The Eyes Have It

[hildy89]

Sunday was extremely dull. I didn't get a thing done, especially not writing wise. I mostly watched some football. With the Redskins out, I can watch and cheer for whoever. When the season comes back around, then I can return to old form. I haven't seen Washington this excited about the upcoming season since... hmm... ever? I cheered for the Colts, but was sad to see Green Bay lose in OT. I remember a time when I would have been horrified to find myself rooting for an AFC team, mostly because of a certain Raiders Super Bowl in my memory.

I found myself engrossed in A&E's Biography on Paul Newman. Now there is someone who has aged extremely well like a fine old wine. Sometimes Newman seemed so serious and other times they'd show him cracking jokes, like the footage from "Towering Inferno" with him and Steve McQueen.

Then A&E did a "behind the scenes" feature on "Return of the King". They messed with my head quite nicely by showing an orc strumming his sword like an air banjo and singing "Rainbow Connection". And of course Orlando Bloom talking about "elf envy" because the movies seemed to have the running joke that humans were these smelly muddy sorts while the elves were these pristine perfectly coiffed sorts.

Comments

Behind the scenes...

[emjayne.livejournal.com]

I love extras and behind the scenes, usually. Sometimes -for me- seeing all the ordinary silliness that takes place off-camera takes away from the enchantment of the film, sometimes it adds to it.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

showing an orc strumming his sword like an air banjo and singing "Rainbow Connection".

Ow! Ow! My imagination just sprained!

Seriously, I hope that's on the extended DVD...

[ariadnesthread.livejournal.com]

Huh, they either showed the ABC behind the scenes show, or both shows used the same set footage and interviews. My parents and I watched the ABC one back in early December--the interviews and all were filmed in NZ when the actors went back to do additional pickups for ROTK, and I think the show aired on ABC the week before the premiere.

Mom was going to tape the A&E show for me--I'll have to ask her to watch and see if it was, in fact, the same show.

[hildy.livejournal.com]

Sounds like exactly the same program.