LOTR-a-thon!!! Ask me anything.

[ZombieNixon]

That's right, we're watching all three extended edition DVDs back to back. In all likelihood, we'll be piss drunk by the end of Return of the King! That oughta be interesting. :D

(Yes, I really need to get a life. :P)

Ask me anything. :D

[sakabatou]

1. That's nearly 13-14 hours of film

Not including breaks.

[ZombieNixon]

2. Yep!

:D

We will break for dinner and possibly to make an alky run after Fellowship or Two Towers.

[sakabatou]

60. So you're gonna hold it in for the duration of the movies?

[Ravenseye]

3. I've done that

It's definately a fun endeavor, alone, or with people. I did it at my parents place after last Christmas when I got the set as my big gift. I sat there on the couch in front of my Dad's HDTV with his super duper wireless headphones (he's a 65 year old ex-mit techno rat so he's got the good stuff) all day while everyone else bustled about.

It's quite a masterpiece to watch in once sitting. It almost makes it even more impressive.

[YankeyMCC]

4. So what're the rules to the drinking game?

Here's some suggested rules I've heard:

Drink each time:

1. A close-up on the Ring
2. Frodo crying
3. A flash-back to Isildor cutting off the Ring
4. A flashback of Gollum getting tortured
5. The camera is centered on Aragon but he says nothing
6. Elvish is spoken

[ZombieNixon]

9. Our drinking game is as follows:

Drink until my friend Steve Random Shit reaches his limit and turns it into an MST3K :D

[YankeyMCC]

14. That would actually be really funny

I love the movies but I'd bet the MST3K crew could make a hilarious viewing. :)

[sarge43]

12. Drink each time

Arwen starts to cry

Aragorn starts to sing

[bigwillq]

5. Do you really

enjoy these movies???

I watched 10 minutes of the first one and just couldn't get into them.

[ZombieNixon]

10. I think they're quite good.

Better if you've read the books, because, like the books, they take a while to get going. :shrug:

I like Fantasy and SF. :)

[sarge43]

17. I think JRR would have been pleased n/t

[bigwillq]

18. I'm not a big

SCI-FI, fantasy fan.
But if you enjoy, that's cool.

Which movie is your fave?

[ZombieNixon]

20. I don't know.

To be honest, I'm getting a little tired to Fellowship because I've seen it so many more times than the others, so I'd say Return of the King for the battle scenes. }(

[bigwillq]

22. Who is your fave

character in those movies? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

25. Aww, that's a toughie.

I loves Merry and Pippin because of their being the comic relief, but Aragorn is such a badass swordfighter. :dilemma:

[bigwillq]

31. Ok

which actors played those characters? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

32. Aragorn: Viggo Mortensen

Pippin: Billy Boyd (also in Master and Commander)
Merry: Dominic Monaghan (AKA Charlie from LOST)

[bigwillq]

33. I hate Viggo

I just don't get his appeal. :puke:


Do you think he's sexy? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

34. No, but then I'm a straight guy.

:shrug: I do like his politics, though. ;)

[bigwillq]

35. But you can still say

whether or not you think he's an attractive guy, right?!?!?

I think he ugly! :)

[ZombieNixon]

36. I don't think he's "ugly" per se,

but my definition of "ugly" is having a pulsating alien tumor on the side of your head or something. :scared:

I know many people I don't consider *attractive* to me (all guys I know and a fair few women), but no one who I consider really *ugly*

[bigwillq]

37. Are you drinking right now?

If so, what? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

38. No, not yet.

We're probably going to make an alky run when my roommate gets back (he goes home on the weekends)...then I'm thinking of hitting the Malibu + Mt. Dew and Newcastle Ale. :9

[bigwillq]

39. If he goes home on the weekend

then why is he coming back tonight? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

40. Well, "weekend" means Thursday afternoon to Saturday evening.

He should be back soon.

[bigwillq]

41. Cool.

Do you and your roommate geet along well? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

42. Yeah, pretty well.

We've saved each other's asses on projects more than once.

[bigwillq]

43. Aww...what good roomies you are.

:)


What is your major? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

46. Computer Games Development

:)

I say this and people think I sit around playing games all day.

(It's actally a lot of work.)

