Most awesome awesome to ever awesome awesomely
Today I spent the day in Boston at an arthouse theater showing of all 3 extended-edition LotR movies. This was tremendous fun - not just seeing the films on the big screen, with sound effects you can *feel* - but the sense of community was just awesome too, with everyone cheering and laughing together at the good bits.
But even that was nothing next to the highlight of the evening. Before each movie, the guys from the theater came on stage and talked briefly. Before Return of the King, they got up, said a short bit, and then went, "And what would a Lord of the Rings marathon be without the king himself? Ladies and gentlemen, we give you....Viggo Mortensen!"
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The audience went absolutely berserk, no one was expecting it at all! He got up, said a few remarks (naming us fellow geeks, pointing out the guy wearing the t-shirt "Orcs for Santorum!" ("they would be!") - and then sang his coronation song. I absolutely died.
Best. Thing. Ever.
But even that was nothing next to the highlight of the evening. Before each movie, the guys from the theater came on stage and talked briefly. Before Return of the King, they got up, said a short bit, and then went, "And what would a Lord of the Rings marathon be without the king himself? Ladies and gentlemen, we give you....Viggo Mortensen!"
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The audience went absolutely berserk, no one was expecting it at all! He got up, said a few remarks (naming us fellow geeks, pointing out the guy wearing the t-shirt "Orcs for Santorum!" ("they would be!") - and then sang his coronation song. I absolutely died.
Best. Thing. Ever.