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Haleth
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I kid you not, ladies and gentlemen.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/03/15/britain.lordofrings.ap/index.html
This has the potential to be interesting.
My husband is already wondering if it will feature the hobbits skipping down a yellow brick road and singing 'We're off to see the Eyeball.'
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I was watching something recently - think it was Musicality on Channel 4, and they showed a few bits out of the rehearsals. Guy playing Gandalf twirling about on a wire.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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WTF?
hell NO! lotr is many things to many people - but most definitely a musical is not one of them!
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Eruanna
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: Singing? |
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| Texasgirl wrote: | WTF?
hell NO! lotr is many things to many people - but most definitely a musical is not one of them! |
There is already enough singing in the books as it is. It may not transfer well onto a stage or into a movie!
Remember how it was that Haldir first detects the Fellowship from across the Nimrodel River because he overhears Legolas singing 13 bars of "Song of Nimrodel?"
Imagine Legolas lip-synching (!) and being identified as one of the "Northern kindred."
As for the famous "Fingon rescues Maedhros" scene on Thangorodrim, it is Fingon who grabs his harp and starts singing and detects Maedhros who responds weakly with a song.
Yup, in the books, but stage and film...I just don't know! 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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*hangs head in utter despondency*
What is this world coming to?? Thats what we get for having Cantadadians around (just so you know any mispellings are on purpose lol) |
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Sorcia
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Pretty much guaranteed here in Toronto that if the Mirvish boys are involved with this production, it will be something. Apparently London couldn't offer a theatre big enough to run this muscial and the company were tired waiting for something to come available. Its supposed to be going into the Princess of Wales theatre, been there, seen plays/muscials...good venue. So the Canadians are not the root of this musically, merely being the good hearted people we are by offering the muscial a 'home' 
I'm leery of this too, its suppose to be 3 and a half hours long and many jokes on the local radio stations about how are they cutting down a 12 hour movie into a 3 hour muscial? Also wonder how it will be cast.....
Hmmmm wonder if Sauron will have a solo number. 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:42 am Post subject: |
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*blinks and re-reads*
*stares*
*re-re-reads*
*gets VERY scared*
This is...er.....interesting to say the least. I think I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that it *might* be good. Still, I'm going to have trouble ejecting mental images of the four hobbits and Aragorn singing "Food Glorious Food" as they trek up to Weathertop - or indeed the residents of Rivendell belting out a version of "Consider Yourself".
Wonder what Elrond would look like as a Munchkin....... 
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Eruanna
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 8:40 am Post subject: Musical |
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| Forest wrote: | *blinks and re-reads*
*stares*
*re-re-reads*
*gets VERY scared*
This is...er.....interesting to say the least. I think I'll give it the benefit of the doubt that it *might* be good. Still, I'm going to have trouble ejecting mental images of the four hobbits and Aragorn singing "Food Glorious Food" as they trek up to Weathertop - or indeed the residents of Rivendell belting out a version of "Consider Yourself".
Wonder what Elrond would look like as a Munchkin.......
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I have visions of "Men in Tights."
Too funny!
"We're men, we're men in tights.
We roam around the forest looking for fights."
I think I saw this attributed to the boys of Lorien. 
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Sorcia
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This made the front page of the Globe and Mail here in Canada this AM. They have assured us, no troupes of singing hobbits or orcs. Most the music, apparently, will be based on the nature of the peoples of Middle Earth. So, expect lots of singing elves I guess. I think most of the leads are coming from UK.
The men in tights comments...oh yes...I can so see that! More like the scene from Shrek! I'm thinking.
This has been in the works for two years and sitting waiting for a home to run it in. The Mirvish brothers are very supportive and believe it will be well recieved(the jokes on the radio stations persist however locally-tapdancing Gollum anyone?)
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Texasgirl
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Musical |
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| Eruanna wrote: | I have visions of "Men in Tights."
Too funny!
"We're men, we're men in tights.
We roam around the forest looking for fights."
I think I saw this attributed to the boys of Lorien.
--Eruanna |
the thought of mel brooks meeting the professor is as sacry and as AU as anything. people, they're like complete and total opposites!
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Eruanna
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:52 pm Post subject: Song |
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| Sorcia wrote: | This made the front page of the Globe and Mail here in Canada this AM. They have assured us, no troupes of singing hobbits or orcs. Most the music, apparently, will be based on the nature of the peoples of Middle Earth. So, expect lots of singing elves I guess. I think most of the leads are coming from UK.
The men in tights comments...oh yes...I can so see that! More like the scene from Shrek! I'm thinking.
This has been in the works for two years and sitting waiting for a home to run it in. The Mirvish brothers are very supportive and believe it will be well recieved(the jokes on the radio stations persist however locally-tapdancing Gollum anyone?)
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I can see the scenes in Lorien already, LOL! Men in tights, indeed--Haldir and his brothers!
We're men, we're men in tights
We roam around the forest looking for fights
We're men, We're men in tights
We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right
We may look like sissies
But watch what you say, or else we'll put out your lights
We're men, we're men in tights
Always on guard defending the people's rights
La, la, la, ....etc
We're men, manly men, we're men in tights Yeah!
We roam around the forest looking for fights
We're men, we're men in tights
We rob from the rich and give to the poor, that's right
We may look like pansies
But don't get us wrong, or else we'll put out your lights
We're men, we're men in tights, tight tights
Always on guard defending the people's rights
When you're in a fix, call for the men in tights
We're Butch!!
The FLIP side of this is a serious opera of LOTR sung in Italian. The elves, those beardless beauties, would probably all be castrati! NO, cancel that...bad idea...
To hear "Men in Tights":
http://www.ladyofthecake.com/mel/hood/rhsounds.htm
Scroll down...
Sing along, now, with Hal and the boys!
--Eruanna
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Yavanie
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But for the musical they must change the wording to Elves, elves in tights or would that be ellon, ellon in tights??
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Song |
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| Eruanna wrote: |
The FLIP side of this is a serious opera of LOTR sung in Italian. The elves, those beardless beauties, would probably all be castrati! NO, cancel that...bad idea...
--Eruanna |
Apart from the castrati thing, I've always wanted someone to do LOTR as an opera...so long as it wasn't Philip Glass...
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| Yavanie wrote: | | But for the musical they must change the wording to Elves, elves in tights or would that be ellon, ellon in tights?? |
Why stop at Men in Tights - I can just see Eowyn doing a rendition of 'On My Own' from Les Mis, or Frodo and Sam singing 'The Impossible Dream', or the whole Fellowship heading across Cardharas singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
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Eruanna
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: Men in tights |
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| Yavanie wrote: | | But for the musical they must change the wording to Elves, elves in tights or would that be ellon, ellon in tights?? |
We're ellon, ellon in tights...
Hmmm...it COULD be catchy with the right music and choreography!
I am sure the lovely CP would be game with his background in comedy and theatre! Outrageous humour and a chance to go for the laughs. He is quoted as having challenged every man in a blonde wig in the Lorien scenes not to look like a drag queen!
(I understand the LOTR outtakes are a riot!)
SO, yes, all of them in...tights!
--Eruanna
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