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Hi! I'm back from NYC where we went to see the TTT symphony, Fellowship! Musical parody of FotR, and a book signing with Doug Adams and Howard Shore. The musical was hilarious and my favorite of the events. The symphony was terrific and spot on and we had the perfect seats, but I had a creepy, annoying guy sitting next to me that ruined much of it for me, so it wasn't a great symphony/film experience for me this time. The signing was really nice, and Howard Shore talked about Frodo and Sam like he shipped them.
There were 3 pairs of hobbit dolls accompanying us and making sure we didn't get into any trouble.
And all these lovely people. Plus the vivacious
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grey_wonderer and her sweet friend T. who we didn't get to see enough of. Plus I got to talk on the phone with the delightful delux_vivens, though we didn't get the chance to meet up--next time. I still haven't finished reporting from the Sept RotK Moot and Ladysnaps Moot, so I'm going to finish up those before I do a full report of the NYC Moot, but I just wanted to give a prelude, say hi, and I hope I'll be keeping up better with everyone and posting a lot more now that moot season has passed. Tags:
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TTT is my least fav of the movies but I'd willingly see it again via symphony.
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A spot on symphony makes TTT, too, an experience.
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Still the rest of the weekend was a blast, and it was great to see you again so soon!
*super hugs*
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Everything else was on, though. (-: It was lovely to see you, too, and glad we got one helping, at least, of being Bazguls.
*hugses*
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You are so adorable. It looks like you had a great time. *misses and squishes you*
Ps - I wrote you something (http://moit-fics.livejournal.com/10503.html)!
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I luvved it--it really did make my day. *sknishes*
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So glad this made your day. :D :D *HUGS*
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Sorry to hear about the creepy guy though! *hugs you*
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Yeah, he did leave 2/3 in, and my kicking his ankle may or may not have had something to do with it, but it still took away from allowing me to be into the event. *hugses*
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*hugs tight* How I miss you!!!!
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I miss you, too! *hugses*
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Love the photo of the guys in front of Radio City Music Hall.
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It was so nice to meet you.
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It was a grand few days! They just went by wayyyy too fast!! Can't believe the mooting is over for the season!!!
*hugs you lots*
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They did! Now comes the Time of Endless Uploading. (-;
*hugses backatcha*
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It sounded like a great time!
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It was. (-:
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Hey, Lavender, my husband just sent me a link to a great article about owning and loving cats he read today in the New York Times online. Just in case you haven't seen it, here's the link below. I think it will, um, "resonate" with you.....
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/13/cat-people-are-people-too/?emc=eta1
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No, no, this was nothing like that. And the woman should have asked you before escalating to touching you--that's not right. Asking you gives you the chance to say sorry and for the asker to offer comfort in return if your trespass was done unconsciously and you're embarrassed. So she overstepped, and you really shouldn't feel bad. And if it were bouncing in time with the music he was doing, I might not have had a problem with it.
No, it would escalate when Eowyn or Arwen were on screen, and a lot of his inappropriate laughter happened when Wormtongue was talking with Eowyn. Yeah. I don't call a nerd a creep easily, nerds being my tribe, but this was a prime specimen of Nerdus creepius.
Asking politely is where I started for a couple of tries. The first stopped him for a few minutes. The second more annoyed request--still a request, got a "You can't tell me what to do in my seat!" "Cut it out!" and then "Would you just behave yourself!" only got momentary stopping and "I can't understand what you're saying!" back.
So the hard kick in the ankles is something I worked up to after the intermission. He recoiled, then renewed the bouncing with more vigor for a few minutes, then looked at me and got up and left. It was hard to relax, not knowing if he was coming back, but much nicer to have him gone for the rest of the show, and I'm gratified to have ruined his experience as he had ruined mine, with hopes that he may remember this and behave better next time he's sitting in an auditorium to avoid conflict, and some other poor person gets to have a better viewing experience.
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I've been in LotR audiences where people did/said really annoying, or even offensive things, but they usually weren't sitting close enough for me to be able to give them a piece of my mind. When I went to the trilogy last December, driving down to Minneapolis and staying overnight in a cheap hotel so I could see the all day event, there was someone sitting in the middle of the audience who'd cheer and/or applaud whenever a protagonist was hurt or killed. I could have strangled him, but I couldn't see who it was. But then, right behind me, some guy started blabbing as soon as TTT started -- making comments, not very loud, but so that I could hear them clearly, as if he were watching the film on TV by himself and was in the habit of making comments non-stop. When he was still doing it through the Emyn Muil scene, I turned around and whispered into the dark, "Are you going to talk through the entire film???" He shut up immediately. Didn't hear another peep out of him. I thought of the woman who clamped a hand on my bouncing knee and was sorry to be so abrupt, maybe spoiling his experience, but I had come a long way to see the films and didn't want to hear his ongoing commentary.
Afterwards at home, I decided I just wouldn't see the films anymore in fannish settings. I resent that they are treating the showings as a party venue. But, when I thought about it, that's just what they are, or have become. It is I who am being a poor sport, spoiling the fun of fans gathered together to have some LotR-based good times. Me, I just want to see the films. Well, maybe if they're re-released for theatrical runs before The Hobbit comes out, I'll be able to see them again in a normal [attentive] film audience.