[bigwillq]

48. What kind of work

is involved with it? :shrug:


I too thought you just play games all day! :P

[ZombieNixon]

49. Psychology of games

Storytelling
Screenwriting
2D/3D Art/Modeling
Animation
Artificial Intelligence
Programming, of course

And I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of stuff.

[bigwillq]

50. Sounds very interesting.

And very complex.


When will you graduate?? :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

54. Spring/Fall 2008 or Spring 2009

Depends on my credit status and whether I do a study abroad in two years (which could depend on the status of my relationship at that point). But some time around then. :shrug:

[bigwillq]

55. I say go for

the study abroad opportunity. If you have the chance to go, do it, regardless of any relationships, etc, etc....

[ZombieNixon]

56. That's what I'm thinking of doing,

because I like the idea of having four years in which to adjust myself instead of only three.

[bigwillq]

57. My cousin studied in Spain

for a semester. She said it was awesome.

BRB

[ZombieNixon]

58. I'm not sure where I'd want to go.

:shrug:

[bigwillq]

59. Wherever you can go

just go. Who really cares where it is. Any where you go will be one helluva an experience.

[NewJeffCT]

6. good idea with my wife out of the country!

I can watch it while my daughter is sleeping. Unfortunately, when that happens, I can't crank up the Home Theater system to ear-splitting theater levels.

[CatholicEdHead]

7. Why are you doing this in April?

It is a nice spring day. Do it sometime from November to February when it is colder and darker outside and you can enjoy it more.

[ZombieNixon]

11. I don't know. It wasn't my idea.

We just decided to do it. :shrug:

(And it's not that nice outside today...quite chilly actually.)

[sarge43]

8. Now a real playa

would watch the extended edition, the theater release and all the appendices in one sitting.

This qualifys for The Iron Ass Lifetime Achievement Award.

[ZombieNixon]

13. Please, we're already nerdy enough.

:eyes: :P

[sarge43]

15. There's no such thing as too nerdy for the true LOTR freak n/t

[ZombieNixon]

16. Really, I'm fine with my status as an inferior LOTR freak.

:P

[sarge43]

19. OK then, no Iron Ass Award for you. n/t

[MiniMandaRuth]

21. No one is going to start singing 'O Canada' are they?

[ZombieNixon]

23. No, that guy's not here.

If he shows up on the other hand...:D

[MiniMandaRuth]

27. ....

:rofl: I can just imagine...

That reminds me of this one time my friend got really sugar high and... well....

Yeah. It was interesting. He was so hyper, he can hardly even remember how he ended up taking a nap on the floor of our math classroom.

[ZombieNixon]

28. Ooh, sounds like last night.

Worst night of my life, because I had vodka and Mountain Dew. The alcohol acted as an emotional intensifier, and I was a little pissed to begin with, and the caffeine kept me awake, so I couldn't sleep and I was a really energetic, pissed off drunk, so I was thinking things like "Stupid little bitch! You make me want to punch holes in the wall! :grr:"

:D

[MiniMandaRuth]

29. Lovely...

with my friend, it was just this:

"BOINGBOINGBOINGBOINGI'MREALLYHAPPYANDILIKESUGARANDEVERYTHINGIS- zzzzzzzzzzzz...."

[Orsino]

24. If you're playing an LotR drinking game...

...don't take "slashy look."

Could be fatal.

[ZombieNixon]

26. "Slashy look?"

Whazzat? :shrug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

30. I have an idea, but I'm not going to say...

[Orsino]

51. This.

Seriously, though, it means a gaze sufficient to inspire slash fiction.

[Beausoir]

45. Baha! Love the LOTR slash.

Haldir/Legolas
Sharing some fellowship
Letting their hair down

[ZombieNixon]

47. Oh, *that* kind of slash.

:blush:

[Elidor]

44. Every time Gimli brags about himself/dwarves in general, take a drink

If someone makes a joke about tossing dwarves, take two drinks. If someone tosses Gimli, finish the bottle.

[BreweryYardRat]

52. Heh, I tried that with my best friend in high school.

Only made it through Two Towers-but then again, we didn't drink our way through it. ;)

[yellowdogintexas]

53. AKA the " Numb-butt-a-thon". We did than when we acquired

our extended DVD of "RTOK"..started at Noon on a Saturday and went all the way through all three movies.

Every so often we do that with the Original 3 Star Wars films, Back to the Future and Indiana Jones trilogies.