picking up in their body language. And the tension might not have been so much between them as coming from Sean, who seemed very uncomfortable to me on that stage. He kept looking up at the screen projection of himself and then crossed his legs, seeming to be uncomfortable with his role as a sex object, or as a gay slash sex object as the case may be, since he seemed to forcedly bring up the subject of homoeroticism with discomfort. There may have been a million other reasons for his tension that he was bringing with him, but that seemed to definitely be a part of it. His dress too and the way he was moving in it made me think of baby dykes I had seen trying to project a butchness with his lumberjack look that wasn't quite sitting easily (and doesn't he know that wouldn't help anyway?)--I don't know--he just didn't seem comfortable, the poor guy.
Elijah, however, projected ease except in some of his interactions with Sean about holding the floor. That dance they did felt very forced to me, and not easily playful, and they couldn't have stood further apart during most of the talk, which added to the feeling of tension to me. Part way through though, each were at pains to offer compliments to the other, so they did project less tension as the talk went on, still the patter didn't work that well and the lack of good questions didn't help. But man, what was Lij thinking with that suppository story?!! And we thought that after all his tellings of the pissing in Wellington Fountain story there was no where for him to go but up--silly us! (-; In any event, he pretty much projects sweet easiness whether talking about getting suppositories or singing happy birthdays to fans with Sean, which really was quite a feat since he did have a bad cold.
So we stood on the autograph line for a long, long time. Still, the giddy energy around me of expectant fans was fun. While approaching the tables, I really enjoyed seeing Christine Astin walk in with Alexandra aka Elanor Gamgee. Since reading the unpublished epilogues in The End of the Third Age, I've been a huge Elanor fan, and I had just reread them, so I was all with the Elanor-love, and wanted her autograph for
mererid aka Elly-mun, but I refrained from bothering the youngun. It was sweet to see her give her dad, Lij, and Billy big hugs though.I wasn't getting any autographs, so I didn't have to get nervous about greeting the actors, since I'm a bit shy with any new person I meet, and I just enjoyed being able to see their faces up close without pressure. Yes the "Big . . . Blue" 's are really that big and blue and pretty and he does make really funny expressions with that mobile face of his. And Billy does crinkle up his eyes in a sweet, interested smile for each fan he greets--always gracious. And Sean did look more relaxed now. Unfortunately, right before we got up to the table, Sean grabbed Elijah and they stepped out to take a look at how long the line still was behind us, and were sobered by the sight, so were understandably more brisk in moving the line along, much to my friends' disappointment. Abandonada still sweetly got Sean's signature for me to give to a friend I wanted it for.
So we drove back yet again to the apartment to get changed into Our Finery for what we thought was a dinner, and the awards. But it wasn't a dinner. Wait staff just walked around carrying trays of finger food here and there, but not to where we were sitting. The others got up to go sit and watch the awards, but me, I get vicious when I'm not fed. Beware the hobbit-identified at feeding-time. So I stalked up and down the isles pouncing on wait persons and snatching tid bits for me and my tribe to tide us over. I made a beeline for one wait person approaching a tab;e and the poor people at the table cried, "Don't take any--we haven't had yet!"
"My friends and I haven't either!" I replied as I snatched some and scampered off with my quarry. It was a jungle out there, I tell ya. I'm not a big fan of award ceremonies either, so I can't really report much there.
Later that evening I did spot the really wonderful majestic Galadriel look alike and asked her to pose with Bingo for a photo op which she graciously agreed . As she kissed his head for the pose my flash didn't go off and I had to change a roll, and she quiped, "Oh fine! Make me stand here with the bear looking stupid!" Poor thing--she was a good sport.
Emerald Rose was good--I'm a big fan of Celtic music and they were covering some of my favorites, but we were hungry and tired, so we headed home. Once there, Abandonada warmed up a yummy pizza for us, and there were action figures to play with, and all was made better before we headed off to sleep looking forward to Sunday.
To be continued . . . .
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I had wanted to make it to some of the non main panels, but never made it. Heck, I didn't even make it to all the main track panels. I had to sleep *some* time.
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Yeah--guess what the ORC survey is going to get pretty uniformly negative responses on! (-:
And yeah--having enough to keep us busy is something they did really well. I thought the number of tracks were just right--I think an event is better if there are some things you wished to attend but didn't get a chance to, without it being overwhelming, and I think they achieved that nicely.
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That was the night we played "dress up" and got all fancy for the un-dinner. You wore that velvet skirt
that was slit all the way up the side to the dangerous heightsand had to climb in and out the back of my truck a lot. And you had a green metallic-looking shawl and a velvet hat. Both which would have been handy had your skirt suffered an accident from all your backseat maneuvering.From:
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Yeah--that slit did get a little higher than it was supposed to be--to show off my lovely run--ahjgwsfhwihfw!!! That back seat sure was a test for my old creeky bones, wasn't it? If I get more swimming and walking in this year like I plan, I will surprise that seat with my grace next time--yup!
Back seat maneuvering? Just what are you implying, missy?(-;
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Great descriptions of the feeling of each talk, again - have to agree with you. *S* But, hey - how come you didn't correct Galadriel - Bingo is NOT a bear!
And, dearie, pleasepleaseplease do not fall into the "Billy can only play cute funny characters" trap! You've probably seen his list of plays, which include "Trainspotting" and "The Slab Boys". That boy can play anything. ANYTHING.
Speaking of which - I think spookystoy got the copy of "Sniper 470" - have you seen this yet? If you haven't (the short film, where Billy the whole film, and plays a soldier-astronaut) please let spookystoy know to send it to you - I'd really love for you to see it! *S*
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Ty. (-: But he is The RingBear, even if he is a koala. :-P
I haven't seen them!! I'm soorrry!!!!! )-: I will improve and open my mind to the range of Billyness, OK?! I will ask her to send it for my Billy edification. There, are you happy? *hugs*
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But here are a few pictures.
http://www.bagendinn.com/billy/images/otherroles/shark.jpg
http://www.bagendinn.com/billy/images/otherroles/ugs.jpg
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That was sooooooobad that it's great!
Well... *grudgingly* IF you ask her to send it to you, I'll forgive you. *raises and eyebrow at you*
*G* *L*! ((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))
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Actually, I can't take full credit for that. If I'm remembering correctly, someone who I didn't know (or who I do know and am conveniently forgetting so i don't have to credit them) at the con walked by me with Bingo and said, "Oh, so that's the RingBEARer?" And I was "damn--why didn't I come up with that?" (-;
Whew, thank you!
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And what are we all doing still up? Oh, wait... you guys are probably in California. But it's late here - time to go beddy-bye!
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It sounds like you had lots of fun. I want to see all the Bingo photo-ops sometime. It sounds like you guys had more fun taking them than anything (except, perhaps, traffic and food hunting--on the after thought).
I love how you've written your reports. They really gave me a feel of what you guys did and made me laugh. I miss reading your writing and wit.
HUGS!
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TY! Check in more often!
Hugs!!!