I finally decided I might as well do something with my LJ. So first thing, I friended back several nice people who have expressed some interest in my blathering by friending me. *waves
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Welcome to active LJ-ing! :) Es ist klasse, mal einen Beitrag von dir zu lesen! And I agree - meeting Alan Lee in person would be a cool, cool thing, so enjoy yourself and fangirl away all you like. You realize you are expected to post an account of your Tolkien Thing adventures here now that you have started writing in your LJ? ;-)
Alan Lee photomanips? Hm... I'm pretty sure Alan Lee/John Howe slash is something that still begs to be done in the exiting world of Tolkien fandom. To go where no fanartist has gone before... I mean why should only the actors have all the RPS fun? The artists spent as much time on the set, if not more.
I hope to have my copy of Lee's 'LoTR Sketchbook' signed.
You mean Alan Lee and John Howe ripping each other's shirts halfway off? Or settling an artistic discussion about the correct use of perspective by buttheading?
Oh I am so envious - I love his work. You have to tell us all about him afterwards, right? I'd love to meet him but I have a suspicion I'd go totally blank and have no idea what I wanted to talk to him about, lol!
So do I! Love his art to pieces. Especially since there is a quietness and humbleness in his work that is rare in Fantasy art and suits Tolkien perfectly. But I love his art in general. I saw a retelling of the Illiad by Rosemary Sutcliff illustrated by Lee that is just amazingly beautiful.
I have one and a half day left to ponder what I want to ask him, so maybe I won't go blank.
Sutcliff was my Nr 1 favourite author in my teenage years and beyond. The title of her book about the Illiad is 'Black Ships before Troy'. I saw it in a museum when they had a large exhibition about Troy. Lees Illustrations were great, I remember best a picture of the Amazone leader Penthesilea on horseback.
Meeting Alan Lee... sounds wonderful! Especially because it's not during one of those 1000+ people-lining-up-for-20-sec-with-their-hero things (never understood why people go to such cons anyway).
Do you know the film 'Galaxy Quest'? It told me all I needed to know about Big Event Fan Cons. I was at the first Ring Con in Bonn and found reality is exactly like portraied in the film.
Well, you must be looking forward to a wonderful weekend coming up!
I don't know 'Galaxy Quest', but it looks like I should check it out. I've never been to those Big Cons - I think I'd feel very out-of-place. I'm not so good at massive meetings and such...
Do check it out! It's priceless! It's a wonderful parody of basically Star Trek and Trekkie fandom, but Tolkien fandom is really not so different. The plot is about some elderly actors, who where the stars of that Big SF Series some twenty years ago, but got never a decent job since then and make their poor living by visiting cons, supermarket fairs and so on, living off their long gone glory. And then some *real* space aliens visit earth and need some heroes to save their world from a evil villain... fun ensues.
Meet, among many other delights, Sigourney Weaver starring as, of all things, The Quota Blonde, the only female officer in an all-male team.
This is a film I rewatch often. It is intelligent and darn funny.
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And yes, I am aware I took an obligation on myself by posting this. ;-)
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I saw him speak at a bookstore here and he was very entertaining. I chickened out of the autograph line, however.
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Hm... I'm pretty sure Alan Lee/John Howe slash is something that still begs to be done in the exiting world of Tolkien fandom. To go where no fanartist has gone before...
I mean why should only the actors have all the RPS fun? The artists spent as much time on the set, if not more.
I hope to have my copy of Lee's 'LoTR Sketchbook' signed.
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Nice to see you've started posting, btw.
*hugs*
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I have one and a half day left to ponder what I want to ask him, so maybe I won't go blank.
*hugs back*
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And I adored Galaxy Quest. I think I've seen it five times now, lol.
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Especially because it's not during one of those 1000+ people-lining-up-for-20-sec-with-their-hero things (never understood why people go to such cons anyway).
When is it going to happen?
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*bounce* *bounce* *bounce*
Do you know the film 'Galaxy Quest'? It told me all I needed to know about Big Event Fan Cons. I was at the first Ring Con in Bonn and found reality is exactly like portraied in the film.
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I don't know 'Galaxy Quest', but it looks like I should check it out. I've never been to those Big Cons - I think I'd feel very out-of-place. I'm not so good at massive meetings and such...
HAVE FUN THIS WEEKEND!
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Meet, among many other delights, Sigourney Weaver starring as, of all things, The Quota Blonde, the only female officer in an all-male team.
This is a film I rewatch often. It is intelligent and darn funny.
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